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Mythology
Celtic & European
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Undergraduate 2
04/22/2007

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Lugus
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The Greatest Celtic God, "The Shining One"
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Balder
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Norse Fairest and most-loved god, doomed to die
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Daghdha
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Celtic Fertility God, "Great Father"
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Donn
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Celtic God of the dead
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Njord
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Norse god of the sea, father of Freyr and Freyja
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Thor
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Norse god of thunder and lightening
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Frigg
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Norse queen of the heavens, goddess of marriage and motherhood
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Freyja
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Norse goddess of fertility, ahd a gold necklace
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Tyr
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Norse god of war; had one hand bitten off by Fenrir, the wolf
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Loki
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Norse god of evil and tirckery, yet a creation figure
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In the Celtic myth of "The Daghdha's Cauldron," those who eat and drink at this table...
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will not age nor die
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In the Celtic myth, "The Death of Cu Chulainn," the hero is killed by...
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Sons of Calidin
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In the Celtic myth, "Finn and the Salmon of Knowledge," Finn gained knowledge by...
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sucking his thumb, which he burned while cooking the salmon
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In the Celtic legend of King Arthur, all of these are true except...
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Arthur was an actual war leader against Saxon invaders
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In Norse mythology, one of the major symbols is...
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Yddrasil, the world tree
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In Norse mythology, Ragnarok is...
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the last great battle
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In Norse mythology, all of these are true about Valhalla except...
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it is the heroes' heaven, their eternal rest
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In the Norse myth of Balder, all living plants and animals agreed not to harm him except...
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mistletoe
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In the Norse myth of Freyja's necklace, it was taken by Loki when he turned into a...
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flea and bit her so when she turned in bed he could unclasp it
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In Norse mythology, which three gods often travel together, as in the myth, "The Theft of the Golden Apples"?
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Odin, Loki, and Hoenir
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In the Norse myth of Beowolf, the hero...
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kills the man-eating fire-breathing dragon
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The best-known mythical figure in Slav folk tales is...
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Baba Iaga, the witch
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In Slavic mythology, all of these are spirit souls of the departed except...
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the Silver Roan, a magic horse
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In Slav mythology, werewolves were believed to be all of these except...
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incarnations of God
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The Slav mythology of vampires was that they...
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all of the above!
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