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Exploring Norse Mythology: A Quiz

This quiz tests your knowledge of Norse mythology, covering key figures, events, and cultural practices associated with this fascinating belief system.

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1 It occurred either in ________, at home, or at a simple altar of piled stones known as a "horgr." However, there seem to have been a few more important centres, such as Skiringssal, Lejre and Uppsala.

2 These warriors were selected by the Valkyries, ________'s mounted female messengers.

3 Taking advantage of this weakness, Loki made a projectile of ________ and tricked Höðr, Odin's blind son and Baldr's brother, into using it to kill Baldr.

4 Vanaheimr, world of the ________ (Near the Don river (East by North East).

5 Myths about a glorious and brave past is said to have given the Swedes the courage to retake ________, which had been lost in 1809 during the war between Sweden and Russia.

6 Adam of Bremen claims that there was a temple in Uppsala (see ________) with three wooden statues of Odin, Thor and Freyr.

7 According to Adam of Bremen, the Swedish kings sacrificed male slaves every ninth year during the ________ sacrifices at the Temple at Uppsala.

8 ________ is mentioned a few times and Baldr only survives in legends about place names.

9 A unique eye-witness account of Germanic ________ survives in Ibn Fadlan's account of a Rus ship burial, where a slave-girl had volunteered to accompany her lord to the next world.

10 The Einherjar would help defend the gods during ________.

💡 Interesting Facts

  • in Norse mythology, the goddesses Þorgerðr Hölgabrúðr and Irpa defeated a Danish fleet by shooting arrows from their fingertips.
  • many of the image stones of the Viking Age depict lost tales from Norse mythology.
  • the Singasteinn over which Heimdall and Loki fought in Norse mythology may have been a Caribbean drift seed used as a birth amulet.
  • the character Seo Hell from the Old English Gospel of Nicodemus tells Satan to leave her dwelling, and has been compared to the female being Hel of Norse mythology.
  • in Norse mythology, the Æsir-Vanir War between two tribes of gods resulted in the unification of the tribes.
  • in Norse mythology, Valhalla is an enormous hall located in Asgard where those that die in combat go upon death.
  • Swedish actor Joel Kinnaman was a top contender for the lead role in Thor, based on the Thor of Norse mythology, because the filmmakers "wanted someone with a Scandinavian touch".
  • in Norse mythology, Hjúki and Bil have been theorized as personifying the waxing and waning moon and, due to similarities, as connected to the nursery rhyme "Jack and Jill".
  • in Norse mythology, Sinmara is a female companion of Surtr, a fire jötunn.
  • in Norse mythology, Sumarr and Vetr are the personified seasons of summer and winter.
  • Julius Caesar appears in Norse mythology as the legendary king Kjárr.
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