Gods
Who is considered the Allfather of the Norse gods?
Who is Odin
What is Yggdrasil ?
The tree of life which contains the 9 realms.
Who was the first being in Norse mythology?
What one thing was Baldr/Balder NOT invincible against? (Hint: An arrow was made from it)
Mistletoe.
How many brothers does Odin have?
What is 2 brothers
What was the name of the giant wolf whose release would help bring about the end of the Aesir gods?
Who is Fenrir.
Who is the trickster god in Norse mythology?
What is the name of the realm of the gods?
Asgard
Who/what is Audhumla ?
An early primeval cow that nourishes Ymir and licks Buri out of the melting ice.
What warrior had to infamously had to dress up as a bride/woman in order to get back a famous weapon?
Thor
Who is Odin's wife?
(In true mythology, not Marvel's version.)
Frigg.
Describe what Jörmungandr is and where it lives.
The god of thunder (and lightning).
Who is Thor?
What is the name of the realm of mortals/humans?
Midgard.
Who kills Ymir?
Odin and his brothers.
How was Loki responsible for Thor's hammer (Mjölnir) both being created AND being a little "short"?
Loki transformed into a fly and bit the dwarf helping to make it, distracting him for but a second, but long enough to cause the error of a shortened handle.
What warrior-like shield maidens "work" for Odin and Freyja by carrying worthy warriors to Valhalla (Odin's feasting hall in the afterlife).
The Valkyries
What is so unusual about Slepnir?
(Hint: He belongs to Odin.)
He's Odin's 8 legged horse.
Who is the goddess of the underworld in Norse Mythology?
Who is Hel
The rainbow bridge which connects Asgard to other worlds, like Midgard is called the...
Bifrost.
What created the oceans in Norse mythology?
What is Ymir's blood
Tell of one of Odin's sacrifices for knowledge/wisdom.
1: He sacrificed his eye to Mirmir in order to drink from the well that made him guardian of the runes.
2: He hung himself upside down from the tree, pierced his own side and didn't eat/drink for 9 days, and at the end of the 9th day the runes were revealed to him.
What is the end of the (Aesir) world called?
Ragnarok
These beings were supposedly created when maggots fell from the rotting flesh and bones of Ymir.
What are the dwarves?
Powerful and greatly revered for her powers and knowledge, this Vanir goddess (accepted as an Aesir) taught Odin, sedr (runic magic).
Who is Freyja?
What was the "void" between Niflheim and Muspelheim called?
Ginnungagap.
What created the sky in Norse mythology?
What is Ymir's skull
Which god is both a mother and a father?
Loki
What happens to Loki's human/Aesir children?
One is turned into wolf which then kills the other and his intestines are used to bind Loki to a rock.
Which animals draw the chariot of Freyja, the Norse goddess of love, fertility, battle, and death?
Beloved by all for his beauty, kindness, and light, he thought he was invincible, so he let other gods throw things at him to test his invincibility... his bad!
Who is Baldr/Balder?
How were the Vanir of Vanaheim different from the Aesir of Asgard?
The Aesir were more like aggressive warriors. The Vanir were more like beautiful, mystical, nature-based keepers of wisdom.
What realm was the first in existence?
Muspell (Muspelheim)
What god sacrificed his right hand to tame Fenrir?
Who is Tyr
What myth explains the seismic activity (earthquakes/volcanoes/hot springs) in the Scandinavian region?
Loki's loyal wife, Sygn, has to go empty the bowl that's been saving her husband from having poison dripped into his eyes for eternity... so for short periods he has to endure the poison and he shakes the entire underworld in pain.
Going by the name Ratatoskr, what kind of being is he, who takes messages to and from the gods in the great tree.
What is a giant squirrel?