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Aesir
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Ragnarok
100
This holiest and wisest of gods traded one eye at the Well of Urd. In return for his eye, he was allowed to take a drink from the well of wisdom.
Who is Odin?
100
This is the world where the Vanir lived. The Vanir were a second set of gods who had many disputes with the Aesir.
What is Vanaheim?
100
This is the first frost giant. After he was killed by his children, his body was used to shape the world.
Who is Ymir?
100
This great tree holds all nine of the worlds in the Norse pantheon.
What is Yggdrasil?
100
Ragnarok officially begins when this chained God breaks free with his son Fenrir, and who then proceeds to destroy the nine worlds.
Who is Loki?
200
The mightiest of the gods, he wielded his hammer Mjollnir in combat.
Who is Thor?
200
In order to end this, both the Aesir and Vanir spit into a large bowl as a sign of their good will. From this cup, Kvasir was born.
What is the Aesir-Vanir War?
200
She was Loki's giantess wife and the mother of monsters.
Who is Angraboda?
200
This is our world. It is surrounded by Jotunheim, the land of giants. We are protected by a giant fence created out of the eyebrows of the giant Ymir.
What is Midgard?
200
This Midgard Serpent is another son of Loki who poisons the sky and Earth with its breath. It's movements also set free the ship Naglfar, a ship made out of fingernails which the giants use to sail to the battlefield.
Who is Jormungand?
300
This "Shining God" was killed by mistletoe. His mother, Frigga, secured promises from all things that they would not hurt her son, but overlooked mistletoe because she considered it too weak. When Loki found out, he had a spear made out of mistletoe.
Who is Baldur?
300
He was the god of seafaring who was married off to a giantess who liked his feet. When he didn't like where she lived, and she didn't like where he lived, they split up.
Who is Njord?
300
This daughter of Loki and Angraboda rules over Helheim?
Who is Hel?
300
This world is in the sky, and it is connected to human world of Midgard by the Bifrost bridge.
What is Asgard?
300
This rainbow bridge collapses when all the attacking monsters begin to cross it.
What is the Bifrost bridge?
400
He is the ever watchful guardian who lives on the Bifrost bridge. He can see a hundreds of miles during day or night, and his hearing is so keen that he can hear grass grow on the ground and wool grow on a sheep.
Who is Heimdall?
400
He was the god of fertility, creativity, wealth, and peace. Violence, weapons, and criminals were not allowed in his holy places.
Who is Freyr?
400
This son of Loki takes the form of a great wolf and eats Odin after he breaks free of his chains during Ragnarok.
Who is Fenrir?
400
This world of ice is the opposite of Muspelheim, the world of fire. Ymir, the first giant, was born from its ice when it mixed with the fires of Muspelheim.
What is Niflheim?
400
This "Great Winter" is a warning that Ragnarok is about to begin. It consists of three great winters without any summer in between.
What is Fimbulvetr?
500
She was Odin's wife and the goddess of motherhood and marriage.
Who is Frigga?
500
To prevent this goddess from being married to the giant Thrym in exchange for getting his hammer back, Thor had to dress up in a dress and pretend to be her during the wedding.
Who is Freya?
500
This fire giant lead his brethren in battle during Ragnarok. When he died, his flaming sword set the nine worlds on fire.
Who is Surt?
500
This the world of the dead, where all souls go. Early sources seem to indicate that Valhalla and it are located together. As time passed, these two places became two distinct locations.
What is Helheim?
500
These are the two humans who survive Ragnarok by hiding in the tree of Yggdrasil and repopulate the Earth.
Who are Lif and Lifthrasir?