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51 Cards in this Set
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Who was the apple keeper of the Gods in norse myths?
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Idun
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4 Factors of waters of immortality?
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1) Water to drink
2) Water to wash 3) Birthing water 4) Water as a boundary |
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What is euhemerism?
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Gods are simply dead war heroes/historical figures
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Etiology for Deus Otiosus?
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Myths where gods die are simply etiological for the obsolescence of a cult
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Frazer's theory?
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Some gods die because it is an important part of their function to do so
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Poetic edda?
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Oldest that exists
Very few are narrative Skaldic |
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Prose Edda?
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By Snorri Sturluson
Three parts |
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Part one of Prose Edda?
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Gylfaginning (Tricking of Gylfi)
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What is Gylfaginning about?
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Gylfi, dead king of Sweden, has a dream.
He was entertained by three men and heard their tales |
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What was the second part of Prose Edda?
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Skaldskaparmal (Guide to Skald-craft)
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What was Skaldskaparmal about?
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An attempt to explain one of the trickiest parts of Skaldcraft, kennings.
Organized as a kind of definition of kennings |
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What was the third part of Prose Edda?
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Hattatal (List of Metrical Schemes)
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What was Hattatal about?
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A technical guide to the construction of Skaldic poems
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What does ginnunagap mean?
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Tricking gap
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What is muspell?
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South end of the universe
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Who is the king of Muspell?
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Surt, who is the fire god.
He lives down south Related to Hephestaus/Athena |
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What is Niflheim?
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North end of the universe
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What does niflheim mean?
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Home of the cloud/mist
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Who is Ymir?
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Grandfather of all the frost giants
First glacier god |
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Who was audumla?
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The holy cow, who is caugh by Ymir and drinks from her milk
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Who was Odin?
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King of Esir
Means "wooden" in English |
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Who were the three brothers?
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Odin, Vili, Ve
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Who was Ve?
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King of the other group of Gods, named Vanir
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What does jotunheim mean?
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Giant home
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What is midgard?
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Middle earth (where humans live)
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What is bifrost?
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Rainbow bridge that links asgard to misgard
LINK BETWEEN WORLD OF HUMANS AND GODS |
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What is Yogdrasil?
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Ash tree of universe
Main keening, "Odin's steel" |
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Who pushed his children back inside their mother?
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Uranus
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Who went digging for the remains of Troy?
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Heinrich Schliemann
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Who believed that a myth, if it does not express a clear etiology, must contain an encoded etiology for the apparent behavior of nature?
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Max Muller
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Who carried out an important study of the functions of characters in folktales and the correlation between those functions and their position in the linear sequence?
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Vladimir Propp
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Who published his findings in a famous study named, The Golden Bough?
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Sir James Frazer
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Who allegedly composed 31 Hymns to the gods?
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Homer
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Who composed the Catalogue of Women?
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Hesiod
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Who composed Works and Days?
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Hesiod
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Who composed Aeneid?
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Vergil
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Which Roman poet was commissioned by the Emperor Augustus to compose an epic poem glorifying the city of Rome, its "divine" destiny and his own family?
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Vergil
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Which Roman poet offended the Emperor Augustus and was sent into exile?
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Ovid
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T/F- Hybris is a quality praised by the gods?
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False
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T/F- Hermes and Hecate both shared responsibility for "sympathetic magic"?
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True
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t/f- Following "linear structure" means polarizing themes and motifs regardless of sequence?
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False
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T/F- Following "linear structure" means paying special attention to the sequence of a story
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True
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T/F- Polarization can be done regardless of sequence?
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True
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T/F- Polarization means paying special attention to the sequence of a story?
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False
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Sunday?
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The Sun's day
or Day of the sun |
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Monday?
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Day of the moon
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Tuesday?
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Tiu is the god of war and the sky
Identified with norse god TYR. |
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Wednesday?
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Wooden's day
Identified with the Norse god ODIN |
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Thursday?
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Thor's day
Thor is Norse god of thunder |
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Friday?
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Freya's day
Identified with Norse god, FREYA Freya is leader of Valkyries |
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Saturday?
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Saturn's day
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