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In Tiveden, this number of types of wood were supposedly used to make the fire in the pagan rituals that local folklore claimed were held at Trollkyrka into the nineteenth century. A namesake Old English charm describes a medicinal preparation of this number of herbs. This number of locks secure the chest containing Lævateinn. A group of this number of women whose names have meanings such as “bloody-hair” and“transparent-on-top” personify (15[1])the waves and are the daughters of (*) Ægir and Rán. Thor is prophesied to die after taking this number of paces after being poisoned (-5[1])by (10[1])Jörmungandr. Odin hangs himself for this number (-5[1])of nights from Yggdrasil to learn the runes. Heimdallr is born from this number of mothers. The branches of Yggdrasil contain a collection of this number of places that includes Jötunheimr, Miðgarðr, and Ásgarðr. For 10 points, Norse mythology has what number of worlds? ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: nine
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