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Quiz about Lesser Known Members of the Aesir

Lesser Known Members of the Aesir Quiz

Everyone knows Thor and Odin, but what about the others? This quiz is on Vidar, Tyr, and Bragi. Note that the spellings are the most common translations that I could find.

A multiple-choice quiz by Bashzog. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Bashzog

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
159,038

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Vidar is the son of Odin and whom? Hint

Grid

Herkja

Dufa

Atla

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Question 2 of 10

2. What is Vidar the god of? Hint

fire

the Sun

leather

vengeance

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Question 3 of 10

3. How did Vidar kill the Fenris Wolf after it had eaten his father, Odin, at the battle of Ragnarok? Hint

He severed its head from its neck with his magical sword called Kvalnir, and tore out its entrailes with a hook. These he scattered all over the world.

He strangled it with his bare hands as it took his head in its mouth. Both died at the same instant, and their souls will be locked in struggle for until all things end

He nailed its paws to the ground and set a torch to it, buring the life from it. Then he shattered its bones with one mighty blow from his mace, and cast the pieces into the sky

He stepped on its bottom jaw with his boot , grasped its upper jaw, and pulled its mouth apart.. Then he stabbed it in the heart with his sword

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which day of the week is named after Tyr?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. What is Tyr the god of? Hint

Horses

Peace

War

Cripples

6. When the Aesir tried to bind the wolf Fenrir with the cord Gleipnir, it demanded that one of them put his hand in its mouth, as a gesture of good faith. Tyr came up and put his hand in the wolf's mouth. Which hand was this?

Answer: (Left or Right)

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Question 7 of 10

7. Tyr is fated to die at Ragnarok, but how will he die? Hint

The frost giants will capture him and tear off his limbs, before impailing him on a spear of ice.

Loki will sneak up behind him and stab him in the back with a poisoned dagger

A bough of the world tree will fall and crush him beneath it.

He will face the monstrous dog Garm, hound of the goddess Hel, and will slay and be slain by it.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who was Bragi's wife? Hint

Hlokk

Iduna

Balla

Freya

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is Bragi said to be the God of? Hint

Love

Boasting

Youth

Poetry

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Question 10 of 10

10. What was peculiar about Bragi's tongue? Hint

There were runes cut into it

It was made of silver

It was purple

It had been burned by one of Loki's tricks

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Vidar is the son of Odin and whom?

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.

2. What is Vidar the god of?

Answer: vengeance

Vidar is called the god of vengeance. He avenged his father Odin's death at Ragnarok, by killing the wolf Fenrir.

3. How did Vidar kill the Fenris Wolf after it had eaten his father, Odin, at the battle of Ragnarok?

Answer: He stepped on its bottom jaw with his boot , grasped its upper jaw, and pulled its mouth apart.. Then he stabbed it in the heart with his sword

Vidar's thick boot was made of all the scraps of leather from the toe or heel that were thrown out when shoes were made. Because of this, if you wanted to help the gods at Ragnarok, you would throw these pieces away when you made boots. Vidar was one of the Aesir who survived Ragnarok.

4. Which day of the week is named after Tyr?

Answer: Tuesday

This day seems to be named for gods of war. In French, Spanish, and Italian, this day of the week is named after Mars, the Roman god of war.

5. What is Tyr the god of?

Answer: War

Brave men going into battle prayed to Tyr, so that he would help them achieve victory.

Answer: right

After the wolf learned it had been tricked, it bit off Tyr's hand.

7. Tyr is fated to die at Ragnarok, but how will he die?

Answer: He will face the monstrous dog Garm, hound of the goddess Hel, and will slay and be slain by it.

Garm was the guardian of Helheim, the underworld. It had four eyes, and its chest was drenched in blood. Garm will join with the giants against the Aesir in the battle of Ragnarok. It can be compared with Cerberus, from Greek mythology.

8. Who was Bragi's wife?

Answer: Iduna

Iduna was the Goddess of Imortality, as she kept the golden apples that prevented the gods from aging. Every time one of the Aesir started to age, he/she ate one of the apples, and was rejuvenated.

9. What is Bragi said to be the God of?

Answer: Poetry

Bragi was revered for his wisdom, eloquence, and ability to recite and compose poetry.

10. What was peculiar about Bragi's tongue?

Answer: There were runes cut into it

Runes were used as the letters of the alphabet, but many also had their own special meaning.

Source: Author Bashzog

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