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Myth Flashcards

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first human woman, sculpted by Hephaestus, punishment for Prometheus, married Epimethus, daughter Pyrrha

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Pandora

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magic spear Gungin, eight legged horse Sleipnir, one eyed exchanged for drink from Well of Knowledge

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Odin

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Odin’s wife, power of seeing the future

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Frigg

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God of light and beauty, most loved of the gods, killed by mistletoe in ragnarok

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Baldr

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5
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God of single combat and heroic glory, lost a hand to the wolf Fenrir

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Tyr

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6
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father of Fenrir, World Serpent, Hel

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Loki

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7
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Goddess of love and fertility, sister of Freyr

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Freya

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God of agriculture, dwarven-made boar

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Freyr

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9
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refused to return Baldr soul after his death

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Hel

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10
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god of the sea, father to Freya and Freyr

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Njord

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11
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goddess of winter and cold

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Skadi

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12
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equivalent of the Greek Fates

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The Norns

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13
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Son of Baldr, god of peace and justice, abstained from Ragnarok

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Forseti

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14
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son of Odin, god of poetry

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Bragi

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15
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king and largest of the frost giants

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Ymir

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16
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live in Jotenheim

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Frost Giants

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17
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World Serpent, killed Thor

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Jormangard

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18
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dragon that lies at the root of the World Tree

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Niddhogg

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19
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fallen warriors of Valhalla

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Einherjar

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20
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two crows of Odin

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Huginn and Muninn

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21
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underworld of Norse mythology

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Niflheim

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22
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connection between Niflheim and Midgard

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Well of Urd

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23
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Well of knowledge

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Well of Mimir

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24
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World Tree

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Yggdrasil

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25
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realm of the Vanir

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Vanaheim

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26
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mistress of Loki, mother of Fenrir

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Angrboda

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27
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most pretty Valkyries, Sigrud saves her, subject of Wagner’s ring of the Nibelung

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Brunhilde

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28
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kills Paris, abandoned for 10 years for foul smell from snake bite

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Philoctetes

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29
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greek goddess of necromancy and witchcraft

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Hecate

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30
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Trojan boy abducted by Zeus as an eagle to be a cupbearer to the gods

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Ganymede

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31
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Egyptian serpent god who poses an obstacle to Ra

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Apep

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32
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Married to Thor

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Sif

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33
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Egyptian God of Death

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Anubis

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34
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God of the Moon and cats

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Bast

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35
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God of the Earth, husband of Nut

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Geb

36
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Goddess of the sky

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Nut

37
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Goddess of fertility, wife of Horus

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Hathor

38
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head of a falcon

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Ra

39
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god of wisdom, head of an ibis

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Thoth

40
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parents to Horus

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Osiris and Isis

41
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green skinned, god of the underworld and death

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Osiris

42
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warrior goddess who protected pharaohs, head of a lioness

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Sekhmet

43
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wife of Set

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Nephthys

44
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Pharaoh deified into God of Medicine, created or improved papyrus

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Imhotep

45
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Egyptian symbol meaning life and rebirth

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Ankh

46
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female pharaoh

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Queen Hatshepsut

47
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husband of Nefertiti

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Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV)

48
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wife of pharoah who tried to change polytheistic religion to mono

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Nefertiti

49
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son of Akhenaten and Nefertiti, began rule at 9

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Tutankhamun

50
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led campaigns against Syria, defeated Hittites

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Ramses II

51
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built pyramids of Giza

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Khufu

52
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succeeded Alexander the Great in Egypt

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Ptolemy

53
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Goddess of the Dawn, tears become dew on plants, bore the four winds, caught sleeping with Ares, asked for eternal life but not eternal youth, turned into a cicada, “rosy fingered”

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Eos

54
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protector of the world, descends to earth in an avatar, nine avatars so far, tenth avatar Kalki will appear with a flaming sword, some consider Vishnu to be Narayana or primal being, dark blue skin, has eagle called Garuna and snake called Shesha, wives are Lakshmi and Bhu(the earth). Kama (god of love) is his son.

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Vishnu

55
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destroyer, sitting on tiger skin and riding bull called Nandi, three eyes, necklace of skulls and necklace of snakes, trident as weapon, blue throat, father of Kartikeya (the god of war) and Ganesha

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Shiva

56
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creator, drops egg into cosmic waters, four heads representing Four Vedas, five heads before but one head was removed by Shiva, wife is Savitri

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Brahma

57
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trinity of Vishnu, Shiva, and Brahma

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Trimurti

58
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elephant-headed god of wisdom, rides a rat, Shiva cuts off his head, so it was replaced by an elephant head, has two sons Riddhi and Siddhi

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Ganesha

59
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seventh avatar of Vishnu, hero of Ramayana, wins wife Sita because only he can string Shiva’s bow, Rama makes Sita walk through fire

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Ramayana

60
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god of rain, thunder, and war, wields the thunderbolt (vajra) and rides Airavat, the four-tusked white elephant. With the aid of both the Marut storm gods and his favorite drink, soma, he leads the Aryan conquest of India. He also defeats the dragon Vritra, who had stolen the world’s water

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Indra

61
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The last and greatest treasure born from the “churning of the ocean,” the goddess of prosperity and patron to moneylenders. The epitome of feminine beauty, she sits or stands on a lotus flower and appears in her own avatars alongside Vishnu

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Lakshmi

62
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The chief hero of the Mahabharata, the son of Indra and one of five Pandava brothers, who fight a bitter war against their 100 cousins, Kauravas, culminating at the battle on “Kuru’s Field.” Before the battle, he asks his charioteer (Krishna) why he must fight, is married to Draupadi.

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Arjuna

63
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Son of the wind god Vaayu and Queen Anjana, ,has a human body with a monkey’s head. As a boy he swallows the sun (mistaking it for a piece of fruit); the angry Indra whips him with a thunderbolt. In response, the wind god Vaayu refuses to breathe air into the world, prompting Indra to apologize and the other gods to bestow immortality and shapeshifting ability. He figures prominently in the Ramayana, where he flies to Lanka to tell Sita that Rama will rescue her from Ravana.

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Hanuman

64
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can be brought to life by rubbing two sticks together, is responsible for sacrificial fires, he is the patron of priests. He has a red body, two heads, three legs, four arms, and seven tongues; he often carries a flaming javelin. with the help of Krishna, he devours the Khandav forest.

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Agni

65
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King of Sparta during Trojan War

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Menelaus

66
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Her aunt was witch Circe, had children with Jason before Jason left her

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Medea

67
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Wife of Odysseus, wove a burial shroud but secretly unwove it at night

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Penelope

68
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wife of King Agamemnon, killed Agememnon and his mistress Cassandra

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Clytemnestra

69
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King of Troy during Trojan War

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Priam

70
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Wife of King of Troy during Trojan War

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Hecuba

71
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Fell in love with Theseus while he was sent to battle Minotaur

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Ariadne

72
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drew first blood in the Calydonian Boar hunt, only female Argonaut

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Atalanta

73
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Impregnanted by Zeus in the form of a golden shower, mother of Perseus

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Danae

74
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Father and Mother of All Monsters (Greek)

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Typhon and Echidna

75
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Cyclops that Odysseus faces, son of Poseidon

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Polyphemus

76
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King Mino’s wife, made love with a wooden bull to give birth to the Minotaur

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Pasiphaë

77
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Father of Priam who was the legendary founder of Troy, Heracles slayed all this man’s sons except one

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Laomedon

78
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Heracles saved this girl from the sea monster she was about to be sacrificed to

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Hesione

79
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As a child, this figure was disguised as a girl and hidden on the island of Skyros. Ajax the Greater and Odysseus fight over this figure’s armor after he dies. Mother Thetis dips him in the Styx river, killed Hector, Hephaestus forged a shield for this man with the Earth, Sun, Moon, and constellations at its center.

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Achilles

80
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Blood brother cut off his wife’s hair, so he replaced it with a golden hairpiece, When this god was challenged to drink a cup in three draughts, he was unable to do so because he found out that he was drinking the sea itself. Thialfi becomes this god’s servant after breaking the bone of one of this person’s goats

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Thor

81
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He fathered the god of justice Forseti with Nanna, god of beauty killed by mistletoe, Vali was born and raised to adulthood in a single day to kill his blind twin Hodr

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Baldr

82
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this Aztec god helped create the world and as a result, lost his foot to the sea monster Cipactli, his name means “smoking mirror”, destroyed the world in the form of a jaguar

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Tezcatlipoca

83
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The son of the man who tied the Gordian Knot, A man who possessed this ability lost it when he bathed in the river Pactolus. A worshipper of Pan who once had this ability received donkey ears for siding against Apollo in a music contest.

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King Midas

84
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name this crafty king of Corinth, condemned to push a boulder up a hill for all eternity, This figure orders his wife to prepare his body without funeral rites such as placing a coin under his tongue; that wife, Merope, obeys, and Charon sends him back to the world of the living. This man caused no one to die by chaining up Thanatos, and he later tricked Persephone into allowing him to briefly return from Hades.

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Sisyphus

85
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Romulus became this god after death, him/ Mars/ Jupiter form the Capitoline Triad

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Quirinus

86
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This woman gave birth to Romulus and Remus while serving as a Vestal Virgin, but claimed Mars was their father.

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Rhea Silvia

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