THE GOLDEN APPLES
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1. What is a legend?
āĻিংāĻŦāĻĻāύ্āϤি āĻি?
Answer: A legend is a story coming down from the past. It is handed down from early times by tradition and is popularly regarded as true although its truth can’t be verified.
āĻ āϤীāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āύাāĻŽি āĻ āĻšা āĻাāĻšিāύী āĻš’āϞ āĻিংāĻŦāĻĻāύ্āϤি। āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°াā§°āĻŽ্āĻিāĻ āĻাāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§°াāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŽ্āĻĒā§°াā§° āĻĻ্āĻŦাā§°া āĻĒ্ā§°āĻāϞিāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻāϝ়াā§° āϏāϤ্āϝāϤা āĻĒā§°ীāĻ্āώা āĻā§°িāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ি āϝāĻĻিāĻ āĻāϝ়াāĻ āĻāύāĻĒ্ā§°িāϝ়āĻাā§ąে āϏāϤ্āϝ āĻŦুāϞি āĻāĻŖ্āϝ āĻā§°া āĻšāϝ়।
2. Who was Bragi? What was he called and why?
āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻী āĻোāύ āĻāĻিāϞ? āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻি āĻŦুāϞি āĻোā§ąা āĻšৈāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻিāϝ়?
Answer:- Bragi was the son of Odin , the king of all gods. He was called the god of song and poetry because he sang so sweetly.
āĻŦ্ā§°āĻী āϏāĻāϞো āĻĻেā§ąāϤাā§° ā§°āĻা āĻāĻĄিāύ⧰ āĻĒুāϤ্ā§° āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻāĻŽাāύ āĻŽāϧুā§°āĻৈ āĻাāύ āĻোā§ąাā§° āĻŦাāĻŦেāĻ āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻীāϤ-āĻāĻŦিāϤাā§° āĻĻেā§ąāϤা āĻŦুāϞি āĻ āĻিāĻšিāϤ āĻā§°া āĻšৈāĻিāϞ।
3. Who was Idun? Where did she live?
āĻāĻĻুāύ āĻোāύ āĻāĻিāϞ? āϤাāĻ āĻ’āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- Idun was the daughter of a dwarf. She lived in dark caves beneath the earth.
āĻāĻĻুāύ āĻāĻāύ āĻŦাāĻŽāύ⧰ āĻāύ্āϝা āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীā§° āϤāϞ⧰ āĻ āύ্āϧāĻাā§° āĻুāĻšাāĻŦোā§°āϤ āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ।
4. How was Idun different from her father and brothers?
āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϝ়েāĻāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āĻāĻĻুāύ āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- Idun was completely different from her father and brothers. Her father and brothers were bent and ugly. They could never came to the earth by day, for a ray of sunlight would have turned them to stone. But on the other hand Idun was beautiful, gentle and kindhearted. She could walk in the daylight.
āĻāĻĻুāύ āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϝ়েāĻāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻĒā§°া āϏāĻŽ্āĻĒূā§°্āĻŖ āĻĒৃāĻĨāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ। āϤাāĻā§° āĻĻেāĻāϤাāĻ āĻā§°ু āĻাāϝ়েāĻāĻšঁāϤāĻŦোā§° āĻুā§āϏিāϤ āĻā§°ু āĻুā§āϏিāϤ āĻāĻিāϞ। āĻĻিāύāϤ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻেāϤিāϝ়াāĻ āĻĒৃāĻĨিā§ąীāϞৈ āĻāĻšিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ, āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϏূā§°্āϝ্āϝ⧰ āĻĒোāĻšā§°ā§° ā§°āĻļ্āĻŽি āĻāĻাāĻ āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ āĻļিāϞāϞৈ āĻĒā§°িāĻŖāϤ āĻā§°িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āĻāύāĻĢাāϞে āĻāĻĻুāύ āĻāĻিāϞ āϧুāύীāϝ়া, āĻোāĻŽāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĻāϝ়াāϞু। āĻĻিāύ⧰ āĻĒোāĻšā§°āϤ āϤাāĻ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়িāĻŦ āĻĒাā§°িāĻিāϞ।
5. How were Bragi and Idun married?
āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻী āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĻুāύ⧰ āĻŦিāϝ়া āĻেāύেāĻৈ āĻšৈāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- When Bragi saw Idun, he fell in love with her at once, took her with him to Asgard and there they were married.
āĻāĻĻুāύāĻ āĻĻেāĻি āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻীāϝ়ে āϞāĻে āϞāĻে āϤাāĻā§° āĻĒ্ā§°েāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§°িāϞ, āϤাāĻāĻ āϞāĻāϤ āϞৈ āĻāĻāĻাā§°্āĻĄāϞৈ āϞৈ āĻ’āϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাāϤেāĻ āϏিāĻšঁāϤ⧰ āĻŦিāϝ়া āĻš’āϞ।
6.What was special about the golden apples?
āϏোāĻŖā§° āĻāĻĒেāϞāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻŦিāĻļেāώāϤ্āĻŦ āĻি āĻāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- The special about the golden apples was that it kept gods and goddesses everlastingly young and immortal. Without the golden apples they would have grown old and died.
āϏোāĻŖā§° āĻāĻĒেāϞ⧰ āĻŦিāĻļেāώ āĻāĻĨাāĻো āĻāĻিāϞ āϝে āĻ āĻĻেā§ą-āĻĻেā§ąীāĻ āĻিā§°āĻাāϞ āϝৌā§ąāύ āĻā§°ু āĻ āĻŽā§° āĻā§°ি ā§°াāĻিāĻিāϞ। āϏোāĻŖā§° āĻāĻĒেāϞāĻŦোā§° āύāĻš’āϞে āϏিāĻšঁāϤ āĻŦুāĻĸ়া āĻšৈ āĻŽৃāϤ্āϝুāĻŦā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°িāϞেāĻšেঁāϤেāύ।
7. What happened when loki hit the eagle with a stick?
āϞোāĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻāϞāĻোāĻ āϞাāĻ িā§°ে āĻুāύ্āĻĻা āĻŽাā§°িāϞে āĻি āĻš’āϞ?
Answer:- When loki hit the eagle with a stick then he found that he could not lift the stick from the eagle’s body, nor could he let go to the end he was holding.
āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āϞোāĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻāϞāĻোāĻ āϞাāĻ িā§°ে āĻুāύ্āĻĻা āĻŽাā§°িāϞে āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āϤেāĻঁ āĻĻেāĻিāϞে āϝে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻāϞ⧰ āĻļā§°ীā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āϞাāĻ িāĻĄাāϞ āϤুāϞিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে, āύāϤুāĻŦা āϤেāĻঁ āϧ⧰ি āĻĨāĻা āĻļেāώāϞৈāĻে āĻā§°ি āĻĻিāĻŦ āύোā§ąাā§°ে।
8. Where did loki take Idun and why?
āϞোāĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻĻুāύāĻ āĻ’āϞৈ āϞৈ āĻ’āϞ āĻā§°ু āĻিāϝ়?
Answer:- Loki took Idun to a dark forest because he promised to thiazi, the storm gaint that if he freed from him then he would hand over Idun and the golden apples to him.
āϞোāĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻĻুāύāĻ āĻāĻা āĻ āύ্āϧāĻাā§° āĻ ā§°āĻŖ্āϝāϞৈ āϞৈ āĻ’āϞ āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤেāĻঁ āĻĨিāϝ়াāĻীāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤিāĻļ্ā§°ুāϤি āĻĻিāĻিāϞ, āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাā§° āĻেāĻāĻŖ্āĻ āϝে āϝāĻĻি āϤেāĻঁ āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻĒā§°া āĻŽুāĻ্āϤ āĻšāϝ় āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤেāĻঁ āĻāĻĻুāύ āĻā§°ু āϏোāĻŖā§° āĻāĻĒেāϞāĻŦোā§° āϤেāĻঁā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āϤুāϞি āĻĻিāĻŦ।
9. What happened when Idun reached the forest?
āĻāĻĻুāύ āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻšাāĻŦিāϤ āĻāĻĒāύীāϤ āĻš’āϞ āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻি āĻš’āϞ?
Answer:- As Loki and Idun walked among the trees, Thiazi, swooped down from the trees and seized Idun and took her to his home jotunheim.
āϞোāĻী āĻā§°ু āĻāĻĻুāύে āĻāĻā§° āĻŽাāĻāϤ āĻোāĻ āĻাāĻĸ়ি āĻৈ āĻĨাāĻোঁāϤে āĻĨিāϝ়াāĻীāϝ়ে āĻāĻāĻŦোā§°ā§° āĻĒā§°া āϤāϞāϞৈ āύাāĻŽি āĻāĻšি āĻāĻĻুāύāĻ āϧ⧰ি āύিāĻā§° āĻā§° āĻোāĻুāύāĻšাāĻāĻŽāϞৈ āϞৈ āĻ’āϞ।
10. How did the gods feel when Idun had gone?
āĻāĻĻুāύ āϝোā§ąাā§° āϏāĻŽāϝ়āϤ āĻĻেā§ąāϤাāϏāĻāϞ⧰ āĻেāύে āϞাāĻিāĻিāϞ?
Answer:- The gods missed Idun’ and wondered where she had gone. Bragi grew sad without his wife and the gods felt tired and worn out without the golden apples of youth and immorality.
āĻĻেā§ąāϤাāϏāĻāϞে āĻāĻĻুāύ’āĻ āĻŽিāĻ āĻā§°ি āϤাāĻ āĻ’āϞৈ āĻ’āϞ āĻŦুāϞি āĻাāĻŦিāϞে। āĻŦ্ā§°াāĻী āĻĒāϤ্āύীā§° āĻ āĻŦিāĻšāύে āĻĻুāĻী āĻšৈ āĻĒā§°িāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻĻেā§ąāϤাāϏāĻāϞে āϝৌā§ąāύ āĻā§°ু āĻ āύৈāϤিāĻāϤাā§° āϏোāĻŖাāϞী āĻāĻĒেāϞāĻŦোā§° āύোāĻšোā§ąাāĻৈāϝ়ে āĻাāĻā§°ুā§ąা āĻā§°ু āĻীā§°্āĻŖ āϝেāύ āĻ āύুāĻā§ą āĻā§°িāϞে।
11. Loki had deceived Idun once. Then why did she trust him again?
āϞোāĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻāĻĻুāύāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤাā§°āĻŖা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āϤেāύ্āϤে āϤাāĻ āĻāĻৌ āĻিāϝ় āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāϞে āϤাāĻ?
Answer:- Loki had deceived Idun once. But she trusted him again because she had no other way of returning to Asgard.
āϞোāĻিāϝ়ে āĻāĻŦাā§° āĻāĻĻুāύāĻ āĻĒ্ā§°āϤাā§°āĻŖা āĻā§°িāĻিāϞ। āĻিāύ্āϤু āϤাāĻ āĻāĻৌ āϤাāĻ āĻŦিāĻļ্āĻŦাāϏ āĻā§°িāϞে āĻাā§°āĻŖ āϤাāĻā§° āĻšাāϤāϤ āĻāĻāĻাā§°্āĻĄāϞৈ āĻāĻāϤি āϝোā§ąাā§° āĻāύ āĻোāύো āĻāĻĒাāϝ় āύাāĻিāϞ।
12. What happened when Loki flew back with Idun?
āĻāĻĻুāύ⧰ āϏৈāϤে āϞোāĻিāϝ়ে āĻā§°া āĻŽাā§°িāϞে āĻি āĻš’āϞ?
Answer:- When Loki flew back with Idun, Thiazi saw them and then
changed him into an eagle followed them.
āϞোāĻিāϝ়ে āϝেāϤিāϝ়া āĻāĻĻুāύ⧰ āϞāĻāϤ āĻā§°ি āĻāĻšিāĻিāϞ, āϤেāϤিāϝ়া āĻĨিāϝ়াāĻীāϝ়ে āϏিāĻšঁāϤāĻ āĻĻেāĻিāĻিāϞ āĻā§°ু āϤাā§° āĻĒিāĻāϤ
āϤেāĻঁāĻ āĻāĻāϞāϞৈ āϏāϞāύি āĻā§°ি āϤেāĻঁāϞোāĻā§° āĻĒিāĻে āĻĒিāĻে āĻ’āϞ।
13. Who were the eagle and the hawk? Which of the two was more
powerful?
āĻāĻāϞ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻ āĻোāύ āĻāĻিāϞ? āĻĻুāϝ়োā§°ে āĻোāύ āĻŦেāĻি āĻāĻিāϞ āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী?
Answer:- The eagle was Thiazi, the storm giant and the hawk was Loki, the god of fire. The eagle was more powerful.
āĻāĻāϞ āĻāĻিāϞ āĻĨিāϝ়াāĻী, āϧুāĻŽুāĻšাā§° āĻĻৈāϤ্āϝ āĻā§°ু āĻŦাāĻ āĻāĻিāϞ āϞোāĻী, āĻ āĻ্āύিā§° āĻĻেā§ąāϤা। āĻāĻāϞāĻো āĻ āϧিāĻ āĻļāĻ্āϤিāĻļাāϞী āĻāĻিāϞ।
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