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"Chieftain's cup" or Bragarfull

Created by Bunny1981

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Chieftains cup or Bragarfull game quiz
"Old English and Old Norse poets often used kennings, compound expressions, instead of nouns. For example, "storm of swords" refers to a battle. I give this Ariadne's string to help you to get Bragarfull or Chieftain's cup."

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1. Imagine you were a Viking and were afraid of giants and thunder. Suppose that you would like to see a woman with hair made of gold; that you'd like to have a hammer which, thrown at a target, returned magically to you; or that you'd like to ride a chariot drawn by goats. You would call to the "slayer of giants". What god would answer your pleas?
    Thor
    Tyr
    Bragi
    Baldr


2. Everybody likes this thing because it is beautiful and precious. The reasons why women and men worship it tend to be different. It can help you to become important, attractive or rich. Vikings called it "Freya's tears", "Sif's hair" or "a serpent's lair". What is it that I wouldn't mind getting?
    brilliant
    gold
    silver
    sapphire


3. Ancient Northern men were passionate and didn't have to find a pretext to kiss a girl. Meanwhile, modern victims of civilization have to look forward to celebrating Christmas and use "Baldur's bane" to snog. What will help you to kiss?
    holly
    mistletoe
    ivy
    amaryllis


4. Imagine that you were a "Giver of Rings" - an ancient Norse version of Bill Clinton - and you wanted to talk about your "hidden heart", "night's companion", or "breeder of secrets". Who is the topic of your conversation? If you were a Viking, you'd guess at once.
    wife
    sister
    blood brother
    mistress


5. I am Romeo and my best poems are for you, Juliet, my "life toucher", "soul song", "heart holder" ... Or I am Siegfried and am sending news to you, Brynhildr, my "soul's kiss", "treasured companion", "heart of hearts", etc. Who is my addressee?
    muse
    friend
    lover
    mother


6. If Adam asked Eve who had tempted her to taste an apple of the forbidden tree and she was afraid to tell on this "valley-trout", it would be up to Adam to guess. She might have called him the main enemy of the god who had the hammer Mjullnir. Who was this maleficent creature that cheated Eve?
    serpent
    lizard
    worm
    dragon


7. I hope I'll never meet this "wolf's father" and "father of the sea thread" in my life; otherwise I'll have to get out of one trouble after another. Who is this evil guy?
    Loki
    Surtr
    Hel
    Agir


8. They say strong women are phenomena typical to modern society. Oops, they're wrong! Strong, modern women are just heirs of these "spear-wifes", "ladies of the slain", "girls of swords" and "maidens of Yggr". Name a representative of this group.
    Dis
    Norn
    Valkyrie
    Jutunn


9. This thing is absolutely essential if you want to live. You can make somebody's "sweat of sword" boil. If you are a nobleman, you can say that your "wound-weeping" is blue and cold. It is also possible to have a "sweat of ravens" brother. Tell me, please, what I am driving at?
    health
    water
    blood
    money


10. Odin is described as having "drinkers of blood", serving as his eyes and ears. They say that Maleficent's Diablo from "Sleeping Beauty" was a "blood-falcon". If "the swans of the Tyr" fly from the Tower of London, then the UK will fall. What am I talking about?
    eagle
    hawk
    raven
    vulture


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Compiled Jun 28 12