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Mythology Flashcards

1
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This god owns the ravens hugin and munin and spear gungnir that never misses its target

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Odin

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This god wins a wisdom contest by asking what he whispered to his son at his son’s funeral

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Odin

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3
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The names of his goats mean tooth gnasher and tooth grinder

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Thor

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4
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This god disguises himself as a woman (freya) to get his favoured weapon back from Thrymir.

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Thor

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5
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This god tricked Hodr into throwing a spear of mistletoe that killed Baldr

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Loki

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6
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This god was punished with dripping venom while tied up with the entrails of his son Narfi

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Loki

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7
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This figure kills a bandit who would kill people by tying them to 2 bent pine trees (SInis)

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Theseus

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8
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This figure was born after his father (Aegeus) was told by the oracle of Delphi to “not loosen the bulging mouth of the wineskin”

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Theseus

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9
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The eldest son of the earth god Geb and the sky goddess Nut

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Osiris

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10
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This god has 9 mothers and has teeth made of gold and can hear grass growing

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Heimdall

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11
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This god recovered Brisingamen while in the form of a seal, and fought Loki also in seal form.

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Heimdall

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12
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This god is depicted wearing an otef crown with a crook and flail in his hands

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Osiris

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13
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A ram at Mendes was worshipped as an incarnation of this diety

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Osiris

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14
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This god was tricked by his rival Tezcatlipoca into his immolation

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Quetzalcoatl

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15
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This god was said to have sailed east on a raft of serpents to eventually return to his people

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Quetzalcoatl

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16
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This figure was conceived after swallowing an emerald

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Quetzalcoatl

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17
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This god’s mother died after Hera tricked her into seeing Zeus in full glory

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Dionysus

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18
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This god was sewn up into Zeus’ thigh

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Dionysus

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19
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This god was ripped apart and eaten by Titans representing the harvesting of grapes

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Dionysus

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20
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This god is the mother of Horus and the wife and sister of Osiris

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Isis

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21
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This deity commanded the poison of seven scorpions to leave the body of a young boy whose mother denied this deity shelter.

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Isis

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22
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This deity became fond of the son of Queen Astarte and put him in a fire to burn his mortality away. That son was Prince Dictys.

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Isis

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23
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This hero was killed by an arrow to his heel which was his only vulnerable point

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Achilles

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24
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This warrior slew Thersites after he mocked this figure for mourning over the body of an amazon

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Achilles

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25
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This god put all of Argus’ eyes to sleep and then killed him in order to save Io

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Hermes

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26
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This deity’s parents were Maia and Zeus

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Hermes

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27
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This god turned Battus into stone after he revealed one of this deity’s secrets

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Hermes

28
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This god won a boat race using a wooden boat compared to his adversary’s stone boat

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Horus

29
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This deity’s sons protect the canopic jars and the cardinal directions

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Horus

30
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This god granted Mestra with the ability to change her shape at will and escape the men whom her father had married her off

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Poseidon

31
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King Laomedon tricked Apollo and this god into building the walls of Troy.

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Poseidon

32
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This god rode a golden-maned horse named Gulltoppr.

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Heimdall

33
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This deity offered Paris rule over all of Europe and Asia

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Hera

34
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This figure turned Tiresias into a woman when he struck a pair of mating snakes with a stick

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Hera

35
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This figure was forced to serve Eurystheus to perform a group of tasks

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Heracles

36
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This figure killed Linus his music teacher by throwing a lyre at him and was sent to tend cattle on the mountain.

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Heracles

37
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This figure was forced to serve queen Omphale as a slave after killing Iphitus for a year while dressed as a woman

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Heracles

38
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This god owned the stymphalian birds

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Ares

39
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This god had his son cycnus killed by Heracles

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Ares

40
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This god killed Halirrhothius
for the attempt of rape of this god’s daughter Alcippe

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Ares

41
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This figure slays the bull of heaven sent to kill after he rejects the marriage proposal of Ishtar

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Gilgamesh

42
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This figure slays Humbaba with the help of Enkidou

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Gilgamesh

43
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This person smashes the stone things that would allow him to safely cross the waters of death

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Gilgamesh

44
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This figure ties stones to his feet and descends to retrieve a plant giving eternal youth, but it gets stolen by a snake

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Gilgamesh

45
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This figure died because Deianira was fooled by Nessus to give him a blood soaked tunic with the Hydra’s poison

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Heracles

46
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Left a companion called Hylas to drown and was left by the argonauts

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Heracles

47
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Killed Pholus, Chiron and other centaurs in a fight over wine

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Heracles

48
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Strangled 2 snakes sent by Hera as a child

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Heracles

49
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During one of the 12 labors a boy asked Heracles to kill this creature or else he would sacrifice himself to Zeus

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The Nemean lion

50
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During one of the 12 labors Heracles was helped by Iolaus his nephew and Hera tried to send a huge crab to stop him kill this creature

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Lernaean Hydra

51
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After completing this labor Heracles tricked Eurystheus into letting it go

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The Ceryneian hind

52
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On Heracles’ journey there he killed centaurs including Chiron and Pholus over wine

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The Erymanthian boar

53
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Heracles used a river to accomplish this task

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cleaning the stables of Augeas

54
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Heracles used a krotala made by Hephaestus to scare away these creatures belonging to Ares

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The stymphalian birds

55
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Heracles captured this creature meant to be a sacrifice to Poseidon and released it in marathon

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The Cretan bull

56
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these creatures devoured Abderus and these creatures were fed by Heracles their master

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The mares of Diomedes

57
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Heracles killed the Amazons for it

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the girdle of Hippolyta

58
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During Heracles journey to this labor he shot an arrow at the sun/Helios in the Libyan desert

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Stealing the cattle of Geryon

59
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During Heracles journey to this labor he shot an arrow at the sun/Helios in the Libyan desert

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The apples from the garden of Hesperides

60
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Met Theseus and Pirithous while doing this labor imprisoned to a chair because they tried to steal Persephone

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capturing Cerberus

61
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This figure fails to stay awake for 7 days

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Gilgamesh

62
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This figure encounters scorpion men at Mount Mashu

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Gilgamesh

63
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This figure dreams about an axe and meteorite, signifying the arrival of his companion.

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Gilgamesh

64
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This figure helped a seer named Phineas from the harpies (his punishment from helios)

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Jason

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