Norse Myth Trivia

1. Who was the chief god who is often called 'The Wanderer'?

From Quiz Wotan and the Other Norse Gods

Answer: Wotan

Wotan is the chief god. He rules from Valhalla and is also called Odin and Woden.

From Quiz Norse Mythology

Answer: Dwarves

Norns were a group of three individuals that determined man's fate; whether they would be rich or poor, wise or stupid, happy or sad and each persons life span. Some of the Norns were said to have descended from the dwarves. The Jarnvidger were female trolls living in Ironwood. The dwarves have usually been identified with the forging of metals. They have also been credited with the creation of Thor's hammer, Mjollnir.

From Quiz Norse Mythology

Answer: Snorri Sturluson

Snorri Sturluson was born in Iceland in 1179, the Son of a local chieftain. He became quite wealthy and politically influential in Iceland during his lifetime. His work has become a standard reference source for Norse mythology.

From Quiz Norse Myth: The Death of Balder

Answer: Balder had a series of terrible dreams

Balder is perhaps the god with most positive associations in Norse mythology, being linked with love, beauty and truth. Balder himself possessed these positive traits and so was the most loved of all the gods. Even the giants, elves and dwarves loved him, as did his parents, Odin and Frigg. Frigg, like all the gods, was terrified at the thought of losing Balder, and so, after hearing of her son's bad dreams, decided to take an oath from everything in the nine worlds that they would not harm Balder.

From Quiz Norse Myth: Otter's Ransom

Answer: To get the salmon it had caught

The three gods who had set out to explore Midgard in the story of Idun's apples had once again journeyed out of Asgard to satisfy their curiosity. Loki had killed the otter so as to get the salmon for a meal that night, as the day was coming to an end. As he boasted about his terrific shot, he realised that they had "two for the price of one", with the otter and the salmon.

From Quiz Norse Myth: The Betrayed Brother

Answer: King Hraudung

King Hraudung was King of the Goths, and his sons were aged 10 and 8. Agnar was the eldest and Geirrod the youngest. After rowing out to sea with the intention of catching some fish, the two princes were caught in a storm and their boat eventually came to rest on the coast of a small island.

From Quiz Sorcha's Norse Mythology Stumper

Answer: Jötunheim

The story of "Mimir's Well" states that Odin raveled through Midgard, the World of Men, and made his way to Jötunheim, the Realm of the Giants. This was near Mimir's Well, which was a source of wisdom.

From Quiz Norse Myth: Thor, You're Not So Tough

Answer: That he wanted to kill giants

With his new hammer, Mjolnir, Thor intended to flex his muscles and kill some giants. As he prepared to leave Asgard, Thor told the other gods that "however few they [the giants] are, they are too many." Loki told Thor that he would need sharp wits if visiting Utgard, and so offered to accompany him. Thor knew that Loki was evil and malicious, but recognized that he would be a good companion.

From Quiz Norse Myth: The Gifts to the Gods

Answer: Thor

With Thor, Sif gave birth to Thrud, goddess of storm and clouds and one of the Valkyries. Before her marriage to Thor, Sif was said to be wed to the Giant Orvandil, with whom she mothered a son named Ull, god of winter.

From Quiz Norse Myth: The Children of Loki

Answer: Sigyn

Sigyn, like many other Norse goddesses, is not very well known. Her greatest association is being the wife of Loki. Freya is the only goddess who features prominently in the tales of Norse myth. It is thought, since it is claimed in some texts that Norse goddesses are as important as the gods, that the tales which have been lost through time are largely those involving the goddesses. Whilst other gods grew to hate Loki and eventually banished him and bound him to a rock, it was Sigyn who stood by him.

From Quiz Norse Myth: The Apples Of Idun

Answer: A dwarf

Ivaldi was a dwarf and so dwelt in Nidavellir. He, like his sons, was a great craftsman and was said to turn to stone if he was exposed to sunlight. Idun was unlike her father or her brothers both in terms of appearance and personality. She was fair to look upon and was kind to others. The sons of Ivaldi were held by some as the finest craftsmen in the nine worlds and they feature prominently in the story of the six gifts to the gods (which I will cover later).

From Quiz Norse Myth: The Mead of Poetry

Answer: He was formed from the spit of the gods

Kvasir was a direct outcome of the war between the Aesir and the Vanir - the two races of warring gods. To learn more about this conflict, please play my quiz, "Norse Myth: Warring Gods". The gods all spat into a jar and Kvasir was formed from their spittle. He was said to be the wisest of them all and he answered questions wherever he went.

From Quiz Norse Myth: Warring Gods

Answer: Fertility gods

The Aesir, who were led by Odin, were mainly concerned with the activities of men. The Vanir, however, had stronger associations with nature and fertility. Whilst the Aesir lived in Asgard, the home of the Vanir was called Vanaheim. Both were located on the top of three levels believed to exist in Norse mythology.

From Quiz Norse Myth: The Root of All Beings

Answer: Gunningagap

The intense flames from Muspell in the south were such that no one could bear the heat, apart from those born into them. Likewise, the frost in the northern realm of Niflheim was too cold to support life. As the two extremes met, they produced perfect conditions for life. The heat from the south melted the ice from the north and the water that dripped formed Ymir, an evil frost giant.

From Quiz The Necklace of the Brisings

Answer: Sessrumnir

According to the tale, Freya leaves her hall, Sessrumnir (Rich in Seats) and heads towards the Bifrost. Freya left her cats sleeping by a hearth and her chariot undisturbed. Unknowingly, Freya is being followed by Loki, the Shape Changer. Valhalla is Odin's hall, Sindri is the hall with a red-gold roof that will be created after the Ragnarok, and Lyr is Menglad's hall in Jotunheim.

From Quiz Norse Cosmology Part I

Answer: Three plates set on one another with space in between each other

The Norsemen told of a world that resembled three plates set on one another with space in between each plate. The three plates were held together at the top by a giant tree with three roots going into each realm.

From Quiz General Norse Mythology

Answer: Einherjar

The Einherjar are the dead warriors that were chosen by the Valkyries to reside in Valhalla. They fought all day and feasted all night awaiting the Ragnarok. Lyngvi was an island on Lake Amavartnir where the wolf Fenrir was chained. Folkvang was the part of Asgard where Freyja's hall was located. Skuld was one of the three norns that decided the fate of men.

From Quiz Loki, Thor and then some

Answer: Loki

When Baldr was born Odin asked every plant and being to promise they would never hurt Baldr. Baldr was basically immortal. But, Odin didn't ask the mistletoe. Loki found out about that and made an arrow out of a mistletoe and handed it to Hödr, Baldr's blind half-brother, who was target-practising at Baldr.

From Quiz Norse Mythology

Answer: Asgard

Asgard is home to the Norse gods. They each have a great hall, the greatest being Valhalla which deceased heroes inhabit. Midgard is the Norse name for the earth that mankind inhabits. Alfheim is the land of the light elves, as well as the god Freya. Niflheim is the lowest level of the Norse universe and it is classed as the Norse underworld.

From Quiz Ragnarok!

Answer: Gotterdammerung

This is the translation in the Norse native language. It literally means Doom of the Powers, or Destruction of the Powers, where Powers means Gods. A common misconception is that Ragnarok means the Twilight of the Gods. This is the result of a famous mistranslation.

From Quiz Norse Mythology Quiz

Answer: Hlidskjalf

Frey climbed to the top of Hlidkjalf to look for Freya (who went out to find the three giants at the top of a mountain), and found a beautiful Giant maiden named Gerda who he eventually wed.

From Quiz Thor's Hammer

Answer: Mjollnir

Made by the dwarfs Brokk and Eitri, Mjollnir glowed red-hot at one end and could only be held by an iron gauntlet.

From Quiz Lesser Known Members of the Aesir

Answer: Grid

Grid also appears in a legend of Thor. Loki had tricked Thor into visiting a giant's castle without his magic belt or hammer. They stopped to rest at the home of the giantess Grid. Grid told Thor about the plot, and gave him her magic belt, iron gloves and magic staff to defend himself.

From Quiz Runes and Runestones.

Answer: Sweden

Sweden has approximately 3500 runestones in all; Norway 50-100 and Denmark 250. Iceland has 0 stones from the viking-age, but there are about 60 runestones dated after the viking-age.

From Quiz Runes and their world

Answer: It has no meaning.

The Futhark is divided into three different parts: 1. F u th a r k. 2. H n i a s. 3. T b m l R. We just use the first six runes to name the runic alphabet, much like the latin alphabet = Alpha Beta. No, you counted correctly, the "th" in Futhark is just one rune, Thurisaz.

From Quiz Runestones and their language

Answer: God help his soul.

"God help his soul" was a Christian prayer, often used as the last sentence on the stone.

From Quiz Norse Mythology

Answer: Alviss

He was a dwarf who tried to marry Thor's daughter, but was thwarted by Thor and turned into stone.

From Quiz Viking Mythology

Answer: Valhalla & Valhall & Valholl

From Quiz Marvelous Artifacts in Norse Mythology

Answer: slept with four dwarves

According to the Sorla Thattr, Freyja offered gold, but the four dwarven smiths who forged the beautiful necklace (the Brisings, the brothers Alfrigg, Berling, Dvalin and Grer) would not take money for their handiwork. Freyja coveted the necklace so much that she acceded to their demands and submitted to their lusts for four nights. Again according to the Sorla Thattr, Loki informed on Freyja to Odin, who sent Loki to steal the necklace to punish Freyja for her wantonness. Odin returned the necklace to Freyja only after extorting from her the agreement that she would do his dirty work in starting wars among men. According, however, to earlier skaldic verse, Loki undertook to steal the necklace on his own connivance, and was prevented from doing so by far-seeing Heimdall. It is not clear what was so eminently desirable about the Brisingamen; either its special power was to make others covet it, or perhaps it magically enhanced the beauty of its wearer. (Indeed, this latter possibility is supported, albeit indirectly, when one considers that with the Brisingamen around his burly neck Thor was once able to pass himself off, not merely as a woman, but as the beauteous Freyja. Of course, he wore a veil...)

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