Test your knowledge with these top questions!
What animal does Loki become to lure the stallion Svaðilfari away?
Loki's mare disguise distracts Svaðilfari, and Loki later gives birth to Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged horse.
In many Indigenous North American stories, what role does Coyote often play?
Coyote often bends rules, causes trouble, and sometimes helps people, making the trickster role more complex than a simple villain.
In Akan folklore, which deity grants Anansi the right to tell the world's stories?
The sky god owns the stories; Anansi earns them by capturing a python, a leopard, and a swarm of hornets.
What does Sigyn hold under the snake during Loki's punishment?
Sigyn catches the serpent's venom in a bowl but must empty it; drops that hit Loki make him writhe and shake the earth.
Anansi is traditionally depicted as which creature?
Many tales show Anansi using webs, patience, and a small size to overcome much larger animals.
Which figure is Loki's daughter in Norse mythology?
Loki and the giantess Angrboða have three famous children: Hel, Fenrir, and Jörmungandr.
What quality most often gives Anansi an advantage over stronger opponents?
Anansi tales make wit and wordplay more powerful than brute force, a hallmark of the trickster archetype.
Which plant did Loki exploit to make Baldr vulnerable in Norse myth?
Frigg secured promises from nearly everything not to harm Baldr but overlooked mistletoe, which Loki used against him.
What role does Eshu often play between humans and the orishas?
Messages and offerings pass through Eshu, linking human worshippers with other orishas.
What does the Nahuatl name Huehuecóyotl literally mean?
The Nahuatl elements huehue and coyotl mean "very old" and "coyote," respectively.