Northern Europe
Africa & North America
China & Middle East
Greek
Creatures!
100

The end of the world is called_____

Ragnarök-- which translates as "doom of the gods"

100

In the Kono story, this creature is given responsibility to carry a mysterious bag.  

What is the creature and what is in the bag?

A bat... darkness

100

Name of the god who felt shame, and in trying to end his life, broke a hole in the sky. 

Gong Gong

100

Orpheus does this and loses Eurydice forever

Looks back!

100

The name of the three headed dog that guards the Underworld: 

Cerberus

200

Frost Giant from whose body the earth is fashioned

Ymir

200

This brave creature swam to the bottom of the waters to bring up the oed-da (earth).

Muskrat

200

This god slowly separates the earth from the heavens, growing each day for eighteen thousand years

P'an Ku

200

Persephone eats this, sealing her fate in the underworld.

Pomegranate seed

200

Quetzalcoatl represented these things (name at least 2)

union betwen earth and sky
death and resurrections
corn and cacao
destruction and creation

associated with wind, learning, fertility

300

Loki can transform into a ____ (list at least 2 things we read/watched)

fish, giant, old woman, stinging fly

300

The little brother tries to trap the sun to get revenge for doing this...

burning up his feather coat

300
According to Babylonian creations, humans were created from this god's blood (name) for the purpose of ____

Give me the name of the god and the purpose

Kingu

to serve the gods

300

Greek god of horses

Poseidon

(and also sea, storms, and earthquakes)

300

Several of our creatures were described as eating people... name 1

Oni Demon

Minotaur

... Cerberus's name comes from the Greek word for "flesh eating"

...Fenrir during Ragnarok eats the gods

400

God killed by mistletoe twig

Baldr/Baldur/Balder

400

Olokun was the goddess of ______

endless waters and wild marshes

400

Yin represents_____ and Yang represents______

(name at least 2 for each)

Yin = earth, dark, water, female, submissive

Yang =heaven, light, sun, fire, male, aggressive

400

Name two of the tasks given to Psyche

1) collect golden wool, 

2) fetch water from the River Styx, 

3) bring back a box of beauty for Aphrodite, 

4) sort a pile of grains

400

This character appeared in DC Comics

Banshee

500

In addition to Mjölnir, Thor's hammer, name 3 of the other 5 gifts 

1) Sif's golden hair
2) a spear (Gungnir) that always hit is mark for Odin
3) a boat (Skiblanir) that could be folded up for Frey
4) a ring called Draupnir that made 8 more rings every 9 nights (Odin)
5) a golden boar that could pull Frey's chariot

500

Obatala climbed down the gold chain with these items to create the earth: ___________

shell filled with sand, a white hen, a black cat, and a palm nut

500
This defeated god was led around by a rope drawn through his nose

Mummu

500

Greek god of light, music, agriculture, archery & prophesy

Apollo

500

The Minotaur is the mascot for this Buckeye, AZ high school...

Odyssey Institute High School 

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