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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The myth of Loki's monstrous children

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Fenrir struck a deal. He would accept the challenge, but only if a god kept their hand in his mouth throughout. With a haevy heart, Tyr veerlonuted. The gods bound the wolf and as he sneiartd Gleipnir only grew tighter. Fenrir felt the agony of betrayal— not only from Odin, but from his reluctant fnried. With a howl of fury, he bit through Tyr’s wrist and vowed to destroy Odin for tricking him.

Watching his nightmare come to life, Odin tsruht Tyr’s blade between Fenrir jaws, releasing a trreont of saliva that became a furious rievr. While the beast was not dead, he was bound, and Odin celebrated his victory over fate. But in truth, his actions had only sealed his doom. beteanh the waves, Jörmungandr grew to elcncire the world. Hel rose to rule the dead as queen of the Underworld. And every day, finrer strained a little more against his cnahis, inching ever closer to his bodloy revenge.

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Fenrir struck a deal. He would accept the challenge, but only if a god kept their hand in his mouth throughout. With a _____ heart, Tyr ___________. The gods bound the wolf and as he ________ Gleipnir only grew tighter. Fenrir felt the agony of betrayal— not only from Odin, but from his reluctant ______. With a howl of fury, he bit through Tyr’s wrist and vowed to destroy Odin for tricking him.

Watching his nightmare come to life, Odin ______ Tyr’s blade between Fenrir jaws, releasing a _______ of saliva that became a furious _____. While the beast was not dead, he was bound, and Odin celebrated his victory over fate. But in truth, his actions had only sealed his doom. _______ the waves, Jörmungandr grew to ________ the world. Hel rose to rule the dead as queen of the Underworld. And every day, ______ strained a little more against his ______, inching ever closer to his ______ revenge.

Solution


  1. encircle
  2. thrust
  3. volunteered
  4. bloody
  5. beneath
  6. fenrir
  7. torrent
  8. chains
  9. friend
  10. river
  11. strained
  12. heavy

Original Text


Fenrir struck a deal. He would accept the challenge, but only if a god kept their hand in his mouth throughout. With a heavy heart, Tyr volunteered. The gods bound the wolf and as he strained Gleipnir only grew tighter. Fenrir felt the agony of betrayal— not only from Odin, but from his reluctant friend. With a howl of fury, he bit through Tyr’s wrist and vowed to destroy Odin for tricking him.

Watching his nightmare come to life, Odin thrust Tyr’s blade between Fenrir jaws, releasing a torrent of saliva that became a furious river. While the beast was not dead, he was bound, and Odin celebrated his victory over fate. But in truth, his actions had only sealed his doom. Beneath the waves, Jörmungandr grew to encircle the world. Hel rose to rule the dead as queen of the Underworld. And every day, Fenrir strained a little more against his chains, inching ever closer to his bloody revenge.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations




Important Words


  1. accept
  2. actions
  3. agony
  4. beast
  5. beneath
  6. bit
  7. blade
  8. bloody
  9. bound
  10. celebrated
  11. chains
  12. challenge
  13. closer
  14. day
  15. dead
  16. deal
  17. destroy
  18. doom
  19. encircle
  20. fate
  21. felt
  22. fenrir
  23. friend
  24. furious
  25. fury
  26. gleipnir
  27. god
  28. gods
  29. grew
  30. hand
  31. heart
  32. heavy
  33. hel
  34. howl
  35. inching
  36. jaws
  37. jörmungandr
  38. life
  39. mouth
  40. nightmare
  41. odin
  42. queen
  43. releasing
  44. reluctant
  45. revenge
  46. river
  47. rose
  48. rule
  49. saliva
  50. sealed
  51. strained
  52. struck
  53. thrust
  54. tighter
  55. torrent
  56. tricking
  57. truth
  58. tyr
  59. underworld
  60. victory
  61. volunteered
  62. vowed
  63. watching
  64. waves
  65. wolf
  66. world
  67. wrist