Norse Myths
This is where those who die in battle are taken to
Valhalla
At the beginning of her book, this heroine has a bit too much prejudice in her system
Elizabeth Bennet
The assassination of this fellow kicked off the first World War
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
This author is famous for his absurdist novella about turning into a bug
Franz Kafka
This character from The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe is best known for betraying his family
Edmund
Odin gave up sight in one eye in trade for this
To see a vision of the future
These cousins act like brother and sister for the entire novel, before marrying each other at the very end
Franny Price and Edmund Bertram
This oil tycoon was once the richest man alive, and now has a New York plaza named after him
John D Rockefeller
Planted solidly in the golden age of mystery, this author penned the Lord Peter Whimsey series
Dorathy Sayers
Til We have Faces is a retelling of this myth
Cupid and Psyche
Yggdrasil is colloquially known as this
The World Tree
This title character has a thing for younger men
Lady Susan
The U.S.S.R. launch of this vehicle symbolized the beginning of the Space Race
Sputnik
Obsessed with exploring the globe, this author utilized every form of transportation available in the late 19th century in his books, and invented a few new ones too
Jules Verne
This froglike creature from Narnia is commonly considered Lewis most depressed character
Puddleglum
The goats of Thor, are known for this party trick
eat them and throw the bones in water to grow them back
This bloke has exceptionally low standards for what constitutes a marriage proposal… and for what a “yes” looks like.
John Thorpe
This French general and statesman is famous for fighting Nazis and later becoming the president of France
Charles de Gaulle
Heavily inspiring Fyodor Dostoevsky, this author paved the way for writing dark stories about the Russian poor.
Nikoli Gogol
Lewis claimed that this writer did the most to push him towards Christianity
George MacDonald
This god is the parent of Sleipner, Odin’s eight-legged horse
Loki
This character has some sense knocked into them, after they jump from a set of stairs
Louisa Musgrove
The invention of this technology in the 1920s, followed the its popularization in the 40s and 50s, completely reshaped the modern world
The television
This author was obsessed with freedom from society, becoming your true self, and classical allusions, even going so far as to name his main characters Daedalus and Ulysses.
James Joyce
In That Hideous Strength, Lewis brought this legendary character back from the dead to fight modern enemies
Merlinus Ambrosius