Created by Nadia Turley
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Question | Answer |
Norse | Encompasses the peoples of Scandinavia and Iceland |
Why did some Norsemen conduct raids on the other European countries? | Overpopulation |
What were the raiders know as? | Vikings |
Pelt-wearing warriors who fought with crazy fury | Berserkers |
Yggdrasil | The World Tree - supported the nine worlds |
Asgard | Home of the Gods |
Land of the giants | Jotunheim |
Land of the dwarves | Svartheim |
"Middle Earth" the world of men | Migard |
Niflheim | Land of the dead |
Bifrost | Rainbow bridge that connected the worlds |
All-father of the Gods, bringer of wisdom, traded an eye for wisdom | Odin |
Odin's wife and queen, protector of marriage, mother of Balder, sits on spinning wheel day after day | Frigga |
Most beloved God, totally pure, his tragic death was caused by Loki | Balder |
God of thunder, magic hammer named Mjolnir, his wife is Sif, giants are his worst enemies and they are in constant battle | Thor |
God of single combat, lost one of his hands to Fenrir, a giant wolf | Tyr |
Heimdall | Watchmen of God's, guard of Bifrost, his horn will sound of beginning of Ragnarok, the day of doom |
Freya | Goddess of love and beauty, also known as battle Goddess who rides a giant boar into battle |
Loki | Doer of good and evil, crossbreed of God and Giant, master trickster who's sometimes helpful or hurtful |
Odin's battle maidens who determines outcome of battles, carry victorious dead to Hall of Odin Valhalla, feast and wait for Ragnarok, fight against Loki and giants with Aesir. | Valkyries |
3 female creatures who control the fate of the races, one sees past, present and future, sit at the Well of Urd at the base of the World Tree | The Norns |
Giants | Enormous Brutes, enemies of Aesir, continually plotting to destroy Gods with tricks and traps. They hate Thor most |
Short and hairy creatures that live in Svartheim, land of dwarves, master craftsmen who work underground | Dwarves |
Day of doom that destroys everything, God's try to prevent it, world tree will burn, Mani and Sol will be devoured by wolves of darkness that chase them | Ragnarok |
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