Compare and contrast the medieval versions of Norse myth with some version in popular culture that you’re familiar with.

Attack or Defend one of the prompts
Using these sources: Ellis Davidson Gods and Myth of the Northern Gods
Snorri Prose Edda, Poems of Elder Edda
Defend or attack: Asgard is doomed to fall because it is founded on dishonesty.
Defend or attack: Myths are not just stories; they are the vehicles for ancient wisdom..
Defend or attack: The Norse gods are not much different from their enemies, the giants.
Defend or attack: Thor, not Odin, is the most important Norse god.
Defend or attack: The Norse gods are more heroic than than the gods of other pantheons. (We’re looking at you, Olympians.)
Defend or attack: Loki’s hostility toward the Aesir is justified.
Defend or attack: Snorri is too prejudiced to give an accurate version of Norse myth.
Compare and contrast the medieval versions of Norse myth with some version in popular culture that you’re familiar with. (Remember, though, that this is a course on the original myths: make sure your essay displays your knowledge of them.)
Defend or attack: The Norse gods didn’t create the world; it created them, and then it killed them.
You are Ratatosk. Tell Niðhögg some of the stories you have heard or witnessed on your trips up and down Yggdrasil.