Gods and Goddesses
Who is the Goddess of the Moon in Greek Mythology?
Artemis
How many children did Hades and Persephone have?
a musician whose wife dies after being bitten by a snake. causes him to journey to the Underworld to plead with Hades for her return. Impressed by his music, Hades agrees to release her, but on the condition that he must walk ahead of her and not look back until they have both reached the upper world. he is unable to resist the urge to see if she is truly there, looks back just as they are about to exit the Underworld, and she is lost to him forever.
Orpheus and Eurydice
What was Atlas's punishment given by Zeus?
Zeus made Atlas responsible for holding up the heavens and the earth, and he must hold them on his shoulders
Who is the one God that Zeus fears?
Nyx, Goddess of night
Who is the God of the Sun in Egypt Mythology?
Ra
Around how many children does Zeus have?
About 100
A women is transformed into a monstrous Gorgon after being raped by Poseidon in Athena's temple. Athena, instead of punishing Poseidon, punished the women for the violation of her temple, transforming her into the monster. Later, she is killed by Perseus, who uses her head, still capable of turning things to stone, as a weapon
Medusa
What is Sisyphus's punishment?
He was condemned to eternally roll a boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down each time he neared the top
In Norse mythology the first human were made from what?
Trees, Ash and Elm Trees
In Norse Mythology, who is the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, and war?
Freya
What Gods did Aphrodite have children with?
Ares, Hermes, Poseidon, Dionysus
A young man who, with his father, attempts to escape imprisonment using wings made of feathers and wax. Despite his father's warnings to avoid flying too close to the sun or the sea, he gets carried away by the thrill of flying and soars too high. The sun melts the wax, causing the wings to disintegrate, and Icarus falls to his death in the sea.
Icarus
Who's punishment was to be chained to a rock where an eagle would eternally devour his liver, which would regenerate each night?
Prometheus
The word “myth” comes from the Greek “mythos”, what does it mean?
Story or Words
Shiva is a Hindu Deity known also as?
The Destroyer
Which of Zeus's children was born from his thigh?
Dionysus
Her extraordinary beauty attracts the attention of a jealousy Goddess, who commands her son to make the woman fall in love with a repulsive creature. However, he finds himself smitten by her, and wounds himself with his own arrow and secretly takes her to his hidden palace. He visits her only in the dark and forbids her from seeing his face, but her jealous sisters convince her to break this rule. When the women finally sees the son, he flees, leaving her to endure a series of trials set by his mother. Through perseverance and divine intervention, she is reunited with him, and she is granted immortality, becoming the goddess of the soul.
Eros and Psyche
Cassandra was cursed so that while she could see the future, no one would believe her prophecies, who cursed her?
Apollo
The Egyptian fertility goddess, is depicted as what animal?
Hippopotamus
Juno is a roman goddess, what is the greek counterpart?
Hera
Who is Hypnos's parents?
Nyx, goddess of night, and Erebus, god of darkness
a nymph, who is cursed to only repeat the last words of others, and a beautiful youth, who falls in love with his own reflection.
Echo and Narcissus
What was the curse of King Midas?
That everything he touched would turn to gold
The children of Saturn, the Roman God of Time, are said to represent the three things that time cannot kill. What are they?
Air, water and death, represented by Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto