Question
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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Summary
| 2024 ACF Fall at Cornell | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 56% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Ohio State | fall | Y | 9 | 17.78 | 100% | 67% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Washington | fall | Y | 7 | 24.29 | 86% | 100% | 57% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Georgia | fall | Y | 14 | 19.29 | 100% | 79% | 14% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at North Carolina | fall | Y | 9 | 18.89 | 100% | 67% | 22% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Claremont Colleges | fall | Y | 1 | 20.00 | 100% | 100% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Rutgers | fall | Y | 7 | 21.43 | 100% | 86% | 29% |
| 2024 ACF Fall at Illinois | fall | Y | 9 | 22.22 | 100% | 78% | 44% |
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| Arizona State A | Alberta | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| UW Wrath | UBC B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Arizona State B | UW Chastity | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UBC A | UW Greed | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UW Lust | Boise State | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |
| UW Pride | UW Gluttony | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| UW Envy | UW Sloth | 10 | 0 | 10 | 20 |