Mythology - Quiz Number 3

1 - Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?

Balder
Odin
Frigg
Thor

2 - What was the punishment for Sysiphus's craftiness?

Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.

3 - Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?

Norse
Egyptian
Greek
Hindu

4 - Who is the Egyptian god of reproduction and lettuce?

Menu
Meret
Min
Mut

5 - What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.

Temple
Mountain
Tree
Castle

6 - In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?

Ariadne
Ariel
Athena
Alana

7 - According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?

Excessive mutilation of animal corpses.
Participating in cannibalism.
Drinking the blood of many slain animals.
Performing a ritual involving murder.

8 - Talos, the mythical giant bronze man, was the protector of which island?

Crete
Sicily
Sardinia
Cyprus

9 - In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the ash tree Yggdrasil?

Odin
Nidhogg
Bragi
Ymir

10 - Janus was the Roman god of doorways and passageways.

True
False

11 - Rannamaari was a sea demon that haunted the people of the Maldives and had to be appeased monthly with the sacrifice of a virgin girl.

False
True

12 - Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.

Tyr
Snotra
Jens
Loki