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Mythology A-Z

For each letter A-Z, guess these things related to mythology from various cultures around the world.
But mostly Greek, don't be a whiner
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Last updated: December 8, 2018
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A
Greek goddess of beauty
Aphrodite
B
Wailing female spirt who heralded death in Irish mythology
Banshee
C
Creature that was half man / half horse
Centaur
D
Roman goddess of the hunt equated with the Greek goddess Artemis
Diana
E
A place in the afterlife for heroic and virtuous Greeks
Elysian Fields
F
Half man / half goat creature also known as a satyr
Faun
G
Clay monster of Jewish folklore
Golem
H
Type of weapon wielded by Thor
Hammer
I
Egyptian mother goddess who was later worshipped by the Romans
Isis
J
Roman god with two faces - one looking to the future and the other to the past
Janus
K
Sea beast of Norse folklore that resembles a giant squid
Kraken
L
Norse trickster god
Loki
M
Half man / half bull creature that lived at the center of the labyrinth
Minotaur
N
Greek goddess of victory; namesake of an apparel company
Nike
O
Mountain that was home to the Greek gods
Olympus
P
Trojan prince who killed Achilles with an arrow to the heel
Paris
Q
Feathered serpent of Aztec religion
Quetzalcoatl
R
This animal's foot has been a good-luck symbol since at least 600 B.C.
Rabbit
S
River that separates Hades and Earth
Styx
T
Creature, such as Cronus or Prometheus, that preceded the Greek gods
Titan
U
Roman version of Odysseus
Ulysses
V
Majestic hall in Asgard. When people die in battle, Odin chooses half of
them to live here.
Valhalla
W
Dionysus was the Greek god of this
Wine
X
A long time ago, according to Scientology, this galactic overlord brought billions
of people to Earth and killed them with atomic bombs
Xenu
Y
Massive tree that connects the nine worlds of Norse mythology
Yggdrasil
Z
King of the Greek gods
Zeus
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Level 74
Dec 8, 2018
Can you accept Xemu for Xenu?
+3
Level 89
Dec 8, 2018
Zebu
+11
Level 66
Sep 9, 2019
Caribou?
+1
Level 57
Dec 1, 2020
It should, yeah.
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Level 76
Dec 8, 2018
45% getting Yggdrasil?! You have to be kidding me. Unless the answer type-in is set to ^Y[A-Z]+L
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Level 89
Dec 8, 2018
This is what I came here to ponder. I know mythology never interested me and I bombed out in the percentile, but is it some gamer nerd thing the young whippersnappers know about these days. At least I recognize the other words, the ones that don't look like me an eye chart.
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Level 68
Dec 9, 2018
Can confirm the current type-in is: ^YG+D[A-Z]+L, so it feels safe enough to say that it's probably not because of the type-in.
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Level 75
Dec 10, 2018
There is a cooperative board game called Yggdrasil, some people may have got it from that
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Level 32
Dec 19, 2018
I learned it from various video games, every now and then you will come across a game that mentions it, one of the more recent would be the latest god of war
+8
Level 88
Jan 3, 2019
For those interested in Norse mythology it's pretty basic...
+4
Level 69
Mar 18, 2019
It's even mentioned in a couple of Agatha Christie's novels.
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Level 57
Jul 27, 2019
Yggdrasil is also mentioned in the Thor comic books, so that could be where a lot of people have heard of it.
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Level 78
Nov 23, 2020
Yggdrasil features in all the Thor movies, although I learned about is initially by completing a Saturday prize cryptic crossword in The Guardian.
+3
Level 78
Mar 3, 2021
Considering the popularity of the MCU franchise, I'm surprised the % is so low. My 9 year old daughter knows this word.
+9
Level 77
Dec 8, 2018
Nothing from the Slavic mythology, even we are the the largest ethno-linguistic group in Europe.
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Level 74
Dec 9, 2018
This quiz needs a sequel, have at 'er :)
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Level 69
Dec 10, 2018
He said NO WHINING, dammit! :-D
+1
Level 75
Nov 17, 2023
Needs more Crnobog.
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Level 69
Dec 19, 2023
Especially now, since The Witcher (heavily based on Slavic mythology) exposed people around the world to various characters from our culture
+10
Level 85
Dec 9, 2018
Can you also accept Elysium for Elysian Fields
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Level 74
Dec 9, 2018
Dionysus was also the god of winos.
+8
Level 69
Dec 10, 2018
Not to be confused with the god of whiners.
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Level 63
Dec 9, 2018
I learned about Yggdrasil thanks to Saint Seiya.
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Level 32
Jan 15, 2019
Strange to find Scientology reference here, next to ancient mythological figures. Why not then add Lord of the Rings or Pastafarism ?
+12
Level 57
Mar 8, 2019
I expect they just wanted something for "X"
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Level 68
Nov 23, 2023
Or Christianity.
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Level 82
Mar 18, 2019
very easy. Anyone else watching season 2 of American Gods?
+1
Level 84
Mar 18, 2019
Will be soon. Probably after GOT ends.
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Level 45
Mar 18, 2019
Well, if it's gonna be mostly greek mythology... Might as well make one full quizz for greek, and then others for other cultures ? And one with diverse sources ?

I wouldn't mind seeing something about slavic or polynesian mythology (since I know practically nothing of it)

(Also, the rabbit thing, is it really mythology ? I'd say it's just folklore... There's no story, character or anything associated with it, just a popular belief/tradition.)

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Level 45
Mar 18, 2019
Could "valholl" (or valhöll but we're all lazy and don't use accents) be accepted as a type-in for valhalla ? It is the standard name in Old Norse and in modern Icelandic.

Yeah I know no one cares lol

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Level 61
Mar 19, 2019
I had to spell Quetzalcoatl like 10 times to get it right
+1
Level 24
Mar 19, 2019
I just googled Final Fantasy summons to get the spelling correct :) Was so determined I gave up over a minute of my time!
+1
Level 64
Mar 19, 2019
If I failed to spell Quetzalcoatl correctly on the first try, my grandmother would hit me for dishonoring our mayan ancestors.
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Level 66
Sep 9, 2019
Still got it wrong after 20 tries tried every variation i could think of. But always with two q's.. :/
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Level 66
Nov 17, 2023
I got as far as "Quetzal" and was like it's probably wrong anyway. Had no chance of getting the whole thing!
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Level 73
Mar 21, 2019
Wailing female spirIt who heralded death in Irish mythology
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Level 49
Mar 31, 2019
"Don't be a whiner" - It's a valid point, though. You might as well name it European mythology, because that's what it really is for the most part. Could have included quite a lot more elements of Asian and African myths. Being culturally inclusive is both enlightening and balanced.
+6
Level ∞
Apr 1, 2019
Don't think of pink elephants.... Proceeds to think of pink elephants.
+1
Level 82
Feb 26, 2020
Fairly straight forward. Got everything but the rabbit one.
+3
Level 67
Jun 14, 2020
Typo on the Irish Wailer - Spirt instead of Spirit?
+3
Level 79
Oct 4, 2021
confirm, typo is still there
+1
Level 33
Dec 17, 2020
Yea, well, who knows how to spell Quezalcoatl???!!!!
+4
Level 38
Sep 9, 2022
Titans ARE gods, just a different generation of them. They didn't precede the gods, they preceded the OLYMPIAN gods.
+1
Level 79
Nov 17, 2023
For Q I tried Quetzal but decided not to proceed with Quetzalcoatl although I knew it 🤦‍♂️
+1
Level 65
Nov 17, 2023
Years of watching the Avengers and Clash of the Titans proving useful at last...
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Level 63
Nov 18, 2023
Even when I Google it to check if I'm right - it backs me up. It's Elysium Fields. You need to add that in - I was sending myself nuts trying to figure out what else it could be.
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Level 76
Jan 3, 2024
Google again, then, and read closely. In english it's either Elysium or Elysian Fields, never Elysium Fields.
+1
Level 67
Nov 20, 2023
24, just missed Elysian and Yggdrasil. Reached level 67 so let's go
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Level 67
Nov 20, 2023
I like how you have all these mythological creatures and figures and then you just have Rabbit 💀
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Level 68
Nov 23, 2023
Lol - you think rabbits are real?