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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[@thorodinson7467]

After the puzzle: "Great! We killed Jormungandr!" Fenrir: "Allow me to introduce myself"

[@daigustoemeral3710]

*Laughs in Hel*

[@ryanyuan9592]

Daigusto Emeral Valhallan’t*

[@div6329]

*Runs in Sleipnir*

[@shubhdashukla7692]

(Dies in Odin)

[@godlies9257]

Ahh yes fenrir

[@jagotiberan2181]

Thor: “one sec father, let me find out the Eulerian path.” Odin: “lol fuckin nurd”

[@yashwantYadav71]

😂

[@Hoangapalooza]

Ironically, Odin is the nerd 😂

[@hamzaumair7909]

Euler trail*

[@idkmaybe_mitch3429]

Its funny any time I see thor quotes, legit or made up... I read them in chris Hemsworth voice narration 😅😂🤣👍

[@DerrisDerrison]

@@Hoangapalooza eyeronically

[@brg99]

The Snake: "you can't defeat me" Thor pointing to Ted: "i know but he can"

[@shrey1721]

Lol

[@Brass_Heathen]

I have an endless coil with edges that cannot be repeated.... Loki We have a nerd.... Tony

[@brg99]

@@Brass_Heathen ❤️

[@agrajyadav2951]

Thor pointing to demi god Leonhard Euler

[@user-uq4xw4xo5d]

Haaa

[@bananabread6284]

"Can you solve this riddle?" Yes, just call Loki and tell him to stop his tricks

[@Karak-_-]

I'm pretty sure that Loki can't and won't do anything about it. Since, you know, they chained him in the undeground and let snake drop poison in his eye.

[@TheBT]

@@Karak-_- Like his children, Loki does get free for Ragnarok. Unsurprisingly, he is no longer on the side of the people who did that to him and ends up killing Heimdallr. He is also killed by Heimdallr.

[@sovereignshark]

No he was sort of in the other side

[@Karak-_-]

@@TheBT I should mention that to. What I meant that after did this to him, he definetly won't help Odin and co. By can't I meant that "What could Loki do to stop the World serpent?"

[@ayushkaushik8794]

@@Karak-_- I mean, Loki is World Serpent's dad. So maybe he can do something...💀

[@AbhisarRawat]

Odin: "what are you doing, we don't have much time?" Thor: "father wait, let me see this Ted ed vid for the solution!"

[@TheFerretofEarth]

I didn't know Norse gods watch KZbin. THE MORE YOU KNOW!

[@Davis...]

The more you know!

[@reshzy3807]

_The additional knowledge you acquire!_

[@chitramc7238]

The more you know

[@thereforeiam2908]

It's more like: Odin: we don't have much time Thor: hold on let me get my math book...

[@stormysamreen7062]

Ted-Ed: "Can you solv-" Me: "Of course not, but I'll still- wait a minute, this one was easy."

[@parkerhynson3581]

Ikr? It's the first ted ed riddle I've actually solved!

[@Wudjja]

Me 2!

[@AgentM124]

They wanted to make 2020 seem less bad.

[@parallax9859]

Did any of you guess the answer?

[@kagakudoragon]

Indeed, if the Great Ragnarok thought it could stop me then think again! I am the Mad Scientist Kagaku Doragon and I reigned victorious!

[@nightdrivenen7909]

To remain in context to the lore of actual Ragnarok's prophecy: This surge and killing of Jormungandr should kill Thor for taking in and magnifying so much power (As both are fated to die to each other's hands) And Fenrir, should be sneaking up on the very weakened Odin (Whom is to die by Fenrir)

[@josephmclaughlin933]

Doesn't work as odin explicitly dies fighting fenrir not via sneak attack. Also Thor gets sprayed by jormonganders venom after smashing his skull with Mjolnir then makes 9 steps back before dieing.

[@nightdrivenen7909]

@@josephmclaughlin933 The point being to make it look arguably more in line with the mythos than what they had. Would be better to have it closer to the actual myth than how they left it.

[@dr_cachetes6822]

@@nightdrivenen7909 Arguably

[@XENOMATTER-rq8bi]

You have spoiled god of war 5 more me

[@nightdrivenen7909]

@@XENOMATTER-rq8bi Like God of War was going to follow norse mythos to a T XD

[@dylanosborn8459]

Anyone notice that he never says “Thor” throughout the entire video?

[@lilium7510]

That would be because in the riddle you are Thor, in general people don't talk in the third person

[@Deffected]

@@lilium7510 that only applies if Thor is talking about Thor but this is Odin (or Ted Ed) explaining the plan to Thor

[@ianlawrence9648]

We are Thor

[@monkeymon327]

Asgard is home where people stand

[@Abedeuss]

@@lilium7510 Abedeus disagrees with you.

[@QuestionEverythingButWHY]

“There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.” ― Arthur Conan Doyle

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[@herman7550]

stop

[@raphaelkenobi4945]

Ah, Holmes

[@enderredacted112]

Thought it was a Rick roll. Ps it really isn't, just some gameplay thing :/

[@reinatr4848]

@@abhikovvuri4879 stop spamming it

[@bamb8s436]

Student: r there real life applications of it? Teacher: yes The applications:

[@TCMusic-iv4nd]

Yeah, unfortunately we're not really trained to look for practical applications in school. But here they are: Anything involving a network, including computer science, sociology, and even logistical distribution.

[@ajayChauhan-nt5xm]

@Bamb8s everything digital in one way or another user graphs or set theory and data structures to manipulate or route data, Even this videos was also recommended to you as a result of an underlying algorithm which uses graphs and sets

[@tychoderkommentator2989]

There are actually a lot of real life application of graphs.

[@vwabi]

Helps you route a path when walking through Konigsberg

[@TheMinecraftWarriors]

The real world implications involve getting the infinity stones

[@fogyy]

All because loki decided to remove the dots from 2 dices 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@mick-ericboettge8683]

The only Ragnarok riddle that matters is “What gets bigger the more you take away from it?” and when Mimir got the solution I cried 😭

[@Nate2010]

The fact that the solution was only revealed was during the funeral of the person that gave Mimir the riddle makes it so much sadder

[@r3ked272]

A hole. You take away dirt from it and the hole grows bigger.

[@goke1528]

Atreus: Let’s go father Kratos: You have to solve the Ted Ed riddle first boy

[@vstevanovic187]

Boi, what does it say?

[@cursedbutter]

@@RafaelMunizYT ok, boy, no need to yell at me

[@atreus5366]

Lmao

[@RafaelMunizYT]

@@CowShagger69 Kratos was the greek god of strength, son of Pallas and Styx

[@keanuxu5435]

boi*

[@ShauryaSingh-ts2oc]

As if 2020 wasn't enough, TedEd's riddle comes with end of the world theme

[@abhikovvuri4879]

bruh ikr kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3iramqcfJecg68

[@sebastianelytron8450]

2020 will go down in history as one of the most misunderstood and underrated years. People so focused on the virus they're missing all the good news out there.

[@GooogleGoglee]

Many vertex in the graph were useless and redundant. Only intersection nodes are important.

[@Solqueen86]

To be honest I rather have this going on, then what's going on outside right. At least it would feel like a Nortic metal album cover and we can enjoy the snow

[@profveshagen445]

It is the fact

[@specialism640]

It’s so amazing that Thor had the time to watch a Ted Ed riddle during the battle

[@CookieIsBack024]

Easily, the correct answer is: The horse's name was Friday.

[@nicholaspiberiuswilde8560]

Sleipnir*?

[@celestialchara]

oh I know that riddle. A cowboy arrives at a town on Saturday after a long journey on horse, stays three days, yet still leaves on Friday. How is this possible? Yes you can woosh me

[@CookieIsBack024]

@@celestialchara if you're self aware that's no fun at all but then again I don't whoosh people anyway 🤔

[@celestialchara]

@@CookieIsBack024 Appreciated! Whooshing people is pretty fun though, and there are a few above you who just didn't get the joke, if you want to give it a try!

[@CookieIsBack024]

@@nicholaspiberiuswilde8560 🪃

[@Hamza-nb9rh]

''What path can you take to destroy the serpent'' Kratos : The serpent's path.

[@willylukito7983]

in the direction of serpent

[@abhikovvuri4879]

bruh ikr kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3iramqcfJecg68

[@meghanav3450]

Dragon ball.???

[@SaritaKumari-yf2nt]

snake way : Dragon Ball

[@bradleyhite3476]

That was the first thing I thought of

[@TheManOfTomorrow]

_"If you wanna kill a snake, just call Bear Grylls."_

[@iamgreatalwaysgreat8209]

Or any hungry Chinese boi

[@samarendra109]

Improvise , Adapt , overcome

[@xordux7]

Eat*

[@atharvap1994]

*Man vs wild intro drum beat starts playing*

[@user-cg9bt2gp6s]

Or me;)

[@Mrbuttboi]

I haven’t even heard the riddle yet, but Loki did it. Loki always does it.

[@Vizerm]

well you’re not wrong... since the serpent is one of his 3 children lol

[@Zoruachi]

Well considering jormungandr is… never mind

[@marbleb33s]

@@Vizerm doesn't he have 5?

[@konkanakonwar]

It's ALWAYS Loki

[@DatRandomInternetDude]

“Can you solve the Ragnarök riddle?” Me who played GOW Ragnarök: “My time has come”

[@ChazSmith]

That ad placement was... brilliant.

[@Blade_Of_Heaven]

Indeed.

[@graylindblad1261]

I’m sorry is this some sort of peasant joke I’m too KZbin Premium to understand?

[@bruh963]

Gray Lindblad the ad is at the end

[@Blade_Of_Heaven]

@@graylindblad1261 It's not a regular KZbin ad, it's a sponsored ad. You aren't going to skip it by having KZbin Premium.

[@muhammadwaleedarshad4444]

@@graylindblad1261 That ad is not skipable Mr.I'mtoogoodforyou

[@OmarMohamed-xw3nt]

Ragnorak exists 2020: silently taking notes in the background

[@nepinemi8885]

Yes finally! A 2020 comment that isnt a wrote that down meme

[@icannotthinkofaname6248]

Nepi Nemi but the meaning is the same so idk what you mean

[@professorpeculiar2849]

In most stories of Ragnarok, the gods just accepted it. Could this be an omen?

[@prim4752]

@Omar Mohamud tbh ragnarok might be something like deth

[@Lak1148]

Jörmungadr is the final boss in December

[@A96000]

To help my boys Kratos & Atreus, Imma skip this one

[@the_demon149]

Anyone else seeing this after the cursed dice riddle?

[@stormysamreen7062]

Thor and Odin: *successfully defeat the World Serpent* Fenrir: "Oh no, we're not done here"

[@JCAllen-xx5yj]

Sigrun: You are mine to handle.

[@transieucuong1]

The man who kills fenrir : say what??

[@benoitdot3756]

Tran Sieu Cuong Vidarr is always forgotten

[@KhanhNguyen-mh5ec]

Fenir: It’s not over yet!

[@stormysamreen7062]

@@transieucuong1 You mean Magnus Chase?

[@Alkalus]

Thor running on Jörmungandr while blasting it: *I AM SPEED*

[@personalejcr]

*VERY FAST THOR RUNNING AT INCREDIBLE HIGH SPEED*

[@bright-_]

When he asked to solve it I took a screenshot and drew over the serpent and got it right in my first try, the rest of the breakdown seemed like overkill because of it lol.

[@khadeejamadari1237]

💯

[@40088922]

clearly a trick question: Thor kills the serpent anyways, but dies from its poison and Odin is in Fenrir's stomach for a while now

[@DavidS-1278]

Well at least odin gets avenged by his son Vidar

[@jullitaczajkowska4200]

Solution: 1-Ask the serpent if you can leave. 2- say that you have green eyes. 3-divide the coins 4-say a false thing

[@niko-ni6ps]

Ozo

[@xordux7]

I don’t understand..can anyone please explain?

[@adamnagar7386]

@@xordux7 refrences to other ted ed riddles.

[@jdhenshaw6119]

xordux The specific riddles being referenced are (for 1 and 2) the Green-Eyed Logic Puzzle, (3) the Dark Coin Riddle, and (4, I think) the Temple Riddle.

[@kayp1879]

@@niko-ni6ps Ulu

[@scarlettassassinator6192]

Norse mythology:*has Ragnarok 2020: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@annapolly14]

you'll need it for the exam

[@icecoldgamer9482]

I don’t get . Please explain joke.

[@muhammadfahresyalfariz9974]

@JoeRingo118 don't forget the army of zombie commanded by Loki.

[@levtokol8649]

Marvel: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!

[@account4842]

@@levtokol8649 they didn't write it down the only thing accurate is probably surtr fighting hela which never happened

[@sergioontiveros4984]

If Thor's running and cutting Jorm with Mjolnir in front of him he'd fall in either way.

[@yo1111able]

Thank you

[@stevenstraker5105]

Not if he runs faster than Jormungandr opens up :)

[@Abedeuss]

I mean, you run fast as lightning to spread the bolt across the entire snake. Surely the flesh parts slower than lightning speed.

[@veona599]

Not Mjolnir, It's Mjölnir

[@sergioontiveros4984]

@@veona599 Well its a fictional weapon and im not Scandinavian so idgaf dude

[@Goldberg7626]

“Ragnarok was never meant to be stopped”

[@thenerdygirl7806]

Me: you cannot stop ragnarok, why fight it? TED-Ed: because that's what heroes do

[@zacharysheetz3701]

There is no challenge more worth doing than the impossible. Unless completing the challenge creates a scenario you don't want. "Why aren't you saving the world?" "Well I hate this world, bye."

[@abhisarjohri8448]

But but but it was about cuosing Ragnarok

[@Kittsuera]

you can't stop it. but you can affect what happens after.

[@sisisi16]

I UNDERSTOOD THAT REFERENCE

[@thenerdygirl7806]

@@sisisi16 i'm glad someone did. btw tony stark is rolling his eyes at you.

[@thechargingturtle3537]

TED-Ed: Do you want to know how to defeat monsters? Me: How? TED-Ed: Use Brilliant

[@tess4518]

Lol, that’s exactly what I thought

[@madster01]

TED: can you solve-- Me: no. I’m here for the Marvel comments

[@DoFliesCallUsWalks]

what if the snake has green eyes

[@alittleokay2086]

Me: AHAH Ive solved it. Ted: explains how to solve it with math Me: ahah? *erases screensnip drawing of me trying to doodle over the snake*

[@KshitijKale]

I too solved it with luck lol

[@jankozak2984]

I made it harder for myself because I thought the nodes can be crossed only perpendicularly

[@joshuahudson2170]

@@jankozak2984 I knew such a solution existed somehow, so it pruned my search space so much that I only had to try two solutions.

[@reshzy3807]

well I guess trial and error works too

[@pratirupm7554]

hahahahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahh did the exact same thing XD

[@1funsun1]

TED-Ed Riddle: "You can't defeat me!" Me: "I know...but he can" **GOOGLE**

[@poojasbehaviour8530]

this is funny because it's a thor ragnarok reference.

[@horseoperamarker]

@@poojasbehaviour8530 yes

[@jappisardar260]

@@poojasbehaviour8530 I was about to write the same

[@kamaleshchandra]

@@jappisardar260 I was about to write the same

[@user-zx2et9lf8y]

@@kamaleshchandra I was about to write the same

[@mikelazaudio]

This sounds like it could be the plot for Thor - Love & Thunder

[@buffbaby4168]

Would love that

[@patrickbasedman5255]

yeah if only it could be dark but this is ragnarok which was turned comedy and plot of love and thunder is way diff

[@MrBloodypassion]

*Pokemon ice gymleader taught me how to solve this.*

[@simobechmak5066]

perfection.

[@SoraRaida]

Right? Haha

[@mantree8047]

Dragon age inquisition astrariums taught me how to solve it.

[@stormysamreen7062]

Of course, Euler has yet another thing named after him.

[@underrated1524]

Gauss is worse

[@Ponera-Sama]

What's the other thing?

[@neamtu7067]

@@Ponera-Sama Let's see Euler's constant (e) Euler's identity (e^iπ = -1) Euler's line in the triangle Euler's circle in the triangle Euler diagrams (I'm not sure whether or not they're the same thing as Venn diagrams) There are other but I don't remember them

[@reetabrata7958]

@nikhil nair here en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Carl_Friedrich_Gauss

[@Ponera-Sama]

@@neamtu7067 so it's not an inappropriate joke?

[@Freeze-DriedWater]

Fenrir creeping up on his uncle is probably one of the best things animated for this channel

[@Crowsinger]

They're talking about Norse mythology, not Marvel. Thor is not Fenrir's uncle, but his stepcousin.

[@pronkman6669]

Thor isn't fenrirs uncle

[@supernova1552]

@@Crowsinger how step cousin?? Fenrir is Loki's son

[@Crowsinger]

@@supernova1552 Yes, and Loki is Odin's blood brother (since they exchanged blood). Loki is originally a giant, not a God, hence his weirdness.

[@Njald]

@@supernova1552 Thor and Loki aren't brothers in Norse mythology. Only in the Marvel version.

[@theirishninja2070]

The answer is "a hole"

[@leonardomanso4701]

Very useful for God of War Ragnarok

[@kimeraclan3135]

Unfortunately this riddle doesn't answer Thor's dilemma: "How not to get bitten by Jormungandr!"

[@benoitdot3756]

KimeraClan Unfortunately nine steps away he dies

[@rileyledyard4350]

KETCHUP, just get him a wheelchair.

[@kimeraclan3135]

@@benoitdot3756 Even though Thor does succeed in killing the Midgardserpent.

[@pommedeterreaucitron]

It has no head by that point.

[@WerewolfLord]

By this point, Jörmungandr already has his tail in his mouth, and effectively is an ouroboros.

[@mafumafusnumberonefan]

“Can you solve the-“ No. No I can’t.

[@janeappleseed2154]

That was not very Heroic and CASH money of you

[@guywhochangeshisprofilealo7163]

Oh come on, this one was one of the easy ones.

[@WOODENCHAIR64]

surprisingly i used my tiny brain power and solved it before seeing the answer

[@Da1KingDuk]

Fun Fact: The prequel to this riddle is the *Cursed Dice riddle*

[@CrypticCobra]

it's amazing the lengths this channel goes to create a story for the puzzle to fit into.

[@KyleNguyen403]

i'm just imagining the characters watching this while valhalla is being eaten lmaooo

[@xxz7506]

what happens to our _einherjar_ friends? they're destined to die anyway **insert confused blinking here with sound effects**

[@Coneness]

@@xxz7506 don’t you mean they’re already dead?

[@StarSky366]

TED-Ed: finding the solution in a complicated way Me: just trying things on paper and finding the solution

[@austinconner2479]

they only pointed out the start and end vertices. Helpful for just trying things out (which they essentially did)

[@realdealctbadboy]

So the puzzle is not that hard to solve, and there are actually a whole lot of different solutions. TED-ED is analyzing from a mathematical perspective (that yes, is way too complicated to be useful for any person to use practically) why EVERY single one of those answers will actually share the same starting and end points. The badass story and puzzle challenge are just to get us interested long enough to listen to some otherwise completely dry and boring (though on a theoretical level fascinating) mathematical insight.

[@samalvarez3544]

The reason they're giving you the concept behind it is because this one was easy, if the nodes were many times greater, then the puzzle would have been really complicated to solve just by trial and error. That's the purpose, really. To figure out concepts behind simple things which could be used to solve complex problems.

[@IIshABanana]

@@realdealctbadboy I know you're saying that it's too complicated for the average person to use, but it's not too complicated for _any_ person to use. Graph theory is very important and stuff like what's in the video is used very often for networks, whether it's transport systems or computer networks.

[@steelcladCompliant]

Ah finally, a TedEd riddle I could solve, just because Im familiar with this "odd number start and end position" thing since I was a child

[@runthejudes]

I don’t know man, I played God of War, maybe we should just let good old Jörmungandr do his thing

[@mr_mattone3379]

Sussy baka

[@TheMustacheGoat]

Ikr

[@jcandle6044]

Step one: Confirm Jormungandr has green eyes Step two: Kindly ask Fenrir if you can leave

[@yay_itsme]

I was waiting for this😂😂😂🤣🤣

[@fal4thought]

no

[@EvxiKamine]

Yes

[@7vsWildReaktionen]

@@yay_itsme is this a reference?

[@yay_itsme]

@@7vsWildReaktionen yhh, it's an old teded logic puzzle reference and it just created a joke

[@Ryomen_Suluna]

Kratos: there can’t be no ragnorok if there’s no gods

[@Darwkius]

Cory Barlog wants to know your location.

[@omegabet3912]

Plot twist: Kratos is the Ragnarok.

[@gembly3237]

ah yes, reference to the game which beat rdr 2 in game of the year

[@salimalbitar]

@Liesl-Ann because he's the GOD OF WAR! and after he wreaked havoc in Greece.. he came to Midgard to kick the asses of the norse gods!

[@JCAllen-xx5yj]

@Liesl-Ann Just play God of War IV. Either see a gameplay or play it yourself. For me, I played it on PS4

[@ominousintrusivethoughts3947]

Yeah but after GOW I'm on jorminganders side

[@vk2877]

Its a hole.

[@putthemoneyinthebag7931]

Felt like forever for another riddle can't get enough of them

[@ArkSriva]

So did you solved

[@zend6470]

"you can't cross the same line or you will fall in the hole" **Creates hole and then runs on it**

[@bonogiamboni4830]

I mean it's easy to jump over a single hole when you're running at literally divine speed, not so much over an entire ravine *longitudinally*.

[@SomeGuy-vo7we]

I imagine there'd be a slight delay between the lightning making contact with the serpent's skin and the lighting burning the flesh away. Basically Thor is running on half-burnt serpent flesh.

[@peterhacke6317]

They just didn't want to show that thor was naruto running, with the hammer and the lighting behind him. XD

[@marcusblacknell-andrews1783]

“Riddle me this, how do we deal with Loki?” -Odin

[@marcellomarianetti1770]

For what I remember, in topology we called "semi-eulerian" a path where you go through all the edges once but start and end on different nodes, and "eulerian" when you start and end at the same node. So a graph is eulerian if and only if every node has an even degree (an even number of edges connected to it), semi-eulerian if every node has even degree except 2

[@robodogmech]

The world: *is ending Ted-ed: "might I offer you this *brilliant* in this trying time? "

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

Ted-Ed: "How will you solve the riddle?" Me: I'll skip to the answer.

[@platypus6810]

Me everytime I watch one of these videos

[@sriyasodharmma4021]

Who are you, who are so wise in the ways of Science?

[@maxithalo7796]

this was the first one of these riddles I managed to solve on my own! it was mostly just testing and trying to use the knots with the most exits first, but either way, the actual explanation taught me a lot!

[@justsumrandom3882]

I liked that touch in the end with Fenrir.

[@lily772]

You know what, it's fine. Let the snake destroy the world. I've had enough of 2020.

[@ChrisM-qo1jc]

me too 😢

[@orlandovillarreal7805]

After God of War 4 I can’t bring myself to help Odin and Thor kill Jormungandr

[@troyvictoria6589]

Jormungandr good boi

[@nathanfernandes7085]

I was looking for this comment

[@McKewlBeanz]

Jormungandr is to much of a sparkling conversationalist for me to kill him.

[@crazycole2025]

McKewlBeanz | Too true.

[@Aldoz]

Jörmungandr is going to kill Thor with its venom anyways

[@redrexix8106]

Riddle's answer: Kratos

[@mr.makepeace3465]

I figured the puzzle out in a few seconds. I outlined it, then zig zagged on the inside. I liked this a lot. I didn't know all that extra stuff though. Just figured try tracing the outside first, and I started on the very corner piece and realized it'd have to be at one of the two spots beside it to defeat the world serpent.

[@tastyhaze2058]

TED-Ed: Graphs, nodes, edges Me: Thor is the literal god of thunder, why does Odin have the lightning powers? Why does every representation of Odin just make him Zeus?

[@dahrrenaniel5894]

He's a god of magic, right? Maybe there's a lightning spell

[@sidekic1109]

@@dahrrenaniel5894 boi I thought you knew you talked with the man XD

[@dahrrenaniel5894]

@@sidekic1109 No, I didn't. I talked with Magnus for the Norse but after that, no gods

[@siegfried1422]

Thor is the god of thunder, not Lightning.

[@bonogiamboni4830]

@@siegfried1422 well yeah but unless there is a dedicated lightning god it's pretty hard to get the thunder without the lightning so he probably pulls double duty, doesn't he?

[@adityabagdi1178]

TedEd : can you solve the Ragnarok riddle? Me: No, but he can Brilliant* has entered the chat

[@adityabagdi1178]

@Ann L. I see ,you are a cat of culture

[@Mrn35]

For just once ..... Dont smash😂😂

[@twohandedswordsman852]

@@Mrn35 Big monster!

[@VaultInteractive]

Wow the first ted ed puzzle I was able to solve without any outside help, great work!

[@ss327827]

"WHAT DOES IT SAY, BOY?" "I don't know. I don't know this language."

[@mapalozimba2107]

In the trailer when the world serpent speaks and kratos asks him what it said artreus says "he wants to help "

[@spookyghost2689]

I love it how most people only knowledge of Norse mythology is god of war 4

[@arush6778]

BOI*

[@Salidin111]

@@spookyghost2689 I wish that was the case because its sure as helheim a better representation than MCU

[@shishable5087]

TedEd: Can you solve this Ragnarok riddle? Me: No, but I'm still gonna watch anyways.

[@Thoughtless427]

Just get Kratos to kill Thor, and then you won’t even have to solve it, this solution also has the added benefit of including an epic fight scene.

[@GustavoSilva-ny8jc]

Woooow that was awesome!!! Filled me with ideas to use in another areas (particularly Volleyball and Chess) and gave me a map to travel through the areas of math that interest me. I can't thank you enough.

[@AveryTalksAboutStuff]

Answer: Loki is the snake and when Thor goes to admire it he'll be like, "aha!" And stab him. 😂

[@mikilmichaeljoshi2387]

Whoa :D :D

[@sarcwppy4488]

I understood that reference.

[@rudrapratapsingh6859]

Plot twist: Loki is the Odin and instead of striking lightning... He'll just eat grapes and watch his drama

[@cable7152]

👏👏👏

[@Earthzooka]

C'mon, don't be silly now.... That happened when he was like 6 at the time.

[@hoangho4080]

Jormungandr: Dies Fenrir: Hello Gods: Kills him Surtr: Hello peeps

[@Serlock4869]

Gods: kill Surtr Loki: let me introduce myself

[@hoangho4080]

Hrym and the Naglfar: Mmhhm

[@headshitmemor3019]

"You can't defeat me" "I know, but he can"

[@thtguy-fr9ny]

You people really don't understand the power hierarchy in norse mythology huh...

[@RustyToastEatsDirt]

@@thtguy-fr9ny it's not their fault. This video already misrepresents Norse mythology by having Thor being alive during Ragnarok.

[@UnknownGamer-gd8fo]

Great! Now I can figure out if any of these type of riddles are solvable or not before actually trying 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Nanomaroni]

I have Aspergers and I feel like I‘m using a Superpower right now. Solved the Riddle within 3 seconds.

[@nyrorosaurus]

Riddle: You can’t defeat me! Me: I know, but he can Narrator: 1:36

[@aryandeshpande-0568]

Ted Ed: How to solve the Ragnarok riddle? Me: "Get Help"

[@DarthMolgy]

I'M NOT DOING GET HELP!

[@mathewjrash8157]

GET HELP! PLEASE MY BROTHERS DYING!

[@PhoenixRiseinFlame]

This is really cool. I figured out a solution without using the Eurelian method, but it fascinates me that you can use it to determine a pattern simply by virtue of its entrances and exits out of nodes. I’ll have to use this in the future.

[@VinnyHart23]

i also found a non eurelian method!

[@sethwebb8273]

This is legit exactly how you mend a fishing net, you usually start by making the hole bigger so that you only have two “three bars” and the rest are twos

[@elbowonfire]

I couldn’t focus on the riddle, I was too flattered that I was Thor in the scenario

[@TR-cm3ft]

Hence proved, Gods are mathematicians.

[@SUNILKUMAR-yd2vj]

Or maybe mathematics are gods

[@nosaucepotatochips1612]

Maybe it's the opposite, Mathematicians are gods😶

[@sidekic1109]

@@nosaucepotatochips1612 then the local accountant down the street would like a daily offering of a cup of coffee and a monthly salary

[@sharanplayz9680]

But that's just a theory a film theory

[@nerdbird9173]

Odin: Hey Thor could you like start attacking the sna-- Thor: Dad I'm trying to watch a video

[@clarahoward8729]

That ad placement was smooth. I'll allow it.

[@alphonsowenen4776]

TED ED :*uploads a new video* Me : lets pretend that i understand😂😂

[@z.e....3175]

"Can you solve this Ragnarok puzzle?" Me: I can't but I know he can. *Epic Thor entrance*

[@nakiadayjr.3240]

Buddy I’m still trying to figure out who blow the horn in 2018 God Of War

[@duxi1693]

These hit different after playing GOW Ragnarok

[@gloriakwlo]

Thor and Odin: kill Jorgumandr Fenrir: We're doing a sequel

[@skybot7091]

Then there's Hel

[@DarthMolgy]

@@skybot7091 Loki is the true final boss

[@mathewjrash8157]

i thought that was Surtr

[@DarthMolgy]

@@mathewjrash8157 I said TRUE final boss

[@sehhan886]

@@DarthMolgy lol

[@nino3753]

The entire issue I had is that it seemed it was portrayed that you could ONLY cross at intersections cross-ways and not any which way you please. In the example of the first solution, you touch the start point but cross it as though the serpent is not open on the node you started on. This is further shown after that first interaction when you then cross every intersection to close the loops but not cross-ways. If I knew that I would have solved it just fine.

[@nonyab5640]

Nino thanks for your comment though, I was looking for some kind of clue about this being part of the rules of the game or not, they didn’t clarify. At least you’ve given someone else a chance to solve on our own with all the information. Thank you.

[@GamePhysics]

I did it on my second doodle. I started at the right first, didn't work. Was missing one section. Then I tried from the left and just went with the flow. It worked. If I had time to doodle for a minute before battle I would have been able to do it xD

[@Nanomaroni]

It also works if you can only cross intersect. That was my solution.

[@markangelofrondoso4112]

I just finished my homework in Graph Theory and can't help but to answer the riddle. It was fun.

[@user-sz9dr7hj1v]

answer: baldur from gow

[@jimmymartin4522]

Me: *WAIT, IT'S AN AD ALL ALONG?* TED: Always has been * *clicks* *

[@manuelmathew848]

wait what happened i have an addblocker so i dont know what add it was

[@ghostderazgriz]

**Ted Ed releases a riddle with a list of instructions** Kratos: Read it boy.

[@andrevth]

Finally a riddle I could solve on my own because I have recently read up on graph theory

[@CCJJ160Channels]

A hole. You’re welcome Mimir