Packet I: Tossup 13

A devil residing in a pagan Indian idol informs St. Bartholomew that a figure with this name was bound in fire by Jesus Christ in the saint’s namesake saga. In the Old English Gospel of Nicodemus, a figure with this name expels Satan after engaging him in a flyting. After crossing a river of blades, Hadding encounters a woman who rips off a rooster’s head and throws it over a wall, or grind (“grinned”), named for a figure with this name. A figure with this name, whose dish is named “hunger” and knife (10[1])named (10[1])“famine,” (10[3]-5[1])is (10[1])beseeched (10[1])by (-5[1])Hermod, (10[1])who (-5[1])had (10[1])traveled (10[2])nine nights to reach her (10[1])domain. (10[2]-5[1])The blood-stained (10[3])hound (10[3])Garmr (10[3])stands guard over (10[4]-5[1])the domain (10[2])of a figure (10[2])with this (10[2])name (10[1]-5[1])who (10[1])demands (10[2])that (10[1])all living things must (10[1])weep for (10[1])Baldr. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])what name (10[1])is given to a daughter (10[1])of Loki (10[3])who rules over (10[1])the (10[1])Norse (10[3])underworld? (10[3]) (10[7])■END■

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