One example of these texts is preserved by a manuscript called the Codex Regius and is often quoted in Icelandic sagas. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name these texts. So-called “prose” and “poetic” examples of these texts, compiled by Snorri Sturluson, are an important source for Norse Mythology.
ANSWER: Eddas [accept Prose Edda or Poetic Edda or Elder Edda or Younger Edda or Snorri’s Edda]
[10h] This poem within the Poetic Edda depicts a contest in which insults are exchanged. In this poem, the title trickster god arrives at Ægir’s (“AY-gur’s”) feast and systematically insults the other gods.
ANSWER: Lokasenna [or Loki’s Flyting or The Flyting of Loki; prompt on Loki]
[10e] In the Lokasenna, the only deity able to persuade Loki to leave the feast is this thunder god, who threatens to remove Loki’s head with his hammer Mjölnir (“MIOL-nir”).
ANSWER: Thor
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