Edda-cation
The poet who wrote the Prose Edda.
Who is Snorri Sturluson
Odin’s most widely-known son and the husband of the goddess Sif. Thanks to the Marvel Universe, he is still perhaps the most well-known god in the Norse pantheon.
Who is Thor?
Mountain spirits who forged Thor's hammer, among others.
What are the dwarves?
Who wins Ragnarok, the gods or the giants/monsters?
What are the giants/monsters.
What is the name of Thor's hammer?
What is Mjolnir?
The modern name for a specific untitled collection of Old Norse anonymous narrative poems
What is the Poetic Edda
The ruler of Asgard, city of the gods. also known as the All-father.
Who is Odin?
Enemies of the gods, divided into ice and fire, among whom is Surtr, the one destined to bathe the world in flames during Ragnarok.
What are giants?
The first event in Ragnarok, called Fimbulvetr, is this season.
What is a winter?
Asgard is the home of the gods. Midgard is the home of these creatures.
What are humans?
The best known poem of the Poetic Edda. It tells the story of the creation of the world and its coming end and subsequent rebirth
What is the Völuspá
Odin's brother and god of mischief and mayhem.
Who is Loki?
Also known as Jormungandr, this creature is destined to fight Thor during Ragnarok.
What is the world-serpent?
This son of Odin was killed by Loki, setting Ragnarok in motion.
Who is Baldur?
There are many afterlives in Norse mythology, one of them is Valhalla, home to this type of person.
What are warriors?
The first section of the Prose Edda that deals with the creation and destruction of the world.
What is the Gylfaginning?
Goddess of summer and leader of the Vanir, the gods of nature.
Who is Freya?
Fenrir is this type of creature, along with Garm, Skoll, and Hati, all of whom appear in Ragnarok.
What is a wolf?
What are human fingernails?
Hel is the afterlife for regular people, ruled by this goddess.
Who is Hel?
The protagonist of the Prose Edda. A king in disguise.
Who is Ganglari?
He sounds the Gjallarhorn to alert the gods to the beginning of Ragnarok.
Who is Heimdall?
Sleipnir is Odin's many-legged steed. Sleipnir has this many legs.
What is 8?
The word Ragnarok translates to this, signaling the end of something.
What is "Twilight of the Gods"?
Most of the names for the days of the week come from the Norse gods. Thursday is Thor's day, Wednesday is Odin's day (through the Germanic name for him, Woden), and Friday can be attributed to two goddesses, one of whom is this goddess.
Who is Freya/Frigg?