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Can you solve the Ragnarok riddle? - Dan Finkel

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Ragnarok: The fabled end of the world, when giants, monsters, and Norse gods battle for the future. The gods were winning until the great serpent Jörmungandr emerged. It swallowed Valhalla and contorted itself across the land. Odin has just enough power to strike with one final bolt of lightning, and you have the fabled hammer, Mjölnir. Can you two destroy the serpent? Dan Finkel shows how.

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  • Narrator Addison Anderson
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  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
  • Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
  • Fact-Checker Eden Girma
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Ragnarok. The fabled end of the world, when Norse gods and monsters fight for supremacy. As Thor, you must stop a giant serpent from digesting Valhalla by channeling Odin’s lightning along the length of its body. But can you find a path that will completely destroy it?

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Felix Lee • Toronto, Ontario, Canada • COMPLETED LESSON
this was kinda cool yet confusing! cool cuz it literally combines my 2 fave things: norse mythology and riddles! confusing cuz i have no idea what the answer was!
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Ok, the answer is that because the fabled hammer controls lightning/storm because it belongs to the God Of Thunder, Thor, you use Mljonir and slide it up the serpent's body and then smash the hammer on its head than when it's weakened because it is banged on electrocuted on it's body, smash the lightning bolt on the head!
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The thing was easy............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
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I was so confused at first because I kept crossing over and going back on the same place. But then he explained the two nodes with an odd number were your starting and ending points.
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Why did the war start anyway?
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Why did the war start anyway
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  • Narrator Addison Anderson
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  • Art Director Igor Coric
  • Director of Production Gerta Xhelo
  • Editorial Director Alex Rosenthal
  • Producer Bethany Cutmore-Scott
  • Fact-Checker Eden Girma

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