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WorksheetsThe Binding of Fenrir
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is Fenrir?
A dragon
A squirrel
A sea serpent
A wolf
Fenrir was the son of...
Loki and Angrboda
True or False: The Gods liked Fenrir as a wolf cub.
True
False
What event made Odin concerned about Fenrir?
Odin wasn't concerned about Fenrir.
Odin watched Fenrir kill a boar.
Odin's ravens told him that Fenrir killed Loki.
Odin was informed by Tyr that Fenrir had grown too large.
When Odin visited the Norns, what was their warning?
Odin would lose his eye and cause the end of the world.
Hel would eventually become ruler and cause the end of the world.
Fenrir would cause damage to the Aesir and would eat Odin, causing the end of the world.
Fenrir and Jormungand would kill Odin, which would cause the end of the world.
The first chain the Gods used to bind Fenrir was called...
Skidbladnir
How does Tyr convince Fenrir to be bound by the first chain?
Tyr tricks Fenrir by suggesting a game of Fenrir's strength and appealing to his pride.
Tyr tricks Fenrir into believing he will be released later.
The second chain the Gods use to bind Fenrir is called...
Gungnir
Dromi
Mjolnir
The Aesir Gods went with Tyr to bind Fenrir a second time because...
They believed Tyr had exaggerated or he didn't bind Fenrir properly the first time.
Whom does Odin send to speak to the dwarfs about a binding for Fenrir?
Skirnir
The length of time it will take the dwarfs to create the magic binding is...
1 day
1 week
1 month
1 year
What was the reason that the dwarfs' magical chain would bind Fenrir?
The magical ingredients infused into the binding don't actually exist.
The magical ingredients came from the most powerful of the Norns.
The magical ingredients infused into the binding came from Fenrir's father, Loki.
The magical ingredients came from the Nine Worlds, in addition to a piece of Yggdrasil's branch.
Tyr and the Aesir Gods bring Fenrir across _____ Lake to _____Island.
Amsvartnir, Lyngvi
Niflheim, Vanaheim
What did the Dwarfs make that ACTUALLY ensnared Fenrir?
A red thread woven by Ariadne.
A silken rope/cord called Gleipnir.
Thor's belt of strength called Megingjord.
A golden woolly covering of a winged ram caught by Jason & the Argonauts.
Fenrir finally relaxed with the Aesir Gods after...
Hunting and eating 20 raw oxen
Playing Fetch with Loki
Having his teeth brushed by Freyja
Getting a bath from by Mimir
What was Fenrir's condition before he was tied up the third time?
He would rule over 8 of the 9 worlds, leaving his sister Hel to rule over her land.
He would have possession of Thor's hammer and his iron gloves.
He would be given Odin's other eye, his spear, his throne, and his ravens.
He would hold Tyr's right hand in his mouth.
True or False: When Fenrir could not break his bonds for the third time, he bit Tyr's hand OFF.
True.
False.
After Fenrir bit off Tyr's hand, Odin...
decapitated the wolf and put Fenrir's head on the top of his throne.
wrapped a chain through Gleipnir, spiked the chain to the ground, and put a rock on top of the spike.
cursed the Norns, Loki, Angrboda, and banished Fenrir to Hel.
fell down dead, leaving Frigg and Thor to rule over Asgard.
Now fully bound by Gleipnir, Fenrir reacts even more violently and tries to bite the Gods. As a result, Tyr (and in some versions, Odin) decides to...
release Fenrir from Gleipnir and let him roam Asgard.
feed Fenrir more oxen to calm him and make him sleepy.
jam his sword into Fenrir's mouth, the point of it on Fenrir's upper palate and the hilt on his jaw.
apologizing to Fenrir and promising to bring some of Fafnir's gold to him.
(THERE ARE TWO CORRECT ANSWERS)
This particular myth explains...
why all wolves are untrustworthy and vicious (all wolves are descendents of Fenrir).
why Tyr, the god of justice and cunning, only has his shield hand (Justice is meant to DEFEND, not attack).
why one of Heimdall's names is "Bági Ulfs" (Enemy of the Wolf).
why self-fulfilling prophecies are dangerous (humans get rid of things we fear only for those things to come back and bite us).
