History Quiz - Vikings - Religion (Answers)
One important part of KS2 history is Viking, or Norse, culture and this is the third of four quizzes on the subject. Specifically it looks at Norse mythology, religion and gods prior to the Vikings' conversion to Christianity.
The religion of the Vikings was a pagan belief in the gods and goddesses of Norse mythology. Their afterlife was composed of various places to go, such as Valhalla if you died bravely in battle, but the most common place to go was hel. The Viking Hel was not a place of torment like the Christian Hell - but it was a place of cold and darkness. The Vikings had many stories about the antics of their gods and some of our days of the week are named after them - Thursday after Thor for example or Friday after the goddess Frigg.
Take this quiz to discover what you know about Viking religion and Norse mythology.
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The Norse myths are wonderful stories featuring heroes, gods, dwarfs and elves
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Asgard was linked to Midgard - where the Vikings lived - by a rainbow bridge
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As well as being king of the gods Odin was the god of knowledge, magic, healing, death, battle, royalty, poetry and the alphabet
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As well as being the goddess of love, Freyja was also the goddess of beauty, fertility, gold, magic and death
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The Frost Giants lived in Niflheim, a place of mists, snow and frozen rivers
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Balder was the son of Odin
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Babies were given a tiny hammer at birth for good luck
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If a warrior died in bed they would go to Niflheim
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The Vikings also believed that the Earth was flat
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Though most became Christians some people in Scandinavia were not converted until the 1700s
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