Old Norse and anglicised spellings both count.
? ? ?Father of the gods
? ? ?God of thunder
? ? ?The trickster god
? ? ?Goddess of love and beauty
? ? ?Queen of the gods
? ? ?God of light
? ? ?Watchman of the gods
? ? ?God of war and justice
? ? ?God of the sea and wind
? ? ?God of the harvest
? ? ?Ruler of the dead
? ? ?Keeper of the apples of youth
? ? ?God of poetry
? ? ?Goddess with the golden hair
? ? ?Goddess of winter and the hunt
? ? ?God of skiing and archery
? ? ?God of vengeance
? ? ?God of justice
Photo credits
- The artworks are 18th- and 19th-century paintings, illustrations and manuscript images, all in the public domain.
- The photo of Nils Asplund's Heimdal mural (Heimdall) is by Szilas · CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rules & what counts
Norse Gods Quiz — Rules & What Counts
Each card shows one god of Norse mythology as a classic artwork — a 19th-century painting or an old manuscript image. You type the god's name.
The deck holds 18 gods: the famous five (Odin, Thor, Loki, Freyja, Frigg) and thirteen more from the Eddas.
The artworks carry their own clues. Thor raises his hammer, Idun carries her apples, Skadi stands on skis, and Tyr puts his hand in the wolf's mouth. Read the attribute and the god follows.
How to play
- Every card is visible from the start. Type any god's name to solve its card.
- Start typing anywhere; the answer bar catches it automatically.
- Old Norse and anglicised spellings both count. "Balder" and "Baldur" solve Baldr, and "Wotan" solves Odin.
- A figure that is not in the deck, such as Fenrir or Mimir, clears the input so you know the quiz read the guess.
- Each card shows the god's domain, for example "God of thunder". Use the domain as a hint.
- The timer starts at your first keystroke and counts up. Give Up ends the run and shows every god you missed. Progress saves automatically.
What counts in this quiz
- 18 gods: Odin, Thor, Loki, Freyja, Frigg, Baldr, Heimdall, Tyr, Njord, Freyr, Hel, Idun, Bragi, Sif, Skadi, Ullr, Vidar and Forseti.
- Every image is a painting, an illustration or a manuscript image that is long out of copyright.
- Ullr's card is an 18th-century Icelandic manuscript image — the god on skis, with his bow.
- One photo is a freely licensed Wikimedia Commons image and is credited under the grid.
What's not included — and why
- Monsters and giants are not here. Fenrir, Jormungandr and Ymir are not gods, but the quiz recognises their names as real answers that solve nothing.
- The Marvel versions do not help you. The film's Hela is the quiz's Hel, and the film's Odin looks nothing like von Rosen's wanderer.
- "Frey" does not solve Freyr. The quiz matches on every keystroke, and "Frey" is the start of "Freya" — type the full name.
Good to know
- Four English weekdays are these gods' names: Tuesday is Tyr's day, Wednesday is Odin's, Thursday is Thor's, and Friday is Frigg's.
- Odin gave one eye for a drink from the well of wisdom — which is why almost every artwork shows him with one eye shaded.
- Tyr lost his hand to Fenrir on purpose. The gods needed the wolf to accept the chain, and someone had to pay.
- Loki is the father of Hel, Fenrir and Jormungandr — three of the quiz's recognised wrong answers.
- Skiers still invoke Ullr. Ski towns in the Alps and the Rockies hold Ullr festivals every winter.