Lessons - Tests

Answers Lesson 6 - Tests and Reading

Comprehension Test

1. How does the depiction of the Norns in the Younger Edda differ from that seen its predecessor?
   There are more than three Norns. There are also good and bad Norns which weakens the effect of Wyrd since luck as much as justice determines what now happens to people.

2. With which myth does the fertility/nourishing aspect of the Fehu (Feoh) rune link?
   With Audhumla the cow who fed Ymir

3. Who wrote the Prose Edda?
   Snorri Sturlson

4. What requirement of Utgard-Loki must Thor and his companions meet in order to stay?
   To demonstrate some craft or accomplishment

5. What is Ragnarok proof of?
   That the gods themselves are subject to Wyrd and experience the consequence of their deeds

6. Name the three deities Gylfi meets in heaven
   High-One, Just-As-High, Third

7. What is Utgard-Loki's cat really?
   The Midgard Serpent

8. How in Viking/Saxon society would a man be known outside his own region?
   By reputation

9. What is "Sif's hair" or "giants' mouthful" an example of?
   A kenning - a type of metaphorical device found in Norse and Saxon poetry

10. What function does myth serve?
    It is the means by which Society explains things

Reading

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Further Exercises

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