Scand 370 MT set 1 CORRECT EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Frey - CORRECT ANSWERS -main god of sweden
-god of fertility, health, wealth
-part of Vanir
-Skidbladnir: his ship, foldable
-Gullinborsti: his boar, regenerates every night
-Ancestor of Swedish royal family
Rus - CORRECT ANSWERS -Vikings called this by:
Russians
Byzantium
Slavics
probably related to Ruotsi
Adam of Bremen - CORRECT ANSWERS -wrote Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclasiae Pontificum
-Accounts of archbishopric
-tells of relationship with vikings/pirate activity
-Svein Estridor, Danish King, principle informant
- first documented source of N. American settlements
Constantine Porphyrogenitus - CORRECT ANSWERS -wrote handbook for running the Byzantine
empire
-Mentions contact with vikings
Fafnir - CORRECT ANSWERS -brother of Regin and Otr
, -slain by Sigurd
-guards a "cursed treasure" given to family by Odin and Loki after death of Otr
Rigsthula - CORRECT ANSWERS -details the creation of caste system
-Rig gives children to:
great-grandmother/father, birth of thrall, slave class
grandmother/father, birth of karl, farmer class
mother/father, birth of jarl, aristocracy, Kon the younger
Karl - CORRECT ANSWERS -from grand mother/father
-middle class
-farmers/peasants/craftsmen
Birka - CORRECT ANSWERS -Swedish trading center
Sigurd - CORRECT ANSWERS -Son of Sigmund
-Raised by his mother and Regin the king's smith
-avenged his father's death
-killed Fafnir, the dragon, and his brother Regin
-took Fafnir's treasure
-slain by his brother-in-laws
Loki - CORRECT ANSWERS -son of Laufey
-catalyst of chaos and trouble
-not a god of anything
-no cult following
-half god half giant
-nemesis of gods but also helper
-friend of thor
QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
Frey - CORRECT ANSWERS -main god of sweden
-god of fertility, health, wealth
-part of Vanir
-Skidbladnir: his ship, foldable
-Gullinborsti: his boar, regenerates every night
-Ancestor of Swedish royal family
Rus - CORRECT ANSWERS -Vikings called this by:
Russians
Byzantium
Slavics
probably related to Ruotsi
Adam of Bremen - CORRECT ANSWERS -wrote Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclasiae Pontificum
-Accounts of archbishopric
-tells of relationship with vikings/pirate activity
-Svein Estridor, Danish King, principle informant
- first documented source of N. American settlements
Constantine Porphyrogenitus - CORRECT ANSWERS -wrote handbook for running the Byzantine
empire
-Mentions contact with vikings
Fafnir - CORRECT ANSWERS -brother of Regin and Otr
, -slain by Sigurd
-guards a "cursed treasure" given to family by Odin and Loki after death of Otr
Rigsthula - CORRECT ANSWERS -details the creation of caste system
-Rig gives children to:
great-grandmother/father, birth of thrall, slave class
grandmother/father, birth of karl, farmer class
mother/father, birth of jarl, aristocracy, Kon the younger
Karl - CORRECT ANSWERS -from grand mother/father
-middle class
-farmers/peasants/craftsmen
Birka - CORRECT ANSWERS -Swedish trading center
Sigurd - CORRECT ANSWERS -Son of Sigmund
-Raised by his mother and Regin the king's smith
-avenged his father's death
-killed Fafnir, the dragon, and his brother Regin
-took Fafnir's treasure
-slain by his brother-in-laws
Loki - CORRECT ANSWERS -son of Laufey
-catalyst of chaos and trouble
-not a god of anything
-no cult following
-half god half giant
-nemesis of gods but also helper
-friend of thor
