Q 01/05

Odin is usually described as having only one eye; what did he give the other one up for?

A) Wisdom

B) The throne of Asgard

C) Victory in war

D) Immortality

Answer · why

A) Wisdom

Wisdom. Odin wanted a single drink from Mímir's well, where wisdom and understanding are stored, and its keeper refused until he left an eye in the wa...

Q 02/05

What are the names of the two ravens that bring Odin news of the world?

A) Ask and Embla

B) Vili and Vé

C) Geri and Freki

D) Huginn and Muninn

Answer · why

D) Huginn and Muninn

Huginn and Muninn. Odin taught the pair human speech, and they perch on his shoulders to murmur into his ear everything they have seen and heard on th...

Q 03/05

Roughly what do the names of Odin's two ravens mean?

A) Dawn and dusk

B) Thought and memory

C) Fear and fury

D) Sight and sound

Answer · why

B) Thought and memory

Thought and memory. In the poem Grímnismál a disguised Odin frets each day that Thought may not fly home, yet says he worries more for Memory.

Q 04/05

What is the name of Odin's eight-legged horse?

A) Gullfaxi

B) Grani

C) Sleipnir

D) Skinfaxi

Answer · why

C) Sleipnir

Sleipnir. Odin lent him to Hermóðr for the ride to Hel to beg for the dead Baldr's release, and the horse cleared Hel's gate in a single leap.

Q 05/05

Which god gave birth to Odin's eight-legged horse, having taken the form of a mare?

A) Thor

B) Loki

C) Heimdallr

D) Freyr

Answer · why

B) Loki

Loki. He became a mare to lure away the stallion Svaðilfari, so the giant building Asgard's wall would miss his deadline and lose his fee: Freyja, the...