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100
The first generation of thirteen gods, parented by Uranus and Gaea.
Who are the titans?
100
This is the great spirit in the Cheyenne creation myth.
Who is Maheo?
100
This is the heavy dark mass that becomes the earth.
What is Yin?
100
Mawu tells her sons that they should fit together like this gourd.
What is a calabash?
100
This is the name of Thor's hammer.
What is Mjollner?
200
She is the goddess of love and beauty.
Who is Aphrodite?
200
This prototype of man proves successful in the Mayan myth "Voices of the Earth."
What is maize (corn)?
200
Instead of legs, Nu Kua has this
What is a dragon's tail?
200
These were Puli's first words in "The Cow Tail Switch."
What is "Where is my father?"
200
The fisherman pulls this up in his net the second time he casts it.
What is a dead donkey?
300
Uranus kills his children in fear of being overthrown by them by doing this.
What is eating them.
300
The stone tells the boy that in order to hear stories he must do this.
What is bring a gift (or stay awake)?
300
This clumsy creature knocks over mountains that hold up the sky.
Who is Kung Kung?
300
This Egyptian god tore through his mother's side.
Who is Seth?
300
This is how the fisherman tricks the jinnee back into the bottle.
What is he says that he is not powerful enough to fit back into the bottle?
400
One of the two "people" who help Zeus overthrow Cronus and the Titans.
What are the hundred-handed giants and the cyclopes?
400
This is the reason why land is created in the Cheyenne myth "How the World Was Made."
What is the birds wanted a place to rest?
400
This is the reason the tortoise tricks the monkey.
What is so the tortoise can get rich (or so that the king's daughter can be cured)?
400
Isis places Queen Astarte's child into this so the child will become immortal.
What is the fire?
400
This is the name of the King of the Giants that Thor must compete against.
What is Utgar(th) Loki?
500
The magic ball of twine was given to Ariadne by this person.
Who is Daedelus?
500
This is the collection of stories from which "The Wooden People" comes.
What is the Popul Vuh?
500
This is the ruse that the monkey uses to get back on land.
What is that he left his liver on a tree?
500
This is the son of Isis and Osiris.
Who is Horus?
500
Sinbad regrets cutting off his bird's wings for this reason.
What is the bird saved him from being poisoned?