Odin learns of the world’s creation, Ragnarök, and its aftermath in this poem. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this first and most famous poem from the Poetic Edda where Odin learns lore from a seeress.
ANSWER: Völuspá (“VOH-loos-pah”) [accept Voluspo]
[10e] In the Völuspá (“VOH-loos-pah”), the völva tells Odin that she knows that this body part of his is in the Well of Mimir. Like the Cyclopes (“sye-KLOE-peez”), Odin only has one of these body parts.
ANSWER: eyes
[10h] The Völuspà (“VOH-loos-pah”) concludes with the völva (“VOHL-vah”) seeing this creature carrying corpses, then sinking. Dronke’s translation of that stanza calls this creature “Malice Striker.”
ANSWER: Níðhöggr (“NEETH-hahg-er”) [accept Nidhogg]
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