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Quiz about History and Herstory
Quiz about History and Herstory

History and Herstory Trivia Quiz


Throughout "his"tory there have been many mythologies revolving around male figures. But did you know there are quite a few very formidable women who appear as this role around the world? Let's learn their "her"story! Pictures may help!

A photo quiz by stephgm67. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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stephgm67
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5 mins
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388,783
Updated
Dec 03 21
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Question 1 of 10
1. Ixchel was a goddess who took different shapes. As a serpent crone, she represented healing and the giving of water. As a young moon goddess, she held a rabbit and aided women with fertility and childbirth. As a mother weaver, mythology states she helped create the universe. To which culture did she belong? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Hel, a goddess from Norse mythology, rules over the underworld. She is the daughter of Loki and is responsible for judging souls and placing them in the appropriate level of her realm. A grim figure, she is also said to be riding at the helm of a ship at the end of the world. From what is the ship made? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Tefnut was the Egyptian goddess of moisture, including dew and rain. She was the daughter of Ra and was married to her twin brother. The Egyptian mythology places her as part of the creation of humans and deserts. She is normally depicted as a human body with the head of what animal? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Louhi, also known as Loviatar, was a wicked queen from Finnish mythology. She was responsible for many things such as the destruction of the magic Sampo mill, the hiding of the sun and moon, and setting people on impossible tasks. However, she is best known as the mother of what? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Lieu Hanh, of Vietnamese mythology, is the daughter of the Jade Emperor, who is a supreme deity in Taoism. She was expelled from the heavens and spent many reincarnations on earth where she both aided and punished people. She became a symbol to many women and a cult grew up around her worship. Her initial crime to the gods was to break a bowl. From what was it made? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Mami Wata, meaning "Mother Water", is an African mythological mermaid. She is usually depicted as half human and half fish and is beautiful. She wears nice clothing and decorative jewelry. She can bestow happiness and peace upon people. Besides carrying a mirror and comb, what animal is she usually holding? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Amaterasu was a deity within the Shinto religion of Japan. Japanese emperors are said to all be her descendants. Together with her brothers, she reigned peacefully until one of her siblings angered her by throwing a flayed horse into her weaving room. In retaliation, she shut herself in a cave and had to be coaxed out. Of what was she the mythological goddess? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Anat is a virgin war goddess from the Middle East, specifically the West Semitic cultures. She is ferocious in battle and her myths even moved into the Egyptian dynasties. Before each fight, she put henna on her skin and dressed herself in robes made of murex dye from a rare sea snail. What royal color was this? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Mazu was a Chinese girl who, after death, went on to become a patron saint of seafarers. She is known to be kind and generous and wears a dress of red to help sailors see her and to guide them home. She is also a protector of these seafarers against what? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Tiamat was a Babylonian goddess of saltwater. According to myth, she and her husband Apsu helped create the world and many of its components. When she died in battle, her body became the earth and sky, her tears became the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and her tail became a galaxy. During the battle, what did she create and unleash upon the land? Hint



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1. Ixchel was a goddess who took different shapes. As a serpent crone, she represented healing and the giving of water. As a young moon goddess, she held a rabbit and aided women with fertility and childbirth. As a mother weaver, mythology states she helped create the universe. To which culture did she belong?

Answer: Mayan

Ixchel's Mayan name meant "Lady of the Rainbow". The myth states that she started as a beautiful young moon goddess who fell in love with the Sun God. She caught his attention by weaving a gorgeous blanket. Together they had four sons who held up the corners of the sky and they helped create the universe.

After her husband became jealous and abusive, Ixchel left him and started appearing on earth in three forms. As the serpent crone, her snake helped with healing and her earthen pitcher aided in giving the earth rain and water.

As the young moon goddess holding a rabbit, she helped women become fertile, go through pregnancy, and bear children. Finally, as the Mother Goddess she represented the textile weaving craft which is still practiced in modern times. Throughout the years, she has come to symbolize a woman's acknowledgement of troubles and how to assert oneself and overcome them.
2. Hel, a goddess from Norse mythology, rules over the underworld. She is the daughter of Loki and is responsible for judging souls and placing them in the appropriate level of her realm. A grim figure, she is also said to be riding at the helm of a ship at the end of the world. From what is the ship made?

Answer: Fingernails of the dead

Hel, whose name means "Hidden", is the daughter of Loki and grew up in Giantland. Unlike her siblings, she had an unusual feature in that half of her bones were on the outside of her skin. Ashamed of her appearance, she asked to be removed from Giantland.

She was granted the right to rule over the underworld which was then named "Hel" after her. A greedy and harsh goddess, she waited to judge souls who arrived in her kingdom. A hell hound guarded the gate of her realm and alerted her when a soul arrived.

She then judged them. If they died of illness or old age, they were usually granted a lodge in one of the better levels of Hel. If they died in battle from lack of bravery or some other terrible deed, they were drained of blood and joined her army of the dead.

It is rumored that when the end of the world occurs, she and her father Loki will be commanding a ship made from the fingernails of all the dead in her army.
3. Tefnut was the Egyptian goddess of moisture, including dew and rain. She was the daughter of Ra and was married to her twin brother. The Egyptian mythology places her as part of the creation of humans and deserts. She is normally depicted as a human body with the head of what animal?

Answer: Lioness

Tefnut and her brother-husband were the parents of the sky (Nut) and the earth (Geb). She was the goddess responsible for moisture, and sometimes responsible for the lack of it. Stories state that when they were little, she and her brother went into the waters of Nun and their father, Ra, could not find them. Terrified, he sent his eye out looking for them.

When they were found, he wept tears of joy which created the first human beings. Later, when Tefnut was grown and married, she got mad at her father and left Egypt. With her, went the moisture and this created the deserts in the land.

She is often depicted as having human form but the head of a lioness. She carries an ankh.
4. Louhi, also known as Loviatar, was a wicked queen from Finnish mythology. She was responsible for many things such as the destruction of the magic Sampo mill, the hiding of the sun and moon, and setting people on impossible tasks. However, she is best known as the mother of what?

Answer: Death and decay

Louhi is an evil witch featured in Finnish mythology. She is a shape shifter who commonly appears as a griffin. She has both sons and daughters. She uses her attractive daughters to entice suitors to perform impossible tasks while she cackles. Her sons are personified as the worst diseases known to man.

They range from ulcers to the black plague. Louhi herself is considered the mother of death and decay. She was once known to have hidden the sun and moon in a cave to engulf the world in darkness.

She is also commonly associated with the Sampo, a magical mill that could grind wheat, gold, and salt. During a fight with other gods over this artifact, Louhi broke it over the ocean and the result was the saltiness of the sea.
5. Lieu Hanh, of Vietnamese mythology, is the daughter of the Jade Emperor, who is a supreme deity in Taoism. She was expelled from the heavens and spent many reincarnations on earth where she both aided and punished people. She became a symbol to many women and a cult grew up around her worship. Her initial crime to the gods was to break a bowl. From what was it made?

Answer: Jade

Lieu Hanh was the thirteenth daughter of the Jade Emperor, a strong deity. One day, she dropped one of his favorite jade bowls and was sent to earth in human form. Instead of this being a punishment, she found she enjoyed the people and even married. After she died young, she was sent back to earth and spent her time as either an old woman or a young girl with a flute.

She became a symbol of strong femininity, as she blessed those who helped her and punished those who did not. She returned to the heavens and then to earth for a third time, whereupon a cult following sprung up to honor her and to ask her help for women in the rice industry who desired land and/or water.

She represents those who seek inspiration, and is celebrated on the third day of the third lunar month during the Pure Brightness Festival.
6. Mami Wata, meaning "Mother Water", is an African mythological mermaid. She is usually depicted as half human and half fish and is beautiful. She wears nice clothing and decorative jewelry. She can bestow happiness and peace upon people. Besides carrying a mirror and comb, what animal is she usually holding?

Answer: Snake

Mami Wata originates from Africa, especially the area including Nigeria. She is a spirit of the water and is portrayed as a beautiful mermaid. Mythology states that she can steal people who are wading or swimming and can take them to her underground paradise. If she chooses to release them, they return to land with a new appreciation for life and spirituality.

She also can appear as a seductress to men, often seen combing her hair and handling her snake, and will request they have sex with her in return for total fidelity. If they agree, they will experience immense wealth and happiness. If they do not, ruin will follow them.

She is symbolized by the colors of red and white which feature death, beauty, and the female spirit. The worship of Mami Wata followed the slaves that were taken to the New World.
7. Amaterasu was a deity within the Shinto religion of Japan. Japanese emperors are said to all be her descendants. Together with her brothers, she reigned peacefully until one of her siblings angered her by throwing a flayed horse into her weaving room. In retaliation, she shut herself in a cave and had to be coaxed out. Of what was she the mythological goddess?

Answer: The sun

Amaterasu was one of just a handful of solar deities in the Shinto religion. She reigned with her brother Susanoo, who was god of storms, and another sibling who was god of the moon. Together, they painted the landscape and helped create the land of Japan.

When Susanoo threw a flayed horse into her weaving room, it was too much for her to bear. She closed herself off into a cave and brought darkness onto the land. The gods attempted to draw her out, and only when one did a strip tease did her curiosity get piqued.

When she looked out, she saw her reflection in a mirror and agreed to light up the land again. The rooster is her symbol as it reflects the rising sun; the gifts she bequeathed her family of a mirror, a jewel, and a sword became the Imperial Regalia of Japan.
8. Anat is a virgin war goddess from the Middle East, specifically the West Semitic cultures. She is ferocious in battle and her myths even moved into the Egyptian dynasties. Before each fight, she put henna on her skin and dressed herself in robes made of murex dye from a rare sea snail. What royal color was this?

Answer: Purple

Anat was a Canaanite symbol of love and war and featured strongly in ancient Middle East. She was a sister of Baal and was involved in battles to save him from Mot who represented heat which killed the local crops. Before each fight, she rubbed herself with ambergris and decorated herself with henna.

She then donned robes of Tyrian Purple which were made from the rare dye garnered from sea snails. During the battle, she was known to wade through blood, chop off opponents' heads, tie the decapitated heads to her sash, and laugh with joy. Later, in Egyptian mythology, she was also seen as a ferocious warrior but with a definite seductive side. Ramses II adopted her symbol as his personal guardian.
9. Mazu was a Chinese girl who, after death, went on to become a patron saint of seafarers. She is known to be kind and generous and wears a dress of red to help sailors see her and to guide them home. She is also a protector of these seafarers against what?

Answer: Pirates

Mazu was born Lin Mu around the year 960. Even as a young girl, she was known to be able to go into trance-like states and commune with spirits. By age 15, she was an excellent swimmer and spent much time by the ocean. Around this time, one of her legends was created.

Her father and brother went to sea and were caught in a typhoon. Lin Mu went into a deep trance and helped guide them home to her. The story quickly spread and, after her death at a young age, she became known as Mazu. Sailors believe that if they ask for "Mazu" she will rapidly come to their aid against storms and pirates. If they call for her more formal name of "Empress of Heaven", it will take longer as she dons her fine red clothing. Taiwan is especially involved with Mazu and there are numerous temples to her across the area.
10. Tiamat was a Babylonian goddess of saltwater. According to myth, she and her husband Apsu helped create the world and many of its components. When she died in battle, her body became the earth and sky, her tears became the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and her tail became a galaxy. During the battle, what did she create and unleash upon the land?

Answer: Dragons

Tiamat was a female often depicted as a feathered dragon. She was the goddess of saltwater and her husband, Apsu, was the god of fresh water. Together, just as the waters mix near the Persian Gulf, they came together and created the Babylonian gods. These children, however, soon tried to overtake their father and Tiamat stepped in to fight them.

She unleashed multiple types of dragons into the world and filled their bodies with poison. When she died as a result of the battle, mythology states her remains helped turn chaos into order.

Her body was split open to form the sky and land, while her tears created the rivers. The Babylonians also believed this "chaos monster" went to spend the rest of eternity in the stars and is part of the constellations.
Source: Author stephgm67

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