Reaching Valhalla
What is Valhalla?
Where the Norse believed you go if you die honorably
This was the first giant
Ymir
Who were the two main gods the vikings worshipped?
Odin and Thor
Where did the humans live?
Midgard
When did the Norse discover North America?
Norse settlements existed on the coasts of North America around 1,000 A.D., making them the first Europeans to reach the New World.
What does Norse mean?
What does Viking mean?
The term Norse means “Northern”
Viking means “bay-warrior”
What book contains the fullest version of Norse mythology?
Prose Edda
This was the world of fog and mist
Niflheim
This day of the week was named after a Norse God
Thursday THOR
Why were a lot of Vikings the youngest sons of the family?
Vikings were young men from Scandinavia, who had no hope of gaining their fortune at home. Scandinavia had become over-populated, and a system of land passing from father to oldest son left younger sons out in the cold—sometimes quite literally. There was little for these disenfranchised men to do but take to the sea and search for wealth elsewhere. U
How was man created? What were the names of the first two humans?
Odin, Vili, and Ve found two driftwood logs and created man.
Ask and Embla were their names!
Give me three facts about the Vanir Gods
The Vanir are masters of sorcery and magic.
They are also widely acknowledged for their talent to predict the future.
They live in Vanaheim
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This is where the dishonorable dead went
Helheim
When and where was the firs place the Vikings attacked?
When the monks of Lindisfarne, an island off the coast of Britain referred to as “The Holy Island,”
793 A.D.
What fed off of the tree of Yggdrasil, causing it to suffer? Who tried to help the tree?
Nidhogg (serpent) gnawed at its roots and four stags (ate its freshest leaves)
In their aetiological myth, how was day and night constructed?
Nott "night" (a giantess) went around chasing her bright, beautiful son Dag "day"
What were some of the traits of the elves and where did they live? What was Alfheim like?
Alfheim: a wondrous place with candy fruit and endless gardens.
Elves help humans with their magical powers. Elves often delivered inspiration of art and music.
This was the first giant made
Ymir
Give me 5 facts about the Norse culture
valued ingenuity, bravery, and perseverance. The Norse were fantastic craftsmen.
were great craftsmen: made elaborate pieces of jewelry, ornate weapons, and finely-crafted ships have all been unearthed from their burial mounds.
They were master ship-builders, and this, coupled with their undaunted courage, led to their Viking exploits
Lived in a frigid culture
Women vikings were equal
What are three ways Odin acquired knowledge?
What did he want to do with this knowledge?
1. Hugin and Mumin would fly over the worlds and return to his shoulders.
2. He "auto-sacrificed" himself for nine days, impaled on his own spear; through this, he gained the knowledge of ruins
3. Mimir's well: he gave his eye for a single drink
Odin has foreseen the death of Ragnarok and sought a way to defy fate.
Who were the Norns? Where did they live?
Three female deities who determined the fate of the universe and every being in it.
They lay beneath the root of Yggdrasil
Give me 5 facts about Asgard
1. destroyed during a war
2. Housing for Gods
4. It began when Odin brought law and order
5. Housing was castles!
What countries made up Scandinavia?
Denmark, Norway, and Sweden