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Quiz about Myths Fertility And Cultivation

Myths - Fertility And Cultivation Quiz

Covers a range of different myths throughout the world.

A multiple-choice quiz by Zargo. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Zargo

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
29,798

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
669

This quiz has 2 formats: you can play it as a or as shown below.
Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.

1. Egyptian: Horus, the God of the sky, was often depicted with the head of what bird? Hint

Toucan

Hawk

Falcon

Eagle

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2. How did Set kill his brother Osiris? Hint

Tied him up and threw him into a cauldren of boiling tar

Sealed him in a coffin and set in adrift along the Nile

Had his eyes taken out and his throat slit

Stabbed him in the back

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3. Greek: Why couldn't Persephone leave the Underground forever? Hint

She had had relations with Hades

She had made a promise to Hades

She had broken a candle

She ate some pomegranate seeds

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4. Japanese: Susanova wasn't pleased because his father, the Sun God Izanagi, had given him rule of the ? Hint

Land

Animals

Heavens

Ocean

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5. Celtic: What was the name of King Arthur's wife? Hint

Guinevere

Morgana Le Fay

Lancellotta

Elaine

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6. Celtic: What was the name of the one seat at the Round Table that no one could sit at and live? Hint

Seat of Peril

Siege Perilous

The Grail Chair

Perilous Siege

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7. Algonquin: Who was the mightiest Algonquin of them all? Hint

Glooskap

Glescil

Geesecap

Gerbek

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8. Hittite: Who was the God of farming? Hint

Hannahanna

Telepinu

Kamrusepas

Toposipu

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9. Greek: What animal showed Cadmus where to build a new city? Hint

Falcon

Condor

Cow

Sheep

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10. Indian: Who is the divine mother of the Hindu religion?

Answer: (One Word)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Egyptian: Horus, the God of the sky, was often depicted with the head of what bird?

Answer: Falcon

Many Egyptians believed the sky was a vast falcon and its two eyes were the sun and moon.

2. How did Set kill his brother Osiris?

Answer: Sealed him in a coffin and set in adrift along the Nile

Set held a feast, and invited his brother.
He showed off a magnificent coffin and said he would give it to whoever could fit inside it.
It was made specially to fit the brother he despised, and when Osiris hopped inside, Set and his friends nailed down the coffin and into the Nile it went.

3. Greek: Why couldn't Persephone leave the Underground forever?

Answer: She ate some pomegranate seeds

Hades had forced her to be his wife, but her mother, Demeter worked to have her set free, but because of her eating the seeds, she had to stay there for six months out of every year.

4. Japanese: Susanova wasn't pleased because his father, the Sun God Izanagi, had given him rule of the ?

Answer: Ocean

To his other offspring, Amaterasu and Tsuki-yomi, he gave the rule of the high plains of heaven, and the realms of the night, respectively.

5. Celtic: What was the name of King Arthur's wife?

Answer: Guinevere

There are many variations of this name, and spelling varies.
The beautiful red haired Gwenevere found herself falling in love with Arthur's greatest knight Lancelot, and although she tried to be faithful, she could not resist him, and the King was betrayed by his loving wife and his best friend, one of the greatest love stories ever told.

6. Celtic: What was the name of the one seat at the Round Table that no one could sit at and live?

Answer: Siege Perilous

Merlin prophesied that when a knight came to claim the Siege Perilous, the days of the Round Table would be drawing to their close. It was Sir Galahad who eventually did, and it was that night that they all saw the holy grail.

7. Algonquin: Who was the mightiest Algonquin of them all?

Answer: Glooskap

He was eventually defeated by a little baby, The Wasis, when he collapsed in a dead faint in his attempts to stop The Wasis screaming.

8. Hittite: Who was the God of farming?

Answer: Telepinu

9. Greek: What animal showed Cadmus where to build a new city?

Answer: Cow

He named the city, Thebes.

10. Indian: Who is the divine mother of the Hindu religion?

Answer: Devi

Or alternatively, Mahadevi. Thanks for playing!

Source: Author Zargo

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