God Domains and Symbols
Etiology
Concepts and Vocabulary
Gods Doing Weird Things
Mythically Miscellaneous
100
THE TRIDENT IS ONE OF THIS GOD'S SYMBOLS
WHO IS POSEIDON?
100
WHEN HER FAITHFUL MANY-EYED SERVANT WAS BORED TO DEATH, HERA DID THIS TO HONOR HIM.
WHAT IS PUT HIS EYES ON PEACOCK FEATHERS?
100
THESE ARE MINOR NATURE DEITIES, USUALLY BEAUTIFUL FEMALES, WHO INHABIT NATURAL SPACES IN GREECE.
WHAT ARE NYMPHS?
100
The goddess Athena was born from this particular place because Zeus swallowed her mother.
Where is Zeus's head?
100
THESE THREE FEMALE DEITIES ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR DETERMINING THE BIRTHS, LIVES, AND DEATHS OF ALL MORTALS.
WHO ARE THE FATES/MOIRAE?
200
HOSPITALITY AND WEATHER ARE TWO OF THIS GOD'S DOMAINS
WHO IS ZEUS?
200
THIS PRIDEFUL WEAVER WAS TURNED INTO A SPIDER BY ATHENA.
WHO IS ARACHNE?
200
PEOPLE OFTEN TRAVELED TO MEET WITH THIS PERSON, BLESSED WITH THE GIFT OF APOLLO, TO RECEIVE A PROPHECY.
WHO IS THE ORACLE OF DELPHI?
200
When Hera was jealous, Zeus turned this beautiful maiden into a cow to protect her.
Who is Io?
200
THIS IS A REPEATED/RECURRING ELEMENT THAT SPANS ACROSS TIME AND CULTURES.
What is an archetype?
300
THIS GOD DRIVES A GOLDEN CHARIOT PULLED BY DOVES. MORE SYMBOLS INCLUDE THE MYRTLE TREE AND SWANS
WHO IS APHRODITE?
300
WHAT IS THE BLOOD OF ADONIS TURNING THE WHITE FLOWERS RED?
300
Carl Jung came up with this two-word term to describe the shared "well" of thoughts and images that all humans share.
What is the collective unconscious?
300
To save his child Dionysus from burning to death when Semele saw his true form, Zeus did what?
What is sew him into his thigh?
300
HERMES AND LOKI ARE EXAMPLES OF THIS CHARACTER ARCHETYPE.
WHAT IS A TRICKSTER?
400
THIS GOD'S SYMBOLS INCLUDE THE EAGLE, THE AEGIS, A HELMET, AND OWLS
WHO IS ATHENA?
400
DEMETER'S GRIEF FOR HER DAUGHTER PERSEPHONE BEING TRAPPED IN THE UNDERWORLD FOR HALF OF THE YEAR IS THE CAUSE OF THIS PHENOMENON
WHAT ARE THE SEASONS/FALL?
400
This yummy food gets its name from Demeter's Roman name.
What is cereal?
400
Aphrodite emerged from the sea foam caused by what event in early creation myth?
What is the castration of Uranus?
400
THIS IS THE INSTRUMENT HERMES MADE FOR APOLLO TO GAIN HIS FAVOR.
WHAT IS THE LYRE?
500
THIS GOD IS THE GOD OF TRAVEL, ROADS, MARKETPLACE, AND THIEVES
WHO IS HERMES?
500
TO SAVE SOME RUDE PIRATES FROM DROWNING, DIONYSUS DID THIS TO THEM.
WHAT IS TRANSFORM THEM INTO DOLPHINS?
500
This is the term for something that wards off evil, such as Medusa's head on the Aegis.
What is apotropaic?
500
THIS WAS THE FATE OF ACTAEON WHEN HE WITNESSED ARTEMIS AND HER NYMPHS BATHING
WHAT IS BEING TURNED INTO A STAG AND HUNTED BY HIS OWN HOUNDS?
500
WHAT IS A PSYCHOPOMP?
600
THIS GOD'S DOMAINS INCLUDE WILD PARTYING AND THEATRE
WHO IS DIONYSUS?
600
THIS WAS THE ORIGIN OF THE LAUREL TREE ACCORDING TO MYTH
WHAT IS THE TRANSFORMATION OF DAPHNE BY HER FATHER TO ESCAPE APOLLO?
600
THIS IS HOW ODYSSEUS AND HIS MEN WERE ABLE TO SAIL PAST THE SIRENS.
WHAT IS STUFFING THEIR EARS WITH WAX?
600
THIS GOD WILLINGLY GAVE UP THEIR THRONE ON OLYMPUS TO A NEWBORN GOD
WHO IS HESTIA?
600
THIS TYPE OF PHILOSOPHY IS BASED ON CHAOS, LACK OF ORDER, AND RAW FEELING.
WHAT IS DIONYSIAN PHILOSOPHY?