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Quiz about Sorchas Norse Mythology Stumper

Sorcha's Norse Mythology Stumper Quiz

Test your knowledge of Norse mythological stories. I have relied on the tellings in Padraic Colum's "The Children of Odin."

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

Author
mrnorthcutt

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
326,583

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which world is Mimir's Well closest to? Hint

Hel

Midgard

Vanaheim

J�tunheim

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Question 2 of 10

2. What colour was Odin's cloak as he went to Mimir's Well? Hint

black

orange

dark blue

grey

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Question 3 of 10

3. Who was the youngest battle maiden? Hint

Olrun

Hladgrun

Brynhild

Alvit

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who hung the serpent above Loki's head during his punishment? Hint

Skadi

Freya

Skirnir

Siguna

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who is Garm? Hint

Helheim hound

Wisest of the fire giants

Scribe of the Aesir and Vanir

Creator of Gleipner

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Question 6 of 10

6. What gift does Odin bring to Sybil the Volva in exchange for her knowledge? Hint

a raven

runesticks

a staff made by elves

a wolf

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of the horse who built the wall of Asgard? Hint

Naglfar

Svadilfare

Mani

Halld�r

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Question 8 of 10

8. What does Frigga give Loki on his search for Mi�lnir? Hint

swan dress

falcon dress

Sleipner

a rowboat

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Question 9 of 10

9. What is the name of Hel's hall? Hint

Elvidnir

Hela

Hindfell

Heimdall

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Question 10 of 10

10. What does Loki, as a mare, tell the wall-building horse about? Hint

Dwarves and Elves

Aesir

Asgard

Vanir and Midgard

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which world is Mimir's Well closest to?

Answer: J�tunheim

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

2. What colour was Odin's cloak as he went to Mimir's Well?

Answer: dark blue

The story of "Mimir's Well" says that Odin All-Father, in the guise of Vegtam the Wanderer, wore a cloak of dark blue and carried a traveler's staff.

3. Who was the youngest battle maiden?

Answer: Brynhild

The story of the Valkyries says that the youngest of all the battle-maidens was Brynhild, to whom Odin had shown more of the Runes of Wisdom than any of her sisters.

4. Who hung the serpent above Loki's head during his punishment?

Answer: Skadi

In the story of the "Punishment of Loki", the giantess Skadi felt that it wasn't right that Loki not be tormented in his punishment, so she hung a serpent over his head to drip venom on him.

5. Who is Garm?

Answer: Helheim hound

During Odin's journey to Hel to find out which god she planned to take, in "Baldur's Doom", he says that for a day and a night, the Helheim hound Garm pursued him and Sleipner.

6. What gift does Odin bring to Sybil the Volva in exchange for her knowledge?

Answer: runesticks

In the story of Ragnarok, Odin, as the Traveler, walks into the cave of the Volva with gifts of runesticks to trade for Sybil's knowledge.

7. What is the name of the horse who built the wall of Asgard?

Answer: Svadilfare

In the story of the building of the wall around Asgard, the Aesir hire a strange giant to build the wall, but in the story we find out that the giant's horse, Svadilfare, is building the wall as the giant sleeps.

8. What does Frigga give Loki on his search for Mi�lnir?

Answer: falcon dress

Loki asks Frigga, in the story of "How Thor and Loki Befooled Thrym the Giant", to lend him her falcon dress so that he can fly to Thrym's house and see if he knows where Thor's hammer resides.

9. What is the name of Hel's hall?

Answer: Elvidnir

In "The Children of Loki," Odin, after seeing Loki's monstrous children, throws Hel down to the deepest depths of Yggdrasil. There she reigns in her hall called Elvidnir.

10. What does Loki, as a mare, tell the wall-building horse about?

Answer: Dwarves and Elves

In order to distract the wall-building horse from finishing the wall, Loki causes the horse to chase him and tells him stories of elves and dwarves.

Source: Author mrnorthcutt

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