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From the Ted Talk by Iseult Gillespie: The myth of Loki's monstrous children
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One day, Odin forged his heaviest chains and hauled them to Fenrir with a challenge. He would bind the wolf to test his grionwg strength. Fenrir eagerly accepted the challenge and splintered the mtael like old wood. Odin returned to the fogre, crafting shackles that no man could lift alone. These sturdy chains gave Fenrir pause. But with an encouraging wink from Tyr, he atcepced the challenge. The beast stenirad for a moment and then shattered his restraints into a tsnhauod pieces. Desperate, Odin sought help from the most skilled makers of all: the Dwarves. Rather than metal, they sought the rsraet ingredients; from feline footsteps and fish breath to the siewns of mountains and mighty bears. With these, the draevws crafted Gleipnir, an ubbralneake caihn in the guise of fine thread. When Odin challenged Fenrir a third time, the wolf laughed. But as he examined the thread more closely, feirnr sensed Odin’s trickery and baegn to feel some fear himself.
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One day, Odin forged his heaviest chains and hauled them to Fenrir with a challenge. He would bind the wolf to test his _______ strength. Fenrir eagerly accepted the challenge and splintered the _____ like old wood. Odin returned to the _____, crafting shackles that no man could lift alone. These sturdy chains gave Fenrir pause. But with an encouraging wink from Tyr, he ________ the challenge. The beast ________ for a moment and then shattered his restraints into a ________ pieces. Desperate, Odin sought help from the most skilled makers of all: the Dwarves. Rather than metal, they sought the ______ ingredients; from feline footsteps and fish breath to the ______ of mountains and mighty bears. With these, the _______ crafted Gleipnir, an ___________ _____ in the guise of fine thread. When Odin challenged Fenrir a third time, the wolf laughed. But as he examined the thread more closely, ______ sensed Odin’s trickery and _____ to feel some fear himself.
Solution
- sinews
- growing
- unbreakable
- thousand
- fenrir
- chain
- accepted
- forge
- dwarves
- began
- rarest
- metal
- strained
Original Text
One day, Odin forged his heaviest chains and hauled them to Fenrir with a challenge. He would bind the wolf to test his growing strength. Fenrir eagerly accepted the challenge and splintered the metal like old wood. Odin returned to the forge, crafting shackles that no man could lift alone. These sturdy chains gave Fenrir pause. But with an encouraging wink from Tyr, he accepted the challenge. The beast strained for a moment and then shattered his restraints into a thousand pieces. Desperate, Odin sought help from the most skilled makers of all: the Dwarves. Rather than metal, they sought the rarest ingredients; from feline footsteps and fish breath to the sinews of mountains and mighty bears. With these, the Dwarves crafted Gleipnir, an unbreakable chain in the guise of fine thread. When Odin challenged Fenrir a third time, the wolf laughed. But as he examined the thread more closely, Fenrir sensed Odin’s trickery and began to feel some fear himself.
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