Viking Ethics
This is what Vikings would do along the coast of England and Europe with the goal of plundering.
What is raid?
These are the beings that control fate.
Who are the Norns?
This is what Midgard, the world of Men, is made of.
What is the body of Ymir? or What is the body of a dead giant?
This is the name given to the highest, most respected, and most feared Viking warriors.
What is a berserker?
The Volsungs are descendants from this god.
Who is Odin?
This is how the Vikings view the universe.
What is hostile? or What is chaotic?
This is the definition of fate.
What is it is an unstoppable future? or What is the force that controls the universe?
This is the place of the gods where the Aesir, Asynir, Vana, and Vanir dwell.
What is Asgard?
Sigmond was considered an honorable man according to the Vikings. He and Sinfotli transformed into wolves to get vengeance, but ended up fighting each other. They turned on each other for this reason.
What is the wolf's evil nature? or What is the wolf's evil nature had taken over?
This is the name of the sword given by Odin to the Volsung family at the wedding reception of Signy and the evil King Sieggeir.
What is Gram?
Vikings view themselves as this while their enemies as that. (The answer includes how the Vikings view themselves and how they view their enemies)
What are predators and prey?
This is considered the honorable way to face one's fate.
What is go down fighting? or What is face it like a battle to fight heroically?
This being has witnessed everything since the beginning, has nine mothers, and can hear grass grow.
Who is Heimdall?
Signy, Sigmond's sister and wife of King Seigger, is considered an honorable woman according to the Vikings. This is what she did when her brother Sigmond lit her and her evil husband's home on fire.
What is she walked back in to die with the husband she hated?
Brynhild, the Valkyrie turned mortal, had been lying in the House of Flame waiting for a man considered to be this.
What is the bravest man on earth?
This was the response when the Vikings were asked why they did such cruel things.
What is "they would do the same to us"?
Though powerful and mighty, these beings are still controlled by fate.
Who are the gods?
This creature made the gods from licking a block of ice.
What is a cow? or What is a space cow?
Volsung (Sigmund's father and Sigurd's grandfather) is considered an honorable man according to the Vikings. He "kept his word" to visit King Siggeir even when he was warned it was a trap; he was willing to face the danger. These are the two honorable Viking traits shown in his actions.
What are honesty and bravery? or What are honesty and courage?
What is a greater name for himself? or What is a greater reputation?
The chief good of a Viking could be described as this.
What is one's "name" or "reputation?
This is what is fated to happen at the end of the story which is also the beginning.
What is Ragnarok, the Twilight of the Gods?
This is the key difference between the Viking creation story and the Hebrew creation story.
What is the Viking creation story is violent and the Hebrew creation story is peaceful?
Sigurd's mother Hordis married Sigmund, even though he was old, due to this honorable reason.
What is he was a famous warrior?
Sigurd has tasted dragon's blood that made him be able to understand what birds are saying, but this potion given by the Nibelung's matriarch and queen Grimhild has caused him to this.
What is lose his memory of Brynhild in the House of Flame.