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Legends and Myths of Europe on a Map

You have been give 100 figures from European folklore, mythology and even culture. Can you guess them based on hints and location on the map? ood luck have fun! :)
Excluding gods and goddesses, creatures which are half person half animal are classified as animals!
Placement within a country/region doesn't matter!
If you are European and would like to suggest a myth or legend from your country/region to add to this quiz, feel free to comment.
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Sea serpent which lives in the Scottish Highlands
Loch Ness Monster
If you find this Irish plant you are considered lucky
Four Leaf Clover
Greek god of the dead and the underworld
Hades
Gnome like creature associated with Christmas which live in houses and barns
Nisse
First king of Rome who is the son of Mars and Rhea Silvia
Romulus
Greek who caused the Trojan War and killed Achilles
Paris
Water spirits who played the violin and lured women and children down in the water
Nøkk
Shapeshifting spirit which lives in lochs
Kelpie
Cat faced creature similar to a lizard which lives in the Alps
Tatzelwurm
Winged dragon with two legs and a stinger
Wyvern
Romanian wizard who controls the weather and rides a dragon
Solomonari
Legendary Polish prince who founded Kraków
Krakus
Deliverer of Easter eggs which originated in Lutheran Germany
Easter Bunny
Slavic god of fire and blacksmithing who created the Sun
Svarog
Rooster featured on the Nando's logo which proved the innocence of a man who was sentenced to death
Galo de Barcelos
Basque shapeshifting creature which takes the form of a red bull
Aatxe
Norse goddess of fertility and love
Freyja
Slavic bull which holds the Earth on its back
Tur
Ukrainian who agreed to split the world with a dragon but then tricks the dragon into killing itself
Nikita the Tanner
Household spirit which can either do chores or play pranks depending on how it is treated
Brownie
Hyena like animal which lives in the French mountains
Beast of Gévaudan
Greek goddess of fertility and agriculture
Demeter
Roman protector of horses and donkeys who is sometimes shown with a cornucopia
Epona
Princess who is awakened from her slumber by a handsome prince
Sleeping Beauty
Girl who lost her glass slipper at the ball
Cinderella
Roman goddess of love and prosperity who is an ancestor of Julius Caesar
Venus
Slavic god of Earth, forests, waters and music
Veles
Winged goblin which guards cathedrals and castles
Gargoyle
Magical horse which carries the Four sons of Aymon
Bayard
Lured the rats out of the medieval town of Hamelin with music
Pied Piper
Alpine counterpart to Santa Claus who awards the good children with fruit and chocolate
Krampus
Greek herb which was used to protect Odysseus from poison
Moly
When kissed by a princess, this frog turns into a human
Frog Prince
Merchant and musician from Novgorod who caught a golden fish from a lake
Sadko
Roman god of the sea who has the same name as the last planet of the solar system
Neptune
Scandinavian water spirit which plays the fiddle or harp
Fossegrim
Forest creature which is covered in moss and has long white hair
Buschgroßmutter
Doctor of medicine who sold his soul to the Devil
Faust
Unrelated look alike of a living person who brings bad luck
Doppelgänger
Hungarian falcon who protected Almos
Turul
Creature similar to a snake which grows two heads after one is cut off
Hydra
'Lord of the Woods' who taught farming to humans
Basajaun
Greek woman who had snakes instead of hair and turned whatever she looked at into stone
Medusa
Norse dragon which swallows its tail to roll at high speeds
Lindworm
Hero who was a warrior during the Trojan war
Ajax
Immortal man who hid his soul in a needle which is hidden in an egg which is in a duck which is in a hare which is in buried chest
Koschei
Mythical creature in Estonian mythology who brought several goods for its owner
Kratt
Human like creatures which help Santa make his presents
Elf
Legendary Nordic sea creature who destroys ships between Norway and Iceland
Kraken
Hint
Answer
Archer who robbed the rich and gave the money to the poor
Robin Hood
Norse god of lightning and agriculture who wields a hammer
Thor
Finnish creature which is said to cause the Northern Lights
Firefox
Irish creature who wears green and has a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow
Leprechaun
Legendary Prussian king who died at the age of 116
Widewuto
According to tradition, a man could kiss any woman underneath this plant
Mistletoe
Slavic swamp monster which come to existence when pregnant women or unmarried mothers die
Dziwożona
Winged white horse which was ridden by Bellerophon
Pegasus
Sigmund pulled out the sword that Odin jabbed in this tree
Barnstokkr
Germanic goddess of humans and crops
Ēostre
Invisible sprite which can turn into fire, a human and a candle
Kobold
Half human half horse creature which live in Greece
Centaur
Baltic god of the sky and wealth who was the supreme Baltic god
Dievas
Roman 'Queen of Gods' who is the goddess of marriage and childbirth
Juno
Tree decorated with tinsel, baubles and a star or angel on top
Christmas Tree
Slavic creature which looks after the children and animals of the house
Domovoy
Winged Greek giant who had three heads
Geryon
Spirit who turns into animals to hunt vampires
Krsnik
Polish king who had to give the most expensive thing in his palace to a creature which held him captive
King Kojata
Legendary ancestor of all the Czechs
Libuse
Legendary British king who had a round table and owned Excalibur
King Arthur
Bulgarian fairies who are personifications of nature
Samodiva
Greek 'King of Gods' who is also the god of lightning and law
Zeus
Immortal bird which rises from the ashes
Phoenix
Slavic water monster who breaks dams and drowns people when angered
Vodyanoy
Baltic god of lightning, the sky, war, law, fire and rain
Perkūnas
According to Norse mythology, everything exist around this tree
Yggdrasil
Transylvanian vampire who lives in a castle
Count Dracula
Supernatural creatures from Icelandic folklore who are similar to fairies
Huldufólk
Men from Balkan tradition who could control the weather
Zduhać
Bulgarian giant who existed before humans
Ispolin
Norse god of wisdom, war and death
Odin
Slavic god of the Sun, justice and happiness
Dazhbog
Albanian vampire witch hybrid which can turn into a flying insect
Shtriga
Spirit who send lightning, rain and snow from the top of the mountain
Rübezahl
'Eternal hammerer' of Finnish mythology who can create anything
Ilmarinen
Romanian troubled spirits which can transform into an animal and turn invisible
Strigoi
Mythological spirit of the mines in the Donbas region of Ukraine
Shubin
Winged Greek mythological creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion
Sphinx
Fairy tale character who dies after eating a poisoned apple
Snow White
Half bull half man creature who lives at the center of a maze
Minotaur
Slavic creature who tricks young men to come next to her to drown them
Rusalka
Ukrainian forest god who lives in the Carpathian mountains
Chuhaister
Russian mountain spirit who is the mistress of the Ural mountains
Mistress of Copper Mountain
Supernatural slavic creature which flies around in a mortar
Baba Yaga
Plant root which was used as anesthetic in the past
Mandrake
Greek half bird half human creatures which steal food
Harpy
Romanian hero who frees the Sun and the Moon after they were stolen
Greuceanu
Norse god of mischief who can take the form of a fly, mare and a salmon
Loki
Slavic god of lightning, the sky and war
Perun
Greek goddess of wisdom who is named after the capital
Athena
11 Comments
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Level 65
Aug 21, 2023
This quiz is part of Insaniot's #QCCLegends so check that out if you would like to participate the next one!

Here are some sources/maps that I used: Scandinavia, British Isles and Greece.

Thanks to Brainstorm for doing the type-ins of this quiz!

Have a nice day :)

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Level 63
Aug 20, 2023
This is the best #QCCLegends!
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Level 65
Aug 20, 2023
Thanks! Yours were nice too :)
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Level 54
Aug 25, 2023
Great one! I would have nominated it with pleasure, but you would need to remove one answer for that, I guess.

Difficult, but at least I found all the ones located in France, so that's fine for me.

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Level 54
Aug 25, 2023
Edit: The quiz wasn't nominable when I took it a few days ago but now is, although it still has 100 answers. I don't really understand the situation, but at least I can nominate it. ;-)
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Level 65
Aug 25, 2023
Thanks I really appreciate it!

The quiz couldn't be nominated due to having too many characters in the caveats and description (stupid rule).

It is quite difficult but I think that's because mythology as a topic is not very well known.

Have a nice day :)

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Level 84
Aug 25, 2023
Great quiz!

For some reason we can't mouse over the Greek icons at the end to reveal the names. Maybe there's something in the way, like the fill of the black border?

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Level 65
Aug 25, 2023
I apologise for that error, and thank you for telling me. I have fixed it now and it seems to be working.

Thank you for trying my quiz :)

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Level 83
Mar 8, 2024
Thanks for making this, it's definitely a stumper.

It's pretty widely agreed that the capital of Greece is not actually named for the goddess, but the other way around!

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Level 65
Mar 8, 2024
Woops! Fixed that error.

Thanks for the feedback!

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Level 51
Mar 11, 2024
Wow