Greek Gods
This king of the Greek gods rules from Mount Olympus and hurls thunderbolts.
Who is Zeus?
This Roman king of the gods had his main temple on Rome’s Capitoline Hill.
Who is Jupiter?
This Norse god of thunder wields the hammer Mjölnir.
Who is Thor?
Celebrated in Mexico each November, this holiday honors deceased loved ones with altars and marigolds.
What is Día de los Muertos?
This fire-breathing winged reptile guards treasure in many European legends.
What is a dragon?
This goddess of wisdom and strategy sprang fully grown from Zeus’s head.
Who is Athena?
According to legend, this twin killed his brother Remus and became the first king of Rome.
Who is Romulus?
This one-eyed ruler of the Norse gods is known as the Allfather.
Who is Odin?
In Guaraní legend, the seventh son in a family becomes this werewolf-like figure.
Who is Luisón?
This one-horned horse-like creature symbolizes purity in medieval tales.
What is a unicorn?
This god of the sea carries a trident and is Zeus’s brother.
Who is Poseidon?
This Roman war god, the counterpart of the Greek Ares, fathered Rome’s legendary twin founders.
Who is Mars?
This shape-shifting trickster god turned into a mare and gave birth to Sleipnir, the eight-legged horse.
Who is Loki?
This weeping woman of Mexican legend wanders rivers searching for her drowned children.
Who is La Llorona?
This Greek monster has snakes for hair and turns onlookers to stone.
Who is Medusa?
This messenger god wears winged sandals and guides souls to the underworld.
Who is Hermes?
This two-faced Roman god of doorways and beginnings gave his name to the first month of the year.
Who is Janus?
Norse mythology says the cosmos is held together by this giant ash tree connecting nine worlds.
What is Yggdrasil?
The Aztec feathered serpent god, revered as a bringer of knowledge, goes by this name.
Who is Quetzalcoatl?
This bird of legend burns and is reborn from its own ashes.
What is a phoenix?
This Titan was condemned by Zeus to hold up the sky on his shoulders.
Who is Atlas?
This Trojan hero, son of Venus, fled burning Troy and became the legendary ancestor of the Romans in Virgil’s epic.
Who is Aeneas?
At Ragnarök, this monstrous wolf breaks free from the ribbon Gleipnir and swallows the chief of the gods.
What is Fenrir?
This Guaraní night spirit, said to protect animals and whistle in the dark, is appeased with offerings of tobacco.
Who is Pombero?
This many-headed water serpent, slain by Heracles, grew two new heads for every one cut off.
What is the Hydra?