Arts & literature
The “World mythology” quiz — Arts & literature. It has 25 questions in five categories: Creation myths, The underworld, Mythical monsters, Tricksters, Sacred artifacts. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.
The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.
In Norse myth, which primeval giant's body was used by Odin and his brothers to fashion the earth and sky?
Which god defeated the sea monster Tiamat and formed heaven and earth from her body in the epic Enuma Elish?
Which Shinto god stirred…
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Against what object was the heart of the deceased weighed on the scales of Osiris to test their righteousness?
Which Sumerian queen of…
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Which creature with the head of a bull and body of a man did King Minos keep inside the Cretan Labyrinth?
Which pictured monstrous wolf bit off the god Tyr's hand and is fated to swallow Odin during Ragnarok?
Which pictured divine bird…
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Which Norse god cunningly engineered the death of the beloved god Baldr using a dart of mistletoe?
Which Greek god stole Apollo's cattle on the very day he was born and fashioned the first lyre from a tortoise shell?
Which clever spider trickster…
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In the gameWhich enchanted short-handled hammer was forged by dwarves for the Norse thunder god Thor?
Which fleece of a winged golden ram did Jason and the Argonauts voyage to distant Colchis to claim?
Which ancient Egyptian protective…
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In the gameAll 25 questions and the answers are in the game. Invite your class or friends with a link — guests need no account.