Mythical Creatures Quiz #1

Name the mythical creatures described below.

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First submitted	August 28, 2010
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Description	Creature
Horse with a horn on its forehead	Unicorn
Half woman - half fish	Mermaid
Half man - half horse	Centaur
Irish spirit with a piercing wail	Banshee
Head of a bull - body of a man	Minotaur
Pacific Northwest name for bigfoot	Sasquatch
One-eyed giant	Cyclops
Latin American animal that drinks the blood of livestock	Chupacabra
What Medusa was	Gorgon
Arabic spirit that might appear from a magic lamp	Genie
Huge, stupid creature that might live under a bridge	Troll

Description	Creature
Bird that rises from its own ashes	Phoenix
Many-headed water serpent	Hydra
Gigantic octopus-like sea monster	Kraken
Tiny, mischievous, gold-hording Irish spirit	Leprechaun
Human who becomes a wolf-like beast under the full moon	Werewolf
Three-headed dog that guards Hades	Cerberus
Abominable snowman	Yeti
Body of a lion - head and wings of an eagle	Griffin
Ugly, bird-winged woman	Harpy
Half man, half goat with a perpetual erection	Satyr
Rooster / serpent hybrid that can kill with a glance	Basilisk

+14

Level 68

Jul 31, 2013

I kept putting Cerebus instead of Cerebrus. Man!!

+48

Level 51

Dec 15, 2014

my first impulse was to write fluffy!

Level 43

Mar 1, 2015

Exactly!

Level 31

May 18, 2022

I know, fluffy seems like a pretty funny response to this, I got a good laugh out of it too.

What really makes this kind of stuff easy is auto-correct.

Level 33

Sep 22, 2023

same

Level 10

Jun 10, 2018

I literally did the same thing!

+44

Level 16

Aug 24, 2018

Both of those are wrong mate.

Level 58

Nov 18, 2020

Cerbeus id not a breed, the breed is a Hellhound.

Level 33

Apr 21, 2021

While Cerberus is technically a hellhound, I'd say the three heads sets it apart enough to be classified as a different creature for the purposes of the quiz. Most hellhounds look more akin to standard hounds, and I think(?) Cerberus is the only example of one with three heads

Level 19

Mar 1, 2019

Is is cerberus.

Level 60

Nov 13, 2021

Yes! You spelled 'it' wrong though, in your haste. ;)

Level 34

Jun 28, 2019

Hellhound?

Level 60

Apr 21, 2020

Nope. Not three-headed.

+12

Level 67

Aug 11, 2013

I tried typing in "Alex Rodriguez" for "Half man - half horse" but the quiz wouldn't accept it. Puzzling.

+28

Level 40

Nov 12, 2013

I typed in Sarah Jessica Parker.

Level 35

Nov 19, 2013

LOL

+18

Level 83

Sep 3, 2013

Easy for a childhood mythology buff/adolescent AD&D player

+11

Level 70

Sep 3, 2013

"Gigantic octopus-like sea monster". First I tried Cthulhu. Kraken is a squid.

Level 48

Apr 19, 2014

A squid is like an octopus.

Level 45

Jun 16, 2014

Actually, Erikthev, it is much like an octopus, see?

Their blood, class, phylum, kingdom, subclass, and geographical distribution are all exactly the same. A spider and an ant are very different.

However, the mythical Kraken is indeed an octopus, as seen in these pictures:

Octopus:

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.flamboroughheadsac.org.uk/globalassets/images/slideshows/Marine%2520Wildlife/octopus1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.flamboroughheadsac.org.uk/storyboards/marinewildlife/iframe.php?StoryID%3D7&h=194&w=259&tbnid=89fDcIpPgvk5EM:&zoom=1&q=octopus&tbnh=160&tbnw=213&usg=__D00DGwzP0iM2WHfZAUQGRp9YJbI=&docid=frFn_WlRqajYtM&itg=1&sa=X&ei=xJ6fU72qBo3uoAS_pIKgBw&ved=0CH4Q_B0wDA

Squid:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squid#mediaviewer/File:Giant_squid_melb_aquarium03.jpg

Kraken painting:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraken#mediaviewer/File:Colossal_octopus_by_Pierre_Denys_de_Montfort.jpg

Level 21

May 21, 2015

Wow... Someone managed to count the tentacles of Kraken!?!

+14

Level 83

Apr 28, 2016

Why don't we just settle on cephalopod?

Level 7

Nov 24, 2015

Hey!

You should get: "The Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were". The Kraken was an octopus!

Level 25

May 5, 2021

they said octopus like

Level 33

Sep 3, 2013

Thank you God of War.

Level 14

Sep 11, 2013

Couldn't spell Minotaur right...

Kept saying menitar

Level 35

Nov 19, 2013

i kept thinking of lines from 'Role Models' after seeing that one...unleash the beast!!

+21

Level 12

Sep 18, 2013

20/22.

Percy Jackson and Harry Potter helped me with a majority of these.

Level 21

Apr 13, 2016

same i tried fluffy for the 3 headed dog

Level 61

Jun 6, 2016

Except Fluffy doesn't guard Hades, or even the underworld.

Level 34

May 14, 2016

Same here.

Level 58

Apr 9, 2021

Same

Level 59

May 25, 2021

I am pretty knowledgeable on Greek myths, so i got a lot.

Level 15

Sep 18, 2013

What about the Sirens

Level 59

May 25, 2021

Not mermaids, i don’t think. I am not sure if they have fish tails

Level 42

Nov 7, 2021

I always thought that sirens were originally ugly bird-winged women. Either that or bird-headed out something? I thought that was where it originated, before they were known more as beautiful women who drew sailors into the rocks

Level 59

Dec 8, 2021

Those are harpies

Level 75

Sep 20, 2022

Nope, she's right, sirens were like that. Look it up. The problem is in some languages "siren" is used for mermaids as well; the conflation likely due to both having an alluring call.

Level 33

Jan 23, 2023

Sirens are indeed winged creatures, but they're generally portrayed as beautiful and alluring, while Harpies are more commonly depicted as ugly.

Level 11

Mar 17, 2014

Good quiz but........ PLEASE EXCEPT TYPOS IT IS SSSOOOOOOOO ANNOYING!

+36

Level 67

Apr 29, 2014

You know that the word you probably mean is spelled "accept," not "except," don't you? Kind of undermines your request.

Level 22

Sep 17, 2014

Lmao

+19

Level 65

Dec 8, 2019

It actually doesnt undermine it. It only emphasizes the fact that he would greatly benefit from more leniency regarding spelling.

Level 60

Nov 7, 2021

Maybe he meant not to include them.

Level 35

May 16, 2014

I'm surprised it took Polyphemus in place of Cyclops... I tried it just for the hell of it.

Level 59

May 25, 2021

Well, most famous cyclops.

“NOBODY HURT ME”

“Good for you, brother.”

“NOBODY HURT ME”

“Okay, okay, we know”

Odysseus calls to them halfway off the island. “See you later, suckers! You got smoked by Nobody!”

Level 29

Jun 9, 2014

got them all with 2:24 left, studdered a little on basilisk

+18

Level 68

Jun 18, 2014

Perpetual Erection? Satyr?

Right in the Childhood of every Percy Jackson reader ever

Level 22

Sep 17, 2014

They always do lol...look at Disney's version of Hercules, phil with the nymphs, even they didnt screw that up.

Level 82

Nov 21, 2015

The fact that they're also known as fauns kinda puts a whole new perspective on Mr Tumnus's kidnapping of Lucy in the Chronicles of Narnia.

Level 9

Nov 30, 2016

OMFG

Level 80

Jun 20, 2020

Mr Tumnus was a Faun. No need to come for my childhood like that XD

Level 36

Oct 9, 2017

Well last time I checked Greece isn't New York. So I wouldn't rely on Percy Jackson too much. Still though. It is an amazing series and I will definitely read it to my kids.

Level 38

Apr 14, 2021

Greece is not New York but, there is a town called Greece in New York

Level 90

Jul 2, 2014

I wonder if the use of so many Harry Potter elements was intentional?

Level 22

Sep 17, 2014

doubt it, there's way too many big titles that use mythology for them not to overlap with Harry Potter....that just happens to be the newest.

Level 75

Sep 20, 2022

Probably not, it just shows Rowling is a lazy and rather unimaginative writer who resorted to overly familiar mythological beings. Many of these are famous even among people who - gasp! - haven't read HP, like centaurs, unicorns, cyclopses, etc.

Level 28

Aug 7, 2014

have to give credit to MTG 100%

Level 22

Sep 17, 2014

Piers Anthony :)

Level 58

Jan 1, 2022

One of the greatest authors ever. Disappointed the Manticore wasn't in the quiz.

Level 47

Dec 28, 2014

Honestly I've never heard of the word satyr. It's always been faun!

Level 51

Dec 6, 2016

same I know Faun from Narnia

Level 75

Jul 26, 2019

It's one of those Greek/Roman things. You know, like how the goddess of love was Aphrodite in the Greek stories but turned into Venus in the Roman versions? Same thing here: satyrs were Greek and fauns were Roman.

Level 41

Sep 16, 2023

They are the same, its just that fauns are the Roman version.

Level 52

Apr 14, 2015

Historically, unicorns were actually more like goats than horses. Not that it matters since in modern times, everyone will know what you're talking about. *puts on nerd cap*

Level 31

Jun 13, 2022

The unicorn actually was inspired by the rhino.

Some random explorers way back in the day decided they were going to explore parts of Africa and came back with fantastic stories of unicorns, which were actually rhinos.

Level 7

Apr 21, 2015

Ugh I couldn't spell phoenix right! And I totally blanked on the serpent question! I know what it was I just couldn't think of the name.... I got most of the creatures from PJO/HoO right....

Level 43

Apr 26, 2015

When I read the "Half man, half goat with a perpetual erection" hint I immediately thought of the traditional depiction of Baphomet.

+10

Level 75

May 2, 2016

Charlie Sheen was my first thought.

Level 32

May 6, 2015

I couldn't for the life of me remember banshee! I put harpy for banshee and got it lol

Level 39

Jun 4, 2015

What? No Hippogriff?!?!?!?!?!?!

Level 19

Jul 16, 2015

Darn it.. Looking at the answers after failing the quiz, I noticed I could have gotten a lot more if I just would have looked at the hints more closely. I just psyched myself out and figured if I couldn't get the very few I read, I may as well give up. XD

Level 59

May 25, 2021

I do that a lot

Level 74

Aug 5, 2015

You could add Yowie and Drop Bear for an Australian influence...

Level 39

Oct 13, 2016

nice. our beauty of a drop bear deserves a place.

Level 71

Aug 20, 2015

I tried Hugh Hefner as the 'Half man half goat with a permanent erection'

Level 57

May 1, 2016

Or Daryl Hannah for half woman, half fish?

Level 39

Aug 29, 2015

Did anyone else type in Fluffy for the 3-headed dog question?

Level 37

Nov 13, 2017

yes poor fluffy

Level 59

May 25, 2021

No.

Level 22

Sep 21, 2015

2:58 left :)

Love my mythology

Level 37

Oct 4, 2015

Well Percy Jackson definitely never mentioned the whole eternal erection thing for satyrs. My whole childhood has been a lie!

Level 75

Jul 26, 2019

Well, the main characters were all teenagers, so it's safe to say that that particular affliction was not limited to the satyrs.

Level 22

Nov 12, 2015

Could you plz accept Cereberus for the 3 heade dog? Thanx!!

Level 22

Jan 5, 2016

Could you please accept 'Cereberus' for 'Cerberus' please? I kept on trying variants of Cereberus and wasted a lot of time on that :(. It was the only one I didn't get.

Level 23

Mar 7, 2016

Permission to add 'Scylla' in place of the kraken or at least make it another option.

Level 59

May 25, 2021

Syclla is a serpent, and is not even close to a kraken

Level 7

May 1, 2016

I was thinking that doesn't a dragon count as a mythical creature?If so why wasn't it on the quiz?^~^

Level 75

Jul 26, 2019

Same reason they didn't include vampires, thunderbirds, manticores, chimeras, dryads, sphinxes, jackalopes, and rocs: they've only got so much room, and there are a LOT of mythological creatures.

Level 20

May 26, 2016

Great Quiz, 100% with 2:40 remaining :)

Level 48

Jun 19, 2016

Very creative! I loved this quiz! 👍

Level 8

Jun 23, 2016

It accepts gryphon for griffin lol... I missed hydra, typed in leviathan...

Level 22

Jul 3, 2016

Try Hippogriff. >;D

Level 34

Jun 28, 2019

A Hippogriff has the body of a horse. A Griffin has the body of a lion.

Level 56

Jul 4, 2016

Couldn't the the description of the Satyr also fit Baphomet?

Level 32

Aug 18, 2016

For Griffin I thought it meant Manticore! :D

Level 73

Aug 29, 2016

Harry Potter was a real help with this:

Banshee, centaur, phoenix, werewolf, basilisk

Level 66

Nov 4, 2016

I wish I'd watched 'Jason and the Argonauts' again before doing this quiz. On the topic of movies, there's an awesome Norwegian film called 'Troll Hunter' you should all see.

Level 56

Nov 20, 2016

A surprising amount of people don't know what a Basilisk is.

Level 36

Nov 23, 2016

Isn't the Sphinx the same as a griffin, based on the griffin's description?

Level 34

Jun 28, 2019

A sphinx has nothing to do with an eagle. It has the body of a lion and the head of a human.

Level 75

Jul 26, 2019

Sphinxes do sometimes have wings, but they always have the head of a human, not of a bird.

Level 20

Dec 19, 2016

I really miss:

-Half man, half amazing - Vince Carter

Level 48

Feb 28, 2017

I don't want to be obnoxious, but could you accept traditional spellings? I grew up on Irish folklore, and so for me leipreachán and bean sí come to mind before the anglicized spellings. I don't have this problem with many other mythologies, but I'm sure other quiz-takers do, and it would really us help if you could accommodate that.

Level 56

Apr 10, 2021

Totally agree - it would not accept beann sidhe!

Level 22

Mar 2, 2017

Half the things I couldn't spell.

Level 33

Mar 17, 2017

I knew all the Greek Mythos ones from Destiny. And who said you don't learn from games

Level 75

Apr 26, 2017

Lernaean Hydra should be accepted also, as it is the correct name.

Level 73

May 23, 2017

You should accept "Human" for the last one. That's what I tried at first.

Level 75

Nov 7, 2021

I'm at least reasonably sure that humans aren't mythical.

Level 62

Jul 18, 2017

please accept "yetti," seems petty not to.

Level 83

Oct 2, 2017

Doesn't seem pety to me at all.

Level 66

Oct 3, 2017

cyclops - isn't it a plural version of cyclop? If so, why cyclop is not acceptable

Level 63

Oct 24, 2017

There is no such thing as "cyclop" - it has always been cyclops, and that IS the singular.

Level 63

Oct 24, 2017

You forgot:

Rougaroo

Wendigo

Arachne

Kitsune

Kran Worm

Lamia

Okami

Pishtaco

Qareen

Skinwalker

Vetala

Rakshasa

Golem

Witches (both types - those that get power from demons and those who don't)

Familiars

Leviathan

and last but not least - Jefferson Starships - named by Dean himself

Level 75

Jul 26, 2019

Yes, Quizmaster, please make sure to include every possible mythological creature from every culture.

Level 69

Jul 27, 2019

Read the comments looking for the Supernatural fandom... and was not disappointed. (You forgot ghoulpires, though. haha!)

Level 9

Oct 25, 2017

some of these were easy

Level 62

Nov 1, 2017

i thought "yeti" was spelled with two t's. any chance you could accept? seems nitpickish not to.

Level 37

Nov 13, 2017

The amount of these that were on the tip of my tongue is insane

Level 16

Dec 18, 2017

100% with 1:55 left

Level 18

Jun 28, 2018

Got 22/22 time remaining 1:13

Level 33

Sep 1, 2018

Easy, but I don't like scary things cuz I'm not even 11 right now!

Level 65

Dec 6, 2018

Ugh was just too late for basilisk. Couldnt remember gorgon, typed gargantua..

And tried so many for the banshee one (while I know the term) based on different parts of the question. Tried: siren, fairy (couldnt bother with alternate spellings like fae and faery) ghoul, wisp, will o the wisps, and another one I believe.

For the satyr I first tried pan, which it didnt accept, then faun which it did accept.

Quite easy but very fun quiz. Could think of quite a few more mystical beasts, is there a part two?

Level 65

Dec 8, 2019

Again went for gargantua haha (no issue with banshee this time but missed basilisk this time as well. Only thought of chimera

Level 38

Jan 12, 2019

I kept trying to spell cockatrice for that basilisk one

Level ∞

Jun 13, 2019

Cockatrice will work now

Level 22

Mar 14, 2019

Didn't get mermaid but got basilisk

I feel dumb.

Level 34

Mar 31, 2019

you should include bann sidhe as a correct answer for banshee as that's the spelling in irish gaelic. it literally translate as "woman of the sidhe(fair folk)."

Level 58

Nov 7, 2021

That's not the correct spelling though. Bean, not bann.

Level 76

Jun 6, 2019

Vampire?

Level 75

Nov 7, 2021

What about them?

Level 65

Jul 26, 2019

Fauns, Pans and Satyrs. Oh My!

Level 65

Jul 26, 2019

Rabbit with antlers: ______________

Level 87

Jul 26, 2019

Jackalope :)

Level 60

Jul 26, 2019

Between Supernatural, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson, and classical myths I was SET. 22/22 with 2:41 left.

Level 84

Jul 26, 2019

*hoarding

Level 75

Jul 26, 2019

For some reason I had a real hard time coming up with "chupacabra." All I could think was "capybara," and I knew THAT wasn't right.

Level 66

Dec 4, 2019

20. I was thinking of basilisk from Chamber of Secrets but I forgot what it was called. Never really thought of hydra as a water serpent. I was thinking loch ness :/

Level 43

Dec 10, 2019

Castlevania helped out a lot for this

Level 50

May 28, 2020

Shoutout to Percy Jackson and Harry Potter

Level 66

Jun 4, 2020

indeed

Level 66

Jun 4, 2020

2:42 remaining

Level 59

Oct 1, 2020

One question says "What Medusa Is." Medusa is cursed, so it should be an acceptable answer.

Level 75

Nov 7, 2021

She's also "female," "a sister," and "dead," but the quiz is specifically looking for answers that are mythical creatures.

Level 59

Oct 1, 2020

It's also quite weird that I got griffin from watching My Little Pony as a kid...

Level 58

Oct 27, 2020

Haha I had no idea that banshees were Irish, I missed that and Chupacabra, which I didn't even know was a thing.

Level 45

Nov 10, 2020

22 out of 22 first try. I liked this quiz. I'm surprised that I got every one of them

Level 20

Jan 31, 2021

Same it was actually really enjoyable

Level 56

Nov 14, 2020

Please accept Fawn for Satyr

Level 58

Nov 7, 2021

Bambi is a fawn. Faun is accepted.

Level 37

Dec 11, 2020

Who else got them because of Percy Jackson?

Level 20

Jan 31, 2021

I didn't even know a basilisk was half rooster half serpent xD

Level 28

Feb 16, 2021

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Scoring

You scored 21/22 = 95%

This beats or equals 89.7% of test takers

The average score is 14

Your high score is 22

Your fastest time is 1:42

Forgot the last one :(

Level 28

Feb 19, 2021

2:35

Scoring

You scored 22/22 = 100%

10.3% of test takers also scored 100%

The average score is 14

Your high score is 22

Your fastest time is 1:25

Level 58

May 19, 2021

It annoyed me, that it wouldn't take capybara - until I remembered the beast was called chupacabra.

Oh those frightening, blood-drinking capybaras :D

Level 30

Oct 19, 2021

Ugh I can't spell phoenix

Level 66

Nov 7, 2021

A centaur is more like one third man and two thirds horse.

Level 70

Nov 7, 2021

It's kinda funny because a vampire bat is a REAL LIFE Latin American creature which sucks from blood of livestock.

Level 75

Aug 2, 2023

Well, yeah, that's why they're called vampire bats.

Level 58

Nov 7, 2021

Understand if this is a no but my immediate though for the banshee was 'bean si' which is in the Irish, maybe this could be a type in also?

Level 31

May 18, 2022

Possibly...

Level 41

May 19, 2022

You know you've read to much Percy Jackson and Harry Potter if you get everything in quizzes like this!

Level 57

Nov 27, 2022

i tried typing in Dee Reynolds for the ugly bird woman clue but couldn't figure out what it was...

Level 46

Dec 29, 2022

so much percy jackson fans... i like it

Level 36

Jan 17, 2023

Deeply thankful Cockatrice works for Basilisk. Attention to detail right there!

Level 43

Feb 9, 2023

For chupacabra I typed Capybara -__-

Level 28

Mar 21, 2023

Harpy and ugly?

Level 45

Sep 14, 2023

It doesn't seem fair to include sasquatch and yeti as "mythical creatures" as there is at least a fair chance and scientific evidence that they are as real as any other animals.

Level 48

Sep 14, 2023

Please accept lep ER Chaun, I tried it like 10 times

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