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Describe Thor

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  • God of thunder, storms and lightening

- Associated with oak trees

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What are Odin’s ravens called?

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Huginn and Muninn

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Describe Odin

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-Cheif of the Aesir

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Describe Ullr

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  • He is the God of games

- Ullr means ‘glory’

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Describe Vàli

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  • Son of the god Odin and the giantess Rindr

- He was born for the sole purpose of killing Höðr

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Describe Freyr

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  • He’s the son of the sea god Njörðr

- The gods gave him Álfheimr

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Describe Heimdallr

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  • He is the son of nine mothers

- He keeps watch for the onset of Ragnarök

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Describe Höðr

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  • he’s the God of winter
  • Brother of Baldr
  • Loki tricked him into killing Baldr
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Describe Sjöfn

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  • Associated with love
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Describe Sigyn

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  • The wife of Loki
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Describe Sif

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  • She’s associated with earth
  • Wife of Thor
  • Her hair was cut by Loki
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Describe Sága

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  • Odin’s drinking partner
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Describe Nótt

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  • She is the goddess of night
  • Grandmother of Thor
  • She married three times
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Describe Lofn

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  • She represents comfort and love
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Describe Iðunn

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  • Associated with apples and youth
  • The wife of Bragi
  • She can grant eternal youth
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Describe Hel (person)

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  • She has a realm of the same name

- She rules the realm of the ‘unworthy’ dead

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Describe Frigg

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  • The wife of Odin
  • Frigg is the mother of Baldr
  • Her father is Njörðr
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Describe Freyja

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  • Associated with love, sexuality, beauty, fertility, gold, seiðr, war, and death
  • Two daughters, Hnoss and Gersemi
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Which realms are on the upper level of Yddrasil?

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  • Asgard, the home of the Aesir.
  • Vanaheim, the home of the Vanir.
  • Alfheim, the home of the Light Elves.
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Which realms are on the middle level of Yddrasil?

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  • Midgard, the home of the Humans.
  • Jotunheim, the home of the Ice Giants.
  • Svartalfheim, the home of the Dark Elves.
  • Nidavellir, the home of the Dwarvs
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Which realms are on the lower level of Yddrasil?

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  • Niflheim was to the north, inside somewhere under the ground were Helheim home of the dead was.
  • Muspelheim was to the south, it was the home of the fire Giants and Demons.
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Which of Odin’s ravens has the name ‘thought’?

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  • Huginn
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Which of Odin’s ravens has the name ‘memory’ or ‘mind’?

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  • Muninn
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What was Nidhug?

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  • Nidhug was the dragon that lived in Hel, in Niflheim, at the root of the tree Yggdrasil. Nidhug feed on the roots of Yggdrasil and the corpses of the dead.
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What are Odin’s wolves called?

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  • Geri and Freki
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Which race inhabits Asgard?

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  • The Aesir
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Which race inhabits Vanaheim?

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  • The Vanir
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Which race inhabits Alfheim?

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  • The Light Elves
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Which race inhabits Midgard?

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  • Humans
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Which race inhabits Jotunheim?

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  • The Ice Giants
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Which race inhabits Svartalfheim?

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  • The Dark Elves
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Which race inhabits Nidavellir?

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  • The Dwarves
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Which race inhabits Muspelheim?

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  • The Fire Giants and Demons
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Under which realm is Helheim located?

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  • Nifleheim
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Which dwarves created Mjölnir?

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  • Brokkr and Eitri
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Who were Loki’s children?

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  • Vali, Narvi
  • Hela, Fenris Jorgumand
  • Sleipnir
  • Eisa, Einmyria
  • Troll-Woman
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Who did Loki have children with?

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  • Sigyn, Angrboda, Glut, Svaðilfari, himself

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