FREE QUIZ BOWL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT YGK

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FREE QUIZ BOWL AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT YGK

MYTHOLOGY EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: King of Gods

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Zeus

Question 2: Youngest son of Uranus, Father of Zeus, Ruler of the Titans

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Saturn Question 3: The wife of Odin, and mother by him of Balder, Hoder, Hermod, and Tyr. She is the goddess of the sky, marriage, and motherhood, and often works at her loom spinning clouds.

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Frigg (or Frigga) Question 4: Creatures who looked like men, but had the hooves and feet as well as the tails of goats. They could be best described as goat-men.

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Satyrs

Question 5: Greek Messenger of the Gods

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Hermes

Question 6: Greek Goddess of Love

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Aphrodite Question 7: Termed the lady of the castle, for her role as guardian of the tomb, she sided against her own husband, Set, in his battle against Osiris, but when Set was destroyed, she collected his body, and brought him back to life, much as Isis had done for Osiris.

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Nephthys

Question 8: Roman Messenger of the Gods

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Mercury Question 9: Personification of the midday sun, he was also venerated as Atum (setting sun) and Khepri (rising sun), which were later combined with him. He traveled across the sky each day and then each night, the monster Apep would attempt to prevent his return.

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Ra Question 10: Fought demon Apopis, emerging victorious, symbolic of the struggle of forces that brought harmony. Killed brother Osiris, he did battle with Osiris' son Horus, being emasculated in the fight. His cult diminished over time, due to reaction against violence

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Set Question 11: Son of Osiris & Nepthys. God of embalming to the Egyptians. Typically pictured with the head of a jackal. He also served as the god of the desert and the watcher of the tombs.He also served to introduce the dead to the afterlife, and as their judge.

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Anubis

Question 12: Patron of women. Daughter of Ra, and wife of Horus. Goddess of the sky, goddess of fertility, protector of marriage, goddess of love and beauty. Pictures show the goddess with the head of a cow. Similar to Aphrodite/Venus

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Hathor Question 13: Principal god of the city of Memphis, he was portrayed as a mummy, or wearing the beard of the gods on his chin. His godhood was achieved by himself, much like his creation power, done merely by act of will.

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Ptah Question 14: The daughter of Ra, she predated the universe, and served over the creation of it, ensuring balance between everything. Primarily seen as the keeper of order, she was responsible for seasons, day and night, rainfall, and star movements.

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Ma'at

Question 15: Roman God of Music and Medicine

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Apollo

Question 16: Greek God Music and Medicine

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Apollo

Question 17: Greek God of the Underworld

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Hades

Question 18: Roman God of Love

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Cupid

Question 19: Son of Odin & giantess Jord, he is the god of thunder, weather, and crops. One of the most popular of the Norse gods, he travels in a chariot pulled by two goats, and wields the hammer Mjolnir. Married to Sif, his special nemesis is the Midgard Serpent

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Thor Question 20: Began as a local god of Thebes, governing the air, fertility and reproduction, his wife was Mut, and his son Khon. Later, he became linked with the sun god Ra. In this form, he became worshipped beyond Egypt, and identified with Zeus and Jupiter.

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Amon

Question 21: Roman Goddess of Victory

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Victoria Question 22: Father and Mother of All Monsters due to their numerous monstrous offspring (Greek)

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Typhon & Echnida

Question 23: Greek Goddess of the Harvest

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Demeter Question 24: A three-headed (or, according to Hesiod's Theogony, 50-headed) dog who guarded the gates to the Underworld.

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Cerberus Question 25: The only mortal member of the Gorgons, a trio of monstrous daughters of Phorcys and Ceto who had brass hands, fangs, and venomous snakes for hair

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Medusa