🧠 Norse Mythology Quiz

Loki's shape-shifting exploits include transforming into a mare to distract a giant's horse — and he later gave birth to Sleipnir, Odin's legendary eight-legged steed.

Mjölnir was forged by the dwarven brothers Sindri and Brokkr, but its handle came out unusually short because Loki — disguised as a fly — bit Brokkr on the eyelid mid-craft.

Yggdrasil literally means 'Odin's horse' in Old Norse — a poetic reference to the gallows, as Odin famously hung himself from the tree for nine days to gain the wisdom of the runes.

At Ragnarök, Thor and Jörmungandr are fated to kill each other — Thor slays the serpent but then walks nine steps before dying from its venom.

In Norse mythology, Bifröst is said to be so hot that frost giants cannot cross it — only the gods and those they permit may travel its shimmering span.

Freyja's hall Fólkvangr means 'field of the host' or 'field of the people', and she gets first pick of the slain before Odin takes his share to Valhalla.

Sleipnir is described in the Prose Edda as the finest of all horses — Odin rides him across the sky and even into the realm of the dead.

Ratatoskr's name is often interpreted as meaning 'drill-tooth' or 'gnaw-tooth' in Old Norse, reflecting his role as a mischievous stirrer of conflict between the eagle and the serpent.

Ginnungagap is often translated as 'the yawning void' or 'the mighty gap', and it was in this space that the first being, the frost giant Ymir, came into existence from the meeting of ice and fire.

After Kvasir was created, he travelled the world sharing his wisdom until the dwarves Fjalarr and Galarr murdered him and mixed his blood with honey to create the mead of poetry — anyone who drinks it gains the gift of verse.