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DANC142 Handout 10
DANC142 Handout 10
a. !Apollo
b. Zeus
c. Athena
d. Demeter
6. The Roman god quot;Jupiterquot; was first known as quot;Zeusquot; to the Greeks.
a. False
b. !True
7. The Maori hold that which island nation was founded by Kupe, who discovered it
under a long white cloud?
a. Fiji
b. Hawaii
c. !New Zealand
d. Vanuatu
1. The ancient Roman god of war was commonly known as which of the following?
a. Juno
b. Ares
c. Jupiter
d. !Mars
2. Who in Greek mythology, who led the Argonauts in search of the Golden Fleece?
a. !Jason
b. Castor
c. Odysseus
d. Daedalus
3. In Norse mythology, what is the name of the serpent which eats the roots of the
ash tree Yggdrasil?
a. Bragi
b. Ymir
c. Odin
d. !Nidhogg
4. 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. !True
b. False
10. Who is a minor god that is protector and creator of various arts, such as
cheese making and bee keeping.
a. Carme
b. !Aristaeus
c. Cephisso
d. Autonoe
2. Which figure from Greek mythology traveled to the underworld to return his wife
Eurydice to the land of the living?
a. Hercules
b. Daedalus
c. !Orpheus
d. Perseus
10. What is the name of the first human being in Norse mythology?
a. Asger
b. !Ask
c. Ake
d. Asmund