WGS: Essay

1. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?

a. Drinking the blood of many slain animals.
b. Excessive mutilation of animal corpses.
c. Performing a ritual involving murder.
d. !Participating in cannibalism.
2. In Norse mythology, Thor once dressed as a woman.
a. False
b. !True
3. Nidhogg is a mythical creature from what mythology?
a. Egyptian
b. !Norse
c. Greek
d. Hindu
4. A minotaur is half human half what?
a. Eagle
b. !Bull
c. Cow
d. Horse
5. According to Greek Mythology, Atlas was an Olympian God.
a. !False
b. True
6. According to the Egyptian Myth of Osiris, who murdered Osiris?
a. Ra
b. Horus
c. Anhur
d. !Set
7. According to Japanese folklore, what is the favorite food of the Kappa.
a. Kabocha
b. Nasu
c. Soba
d. !Cucumbers
8. The Norse god Odin has two pet crows named quot;Huginnquot; and quot;Muninnquot;.
What do their names mean?
a. !Thought amp; Memory
b. War amp; Learning
c. Power amp; Peace
d. Sleeping amp; Waking
9. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. Ake
b. Asger
c. Asmund
d. !Ask
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as cheese
making and bee keeping.
a. Autonoe
b. Carme

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c. !Aristaeus
d. Cephisso
1. What was the punishment for Sysiphus039;s craftiness?
a. Standing in a lake filled with water he could not drink.
b. To fell a tree that regenerated after every axe swing.
c. !Cursed to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.
d. Tied to a boulder for eternity, being pecked by birds.
2. The Hippogriff, not to be confused with the Griffon, is a magical creature with the front
half of an eagle, and the back half of what?
a. !A Horse
b. A Tiger
c. A Dragon
d. A Lion
3. Which of the following Mesopotamian mythological figures was NOT a deity?
a. Enkimdu
b. Enlil
c. !Enkidu
d. Enki
4. In Greek Mythology, who was the daughter of King Minos?
a. !Ariadne
b. Ariel
c. Alana
d. Athena
5. According to Greek Mythology, Zeus can control lightning.
a. !True
b. False
6. 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.
a. False
b. !True
7. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. !True
b. False
8. Which of these mythological creatures is said to be halfman and halfhorse?
a. Pegasus
b. Gorgon
c. Minotaur
d. !Centaur
9. What immense structure is referred to in Norse Mythology as the Yggdrasil.
a. Castle
b. Mountain
c. !Tree
d. Temple
10. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. Asmund
b. !Ask
c. Asger
d. Ake

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1. According to Algonquian folklore, how does one transform into a Wendigo?
a. Excessive mutilation of animal corpses.
b. Performing a ritual involving murder.
c. !Participating in cannibalism.
d. Drinking the blood of many slain animals.
2. The Hippogriff, not to be confused with the Griffon, is a magical creature with the front
half of an eagle, and the back half of what?
a. A Lion
b. A Dragon
c. !A Horse
d. A Tiger
3. Hera is god of...
a. War
b. !Marriage
c. Sea
d. Agriculture
4. According to Norse mythology, Loki is a mother.
a. !True
b. False
5. Which of the following is NOT a god in Norse Mythology.
a. Tyr
b. !Jens
c. Loki
d. Snotra
6. A minotaur is half human half what?
a. Eagle
b. Horse
c. Cow
d. !Bull
7. Which of the following is not one of the Greek Fates?
a. Atropos
b. !Narcissus
c. Lachesis
d. Clotho
8. What mytological creatures have women039;s faces and vultures039; bodies?
a. !Harpies
b. Lilith
c. Mermaids
d. Nymph
9. Which Norse God has a horse named Sleipnir?
a. Thor
b. Balder
c. Frigg
d. !Odin
10. What animal did Queen Pasipahe sleep with before she gave birth to the Minotaur in
Greek Mythology?
a. !Bull
b. Horse
c. Pig

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d. Ox

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