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1. What is the cold dark misty world of the dead, ruled by the goddess Hel?

2. Which companion of Odin and Thor is a cunning trickster who can change his shape and sex?

3. What kind of animal draws the chariot of Freyr, the god of peace and fertility and rain and sunshine who is the son of the sea god Njǫrd?

4. What is the name of Odin’s magical horse, which has eight legs, teeth inscribed with runes, and the ability to gallop through the air and over the sea?

5. Which is the most important of the Icelandic sagas called fornaldarsǫgur (“sagas of antiquity”)?

6. What is the dwelling place of the Norse gods, comparable to the Greek gods’ Mount Olympus?

7. What is the hall of slain warriors who live there blissfully under the leadership of the god Odin?

8. Who is the wife of Odin and mother of Balder as well as the goddess of marriage?

9. Which animals draw the chariot of Freyja, the Norse goddess of love, fertility, battle, and death?

10. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the world tree, a giant ash supporting the universe?

11. Who is the watchman of the gods who guards the entrance to Asgard?

12. What is the name of the rainbow bridge that is the entrance to Asgard?

13. What is the name of the horn of the watchman of the gods, which can be heard throughout heaven, earth, and the lower world?

14. In Norse mythology, who is the giant created from the drops of water that formed when the ice of Niflheim met the heat of Muspelheim?

15. What is the name of the unusually swift and intelligent horse belonging to a giant who offered to build a great wall around Asgard to keep invaders away?

16. In Norse mythology, who is the giant wife of the sea god Njǫrd?

17. Who wrote the Heimskringla (History of the Kings of Norway), a compilation of sagas about Norse kings?