Myth

One god of this area was the father of Ilmatar and wielded the Ukonvasara. That god's name is often translated as "old man" from the Finnish Ukko. This domain was also ruled by a god who fought his son Kumarbi and who forms a triad with Enlil and Enki. Along with the Sumerian Anu, another deity of this domain conspired with Thoth to steal moonlight to have 5 children with Geb, including Set, Osiris and Isis. Another god of this domain is forever separated from his wife by Atlas. For 10 points, name this domain ruled by Nut in Egyptian mythology and by the husband of Gaia, Uranus, in Greek mythology.

: sky [accept the heavens]

Hephaestus forged a shield for this man with the Earth, Sun, Moon, and constellations at its center. This man refused to fight under his commander after that commander demanded Briseis as replacement for Chryseis. While dressed in this warrior’s armor, (*) Patroclus suffered a fatal wound from Hector. This hero slew the Amazon Penthesilea. His mother held him by one point of his body when she dipped him into the River Styx as a child. For 10 points, name this slayer of Hector, who had a single vulnerability in his heel.

Achilles

Princess Deiamei of Skyros bore this man a son while he was pretending to be a woman, but his disguise was ruined when he selected a spear from a bag of gifts. This man killed Queen Penthesilea by stabbing her through the heart but fell in love with her as the dying Amazon queen's hair tumbled out. When Chryseis was given up by Agamemnon, this man's concubine Briseis was demanded as compensation. The son of this leader of the Myrmidons killed Polyxena and Priam; that son was named Neoptolemus. This man's cousin Patroclus was killed by Hector. For 10 points, name this Greek champion whose only weak point was his heel.

Achilles

The third section of Ovid's Heroides [heh-ROH-ih-dees] is a letter written to this character from Briseis [brih-SAY-is]. This man's disguise as a woman was foiled when he took up a spear in response to a false call to arms. In one account, he was ambushed and killed by the forces of Paris during a secret meeting with Polyxena. Ajax the Greater committed suicide after failing to win this man's armor. Following a quarrel with Agamemnon, he refused to fight until the death of his friend Patroclus, after which this man killed Hector. As an infant, his mother Thetis almost entirely submerged him in the River Styx. Name this Greek hero who was invulnerable everywhere except for his heel.

Achilles

This figure killed Mnemon for not reminding him to avoid killing any sons of Apollo. This figure wielded the spear used to heal the wound of Telephus at Argos, and Chiron taught him how to become the fastest mortal. He fell in love with the Trojan princess Polyxena, which eventually led to his demise. He refused to fight when Agamemnon took Briseis away from him, but returned later when his friend Patroclus was killed by Hector. For 10 points, name this Greek warrior who became nearly invincible when his mother Thetis dipped him in the River Styx by his heel.

Achilles

This mythological figure wounded and healed Telephus. He killed Thersites (THUR-sit-ees) with one punch after Thersites mocked him for grieving over the Amazonian Penthesilea (pen-thuh-sill-EE-uh), whom he also killed. This master of the concubine Briseis (bris-EE-us) drags Hector's body around Troy after Hector kills his friend Patroclus. His mother Thetis made him immortal by dipping him in the River Styx but missed one key part. For 10 points, name this Greek hero who was killed by Paris's arrow to his heel.

Achilles

It’s not Poeas (“poe-EE-usâ€), but one of three conditions given by Helenus for the Greeks to win the Trojan War was to put this figure’s son in battle. After this man was killed, his ghost demanded that Polyxena be sacrificed. A tortoise with a head start will always beat this man in a race according to one of Zeno of Elea’s paradoxes. This man gave himself away to (*) Odysseus while disguised as a girl by showing more interest in weapons than jewelry. Although this man refused to continue fighting when Briseis (“bri-SEE-usâ€) was taken away, he began fighting again when Patroclus was killed. This man had been dipped in the Styx as an infant by Thetis, his mother. For 10 points, name this Greek hero, whose only vulnerable spot was his heel.

Achilles <RY>

17. After his death, this man married Medea in the Isles of the Blessed. Odysseus found him disguised as a princess in the court of King Lycomedes of Skyros after this figure showed more interest in weapons than trinkets. After his consort Briseis is taken away, this father of Neoptolemus refuses to fight. The Iliad opens with the (*) “Rage†of this figure, whose friend Patroclus died while fighting in this man’s armor. He mangled the body of Hector after their duel, and this son of Peleus and Thetis was nearly invulnerable because he had been bathed in the Styx as a child. For ten points, name this Greek hero killed by an arrow to the heel.

Achilles (or Akhilleus) <BZ>

This man was fostered by Phoenix, who tells him about Meleager as part of an embassy that promises him many gifts. This warrior slew the ugly cripple Thersites for gouging out the eyes of the dead Amazon Penthesilea, whom this man had also earlier slain. His hands are kissed by Hecuba's husband after this man returns a corpse that he dragged around a (*) city. This warrior was offended by the seizure of his concubine, Briseis, and he fathered Neoptolemus. Though this best friend of Patroclus was dipped in the Styx, he was still killed by Paris' arrow. For 10 points, name this son of Thetis with a vulnerable heel, a Greek hero who slew Hector at Troy.

Achilles [or Achilleus; prompt on "Pelides;" prompt on "Aeacides"]

Due to the similarity of this person's story and that of the Sumerian deity Tammuz, they wereoften syncretized. Women would plant flowers for eight days before the sun withered them away onplots of land known as this person's gardens. In one account of his birth, his father Cinyras fired anarrow at a myrrh tree which his mother (*) Myrrha transformed into, thus releasing him. A product ofincest, this man was locked in a chest as an infant and given to Persephone, who lay claim to him forone-third of the year. The anemone was created from the blood of this man after he was killed by Ares inthe disguise of a boar, despite his lover's admonition not to hunt wild beasts. For 10 points, name this loverof Aphrodite, a handsome youth.

Adonis

According to one source, this man becomes immortal after he is bathed in the river Numicus. This character kills the leader of the Rutulians named Turnus. He courts a daughter of king Latinus named Lavinia after using a golden bough to descend to the underworld. His embarkation from Carthage causes Dido to throw herself on a funeral pyre. This character escapes from the ruins of Troy with his father Anchises. For 10 points, name this protagonist of an epic by Vergil.

Aeneas

This figure was a son of Aphrodite and a minor prince, a nephew to King Priam. He was attacked by Diomedes and later by Achilles, and killed 28 people. One of his lovers burnt his belongings and then killed herself on the pyre, cursing him forever, while Juno sent that lover an easy death. He killed Turnus and married Lavinia, and this man became the ancestor of Remus and Romulus, who eventually founded Rome. For 10 points, name this prince of Troy, who shacked up with with Dido for a year before leaving her to go to Italy.

Aeneas

This figure's enemies included Camilla of the Volsci and Turnus of the Rutuli, whom he defeated to avenge Pallas. His father was a mortal lover of Aphrodite, whom he carried on his back out of a burning city. His son (*) Ascanius founded Alba Longa, a precursor of Rome. After landing at Carthage, he had an affair with Dido, whom he later spurned. For 10 points, name this hero of an epic poem by Virgil.

Aeneas

5. A goddess sends Allecto to enrage Queen Amata in an attempt to prevent this man from getting married a third time. This leader's son notes that his comrades are fulfilling a prophecy by eating the bread which they used as their tables. That son, (*) Ascanius, will go on to found Alba Longa. This hero is the product of Venus' love affair with his father Anchises. A large storm causes this man and his hunting companion to be trapped in a cave, the start of his romance with the Carthaginian queen Dido. For ten points, identify this Trojan hero whose descendants will found Rome, the subject of an epic by Vergil.

Aeneas <BZ>

Omens of this man’s arrival include a swarm of bees clumping on a sacred laurel tree and his eventual wife’s hair catching fire. In one battle, he kills Lausus, making the tyrant Mezentius weep; he later stabs his main foe upon seeing the dead soldier Pallas’s belt. This son of Creusa once carried his crippled father on his back. This rival of Turnus heeded Mercury’s appeals to duty and caused his lover’s suicide by fleeing Carthage. This fighter in the Trojan War was advised to flee the burning city of Troy by his mother Venus. For 10 points, name this ancestor of the Romans and lover of Dido, the subject of a twelve-book epic by Vergil.

Aeneas <DL>

This man is once taunted for having "the face of a dog but the heart of a deer." This man is forcedfrom the battlefield by a wound inflicted by Coon (co-ON), who tries to avenge his brother Iphidamas.This man enters his house on an ornate purple carpet with his war bride, Cassandra, in tow. After Apollosends a plague in response to this man's capture of Chryseis, he pilfers another man's war prize (*) Briseis.This man is ensnared in a robe and chopped with an axe in his bath by Aegisthus and his adulterous wife. This man,who sacrifices his daughter Iphigenia to garner a favorable wind for his fleet, alienates Achilles at the start of theIliad. For 10 points. name this king of Mycenae and husband of Clytemnestra, who leads the Greeks during theTrojan War.

Agamemnon

This man sought refuge in the court of Tyndareus after his father's death at the hands of Thyestes. He incurredApollo's wrath by humiliating Chryses and later angered another man by taking his concubine Briseis. This manonce lured his daughter to Aulis by claiming that she would be married to Achilles; in reality, he sacrificed thatdaughter, Iphigenia, to Artemis. This man was avenged by his children Electra and Orestes after he and hisconcubine Cassandra were assassinated by Aegisthus and this man's wife, Clytemnestra. For 10 points, name thisKing of Mycenae, the brother of Menelaus and commander-in-chief of the Achaeans during the Trojan War.

Agamemnon

Conon the mythographer states that a man of this name gave Autoleon a severewound, which he healed by visiting the Isle of Leuca. Athena caused that king of thisname to slip on a cow pie during the funeral games of Patroclus. Poseidon shattered therock on which a son of Oileus with this name stood after he boasted that he did not needthe gods to survive; during the Trojan War, that man with this name violated (*)Cassandra. Another man of this name used his seven-layer shield to protect his half-brother Teucer and senselessly slaughtered numerous sheep, thinking them to be warriors, after he was not awarded the armor of Achilles. For 10 points, give this name shared by a Locrian king and a son of Telamon respectively known as "the lesser" and "the greater".

Ajax [or Aias]

Three hundred women were brought to this character in an effort to breed a race of heroic children by the Amazonian queen Thalestris. This character built the Caspian Gates, mirroring the construction of a wall to hold back Gog and Magog by the Qur'anic figure Dhul-Qarnayn, who was identified with this man. His mother had a dream in which her womb was struck by a thunderbolt, while his father dreamed of placing a lion-shaped seal on that womb. The earliest version of this man's namesake "Romance" was attributed to his (*) court historian Callisthenes. The oracle of Siwa proclaimed that his true father was Zeus-Ammon, a claim supported by his snake-worshiping mother Olympias. For 10 points, name this man who became the subject of many legends while expanding his Macedonian empire across most of the known world.

Alexander the Great [or Alexander III of Macedon]

After the husband of this goddess killed the goddess of sustenance, she denounced him as evil. Her father banished her brother from heaven twice, and the two were eventually reconciled when he presented her with a sword. That brother threw a dead pony at the loom of this goddess, who was coaxed out of hiding after being blinded by her reflection in the mirror Yata no Kagami. This goddess gave the Iwata along with the Yasanaki gem and the Kusanagi to her grandson, the first emperor of Japan, and Tsukiyomi was her brother. For 10 points, name this kami of the sun, who was born out of Izanagi's left eye.

Amaterasu

This figure's grandson gave his sons a magic fishhook and bow and was sent to earth by this figure with three gifts including a mirror, jewel, and sword to plant rice. This goddess became angry at her brother for killing a goddess of food and so refused to ever look at him again. She is venerated at the Ise Grand Shrine, and her parents are (*) Izanagi and Izanami. This goddess looked into a mirror after she was lured out of a cave by the dancing of another goddess; she had hid there after a flayed horse was thrown at her by her brother Susanoo. For 10 points, name this chief Shinto sun goddess of Japanese mythology.

Amaterasu

According to one story, this deity chewed pieces of a sword in a contest to produce children. The inner shrine to this deity is located in Ise, and holds this deity’s sacred mirror. Another name for this deity is Tensho Daijan, and she was born out of her father’s left eye. After this deity’s brother threw a dead (*) horse onto her loom, she hid in a cave, plunging the world into darkness. This goddess’s name is derived from a Japanese word that means “shining in heaven,†and the emperors of Japan are believed to be her direct descendants. For 10 points, name this Shinto goddess of the sun and universe.

Amaterasu <AG>

In one story, this figure during a contest created three women from a sword while her opponent created five men from a necklace. This deity entrusted Ninigi with the Three Sacred Treasures, which were used to bring order to the world, and is worshipped at a shrine in Ise, where a certain sacred mirror is said to be kept. That mirror was used to lure out this deity when she hid inside a cave after her brother Susano'o threw a horse at her loom. For 10 points, name this sun goddess from Shinto mythology.

Amaterasu Omikami [accept Ohirume-no-muchi-no-kami]

During a contest against her brother, this deity chewed on pieces of a sword and spat them out to in order to produce children. Worshipped at a shrine at Ise, she was born when her father was cleaning his left eye after returning from the underworld Yomi. After her brother threw a flayed horse into her hall, this goddess hid in a cave and refused to come out, putting the world in darkness. This daughter of (*) Izanagi and sister of the storm god Susanoo is considered to be one of the most important kami (kah-MEE). For 10 points, name this Shinto sun goddess.

Amaterasu omikami [or ohiru-menomuchi-no-kami]

This figure had a contest with her brother that resulted in the birth of three women from that brother’s sword and the birth of five men from this figure’s necklace. This goddess became angry with a different brother after that brother killed the goddess of food, Uke Mochi. This goddess was born when her father washed his (*) left eye. This goddess was mesmerized by her reflection in the Yata no Kagami and later gave that mirror to her grandson, Ninigi. After her brother threw a flayed horse at her, this goddess hid in a cave until Uzume performed a lewd dance at a party of the gods. For 10 points, name this Shinto goddess of the sun.

Amaterasu-omikami [or Ohirume-no-muchi-no-kami] <ES Mythology>

In the Iliad, these people are called antianeirai, (AN tee ah nay rai) and Priam tells Helen about whenhe helped King Mygdon defend Phrygia against an attack by them. Heracles reaches a cordial, but shortlivedagreement with a leader of these people aboard a ship, because Hera spread a rumor that Heracleswas trying to abduct that leader. After killing one of these people and mocking the corpse, Achillesremoves the helmet and feels (*) remorse. These people annually mate with the Gargareans so their race doesn'tdie out, and they improve their archery by cutting off their right breast. A queen whose girdle is taken by Heracles,named Hippolyta, rules these people. For 10 points, name these warrior women in Greek mythology.

Amazons [prompt on women]

Through a series of exchanges, this figure is able to procure one hundred slaves for a single ear of corn, and he asks every bird for a feather in order to make a robe. By making it appear to be raining, this figure is able to trap a number of hornets for the sky god Nyame, which he exchanges along with a python, a leopard, and a dwarf for all the world's stories. This figure was defeated by tar baby, and he stored all of the world's wisdom in a calabash. For 10 points, name this West African trickster god who takes the form of a spider.

Anansi

This man's son-in-law Alcathous gets killed after Poseidon blinds and paralyzes him. This man encourages a group to travel to Crete after misinterpreting Apollo's instruction to steer their party to the land of their ancestors. A set of funeral games for this man is interrupted when the participants discover that their wives and daughters burned their ships. This man explains how souls reach the Elysian fields and reveals a lineage stretching to (*) Caesar and Romulus during a meeting in the underworld with his son. This man was crippled with Zeus's thunderbolt because he boasted about his affair with a goddess, so he is literally carried by his son out of the burning city of Troy. For 10 points, name this Trojan whose affair with Venus produced the son Aeneas.

Anchises

In one of these people's myths, a thief opens nested bronze, iron, sycamore, ivory, silver and a gold boxes to access and all-powerful book. This people believed that a frog-headed goddess breathes life into a new born after her husband spins them on his potter's wheel. The chief god of this people mixes red dye with beer to prevent a lion-headed goddess from destroying (*) humanity, and s cowed by the lewd dancing of his daughter into revealing his own name. In their most extensive myth, a goddess reassembles her husband from the fourteen pieces of his body. Because it is Bast's animal form, these people considered cats sacred. For 10 points, name this people, whose falcon-headed god Horus ensured the divinity of the pharaoh.

Ancient Egyptians

These people believed in a realm separated from the east by two sycamore trees made of turquoise gemstone, and represented one aspect of the soul as a human-headed bird. This culture’s afterlife included a Field of Reeds, and they used the Opening of the Mouth ceremony to prepare some men for death. A lion-bodied demon devours some of their dead after a task in which a truth goddess’s feather is placed opposite a dead heart on a scale for weighing. For 10 points, name this civilization behind a non-Tibetan Book of the Dead, which believed in a next world ruled by Osiris and helped mummified pharaohs get there.

Ancient Egyptians [or Old Kingdom; or Middle Kingdom; or New Kingdom] <MJ>

This deity's wife was the personification of Upper Egypt's seventeenth nome, and his daughter was usuallydepicted as a star-bodied snake. During ceremonies worshipping this god, a black-and-white cowhide is carried on apole before processions. This god, known as the "subduer of nine bows," may have been conceived when his motherNephthys disguised herself as her sister and conceived this god with Osiris. This deity's cult was centered atCynopolis, and priests performing the Opening of the Mouth ceremony wore the mask of this god. He weighedhearts against the Feather of Ma'at. For 10 points, name this jackal-headed Egyptian god of embalming and death.

Anubis [or Anpu; or Inpu; or Anapa; or Ienpu; or Yinepu]

The Tale of Two Brothers revolves around this figure and his younger brother, Bet. One story suggests that this god branded Set with a hot iron when Set took on the form of a leopard to attack this deity's father, thus giving the leopard its spots. In some versions, when that father, Osiris, was slain and dismembered, this male deity reassembled and embalmed the body, making him the patron deity of mummification. He encourages Ammit, a crocodile-like beast, to devour hearts found to weigh less than the feather of Ma'at in the Book of the Dead. For 10 points, what Egyptian god of the dead is often depicted with a jackal's head?

Anubis [or Inpu; or Anup]

One of this goddess’s children was a goddess of revolt known as Adrestia, and another child of this goddess fell in love with the nymph Salmacis before being merged into a single androgynous being. She gave Hippomenes golden apples to woo the runner Atalanta, and (*) Anchises was struck lame by a thunderbolt for bragging about sleeping with this goddess, who then had the son Aeneas. This goddess was captured in a golden net having an affair with Ares away from her actual husband Hephaestus, and she is the mother of arrow-shooting Eros. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess of love.

Aphrodite (accept Venus before “Ares†is read; do not accept or prompt afterward)

Hyginus states that Zeus put a pair of fish into the stars after this figure was born from an egg. Theseus set up a temple to the "Pandemos" aspect of this figure to differentiate her from her "Urania", or "heavenly", aspect. In the Iliad , this goddess's wounds are treated by her mother, a Titaness named Dione who may have been married to Zeus. The children of this goddess include the personifications of fear and terror, (*) Phobos and Demos. The name of this goddess partly comes from a word meaning "sea-foam", since one account claims she was born from the foam produced when Uranus's reproductive organs fell into the ocean. After this goddess arrived on land riding a scallop shell, she married Hephaestus. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess of love.

Aphrodite [or Venus ]

Hippotes slew Carnus, a lover of this deity, who was only placated when Hippotes was banished. Cypress trees weep forever because this god's lover Cyparissus slew a tame deer. One of this god's sons, Cinyras, challenged him to a contest and killed himself when he lost. This god battled Tityos to protect his mother, and, for reporting the infidelity of Coronis, crows were turned black by this servant of Admetus. This deity slew a monster beside the Castalian Spring, so he was worshipped as Pythius, and this pursuer of Daphne killed the children of Niobe. For 10 points, name this Greek god of music, the brother of Artemis, whose oracle resided at Delphi.

Apollo

Marpessa chose the mortal Idas over this god, who avenged the death of his child by Coronis. He was forced to serve King Admetus as a slave for killing three Cyclopes. Another of this god's lovers was killed by the jealous Zephyr with a stray discus. This god flayed the satyr (*) Marsyas after a music contest, cursed Cassandra to never be believed, and killed the Python to claim Delphi. This god fiercely defended the honor of his mother Leto with help from his twin sister Artemis. For 10 points, name this Greco-Roman god of prophecy, music, and light.

Apollo

This god was honored at the festival of Thargelia (thar-GELL-ee-uh), in which two ugly men of Athens were draped in figs and cast out of the community. This god purified himself in the waters of the Pineios (pin-AY-os) River after killing Python. He flayed Marsyas (MAR-see-us) and gave King Midas asses' ears after Midas voted for Marsyas over this god in a lyre playing contest. For 10 points, Daphne was turned into a laurel after being chased by what Greek god of music?

Apollo

This god was rejected by Marpessa in favor of Idas. This father of Aristaeus blasted a crow's feathers black when it informed him of Coronis' affair, and his misfortune with lovers would continue when Hyacinth was killed by a discus. Another of his love interests escaped by turning into a laurel tree, and this pursuer of Daphne cursed Cassandra so that no one would believe her prophecies. This god slew Python and was worshiped at Delphi. For 10 points, name this lyre-playing twin of Artemis, the Greek god of the sun, music, and the arts.

Apollo

This killer of the satyr Marsyas served as Kind Admetus's shepherd for a year as punishment for killing the Cyclops that provided the lightning bolt that Zeus used to kill his son Ascelpius (uh-SKLEE-pee-uhs). This son of Leto killed the children of Niobe. He romantically pursued a nymph who turned into a laurel tree; that nymph was named Daphne. This twin brother of Artemis also procured a lyre from Hermes. For 10 points, name this Greek god of light and music.

Apollo

This god killed one of his lovers after she fell in love with Ischys. This god, who helped Alcathous build the walls of Megara, got the Fates drunk in order to protect one of his favourites, Admetus. This god became the father of the beekeeper Aristaeus by the huntress Cyrene, and this lover of Coronis had the skin (*) flayed off the satyr Marsyas after beating him in a music contest. To escape this deity, a nymph prayed to her father, the river god Peneus, to turn her into a laurel tree. This father of Asclepius killed the sons of Niobe. For 10 points, name this pursuer of Daphne, a non-Helios sun god who was the twin brother of Artemis.

Apollo [or Apollon] <MK>

This deity was caught in a compromising position with another deity's wife when he became trapped in an invisible net. In another story, he was trapped in a bronze urn for a very long duration by two giants named Otus and Ephialtes. The Stymphalian Birds were associated with this god who, with his lover Aphrodite, sired the children Deimos and Phobos, who often accompanied him into combat. The god of battle and war, for 10 points, name this Greek deity, whose Roman counterpart was Mars.

Ares

This deity's sacred birds include the woodpecker and eagle owl. This father-in-law of Procne was the only Olympian not invited to the wedding of Hippodameia and Peirithous. This god's Stymphalian birds guarded his temple on the Black Sea, and Otus and Ephialtes threw him into chains and put him in a bronze urn. This god's daughter Penthesilea was slain by Achilles at Troy, and Athena and Hera encouraged Diomedes to wound this god, whose daughters include [*] Hippolyta. This god fathered Eros with Aphrodite, with whom he was caught in a golden net by Hephaestos. For 10 points, name this killer of Adonis and father of Phobos and Deimos, the Greek god of War.

Ares

This god was put on trial and acquitted of murdering Halirrhotius [ha-lee-ROE-tee-us]. This god was trapped in a jar for over a year by the Aloadae [a-loe-a-day]. Through Otrera, this god was the father of Penthesilea [pen-theh-SIH-lay-uh]. After slaying this god's son Dracon, Cadmus served him for eight years before marrying Harmonia, this god's daughter through Aphrodite [a-froe-DIE-tee]. Name this Greek war god.

Ares (accept Mars until "Greek")

After this deity’s son Cycnus (“SIC-nusâ€) was killed by Heracles, this deity tried to avenge his death, but was stabbed by Heracles in the thigh. This god turned Alectryon into a rooster for not alerting him to the presence of Helios, and he was the defendant in the first murder trial in Greek mythology after killing Halirrhothius (“ha-li-RO-thee-usâ€). The (*) Spartoi were Theban warriors created from the teeth of a dragon sacred to this deity. This god was stabbed by Diomedes during the Trojan War, and he was caught in a golden net by Hephaestus while having an affair with Aphrodite. For 10 points, name this Greek god of war, often accompanied by Phobos and Deimos.

Ares [accept Mars until “Greek mythology†is read] <RY>

This god gave Oenomaus four horses that were faster than the wind, and his son Cycnus was killed when he foolishly challenged Heracles to a duel. This god was once captured by Otus and Ephialtes and trapped in a bronze jar, and he freed Thanatos from the chains of Sisyphus. Cadmus killed a dragon owned by this god while establishing Thebes, and he is often credited with fathering Romulus and Remus. This god was caught in a net created by Hephaestus, and he fathered Phobos and Deimos with Aphrodite. For 10 points, name this Greco-Roman god of war.

Ares [accept Mars]

This god owned the Stymphallian Birds and had his son Cycnus killed by Heracles. Heracles managed to injure this god with an arrow in the thigh, and he was held captive in a jar by the Aloadae. This god was caught in a sturdy but invisible net after his affair with Aprhodite was uncovered by Hephaestus. This son of Zeus rode into battle with his sons Phobos and Deimos. For 10 points, name this analogue of Mars, the Greekgod of warfare.

Ares [or Mars before mentioned]

A cult of this deity was characterized by the sacrifice of puppies to Enyalio. The eagle owl, woodpecker, and vulture are sacred to this deity. This god exacts revenge for the rape of his daughter Alcippe and is forced to appear in a tribunal held by the Olympians held on a hill which later bore this god's name. With his lover, this father of Harmonia is caught in a (*) net crafted by Hephaestus. Cadmus slew a water-dragon sacred to this deity, who is known for only consorting with Aphrodite. For 10 points, name this Greek god of war.

Ares [or Mars]

In one story, this god is the first to be tried for murder after killing Halirrhothius to protect his daughter Alcippe (al-KIP-ee). This god was trapped in a giant bronze bar by giants called the Aloadae (ah-LOW-uh-dye). Through Rhea Silvia, this god is sometimes credited with fathering Romulus and Remus. He angers (*) Hephaestus by sleeping with Aphrodite and is accompanied by personifications of terror and fear named Phobos and Deimos. For 10 points, name this Greco-Roman god of war.

Ares [or Mars]

This god killed one of Poseidon’s sons after he had tried to rape this god’s daughter, Alcippe. This god sired the dragon whose teeth were sown to create the Spartoi. Before he was freed by Artemis, the Aloadae trapped this god in a bronze (*) jar for 13 months. He is accompanied on his chariot by Enyo. This father of Cycnus, who tried to build a temple out of the bones of travelers, also fathered Phobos and Deimos. Hephaestus trapped this god and his lover, Aphrodite, in a net. For 10 points, name this Greek god of war, whose emblem is a spear.

Ares [prompt on Mars]

After being with these people, a person who had been told by a seer that he would never taste the wine made from his grapes dies just before tasting the wine. A person who joined this mythological group despite foreseeing his death with them joined them anyway was named Idmon. This group encountered women who smelled foul on the island of Lemnos because they had killed their husbands. Because he played his (*) lyre loudly, Orpheus was able to distract the members of this group from the songs of the sirens. After returning from Colchis, the leader of these people married Medea. For ten points, name this group of heroes who sailed with Jason to recover the Golden Fleece.

Argonauts <MS>

One member of this group killed the inhospitable king Amycus with a single blow to the elbow. Euphemus joined this group, which fought the Bebryces and dealt with a pair of rocks which repeatedly pulled apart and clashed together. This group made use of a sacred plank of oak which could talk. Castor and Pollux joined this larger group, which employed the wings of Calais and Zetes to deal with the Harpies. Its leader passed King Aeetes's challenges in Colchis and married the sorceress Medea. For 10 points, name this group of Greek heroes which sailed for the Golden Fleece aboard a similarly-named ship, led by Jason.

Argonauts [or Argonautai]

When both Hermes and Apollo fell in love with a woman, that woman claimed she was prettier than this Greek goddess, and was then shot by this goddess with an arrow; that woman was Chione. When Agamemnon’s ships were unable to depart to Troy at the start of the Trojan war because this goddess was upset with him, he was advised to (*) sacrifice his daughter Iphigenia to her, and because King Oeneus forgot to pray to this goddess, the Calydonian boar was sent to destroy his kingdom. This daughter of Leto turned Actaeon into a deer because he had seen her naked, and this goddess asked Zeus to allow her to remain a virgin. For ten points, name this Greek goddess, the twin sister of Apollo and goddess of the hunt.

Artemis [accept Diana before “Greekâ€] <MS>

A Spartan festival dedicated to this Greek goddess required boys to try to steal cheese from an altar that was guarded by men with whips. She caused the death of the Aloadae brothers by tricking them to throw spears at each other, and in another story she punished Niobe for boasting by killing her seven daughters. This daughter of (*) Leto had a temple at Ephesus and was responsible for the deaths of the hunters Orion and Actaeon. For 10 points, name this twin sister of Apollo, the Greek goddess of the hunt and wild animals.

Artemis [do not accept "Diana"]

Lake Nemi is sacred to this deity, who saved Arethusa by turning Alpheus into a spring and ran between the Aloadae, Otus and Ephialtes, to make them hit each other and save Olympus. One follower of this deity bore Arcas. At Aulis, this deity whisked off Iphigenia instead of taking her as a sacrifice from Agamemnon. The Calydonian boar was sent by this goddess who killed the daughters of Niobe. Actaeon was turned into a stag and eaten by his dogs for stumbling on her bathing, and she turned her follower Callisto into a bear for failing to stay a virgin like herself. For 10 points, name this twin of Apollo, a huntress goddess identified with the moon.

Artemis [or Diana] <MJ>

A golden structure in this place contains a circular arrangement of twelve high chairs and lies next to a building of solid silver. The center of this place is a field called "splendor-plain," or Ida. Apart from the meeting hall Gladsheim, this location contains a meadow where half of the deceased go, known as (*) Folkvangr. Its ruler sits on the throne Hlidskjalf, from which he can see everything in the universe at once. Loki once seduced the horse Svadilfari so that Hrimthurs could not finish building the walls of this location. This place is connected to Midgard by the rainbow bridge Bifrost. Also containing Valhalla, for 10 points, name this realm of the gods in Norse mythology.

Asgard

During the games in honor of King Pelias, this person won a wrestling match against Peleus. This mortal's son was killed by Amphidicus and was one of the Seven Against Thebes; that son was Parthenopaeus. One of her suitors was killed after his mother Althea burned the log linked to his life. This woman and her lover were harnessed to Cybele's chariot after the goddess turned them into (*) lions for having sex in her temple. She was raised by a she-bear after her father exposed her on a hill as an infant, and became Hippomenes's lover after he threw three golden apples to distract her and win a footrace. Since she was the first to wound the Calydonian Boar, Meleager offered her its hide. For 10 points, name this mythical huntress and follower of Artemis.

Atalanta

Some sources identify this figure as the offspring of Schoeneus or of Clymene and Iasus, and the sons of Thestius were killed in a controversy over this figure. During games honoring King Pelias, this figure triumphed over Peleus. Sexual indiscretion in the temple of Zeus led to this figure's transformation into a lioness, and she was awarded the hide of the Calydonian boar by Meleager. For 10 points, name this Arcadian huntress who was distracted by three golden apples, causing her to lose a footrace to her future husband Hippomenes.

Atalanta

This figure fought off Rhoikos (ROI-kohs) and Hylaios ("HIGH"-"lie"-ohs), two centaurs who tried to rape her. This daughter of Iasius ("I"-ay-see-us) fathered Parthenopaeus (par-thuh-noh-PEE-us), one of the Seven Against Thebes. After having sex in Cybele's (SIB-uh-lee's) temple, she is turned into a lion. Raised by a she-bear, this figure loses a footrace after three apples are thrown at her by her opponent Hippomenes (hi-POM-uh-neez). She also helps Meleager (mel-ee-ay-JER) kill the Calydonian (KAL-i-don-ee-uhn) Boar. For 10 points, name this only female Argonaut.

Atalanta

This figure's son was one of the seven against Thebes and was named Parthenopaios. One of this figure's feats occurred after King Oineus forgot to make a sacrifice to Artemis. After killing the centaurs Rhaecus and Hylaeus, this figure joined with others such as Peleus and [*] Meleager and drew first blood in their hunt for the Calydonian boar. This figure was turned into a lion for making love in a temple of Zeus with her husband Melanion. Raised by a she-bear, for 10 points, name this fleet-footed Greek huntress who lost a race after her opponent threw golden apples as a distraction.

Atalanta

After giving this woman a gift, one man’s mother tried to kill him by burning an enchanted log, and this woman killed two centaurs when they tried to rape her during an event in which she drew the first blood. That event ended with Meleager giving this woman the (*) hide of the Calydonian boar. In one account about this person, she and her lover were supposedly turned into lions after making love in a temple sacred to Zeus, and another story about her relates how Aphrodite assisted Hippomenes in beating her at one event. For ten points, name this Greek woman who lost a foot race to Hippomenes because he distracted her by throwing golden apples.

Atalanta <MS>

One name for this goddess stems from her birthplace near the lake Tritonis. This goddess gave a box to the three daughters of Cecrops which contained the offspring of Hephaestus's failed attempts to rape this figure. In contrast to Poseidon's gift of a salt spring, this goddess gifted an (*) olive tree to a city desiring a name. This daughter of Metis sprung fully formed from another god's head, and had the epithets "Pallas" and "gray-eyed." She lost a weaving contest to Arachne, whom she turned into a spider. For 10 points, name this daughter of Zeus, a Greek goddess of wisdom who is equivalent to Minerva in Roman mythology.

Athena (accept any given name before mention)

This deity transformed Medusa's hair into serpents, and the head of Medusa was placed on this goddess's shield, the aegis. In many stories, this goddess accidentally killed a childhood friend named Pallas before taking her name. The Parthenon was dedicated to this grey-eyed goddess, who served as a guide to Odysseus. She was the daughter of Metis although was born fully armed from the head of her father Zeus. For 10 points, name this analogue of Minerva, the Greek goddess of wisdom and war.

Athena [or Minerva until mentioned]

This deity transforms Nyctimene, who had been raped by her father, into a symbolic animal. During theGigantomachy, this deity hurls the island of Sicily at the fleeing Enceladus. This deity gives Heracles aHephaestus-crafted rattle with which to frighten the Stymphalian Birds. This deity assists Telemachus inthe disguise of Mentor. According to Ovid, this goddess angrily tears up the winning (*) tapestry ofArachne before turning her into a spider. She is born after her mother is turned into a fly and swallowed by Zeus,who suffers an enormous headache and calls for Hephaestus to cleave his skull, from which this goddess emergesfully armed. For 10 points, name this daughter of Metis and Zeus, the martial Olympian goddess of wisdom.

Athena [or Minerva; or Athene; or Pallas Athena]

The last king of this city was killed while disguised as a peasant to fulfill a prophecy and was named Cordus. One of its kings died upon opening a terrifying casket from his wife and was named Demophon. Kekrops and Erichthonius were both half-snake kings of this city, and this city’s king (*) Aegeus flung himself into the sea upon seeing black sails. A future king of this city slew Procrustes and several bandits while travelling to this city, and this city had to send fourteen youths to Crete every year until its future king Theseus managed to kill the Minotaur. For 10 points, give this Greek city named after the goddess of wisdom.

Athens

Two sisters from this city were turned into a swallow and a nightingale. One of those sisters had her tongue cut off and wove a tapestry to tell of her rape by Tereus. Another figure from this city received a casket from a Thracian woman who transformed into an almond tree, Phyllis. In addition to Procne, Philomela, and Demophon, this city is also home to a figure who buried his sandals, shield, and sword under a rock for his son to recover. Kings of this city include Aegeus and the lover of Ariadne and slayer of the Minotaur, Theseus. For 10 points, name this city that rejected a saltwater spring from Poseidon in favor of an olive tree from its namesake goddess of wisdom.

Athens

A ritual that has only been attested to in this city involved cultivating plants in shallow pots and marching through the streets with a statue of a figure who was believed to split his time between two goddesses. That ritual was called the Adonia. This city’s (*) Erechtheion (“eh-RECK-thee-onâ€) was dedicated to two gods who competed to be this city’s patron. That legend states that this polity chose its patron goddess over a god who sent forth a salt spray because she made an olive tree grow. That goddess was Athena. For 10 points, name this Ancient Greek city that is probably best-known for pioneering a democratic form of government.

Athens <LT>

21. These people worshipped an agricultural god known as “Our Lord the Flayed Oneâ€. The war god of these people killed his sister and 400 of her siblings because they had attacked his mother for being impregnated by a ball of feathers. Humanity was created after bones were brought back from their underworld of Mictlan, to which Xolotl guided the dead. Another god of these people had a rival with an obsidian (*) “smoking mirror†for a foot; that rival exiled these peoples’ “feathered serpent†on a raft of snakes. For ten points, identify these Mesoamerican people who sacrificed humans and worshipped Tezcatlipoca and Quetzalcoatl.

Aztec mythology (or Aztecs or Aztec civilization/people] <BZ>

One god of these people created the moon by tossing his sister's head into the sky after defeating her and his 400 brothers. After being impregnated by a ball of feathers, another deity of these people gave birth to twins, one of whom fights Tezcatlipoca (tez-KAHT-lee-POH-kuh) and is depicted as a "feathered serpent." For 10 points, name these Mesoamerican people who misidentified Hernan Cortes to be their god Quetzalcoatl (KET-zul-koh-AH-tul).

Aztecs

In a Teutonic myth, this god is slain by the sword belonging to the forest troll Miming (MIM-ing). This god lends his name to a poem that ends with the traveler Vegtam having his true identity revealed. One of this god's possessions can only be moved by a woman who rides a giant wolf bridled by snakes. A battle of wits ends when the words that were once (*) whispered into this god's ear cannot be identified by Vafthrudnir. Plans to retrieve this deity go awry when the jotun Thokk refuses to weep. This god's mother Frigg makes all but one substance in the world promise never to harm this god. For 10 paints, name this brother of Hoder, a Norse god who dies when Loki strikes him with a spear of mistletoe.

Balder [or Baldr, or Baldur]

This figure's father asked Vafpruoni about the last words said to this deity, whose hall of Breidablik was the most beautiful of them all. In one story, this god's brother is killed but reconciles with him after Ragnarok, and his ship Hringhomi was given a push by Hyrrokin. His son Forseti was the Norse god of justice, and Odin gave this figure a ring called Draupnir. Hel agreed to resurrect this figure on one condition after Loki tricked Hodr into killing him. For 10 points, name this son of Odin who is invulnerable to everything except mistletoe.

Baldr or Baldur or Balder

This deity proved his kingship by making a garment representing the heavens disappear and reappear at a feast held by Anshar. This four-eared, four-eyed figure created the mansion E-Sara and navigates with the aid of a bright star called Nibiru. This figure also tamed a four-legged creature called the sirrush or mushussu and won one fight by silencing the (*) four directional winds, then commanding a wind to move his magic net. According to the Enuma Elish, this father of Nabu created the zodiac and took Kingu's prize possession, the Tablets of Destiny. For 10 points name this slayer of Tiamat, the chief god of the Babylonian pantheon.

Bel Marduk

This man inherited the kingdom of Lycia and married Philonoe after King Iobates died. This man's grandson, Glaucus, defended Troy during the Trojan War. While sleeping in the temple of Athena, this man dreams that she set a golden bridle next to him. Zeus sends a gadfly to stop this man from ascending to Mount Olympus. This grandson of (*) Sisyphus rejected Proteus's wife, Stheneboea, after she fell in love with him. This hero is sent on a quest to conquer a monster with a snake's tail, a goat's body, and a lion's head. For 10 points, name this rider of Pegasus and slayer of the Chimera.

Bellerophon

This mythical hero carried a scroll full of scurrilous lies about himself, which was opened ten days into his exile in Lycia after he was falsely accused of raping Stheneboea. In Book Six of the Iliad, this man's grandson Glaucus decides not to fight Diomedes. On the advice of Polyeidos, this man slept in a temple of Athena and used a golden bridle to tame a companion. This human used a spear tipped with lead against his most fearsome adversary, and took a fall after a gadfly thwarted his attempt to fly to Olympus. For 10 points, name this ancient Greek hero who tamed the Pegasus before he slew the Chimera.

Bellerophontes

This entity is said to end in Himinbjorg, and it is also called Asbru and in Gylfaginning, High notes that this entity is not used by Thor, who instead uses Kormt and Ormt. This entity parallels another called Gjallarbru, and according to Grimnismal, this entity is always on fire. Some accounts believe it to be the [*] Milky Way, and it consists of only three colors. When the sons of Muspell ride over this structure, it will break and the Gjallarhorn will be blown by its guardian, who can hear grass growing on the other side of the world. For 10 points, name this rainbow bridge of Norse mythology, guarded by Heimdall.

Bifrost [accept Asbru before mentioned]

After lying to another deity with a flower, he was cursed to no longer be worshipped on earth. This god's city is found within the heavens situated atop Mount Meru. After assuming the form of a swan, this figure was attacked after lying about reaching one end of the lingam. This led to him losing one of his five heads, with which he saw in every direction. Using his own substance, he created his consort, Sarasvati. In his four (*) arms, he carries a water jug, a scepter, a bow or spoon, and the Vedas. For 10 points, name this creator god of the Hindu trimurti.

Brahma

After lying to another deity with the help of a flower, he was cursed, such that he was no longer worshipped on earth. This god's city is found within the heavens situated atop Mount Meru. After assuming the form of a swan, this figure was attacked after lying about reaching one end of the lingam. This led to him losing one of his heads, and left him with four, with which he saw in every direction. Using his own substance, he created his consort, Sarasvati. In his four arms, he carries a water jug, a scepter, a bow or spoon, and the Vedas. For 10 points, identify this creator god among the Hindu trimurti.

Brahma

This figure's daughter murdered King Lycotherses, the king of the Illyrians against whom he fought alongside the Encheleans. This figure placed Membliarus in charge of one island, and some of his followers were killed at a spring called Dirce or Castalia. According to some myths, this father of Semele acted on advice from the Delphic oracle by following a cow until it lay down from exhaustion, and according to some myths, he was aided by the Sparti, men who sprang from the ground when he sowed the teeth of the dragon of Ares. For 10 points, name this husband of Harmonia, the legendary founder of Thebes.

Cadmus

One king of this place was deposed by the sons of Agrius. The founder of this city had a daughter,Epicaste, who married her cousin Agenor. The namesake and founder of this place was the brotherof Pleuron. One prince of this place who fled to Argos, named Tydeus, was Diomedes's father. A kingof this place, with a name meaning "wine-man," ruled while a prince of this city killed his uncles (*)Toxeus and Plexippus. Its queen, Althea, threw a magical log into a fire to kill its greatest hero. After itsking Oeneus forgot to make a sacrifice to Artemis, he called in Peleus, Nestor, and several other heroes tostop a rampaging beast. For 10 points, name this Greek city, outside of which Atalanta and Meleager led ahunt for its namesake boar.

Calydon [prompt on Aetolia; do not accept "Calydonia"]

Achates (uh-KAY-tees) and his best friend first arrive in this city enshrouded in a magical cloud. At abanquet held in this city, a man recounts tearing the branches of a tree, only to have dark blood spill out,since the tree was the spirit of Polydorus. Anna is the sister of the ruler of this city, which boasts a grandmural depicting the Trojan War. Two lovers first have sex in a cave outside this city where they take (*)shelter from the rain. Aeolus blows a fleet off course, causing it to end up on a shore near this city beloved by Juno.The ruler of this city, who had fled Tyre to establish a new homeland, throws herself onto a funeral pyre when shelearns that her lover is departing for Italy. For 10 points, name this North African city ruled by Dido in the Aeneid.

Carthage

According to Euripides, this character was imprisoned in "the grove of Demeter and the city of Hermione". The aconite plant arose from this character's saliva falling on rocky ground. Hesiod, the first extant source to give this figure a name, describes him as "brazen-voiced". A hero entered a cave at Tainaron to begin a quest centering on this figure that ended with the third and final instance in which Eurystheus (*) hid in a jar in fear. While searching for this being, that hero failed to save Pirithous but rescued Theseus. While accompanying Aeneas on his katabasis , the Cumaean Sibyl used a drugged cake to subdue this being. This snake-covered, serpent-tailed being was the target of Heracles's last labor. For 10 points, name this guardian of the gates of Hades, a three-headed dog.

Cerberus [or Kerberos ]

One figure from the mythology of this country walks using the aid of an iron crutch and is known as a healer who dispenses remedies from his gourd. Another figure from the mythology of this country went through a series of ten trials and had the so-called yellow millet dream, in which he perceived the passing of time much faster than it really happened. Those figures are part of a group known as the Eight Immortals. This nation's stories also include those of the Yellow and Jade Emperors. For 10 points, name this country where Taoism was founded.

China

One figure from this location's folklore is a deformed beggar who carries a vapor-emittingcalabash and walks on an iron crutch. In one story from this place, an oxhide-wearing herderannually crosses a magpie bridge to reunite with his love. This region's mythology says that ahalf-snake female figure created mankind from clay, while the world itself was made from the bodyof an 18,000-year-old-giant who hatched from an egg. In this country's mythology, an era ofscorching heat ended when an (*) archer shot down nine suns. Dragons from this country lived in oceansand operated outside a strict celestial bureaucracy headed by the Jade Emperor. For 10 points, name thiscountry, home to the mythical Xia Dynasty, whose mythology was folded into Taoism.

China [or Republic of China; or People's Republic of China; or Zhongguo]

A celestial ruler in this myth system contemplated his navel for a billion eons. In this mythology, there were originally nine suns, eight of which were shot down by a great archer. This myth system states that the world originated from (*) Panku's cosmic egg. Another figure in this mythology owned a pole whose size he could change at will and accompanied a monk on the Journey to the West. For 10 points, name this myth system that features the Jade Emperor and the Monkey King.

Chinese mythology [or Daoist mythology]

This male's lifelong home was stacked on Mount Ossa by the Aloadae, and he returned a swordstolen by Acastus. A daughter of this figure, who fled to avoid telling him about her pregnancy andbecame a horse, was Melanippe. This son of Philyra was killed because Pholus opened a jar of wine,and he gave the gift of an ashen spear at the wedding of Thetis and Peleus. This resident of MountPelion offered to take (*) Prometheus' place after he was shot with a poisonous arrow by Heracles.Uniquely among his species, he was not a descendant of Ixion. This son of Cronus introduced medicine toAsclepius before teaching Peleus, Jason, and Achilles. For 10 points, name this mentor of many Greekheroes, a wise centaur.

Chiron

18. One of this woman’s sons accidentally killed his father with a stingray-tipped spear and was named Telegonus. This inhabitant of Aeaea purified the Argonauts for the murder of Absyrtus, and her rejection by Glaucus led her to concoct a potion that turned Scylla into a monster. After being confronted with a sword, she swore by the gods not to take a certain hero’s manhood. (*) Hermes gave his great-grandson moly to protect him from this woman, who had laced her food with a transforming potion. For ten points, name this witch who turned Odysseus’ men into swine.

Circe (or Kirke) <BZ>

This woman's first husband was a grandson of Tantalus who was also named Tantalus. Thiswoman persuaded her husband to walk into his palace on an extravagant purple carpet. This motherof Chrysothemis wrote a letter to her husband asking him to light a (*) fire on Mt. Ida so that shewould be aware when he returned. Odysseus tricked her into thinking that her daughter was to marryAchilles, but in actuality, that daughter, Iphigenia, was to be sacrificed at Aulis. This woman killed one ofher victims by tossing a net over him before he was stabbed twice with a sword; she thus killed her husbandwith the assistance of her lover Aegisthus. For 10 points, name this wife of Agamemnon.

Clytemnestra [or Klytaemnestra]

According to one myth, this figure's first wife became pregnant after consuming one of this figure's lice. He wrestled with the Lizard over whether humans should have hands, and attempted to stay awake all night in order to receive a new name. He eavesdropped on everyone while replacing the moon, and he created the star Arcturus while juggling his eyeballs. Sometimes known as the "Old Man," he is also credited with the creation of men by kicking a ball of mud. For 10 points, name this canine trickster god in Native American mythology.

Coyote

In one tradition, this figure killed a baby by letting it suck on a piece of flint, and later burned a rock to death after it started to chase him. He created the Multnomah Falls in order to provide a bathing pool for his beloved, according to Chinook legend, and another myth states that one of his eyes got stuck in the sky while he was juggling, where it became the star Arcturus. The Nez Perce believe that this figure killed a giant monster by cutting its heart out from the inside, using its entrails to name different tribes, while other stories credit him with creating the world by kicking a ball of mud. For 10 points, name this canine Native American trickster deity.

Coyote

This island is home to a giant who has a single nail that keeps shut a blood vein running from his ankle to his head. Two men from this island quarrel for the affection of Miletus. A plague is brought to this island by a king who sacrifices the first living thing he sees after returning from Troy. This island is the home of the bronze giant Talos and the king Idomeneus. After this island's champion Androgeus wins a (*) sporting event, it demands annual sacrifices from Athens. A hero that travels to this island is given a ball of yarn by Ariadne in order to navigate an impossible structure designed by Daedalus. For 10 points, name this Greek island home to the Labyrinth, which Theseus navigates to slay the Minotaur.

Crete [or Knossos]

This mythical locale’s prince Androgeus was killed for his athletic prowess at several games. A later king of this place swore during a storm to sacrifice the first living thing he saw to Poseidon if he got home; that king, who had to kill his son, was Idomeneus. Rhadamanthus was exiled from this domain, whose queens included the zoophilic Pasiphae. Icarus flew away from this realm with his father, Daedalus, after the Labyrinth was built here. A journey from Athens took Theseus to, for 10 points, what place where the Minotaur was kept by King Minos, a long island south of mainland Greece?

Crete [or Kriti] <MJ>

In Orphic poems, this god is eternally chained in the cave of the goddess Nyx, drunk on honey, while in other poems, he is freed and appointed king of Elysium. His namesake Athenian harvest festival featured mingling between social classes, reflecting his rule during the Golden Age. He mistakenly swallowed the Omphalos Stone in place of his son, who was spirited away to Crete. He created the Giants, the Fates, and Aphrodite in an act ordered by Gaia and executed with a sickle. For 10 points, name this Titan and husband of Rhea who castrated his father Uranus before he was overthrown by his son Zeus.

Cronus [accept Kronos; do not accept "Saturn"]

This figure kills 150 women by destroying a house after failing to save the winner of a urinationcontest. This man was forbidden to marry one woman after sucking the stone out of a swan'sslingshot wound, and he was separated from the fairy Fand by the magic cloak of a sea god, whichended the jealousy of his wife Emer. This figure tied himself to a stone to (*) fight to his death, afterwhich a raven landed on him. This man was taught by the warrior woman Scathach and spurned the triunewar goddess Morrigan. This member of the Red Branch Knights wielded the seven-tipped spear Gae Bolgand went into a killing frenzy to defeat Queen Medb's cattle raid. For 10 points, name this hero of theUlster cycle.

Cu Chulainn [(koo-HULL-en); accept Setanta]

Fostered by several of his kinsmen, this man's beauty was so great that it was feared he would steal their wives and daughters. His skill at hurling allowed him to kill his namesake with a ball, and indirectly bound him into service to a smith. He was taught by Scathach and had a child by her sister Aife, but killed that son. He wielded the Gae Bolg and had "warp spasms." The Morrigan tried to seduce him, and he fought against Queen Medb at the Cattle Raid of Cooley. For 10 points, name this Irish hero, also known as Setanta.

Cu Chulainn [accept Setanta before mention]

16. This man killed his only son Connla because he refused to identify himself, even though he had told Aife to instruct their son to never reveal his name. This husband of Emer had a charioteer named Laeg, who is killed by the first of Lugaid’s spears. This man trained with the warrior-woman Scathatch, after which he received a (*) spear with 49 barbs, which he used to fight Queen Mebd’s armies in the Cattle Raid of Cooley. As a youth, he killed a fierce guard dog and earned a new name after agreeing to replace it while a new one could be found. For ten points, name this wielder of the spear Gae Bolg, a hero who appears in Ireland’s Ulster Cycle.

Cu Chulainn [or Hound of Culann or equivalents; accept Setanta] <BZ>

In one encounter, this figure beat his opponent so furiously that both became enclosed in a cloud of the victim's excrement. This grandson of Cathbad was aided by his father Lugh in defeating the armies of Morrigan, and this figure's death came when he was struck by a magic spear and subsequently tied himself to a rock to die honorably. This figure was trained by Scathach, who gave him his spear [*] Gae Bolg, and his death occurred after he ate dog meat. This hero had seven toes, fingers and eyes, and he single-handedly defeated Queen Maeve during the Cattle Raid of Cooley. For 10 points, name this epic hero of the Ulster Cycle, the Celtic slayer of the hound of a similar name.

Cu Chulainn [or Setanta]

This figure's downfall began after he made vows both to never refuse any meat offered to him and to never eat dog meat. This man killed his own son, Connla, with a barbed spear called Gae Bulg, and in one event, battles a shapeshifting figure called the Morrigan before being healed by his father Lugh; that action occurred during the (*) Cattle Raid of Cooley at which he foiled the plans of Queen Maeve. For 10 points, name this mythical hero of the Ulster cycle who received his name after killing the hound of the smith Culann.

Cu Culainn [or Setanta]

Theocritus claims that this god is stung by bees when he attempts to steal honey, and he accidentally injures his mother while she watches Myrrha's son. This god sits on the lap of Sychaeus' widow while disguised as Ascanius, thereby enchanting Dido. He resurrects a girl who opened a box containing Proserpina's beauty, though that girl had earlier spilled hot lamp oil on (*) his face. He eventually fathers Hedone, the goddess of pleasure, after he marries Psyche. For 10 points, identify this Greco-Roman son of Aphrodite who shoots arrows to induce feelings of love.

Cupid [or Eros]

After this figure's nephew invented the saw, this figure jealously threw that nephew, Talos, off of a cliff. This man used an ant to thread a conch shell while staying with King Cocalus, with whom he conspired to kill King Minos. This man escaped from imprisonment in Knossos with his son, who drowned in the sea after flying too close to the sun. For 10 points, name this father of Icarus who designed the Labyrinth.

Daedalus

As a result of this man’s murder of Perdix, Athena left a scar resembling a partridge on his right shoulder. At King Cocalus’ behest, this man threaded a seashell by coaxing an ant through it with honey. After that incident, this man killed King (*) Minos by pouring boiling water on him. This man fashioned a prison for the Minotaur after creating a wooden bull for Pasiphaë. He created wings out of feathers and wax for himself and his son to escape imprisonment in a tower. For 10 points, name this ancient Greek inventor, the father of Icarus and architect of the Labyrinth.

Daedalus

In the service of Pasiphae, this man built a wooden cow. Faced with a puzzle involving a string and a conch, this man came up with a solution involving an ant and honey. Instead of giving himself up when the puzzle was revealed as a trap, he poured boiling water over his pursuer, King Minos. He killed his nephew, whom Athena changed into a partridge. This man created the Labyrinth, which housed the Minotaur. For 10 points, name this Greek inventor, a mortal with a son named Icarus.

Daedalus

Plutarch states that this location is enclosed by a pair of cliffs called the Phaedriades.Hephaestus crafted singing statues made of gold called the Celedones for a temple atthis place. A recurring event at this place was held in the third year of each Olympiad.An artifact kept at this location was once wrapped in swaddling clothes and swallowedby Cronus. This location, which was founded by suppliants riding a god in the form of adolphin, contains the (*) Castalian Spring. This location was home to a stone representing the "navel of the world," the omphalos, which was used by priestesses here called pythia. The Python was slain here by the god to which this site was dedicated. For 10 points, name this sanctuary whose temple of Apollo was home to an oracle.

Delphi [or Delphoi]

After this deity was impregnated by Iasion, she gave birth to the god of wealth Plutus. She was worshiped in Arcadia as a woman with the head of a horse because Poseidon turned into a stallion to rape her. The Eleusinian Mysteries were held in honor of this goddess and her daughter. She gave Triptolemus a winged chariot pulled by snakes to help him teach the world agriculture during her search for her (*) daughter, who was abducted into the underworld by Hades. For 10 points, name this mother of Persephone, the Greek goddess of grain and the harvest.

Demeter

One figure began selling his daughter Mestra into slavery after this goddess cursed him with eternal hunger. This goddess birthed the horse Arion, and an ivory shoulder was fashioned for Pelops after she absent-mindedly ate it. After being interrupted while apparently burning Demophon to (*) make him immortal, this goddess taught the secrets of her trade to Triptolemus, and she presided over the Eleusinian mysteries. After her daughter was kidnapped by Hades, this goddess wandered the Earth for a year, causing humans to starve since nothing would grow. For 10 points, name this mother of Persephone, the Greek goddess of agriculture.

Demeter (accept Ceres before “Greek†is read)

This goddess turned Ascalabus in to a lizard when he mocked her for drinking an entire vessel of water. This goddess hid among the horses of King Onkios when fleeing from Poseidon, and advised Psyche to go beg Aphrodite for forgiveness. King Eleusis asked her to nurse his two sons, and she was interrupted by Metanira when turning Demophon immortal. She accidentally ate the shoulder of Pelops. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess of grain and harvest, the mother of Persephone.

Demeter [accept Ceres before "Poseidon"]

This deity is thought to be connected with the name si-to-po-ti-ni-ja, found in an early Linear B inscription. Later epithets for this deity include “Aganippe†and “Thesmophoros.†This goddess tried to repay Celeus for his kindness by making his son Demophon immortal, but (*) Demophon’s mother walked in on this deity laying him on the fireplace. This goddess gained a student in Triptolemus while staying in Eleusis, and she absent-mindedly ate Pelops’ shoulder while she was distracted by her search for a missing daughter. For 10 points, name this harvest goddess whose daughter Persephone was kidnapped by Hades.

Demeter [accept Ceres] <JW>

On Crete, Karmanor served as the consort of this deity. Two different stories describe this deity turning either Abas or Ascalabus into a lizard for mocking her eager drinking. She turned the Scythian king Lyncus into a lynx as punishment for attempting to kill a son of King Celeus. This goddess, the older of the two deities celebrated at the Thesmophoria, accidentally consumed the (*) shoulder of Pelops. After Metanira interrupted a ritual she was carrying out, she opted not to provide immortality to Demophon and instead taught her own skills to Triptolemus. Eleusis was a cult center for this goddess, who supposedly caused winter by spending months grieving for her lost daughter. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess of the harvest, the mother of Persephone.

Demeter [or Ceres ]

One of this figure's Homeric hymns is the shortest, at three lines long. This deity's followerscommemorated the jokes told by Iambe and Baubo by drinking kykeon, a hallucinogenic beverage.This deity put Bootes into the sky, used a fireplace and ambrosia to try and make a baby immortal,and was the oldest figure prayed to at the Thesmophoria and the (*) Eleusinian mysteries. Thisanointer of Demophon bore the wealth god Plutus and lent a winged chariot to Triptolemus, whom sheinstructed. She let mankind suffer a yearlong famine, and then taught humans to plow, while searching fora daughter who resurfaces for half the year. For 10 points, name this mother of Persephone, a goddess offarming and grain.

Demeter [or Ceres]

6. This figure’s court hears the story of the death of Polites and Priam before an altar. The many-feathered Rumor takes news of this figure to the Gaetulian King Iarbas, and this woman’s husband Sychaeus was slain by her brother Pygmalion. This sister of Anna falls in love with another man when a storm (*) traps them in a cave during a hunt. Earlier, she had been offered as much land as she could cover with a bull’s hide, so she cut it apart and surrounded a circle of land in Tunisia, founding a city which would later war with Rome. For ten points, name this suicidal lover of Aeneas, the first Queen of Carthage.

Dido (or Elissa) <MS>

Orpheus was killed by devotees of this figure. Perseus and the Argives defeated this deity and his followers after he stumbled into Mycenaea . This grandson of Cadmus and Harmonia rescued his mother from the Underworld and placed her among the stars before ascending to Mount Olympus. He became the immortal lover of Ariadne. This wielder of the thyrsus sought revenge on Lycurgus and Pentheus when he returned from India. The maenads were female followers of this god. His cult celebrated the Eleusinian Mysteries. Midas did a favor for Silenus, one of this god's devotees. For 10 points, name this leader of the satyrs, who presided over ecstasy and wine.

Dionysus

In some mysteries this god is also known as Eleutherios, or “the liberator.†His mother perished when viewing his father’s true form, and in two separate myths, this god was either killed in the womb or eaten by Titans. In both accounts he is resurrected by Zeus, giving him the epithet “of two mothers.†He drove a group of his followers to rip apart King Pentheus, who banned his worship. These female followers of this god are known as Bassarids due to this god’s tendency to wear a fox or leopard skin, but they are more commonly called Maenads. Frequently associated with satyrs, for 10 points, name this god of wine and festivity also known as Bacchus.

Dionysus <JK>

This man's mortal mother may have eaten his heart, and he carried a thyrsus tipped with a pinecone from which honey dripped, perhaps given to him by the Titans. He grew up with the nymphs of Nysa, and returned to Greece after Rhea cured him of his madness. This "twice-born" god had Lycurgus murder his son with an axe when Lycurgus tried to capture the Maenads. Aceotes escaped being turned into a dolphin when his fellow sailors tried to bind this god, whose mother was incinerated after viewing Zeus as proof of his godhood. This son of Demeter or Semele is followed by the satyrs. For 10 points, name this Greek god of wine.

Dionysus [accept Bacchus before "Nysa"]

One myth featuring this figure describes his promise to the shepherd Prosymnus, who died before this figure could consummate a relationship with him, and following his birth he was raised on Mount Nysa. This figure also supposedly married Ariadne after Theseus had abandoned her, and he fathered Priapus with the goddess Aphrodite. After being kidnapped, he turned a number of pirates into dolphins, and he caused Pentheus to be brutally dismembered by a crowd of madwomen known as the Maenads. For 10 points, name this Greek god of wine, who was known to the Romans as Bacchus.

Dionysus [accept Bacchus until mention]

The first pomegranate tree grew from this deity's blood after he was torn apart as a baby. His followers were imprisoned by King Lycurgus, which prompted this deity to take refuge with Thetis. He made King Lycurgus chop up his own son under the belief that his son was ivy. This god's kidnappers were turned into dolphins after failing to bind him with rope. Hestia gave up her throne on Olympus for this god, whose his mother died when she is tricked into looking upon the full glory of his father. As a result, his father Zeus sews him into his thigh until his birth. For 10 points, name this Greek god of wine and ecstasy.

Dionysus [accept Zagreus; do not accept "Bacchus"]

This figure is dismembered, cooked, and eaten by the Titans in a system of myths that make him the son of Zeus and Persephone. An army led by this figure clashes with one led by Deriades, the son of the Hydaspes River, in a poem by Nonnus. Orphic myths identify Zagreus as the "first" version of this god, whose retinue, the thiasus , accompanied him on his return from India. Both the Thracian king Lycurgus and the Theban king (*) Pentheus are said to have persecuted this god, who discovered the abandoned Ariadne on Naxos and married her. He was fully born from Zeus's thigh after Zeus immolated his mother Semele. This god's followers included a group of often-frenzied women known as the Maenads. For 10 points, name this Greek god of madness and wine.

Dionysus [or Bacchus ; accept Zagreus until read]

This figure shares his name with a historian from Halicarnassus whose RomaikeArchaeologica is a source of Etruscan mythology. The Rhodope Mountains were sacredto this figure, who was worshiped in an ancient temple now found at Baalbek. Thisgod's attributes include the kantharos, a two-handled cup, as well a bassaris fox skin,which is why his followers are sometimes called bassarids. (*) Dithyrambs were songs that honored this god, whose followers carried a pinecone-topped staff called the thyrsus. This god was born after his mother foolishly asked to see Zeus in all of his glory; after the resulting death of Semele, he was stitched into Zeus's thigh and reborn. Liber and Bacchus are alternate names of, for 10 points, what Greek god of revelry and wine?

Dionysus [or Dionysius; accept Bacchus until it is mentioned; accept Liber until it is mentioned]

Description acceptable. Maps to the location of this practice are collected in the Book of Two Ways. This process grants access to a place called Aaru, or “the field of reeds.†This process takes place in the Hall of Two Truths, and an entity involved in it has the front legs of a lion, the hind quarters of a hippo, and the head of a crocodile. The monster (*) Ammut awaits the results of this process, as it gets to eat any ib heavier than the feather of Ma’at. Anubis administers this process in his capacity as “Guardian of the Scales.†For 10 points, name this process, in which the hearts of dead Egyptians are weighed to determine whether they are worthy of paradise.

Egyptian judgment of the dead [accept Weighing of the Heart until “heartsâ€; accept any answer that gets across the idea of ascertaining the righteousness of dead people or their souls/hearts] <JG>

One character in this work tells his wife to bake a loaf of bread every day to prove that the title character fell asleep. The protagonist of this work gets a plant from the bottom of the ocean but has it stolen by a serpent. One character in this work is sentenced to death after he and the protagonist kill Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven. The protagonist of this work is two-thirds divine and grieves for his friend Enkidu while seeking immortality. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian epic found on twelve tablets.

Epic of Gilgamesh

The protagonist of this work encounters Siduri and Urshanabi when he travels to the mountain Mashu to talk to the survivor of a great flood named Utnapishtim. That journey comes after the death of the main character's friend, who had earlier helped the protagonist defeat Humbaba and later helped him slay the Bull of Heaven sent by Ishtar. The main character of this work is a king of Uruk and friend of Enkidu. For 10 points, name this ancient Mesopotamian epic poem.

Epic of Gilgamesh

In the Argonautica, Athena and Hera seek to bribe this god with a spherical toy so that he will visit Medea. The plural form of this god's name refers to a retinue depicted in Hellenistic art in which he appears alongside Hedylogos, Pothos, and others. Hesiod claims that this god was the fourth to emerge, after Chaos, Gaia, and Tartarus. This god draws the sleep from a girl's face and places it inside a box in a narrative from Apuleius's The Golden Ass ; that story also depicts that girl (*) retrieving golden wool and the waters of the Styx and sorting huge piles of grain after accidentally spilling hot oil on this god while breaking her promise to never look upon him. Lead and gold-tipped arrows are carried by, for 10 points, what lover of Psyche, the Greco-Roman god of love?

Eros [or Cupid ; or Amor ]

Either Greek or Roman name acceptable. This god is the father of Voluptas. In an ancient fable, this god complains about being stung by bees after trying to steal their honey. Ovid's first book of poetry begins by "surrendering" to this god. He disguises himself in the Aeneid as Iulus, Aeneas' son, which is ironic, since he and Aeneas have the same mother. After being convinced that this god is a giant snake, his lover spills hot oil on him and flees. This god is often depicted riding a dolphin. In a story from The Golden Ass, this god falls in love with Psyche. He accidentally hits Daphne with a lead arrow, causing her to flee from Apollo. For 10 points, name this son of Aphrodite, a love god.

Eros [or Cupid]

In Orphic tradition, this god is known as Phanes and is called the firstborn. The story of this male god and his love is first told in The Golden Ass, by Lucius Apuleius (app-uh-LAY-us). In that story, this figure leaves his lover after she drops oil on him while trying to see his face. This figure fathers Hedone (hud-OWN-ay), goddess of (*) pleasure, with his wife, the mortal Psyche. For 10 points, name this son of Aphrodite and Ares, a love god depicted with wings and a bow.

Eros [or Cupid]

This author wrote about a group of girls trapped in Thebes on their way from Syria to Delphi in The Phoenician Women. This author used Stesichorus's idea that Helen went to Egypt instead of Troy as the basis for another play. In another play by this man, Pentheus refuses to believe that Dionysus is the son of Zeus and is torn apart by a group of wild women including his own mother. This author also wrote about a woman who sends a poisoned dress to Glauce and then kills her own children before departing in a dragon-drawn chariot. For 10 points, name this ancient Greek author of The Bacchae and Medea.

Euripides

Upon first acquiring this object, its owner granted a future favor that became a request for the head of Sir Balin. The predecessor to this item was destroyed in a duel against the father of Tor and Lamorak, King Pellinore, while the companion piece to this object prevented its wearer from losing blood in battle, but was thrown away by Morgana le Fay. After the Battle of Camlann, Sir Bedivere saw a mysterious hand emerge from a pool when he went to return this weapon to the Lady of the Lake. For 10 points, name this weapon that succeeded another object that was pulled out of an anvil and a slab of marble, the sword of King Arthur.

Excalibur [Accept Caliburn.]

One story about the fate of this object was likely inspired by the tale of Batradz, culture hero of the Alans. Its name is ultimately derived from the Latin word for "steel." In early texts, it is Girflet who discards this object; in later tales, a mysterious hand drags it beneath the water when it is thrown away by (*) Bedivere. Nimue is sometimes said to have provided this object, though other tales claim that it was forged to replace the broken Sword in the Stone. The Lady of the Lake bestows, for 10 points, what magical sword wielded by King Arthur?

Excalibur [or Caliburn]

In the Arabian Nights, Talib journeys to the City of Brass to meet a mummy queen who has these objects made of quicksilver. In the same story, birds scatter these objects belonging to ifrits across the whole world. The Japanese mythical creature Tenome has these in its palms, and in Zoroastrianism, the Chinvat Bridge is guarded by dogs with abnormal numbers of these. Typhon shot fire from these, and the goddess Wadjet was associated with one of these belonging to Horus. As part of a deal with Mimir, Odin sacrificed one of these to gain knowledge. For 10 points, name these body parts, of which Argus had a hundred and the Cyclops only had one.

Eyes

5. These figures killed Agrius and Thoon with bronze clubs during the Gigantomachy. While serving King Admetus, Apollo got these figures drunk in an attempt to save his life. They appeared after Meleager’s birth and presented his mother with a piece of wood that his life depended upon. According to Herodotus, not even the gods could overcome the (*) judgement of these figures.  In this group, Lachesis possessed a measuring rod, and Clotho spun the thread of life that Atropos cut. For ten points, identify this trio of Greek goddesses who had the power to determine destiny.

Fates (or Fata; or Moirae; accept Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos in any order before one of them is mentioned; do not accept “Parcaeâ€, since that is Roman) <BZ>

In an Orphic hymn, these figures are described as concealing themselves with apurple veil and living in an underwater cave. These characters also tricked Typhon intoeating the fruit at Nysa. In another story, these figures transform Ampelos into a vine athis death. These children of Erebus and Nyx are credited with inventing the alphabetwith the assistance of Hermes. The information they gave to Althaea prompted her topull a brand out of a (*) fire and put it in a chest in order to preserve the life of her son Meleager. "Parcae" and "Moirae" are the Roman and Greek names for these figures, who use a spindle and shears to manage the thread of life. Lachesis, Clotho, and Atropos comprised, for 10 points, what set of goddesses who oversaw an individual's lifespan?

Fates [accept Moirae or Parcae before either is read]

This creature was able to break free from restraints named Leyding and Dromi, leading to the construction of Gleipnir, a harness that this creature thought it could escape from because it was thin and soft. However, when he found that he could not break it, he bit down on the hand of (*) Tyr. At Ragnarok, he will be freed from his tether with fiery gazes and breath and will kill Odin only to be killed by Odin's son, Vidar. For 10 points, name this offspring of Loki, a creature from Norse myth notable for being a giant wolf.

Fenrir [or the Fenris wolf]

Equipped with his father's crane-skin bag of weapons, he regained control of his people by stabbing himself in the forehead with a spear to stay awake. Immediately afterward, he threatened war with his grandfather and took that man's home for his own. In some stories, he dressed up as a baby to avoid fighting a giant. The druid Fear Doirich turned this man's most famous wife into a deer. This white-haired husband of Sadhbh ("sad-vuh") and father of Oisin ("o-sheen") sleeps in a cave below Dublin, and will arise when his hunting horn is blown three times. For 10 points, name this warrior-hunter and leader of the Fianna who once burned his finger on the Salmon of Knowledge.

Finn MacCool [accept Fionn mac Cumhaill, Deimne or Fingal]

This man used a spear to defeat a fire-breathing musician who appears yearly, named Aillen. A cycle of poems about this man are told by his son, who related this man’s tales after staying in the land of the young for three hundred years. This man had a wife who was turned into a deer, and his band of warriors included the traitorous Goll mac Morna. This father of Ossian burned his thumb cooking the Salmon of Knowledge at the orders of his tutor Finegas. For 10 points, name this folk hero of the Fenian cycle, who sleeps in a cave beneath Ireland.

Finn MacCool [or Fionn mac Cumhaill; or Deimne; or Finn MacCooill] <DL>

While hunting a boar, this man refused healing water to a dying companion, since years earlier that “love spotâ€-bearing companion had eloped with this man’s bride. This hero’s wife, who was transformed from a deer, was named Sadb (sahv). This mythical father of Ossian isn’t dead, but sleeps in a cave until the hour of need. This man’s rivals included his father’s killer, Goll mac Morna, and he benefitted from sucking his burnt thumb while cooking the Salmon of Knowledge. For 10 points, name this mythical Irish warrior, who led the Fianna and was taught by the similarly-named Finegas.

Finn macCool [or Fionn mac Cumhaill; or Fingal] <MJ>

During a climactic battle, a sorceress in this myth system fuses her body with a shipwreck tobecome an eagle and carries her army on her wings. One character in this myth system draws a rakeof steel and copper through a river to recover the pieces of her son's body. The thunder god of thismyth system owns a warhammer known as his (*) vasara. The virgin-born child of Marjatta forces themajor hero of this myth system to depart from his country on a raft, leaving behind a harp made from apike's jaw, the kantele. To marry the maid of Pohjola, this myth system's god of the forge creates theSampo. For 10 points, name this myth system whose heroes, including Ilmarinen, Lemminkainen, andVainamoinen, have their stories told in Elias Lonnrot's Kalevala.

Finnish mythology

This man raised the treacherous Midac [MIH-dak], who later imprisoned this man and his companions in a house of rowan trees. As a youth, he reclaimed his father's magical crane-skin bag and held a spear against his forehead to resist the sleep-inducing harp of Aillen [AH-len]. His two dogs refused to kill a deer that this man married after she regained her form as a woman named Sadb [SAHV]. This father of Oisin [oh-SHEEN] will awake from his slumber at the hour of greatest need, and he gained wisdom by burning his thumb as he cooked the Salmon of Knowledge. Name this woodland warrior from Irish mythology.

Fionn mac Cumhaill [FINN mak "COOL"] [accept Deimne [DAY-nee]]

This figure appears as a giant in a story in which he bites Benandonner’s finger while disguised as a baby and creates a “causeway†of stepping stones. This figure was able to defeat Aillen by sticking his spear into his forehead to keep himself awake. A friend of this person with a “love spot†elopes with his bride in one story. This figure met his (*) wife after she was turned into a deer by Fear Doirich, and that wife also gave birth to their son, the poet Oisin. This figure gained all the knowledge in the world after burning his thumb while cooking salmon. For 10 points, name this leader of the Fianna from Irish mythology.

Fionn mac Cumhaill [or Finn MacCool] <ES Mythology>

This goddess is accompanied by her wild boar HildisvÃÂni, and this figure weeps tears of red gold in loneliness when her husband Od is absent. This deity is accused of engaging in sexual relations with her brother in one poem, whose title character stole one of her items while disguised as a flea. She takes half of those who are slain in battle to Fólkvangr, while the rest are taken to Valhalla. She slept with the four dwarves to gain the necklace BrÃÂsingamen. For 10 points, name this Norse goddess of love and beauty and the sister of Freyr.

Freya [accept Freyja; do not accept "Frey" or "Freyr"]

This figure starts a fire in a cave after being refused a memory-enhancing ale and listening to long genealogies from Hyndla. In other myths, this parent of Hnoss and Gersemi poured a horn full of ale for the giant Hrungnir and wept tears of gold after Ottar's death. This figure presided over some sacrificial offerings after a war ended in a stalemate and introduced sorcery to the Aesir. This owner of the hall Sessrumnir once slept with four (*) dwarves to obtain the necklace Brisingamen. She uses a falcon-feather cloak to fly and owns blue cats that pull her chariot. To pay Thrym back for stealing Mjolnir, Thor wore bridal clothes to disguise himself as this goddess. For 10 points, name this Norse fertility goddess and twin sister of Frey.

Freya [or Freyja; be careful not to accept "Frigg," "Fricka," "Frey," or "Freyr"]

This deity incited an endless war in which dead soldiers were turned into stone and revived the next day in order to retrieve one of her possessions. This deity transformed one of her followers into a boar in order to uncover his lineage, and she cries tears of red gold whenever her husband is away. This owner of a cloak of falcon feathers slept with four dwarves over four nights to obtain the necklace Brisingamen, and was impersonated by Thor at a wedding feast. Name this Norse goddess of love and beauty, the twin sister of Frey.

Freyja [FRAY-yuh] [do not accept "Freyr" or "Frey"]

Geirhild won a brewing competition by praying to this deity, and this deity once demanded that the goddess Hyndla give the servant Ottar a memory potion. A giant offered to build an impenetrable wall around the residence of the gods in return for this deity’s hand in marriage. When this goddess disappeared looking for her husband (*) Odur, her brother sat on the throne Hlidskjalf (“HLID-skialfâ€) to find her. Wearing the necklace Brisingamen, Thor once dressed as this deity in order to recover Mjolnir (“MYOL-nerâ€) from Thrym. Half of those who die in combat come to Folkvangr, the hall of this deity, who owns a chariot of cats. For 10 points, name this Norse goddess of love and beauty.

Freyja [accept Freya, do not accept Freyr or Frey] <RY>

This figure refilled Hrungnir's drinking horn before that giant threatened to carry her off. This mother of Hnoss often sheds tears of red gold due to the absence of her husband, Odr. This daughter of Njordr rides the boar Hildisvini, which may be her human lover Otta in disguise. After fighting Loki in the form of a seal, Heimdall returned the (*) necklace Brisingamen to this goddess. She rides in a cat-drawn chariot and accepts one half of slain warriors into her field, Folkvangr. Thor once dressed up as this deity in order to recover Mjollnir from Thrymr, who wanted this goddess as his wife. For 10 points, identify this Norse goddess of love and war.

Freyja [or Frojya; do NOT accept "Frey," "Freyr," or "Frigg"]

He and his father were once rulers of Sweden after they left their original people as part of a truce. He killed Beli with an antler after giving his footservant Skirnir his sword, so that Skirnir would woo this god's eventual wife for him, whom he married nine days later. He will be killed by Surtr at Ragnarok. Alfheim was given to this god who rode the boar Gullinbursti, whose mane lights the way for its owner. He may have committed incest like his father, but this god was married to the giantess Gerdr. He owned the ship Skidbladnir and his sword could fight on his own. For 10 points, name this fertility god, a Vanir, son of Njord and brother of Freya.

Freyr [accept Yngvi]

[Note to moderator: the letter ð is pronounced like “thâ€.] This god once received Alfheim, the home of the light elves, as a teething gift. He’s not Odin, but this god fell in love at first sight with his future wife while sitting on Hliðskjalf. This god gave a sword that fights on its own to a servant he sent to woo that giantess. This employer of Skirnir and husband of (*) Gerðr owned a foldable ship called Skiðblaðnir and a bronze boar called Gullinbursti. This member of the Vanir was the son of the sea god Njorðr, and Loki once accused him of committing incest with his similarly-named sister. For 10 points, name this Norse god of agriculture and fertility, the brother of Freyja.

Freyr [also accept Yngvi-Freyr] <JG>

According to some stories, this goddess destroyed a statue of her husband and shacked up with a servant in order to steal the gilding, before being killed. She owns a falcon cloak and has the power of prophecy, though she keeps silent about her knowledge. She was once shared by Vili and Ve when her rightful husband was away for a time. This fertility goddess once asked everything to refrain from harming her son, but neglected to ask the "harmless" mistletoe. For 10 points, name this wife of Odin and mother of Baldr.

Frigga

Disguised as the Priestess Calybe [“Cal-e-beeâ€], one of these figures struck King Turnus of the Rutuli with a torch to begin a war between the Latins and Trojans. These figures were the sisters of the Meliae since they both came from the blood that dripped down onto Gaea from the castrated (*) Ouranos. These figures pursued Orestes to Apollo's Temple after he killed his mother Clytemnestra. These figures were individually named Megaera, Tisiphone, and Alecto, and they were also known as the Eumenides or “Kindly Ones.†The Erinyes was the Greek name for, for 10 points, which Greek spirits who embodied vengeance?

Furies (accept Erinyes, Eumenides, or Kindly Ones before being mentioned; accept Semnai, Venerable Ones, or August Ones; accept Dirae before “Greekâ€)

One person with this name fell in love with a son of Simaethis and turned his blood into a river after he was killed. Another person with this name gave birth to Metharme. The former woman was loved by a creature who used a rake and a sickle to comb his hair and was at the center of a love triangle in which one of her suitors threw a boulder at the other, a son of Pan. That Nereid was loved by (*) Acis and the Cyclops Polyphemus. The most famous person with this name was named for her milk-white complexion; that mother of Paphos turned into flesh after a prayer to Aphrodite. For 10 points, give the common name of these women, one of whom was originally created as a statue by Pygmalion.

Galatea

Description acceptable. During this conflict, Divico's failed embassy preceded his defeat at the Battle of Bibracte. Aulus Hirtius wrote part of a history of it. High tides and unfamiliarity with chariots hindered the attacking force in this conflict, which was led by a proconsul of Illyricum who lost the Battle of Gergovia. This conflict was precipitated by the Aedui being pushed out by the (*) Helvetii. It was ended after the Battle of Alesia. A set of "commentaries" on this war begins by stating that its namesake region is divided into three parts. For 10 points, name this war in which Julius Caesar fought Vercingetorix and the Celtic tribes of what is now France.

Gallic Wars [accept any answer describing a war between Rome and Gaul]

Since this figure was blocking the path to the Himalayas, he allowed the axe of Parashurama to injure him. This figure killed the demon Kamlasur while riding a peacock. That event occurred at his Morgaon temple, the beginning and ending of a pilgrimage of eight of his temples called the Ashtavinayaka. This candy-loving god defeated his brother, Kartikeya, in a race by walking around his (*) parents. This god was the scribe during Vyasa's narration of the Mahabharata. This son of Parvati and Shiva rides around on a mouse. For 10 points, name this Hindu "remover of obstacles" who has the head of an elephant

Ganesh a [accept "Ganapati"; accept "Vinayaka"]

In one myth, this deity is placated by a handful of rice, which satisfies him after he almost eats the palace of Kubera, the god of wealth. In another, his brother, mounted on a peacock, loses a race to him when he runs around his parents instead of crossing the whole world. He broke off one body part and dipped it in ink to write the Mahabharata, and this deity's mount is a mouse. In one story, this deity attempted to prevent his father from entering their home on his mother's orders, leading Shiva to cut his head off. For 10 points, name this Hindu deity known as the remover of obstacles, often depicted with an elephant's head.

Ganesha

In one story, Vishnu was forced to make strange faces to make this god laugh and spit out his discus. This Hindu god is well known for being the god of opportunities, and he is usually prayed to first in a Hindu temple. This god cursed the moon, which created the waxing and waning periods, and to assist Vyasa, he severed one of his body parts to transcribe the (*) Mahabharata. This god was awarded a magical mango after he defeated his brother Kartikeya in a race around the universe by simply circling around his parents three time. After this god tried to protect his mother Parvati, he was beheaded by Shiva, his father. For ten points, name this elephant-headed god from Hindu mythology.

Ganesha (accept Ganesh, Ganapati, Pillaiyar, or Vinayaka) <KS+RP>

In Apollonius's Argonautica, Eros cheats this figure in a game of knucklebones. Eos was compensated for losing this figure with the granting of immortality to her lover Tithonus, who was eventually turned into a cricket because he was not given eternal youth. Hera's jealousy caused this figure to be set in the stars as Aquarius, appropriately near the constellation Aquila. This figure's father Tros was given two heavenly horses in exchange for this figure's abduction from Mount Ida, and he supplanted Hebe as cupbearer of the gods. For 10 points, name this Trojan boy abducted by Zeus in the form of an eagle.

Ganymede

After this figure's death, the blood from his body gave rise to a tree which borestoneless fruit that resembled cherries. This man is the subject of a fragmentary "song"by Stesichorus, who describes him as having six hands, six feet and wings. After hisdeath, Hera sent a gadfly to prevent a hero from retrieving this man's possessions. Toreach this son of Callirhoe and Chrysaor, a hero rode in a giant (*) goblet made of gold,which he obtained after shooting an arrow at Helios. This giant lived on the red island of Erytheia, where his most notable possessions were managed by his herdsman Eurytion and the two-headed dog Orthrus. Immediately before finding the girdle of the Amazons, Heracles spent a year retrieving the cattle of, for 10 points, what giant monster?

Geryon [or Geryone]

Shortly before this event, one figure commanded the sun and moon not to shine so that he could secretly steal an herb of immortality. Another figure during this event had to be dragged outside the border of Pallene so that he would lose his strength. Zeus inspired one figure involved in this event with lust so that he would try and rape Hera. Before this event, which saw the deaths of (*) Porphyrion and Alcyoneus, it was foretold that the gods would need a mortal on their side to survive, for which role they chose Heracles. It saw the Fates using bronze cudgels and Hecate using torches to fight against a group of aggressors sent by Gaia. For 10 points, name this invasion of Mount Olympus by large beings.

Gigantomachy [or Gigantomachia; or Giants' War; or anything about fighting giants; do not accept Titanomachy]

After persuading two scorpions to allow him into a tunnel, this man emerges on the other side andmeets a tavern keeper who fails to dissuade him. A series of progressively decaying bread loavesproves that this hero failed to stay awake for seven consecutive nights. This man is caught sneakinginto a bride's chamber, causing him to (*) wrestle a man who was tamed by having sex with a templeprostitute. Anu convoked the gods in order to punish this man's friend for his role in killing the Bull ofHeaven, which was sent against this man because he spurned Ishtar. This two-thirds divine hero slew thebeast Humbaba with the help of his wild-man friend Enkidu. For 10 points, name this king of Uruk, hero ofa namesake Mesopotamian epic.

Gilgamesh

This figure’s father is involved in two stories about recovering in a “Mountain Cave†and feeding the chick of the Anzu bird. This son of Lugalbanda gives his friend advice on recovering a drum and ball from the underworld in an inconsistent last tablet of one work. This son of the goddess (*) Ninsun meets Utnapishtim, a flood survivor, and he ventures into the Cedar Forest to kill the beast Humbaba.The Bull of Heaven is sent to kill this figure after he spurns Ishtar’s advances, and he ventures to find the plant of immortality after his friend Enkidu dies. For 10 points, name this king of Uruk with a namesake Sumerian epic.

Gilgamesh

This figure travels along the Road of the Sun after being allowed to enter by two scorpion-men. This figure dreams about a fire-breathing thunderbird as well as thunderstorms and bulls while sleeping on a mountain. This son of Ninsun tied stones to his feet in order to walk on the bottom of the sea and obtain a certain (*) plant. However, that plant is later stolen by a serpent while this figure is bathing. Anu is asked to send Gugalanna, or the Bull of Heaven, to attack this figure after rejecting Ishtar’s advances. This friend of Enkidu killed Humbaba. For 10 points, name this figure who was two-thirds god, one-third man, a King of Uruk with a namesake Sumerian epic.

Gilgamesh <ES Mythology>

In one story, this figure asks the ghost of a deceased friend about the afterlife after Shamash opens a hole to the underworld, but is denied information. The bartender Siduri gives directions to the home of Urshanabi to this man, who discovers he has failed to complete one task after finding that the first of seven loaves of bread has gone stale. A snake steals the plant of (*) eternal youth that the flood survivor Utnapishtim advised this man to retrieve from the bottom of the sea. In the Cedar Forest, this man slays the giant Humbaba with his wild friend Enkidu on his quest for immortality. For ten points, name this King of Uruk, the central hero of a Mesopotamian epic.

Gilgamesh (accept Epic of Gilgamesh) <RP>

This figure dreams about presenting a heavy copper axe to his mother, the goddess Ninsun. This figure had ominous dreams depicting two dead figures when he embarked on a journey with a "shaggy" companion to kill a monstrous forest keeper known as Humbaba. This god sought the help of [*] Utnapishtim ("oot-na-pish-tim") in order to become immortal and avoid the fate of his deceased companion. When this figure refused to lay with the goddess Ishtar, her father An sent the Bull of Heaven to kill him, but he defeated it with the help of Enkidu. For 10 points, name this "two-thirds" divine king of Uruk, the hero of a Mesopotamian epic.

Gilgamesh [accept Bilgames; do not accept or prompt on "Girugamesh"]

18. This man has dreams about a falling mountain and attacking bulls, and another of his dreams about a meteor foreshadows the arrival of a companion. This figure crosses Mount Mashu by passing two scorpion men and loses a bet after a woman bakes loaves of bread to show that this man could not stay awake for seven nights. A snake stole an (*) immortality-giving plant that this man sought after meeting the flood survivor Utnapishtim. This man was two-thirds god, and after he rejected Ishtar’s advances and helped kill the Bull of Heaven, his friend Enkidu was killed. For ten points, identify this Hero King of Uruk, who names an epic poem in Babylonian mythology.

Gilgamesh [accept Bilgamesh] <BZ>

This being accepted death only when he found that the life-giving plant he sought had been stolen by a snake. After his death, he was considered a minor deity associated with Tammuz, since he himself also descended to the underworld. This man's former rival and later companion was created from clay by Aruru. This man's search for Utnapishtim is largely inspired by that companion's death. That companion helped this man slay the bull of heaven, and lived in the wilderness with beasts before being tamed by a temple prostitute. Identify, for 10 points, this friend of Enkidu, a Sumerian king of Uruk who fails to attain immortality in his namesake Mesopotamian epic.

Gilgamesh [or Bilgames]

After one of these two characters loses his pukku and mikku, the other goes to theunderworld to retrieve them. While one of them is wasting away, he tells the other hisdream of being taken to Aralu by an Angel of Death. One of them dreams aboutembracing a fallen meteor and an axe, foretelling the arrival of the other. Thesecharacters use thirteen winds sent by a sun god to slay an inhabitant of the CedarForest. One of these men is formed from clay by the goddess (*) Aruru to counter the other's harshness toward his people. One of them seeks out the secret to eternal life after the other is killed for throwing the thigh of the Bull of Heaven at Ishtar. For 10 points, name these slayers of Humbaba, a "wild man" and the king of Uruk, who star in a Mesopotamian epic.

Gilgamesh and Enkidu [accept answers in either order]

The Celtic god of this was Mannanan Mac Lir; one deity of it had his bride choose him out of all the gods from only his feet, thus marrying Skadi. Another from the same pantheon married Ran, fathered nine billow-maidens, and hosts elaborate parties for the Aesir. Besides Njord and Aegir, the most famous deity of this type turned several Phaecians in Alcinous's sight to stone, helped Apollo build the the walls of Troy, lost a contest judged by Cecrops to patronize a city when his rival produced an olive tree, and made horses. For 10 points, name this role played by the earthquake-causing, trident-wielding Poseidon.

God of the Sea (accept clear knowledge equivalents, but do not accept things like River Gods)

5. This object originated from a son of Theophane and Poseidon, who saved the children of Athamas and Nephele. The person who seized this object killed Absyrtus to expedite his return home. This object was made after Helle fell into the sea and Phrixus arrived on the island of Colchis, where he presented it to its king Aeetes. (*) Pelias claimed that he would give up the throne of Iolcus if his one-sandaled nephew brought this object back. That nephew had to yoke brazen bulls and sow dragon’s teeth before acquiring this object and escaping with his lover Medea. For ten points, name this object, made from the skin of a ram that was sought by Jason and the Argonauts.

Golden Fleece <BZ>

The only novel of James Frazer, the author of The Golden Bough, recounts theslaying of this kind of creature. A snake created when the blood from the remains ofone of these figures mixed with sand later killed the Argonaut Mopsus. The king of theisland of Seriphos, Polydectes, demanded that a hero who failed to provide him anyhorses instead kill one of these creatures. Chrysaor was the son of one of these beings.A hero stole the (*) single eye shared by their sisters, the Graeae, in order to find one of them. Two of them, Stheno and Euryale, were immortal, while their mortal sister's remains adorned the aegis after her death. For 10 points, Perseus used a mirrored shield to avoid the petrifying gaze of Medusa, who was what kind of creature?

Gorgons

The advisor Aeschere (ASH-er-uh) is killed in retribution for the death of this character. His slayer is rewarded with a necklace by Queen Wealtheow (WEE-al-thow) and this character is apparently provoked by the sound of singing soldiers. He is killed by a warrior from Geatland who fights unarmed and tears off his shoulder. He attacks the mead hall Heorot (HAIR-ut) of the Danish King Hrothgar (ROTH-gar). His death provokes the wrath of his (*) mother, who lives at the bottom of a lake. For 10 points, name this monster killed in the first part of Beowulf.

Grendel

After Heracles [HEHR-uh-klees] slew one of this god's cattle, Menoetes [meh-NOE-eh-tees] wrestled Heracles. One of this god's lovers was turned into a mint plant by his jealous wife, and another lover was turned into a white poplar. Also called "the Rich One," this god owned a helmet that made its wearer invisible. Due to eating pomegranate [po-meh-GRA-net], Persephone had to spend part of her time with this god, her husband. This god combined with his brothers Zeus and Poseidon to defeat the Titans. Name this Greek lord of the underworld.

Hades (accept Pluto until "Greek")

Clymenus, Polydegmon, and Eubulus were epithets or euphemisms spoken rather than the name of this deity, who owned Cape Taenarum. He turned a daughter of Oceanus, his nymph lover Leuce, into a white poplar tree, and laid claim to the minerals within the earth. Pirithous got stuck in a chair belonging to this deity, who abducted his eventual wife by tricking her into eating pomegranate seeds. His Helm of Darkness grants its wearer invisibility. For 10 points, name this god who for six months of the year is the husband of Persephone, a brother of Zeus and Poseidon who rules the Greek underworld.

Hades [accept Pluto until "Greek" is read]

During the siege of Pylos, this figure suffered an arrow wound in the shoulder at the hands of Heracles. This man bound Pirithous with snakes after the latter attempted to steal his wife. This god’s wife turned the nymph Minthe into a plant out of jealousy. During the Titanomachy, the Cyclopes forged a (*) helmet for this deity. This god allowed Heracles to take Cerberus as part of the latter’s Twelve Labors. This Olympian forced his kidnapped wife to stay in his realm after consuming pomegranate seeds. For 10 points, name this Greco-Roman deity, the husband of Persephone and ruler of the Underworld.

Hades [accept “Pluto†or “Plouton†or “Aides†or “Aidoneusâ€]

This god's wife gave birth to Melinoe by Zeus, who disguised himself as this god. This god pursued the nymph Minthe, who was turned into the mint plant. After killing Medusa, Perseus escaped the other Gorgons with this god's Helm of Darkness. One person entered this god's realm by giving three barley cakes to the guard, while another person lulled that guard to sleep with his lyre. This owner of Cerberus abducted his wife while she was picking flowers in Nysa and tricked her into eating pomegranate seeds so that she would have to stay with him. For 10 points, name this husband of Persephone and Greek god of the underworld.

Hades [or Aidoneus; or Plouton; or Clymenus; or Polydegmon; do not prompt on or accept "Pluto"]

In one story, Pirathous and Theseus are trapped in this location by a snakes that tie them to a chair. One part of this location is ruled by the Cretan Rhadamanthus and another is called the Asphodel Meadows. Rivers in this location include Phlegethon, Cocytus, Acheron and Lethe. Residents of this place include the wheel-bound Ixion and Sisyphus, who must roll a boulder up a hill for eternity. For 10 points, name this place bounded by the river Styx and ruled by Persephone and its namesake god, the underworld in Greek mythology.

Hades [or Greek underworld until mentioned]

After witnessing this event, Cyane shed so many tears that she turned into a pool of water. Thebawdy old maid Baubo consoled a woman affected by this event. The daughters of Achelous prayedto be given wings after this event and became the Sirens. Ascalaphus was pinned down under aboulder for revealing an inconvenient fact about its target. This event's target was gathering (*) liliesnear Henna in Sicily. A nymph failed to stop this event when its perpetrator hurled his staff to the earth,opening up a chasm for him to escape. For 10 points, name this mythological incident in which Hadesabducted a goddess to become his bride.

Hades' rape of Persephone [or Hades' rape of Proserpina; or anything involving Hades' abduction of Persephone or Proserpine]

Tulsidas composed a 40-verse chalisa hymn to this deity, who was born after an offering of sacredpudding flew into the hands of his mother. Before one journey, Jambavan had to give a reminder ofthis deity's strength. This child of Anjana is technically a vanara in his most common form, just likeVali and a king he advises named Sugriva. This god got a healing (*) herb by changing size to lift amountain. This god with a scarred chin is the son of Vayu. As a child, this god mistook the sun for amango, and he later destroyed Ravana's fortress on Lanka as a fire burned on his tail. For 10 points, namethis helper of Rama, a Hindu monkey god.

Hanuman

When this man retires from the battlefield, his infant child weeps in terror of his plumed helmet, at which this man laughs and takes it off. Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, and this man are the three pagans of the "Nine Worthies." His army is routed after his opponent, aided by Poseidon, knocks him unconscious with a boulder. Athena takes on the form of his brother, Deiphobus, to trick this man into his (*) last stand. After the death of this "breaker of horses," this man's corpse is dragged by a chariot around his home city in revenge for his mistaken killing of Patroclus. For 10 points, name this rival of Achilles, the greatest champion of the Trojans in the Iliad.

Hector [or Hektor]

This god, along with Bragi, welcomed heroes to Valhalla, and in one form, he visited Ai and Edda, leading to the birth of Thrall. This god attempted to obtain the necklace Brisingamen while in the form of a seal, and owns the sword Hofund and the steed Gulltop. This deity fathered children for all three social classes in his disguise as (*) Rig, a mortal. This god had nine mothers and is known as "golden-toothed". He blows the Gjallerhorn to signal the beginning of Ragnarok, where he kills and is killed by Loki. For 10 points, name this Norse god who can hear the grass grow, the protector of Bifrost.

Heimdall (accept Bragi before he is mentioned)

The wandering of this deity leading to the creation of classes of mankind is detailed in the Rigsthula. Another name for this figure, Gullintanni, comes from this deity's golden teeth. This god was said to have senses so acute he could hear the sound of grass growing. This god fulfills his primary duty in defending Asgard by blowing his Gjallarhorn. For 10 points, name this Norse deity that kills and is killed by Loki at Ragnarok, and keeps watch over the rainbow bridge Bifrost (BUY-frost) as he waits for that day to come.

Heimdall [or Gullintanni before mentioned]

One grandson of this deity is Kon the Young. This god was once wounded by a thrown severed head, leading "head of [this god]" to become a figurative phrase meaning "sword." He transformed himself and hid among seals to recover a magic necklace and is conflated with a deity who slept with three women to father the first thrall, peasant, and noble among mankind in the form of (*) Rig. This deity owns the sword Hofund. This gold-toothed rider of the horse Gulltoppr is the son of nine mothers and is able to hear grass grow. For 10 points, name this guardian of Bifrost who will blow the Gjallarhorn to announce Ragnarok.

Heimdallr [accept Rig until mention]

A now-lost source relates a story in which this god was pierced by a man's head, leading to a new kenning for the word "sword." This figure visited the islands of Vagasker and Singasteinn to fight another deity in the form of a seal in order to retrieve a necklace. This deity lives in the so-called "Heavenly Mountain," Himinbjorg, and he also owns the sword Hofund and rides the horse Gulltop. This god is said to have slept with Edda, Amma, and Modir while under the name (*) Rig; those women then gave birth the ancestors of the three races of man, Thrall, Karl, and Jarl. This golden-toothed son of nine mothers will kill and be killed by Loki after blowing the Gjallarhorn to signal the beginning of Ragnarok. For 10 points, identify this Aesir guardian of the rainbow bridge Bifrost.

Heimdallr [or Hallinskidi; or Gullintani; or Vindhler]

While journeying under the name Rigr, this god was said to have introduced social classes to humanity. Sometimes referred to as the "brightest of the gods," this god hatched the plan to cross-dress Thor. A son of nine mothers, this god owns a horse named Gulltopp, and was sometimes known as Gullintani due to his golden teeth. This Norse god will assemble the other gods before Ragnarok by blowing into Gjallarhorn, and will kill and be killed by Loki. For 10 points, name this Norse god who watches over the rainbow bridge, Bifrost.

Heimdallr [or Heimdali; accept Gullintani before mentioned]

This being’s three children with a serf, a peasant, and a wealthy noblewoman are said to be the basis of social classes. In one myth, this deity responds to a theft by slapping another god in the form of a seal and recovering the Brisingamen necklace, which Loki had stolen. This god’s home, renowned for its fine mead, is Himinbjorg. This god with nine mothers has teeth made of gold and ears which can hear grass growing. A sound from this man signals the beginning of Ragnarok. For 10 points, name this god who blows the Gjallarhorn and guards the Bifrost bridge in Norse myth.

Heimdallr [prompt “Rigâ€] <SSp>

This deity turned a woman who claimed she could run as fast as him, Arge, into a doe, and did not return the love of the Oceanid Clytie. This god helped Heracles get to Erytheia by lending him a golden cup-boat, and he restored Orion’s sight. On the isle of Thrinacia, this god’s sacred herd of cattle was eaten by Odysseus’s men, causing their destruction. This god dwelt in a golden palace in the eastern ocean, where he greeted his son Phaethon; he then let Phaethon accidentally set the earth ablaze with this god’s chariot. For 10 points, name this god often conflated with Apollo, the Greek god of the sun.

Helios [or Helius] <AT>

One son of this figure was placed in a box and given to the three daughters of Cecrops, and this figure aided Achilles by driving off the river god Axius. The father of Erichthonius, this god gave fire-breathing bulls to Aeetes and was carried on the back of a mule after Dionysus made him drunk. This god used a bed with a net to catch his wife in the act of adultery, and he was nursed to health on Lemnos after Zeus threw him from Mount Olympus, crippling him. For 10 points, name this husband of Aphrodite, the Greek god of smiths and fire.

Hephaestus

This god’s one-eyed son Periphetes was clubbed to death by Theseus. Hera pleaded with this god to intervene during the Trojan War to save Achilles, upon which this god dried up the River Scamander. This god’s spawn Ericthonius was created from the earth after this god forced himself upon (*) Athena. After being informed by the spying of Helios, this god used a golden net to catch Ares in bed with his wife Aphrodite. After being thrown from Mt. Olympos upon his birth, this god was made lame. For 10 points, most of the weapons wielded by the Greek gods and heroes were made by what Greek god of the smithy?

Hephaestus (accept Vulcan before “Athena†is mentioned)

In the Iliad, Homer wrote that this god's wife was the youngest Grace, Aglaea [ah-GLAY-uh], after his divorce. During the Trojan War, this god fought the river-god Scamander [SKAH-man-der]. He once arrived to Olympus on the back of a mule after Dionysus [die-oh-NIE-sus] got him drunk. This god is credited with designing the sandal of Hermes and the aegis of Athena. His palace was on Lemnos, where he landed after he was struck from Olympus. That fall made him a cripple, and he was often cheated on by his beautiful wife Aphrodite. Name this Greek god of smithing, volcanoes, and fire.

Hephaestus (accept Vulcan until "Greek")

This Greek deity lives underwater for years with Thetis and Eurynome [yur-IN-o-me]. During the Trojan War, Hera sends this god to save Achilles from Scamander. A king of Athens was conceived by Gaea after this deity tried to rape Athena. Greek artists painted this god, drunk, getting dragged up a mountain on the back of a (*) mule. He created Pandora’s body and lived under a mountain on Sicily. This god once was literally kicked off Olympus. Aphrodite was married to this god, since he was considered the ugliest Olympian. He created Pelops’ second shoulder and Achilles’ armor. For 10 points, name this lame god of smithing.

Hephaestus [do not accept or prompt on “Vulcanâ€]

8. The Roman equivalent of this Greek god fathered a giant named Cacus who stole the Cattle of Geryon from Heracles. He was raised by Eurynome and Thetis on Lemnos, and fathered a child with Gaia named Erichthonius after his attempted rape of Athena. Self-moving (*) tripods assist this god, who once gave his mother a throne that she could not get out of. This god used a fine metal net to catch his wife in the middle of an affair with Ares. He fell for a day after he was thrown out of Mount Olympus by his mother Hera. For ten points, name this lame husband of Aphrodite and Greek god of fire, smithing, and metalworking.

Hephaestus [or Hephaistos; do not accept or prompt on “Vulcanâ€] <BZ>

14. This goddess granted Biton and Cleobis death after they pulled their mother’s chariot for miles to a statue of this figure. The giant Porphyrion tried to rape this goddess before being struck by lightning and killed by an arrow. At her wedding, she received a tree that bore the Golden Apples of the Hesperides, and this figure was once (*) hung upside down with gold chains by her husband for rebelling against him. In the Judgment of Paris, she offered him rule over all of Europe and Asia. This goddess sent a gadfly to torment a woman disguised as a cow and threw her son off Olympus because of his ugliness. For ten points, name this mother of Hephaestus and wife of Zeus.

Hera

This Greek goddess turned Gerana into a crane and gave Echo her unusual and distinctive punishment. This goddess was ultimately responsible for assigning the twelve labors to Heracles and banished Leto to the island of Delos where she gave birth to Artemis and Apollo. The peacock was sacred to this goddess, the mother of Hebe, Eris, and Ares, who uncovered her husband's affair with Io. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess of marriage and birth who was the husband of Zeus.

Hera

This figure bore a grudge against Pelias of Iolcus because he murdered Sidero in her temple, and later she convinced Aphrodite to make Medea fall in love with Jason after the hero helped her cross a river. This goddess struck Tiresias blind when he claimed that women enjoy sex more, and the Milky Way was created from this goddess' breast milk while she was unknowingly nursing Heracles. One of her servants was a giant with one- hundred eyes named Argus, who was killed by Hermes while watching over Io for her. For 10 points, name this mother of Hebe, Hephaestus, and Ares, the Greek goddess of marriage and wife of Zeus.

Hera

This goddess alone requests Aeolus's presence at the feast of the gods, and she holds an oracle near Pagae. In one story, the intervention of Thetis and Briareus led to this deity being hung from the sky with a golden bracelet around her wrists. This goddess allowed a cuckoo bird into her bosom; that cuckoo bird ended up ravishing her. This deity bathed in the (*) springs of Canathus to renew her virginity and sent the hundred-eyed Argos to watch over Io. Ixion planned to seduce this goddess, which led to the creation of Nephele out of clouds, based on this goddess's image. Her children include Ares and Hephaestus. For 10 points, name this wife of Zeus.

Hera

This goddess was first wooed by her husband when he disguised himself as a cuckoo and hid in her bosom. Ixion was condemned to Tartarus for making advances on this goddess who blinded Tiresias after he ruled in favor of women in an argument. This goddess placed the eyes of the watchman (*) Argos in her favorite animal, the peacock. This goddess refused to allow Leto a place to give birth, sent a gadfly to sting Io, and placed snakes in the crib of Heracles, all out of jealousy over her husband's affairs. For 10 points, name this goddess of marriage, a wife of Zeus and queen of the Greek gods.

Hera

This female figure ate an uncontaminated head of lettuce which caused the conception of a child. A large pillar stands near the lygos tree where this figure was allegedly born. In Book II of the Metamorphoses, this figure's Roman version asks the Ocean to help tear down a constellation. This user of the Canathus well, born on Samos, stages a deceptive seduction in a golden cloud atop Mount (*) Ida during the Trojan War, and had the epithet "bopis," meaning "cow-eyed." This goddess created a cloud to divert Ixion's attempted rape, sent a gadfly to torment the ex-human cow Io, and put the slain watchman Argus's thousand eyes on her sacred bird, the peacock. For 10 points, name this mother of Hebe, goddess of childbirth, and wife of Zeus.

Hera [accept Juno]

This figure transformed Queen Gerana into a crane and set the queen's descendants against the Pygmies afterthat queen declared herself more beautiful than this figure. This goddess turned Tiresias into a woman after he strucka pair of mating snakes with his staff. This goddess sent two serpents to kill a young boy, with whom she reconciledafter he became a god by offering her daughter Hebe's hand in marriage. During the Judgment of Paris, this goddessoffered Paris control of all of Europe and Asia. After Hermes killed Argus, this goddess placed his eyes on hersacred bird, the peacock. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess of marriage and the family, the sister and wife ofZeus.

Hera [do not prompt on or accept "Juno"]

For lying to this deity, Galanthis is turned into a weasel. Biton and Clobis pull a cart for 45 stadia to a festival dedicated to this deity, who rewards them by allowing them to die in their sleep. This goddess transforms Lamia into a child-eating demon and strikes Athamas with insanity, casing his wife Ino to leap in to the ocean. This goddess loses a contest over whether men or women (*) enjoy sex more. A cloud-like imitation of this goddess named Nephele is the target of Ixion's affections. This goddess takes away Echo's voice, and orders the hundred-eyed watchman Argos to guard a cow that she later torments with a stinging gadfly because it is her husband's lover Io. For 10 points, name this jealous wife of Zeus.

Hera [or Juno]

In one story, the cloud nymph Nephele is created in the form of this goddess in order to trick Ixion. She blinds Tiresias after he disagrees with her side of an argument. She curses Echo to a life of repeating the words of others, and forces Leto to give birth on the floating island of Delos. She employs the hundred-eyed giant Argus as a watchman and sends a gadfly to pursue Io around the world. She is often depicted jealously punishing her husband's love interests. For 20 points, name this wife of Zeus.

Hera [or Juno]

This figure's Etruscan equivalent gained immortality after being breastfed by Uni, and in a similar Greek tale, this hero was responsible for the creation of the Milky Way. This hero killed all of Laomedon's sons except Priam during a sack of Troy after not being given (*) magic horses. After this hero's wife Deianira mistakenly killed him, he ascended to godhood and married Hebe, and he had earlier killed his first wife Megara in a mad frenzy. This hero used torches to burn off the heads of the Lernean Hydra after being assigned to kill it in his 12 labors. For 10 points, name this club-wielding, lion-skin wearing, super-strong Greco-Roman hero.

Heracles (or Hercules, Heracle, Alcides, or Alcaeus)

This figure joined the Thiasus after losing a drinking contest with Dionysus, and he removed the boulder crushing Ascalaphus. He defeated Achelous in order to win the hand of Deianeria, and he shot an arrow at Helios to receive the golden cup. This husband of Hebe fended off Thanatos to prevent the death of Alcestis and freed Prometheus after killing an eagle. He aided the Olympian gods during Gigantomachy and also cleaned the Augean stables. For 10 points, name this hero who killed the Nemean lion as one of his twelve labors.

Heracles [accept Hercules]

This figure was taught by Chiron, but accidentally shot him with a poisoned arrow while trying to drive away a herd of centaurs. His wife Deianira gave him a shirt poisoned with the blood of Nessus, leading to his death. This figure killed a Libyan giant, Antaeus, by lifting him from the ground and bearhugging him to death. This son of Zeus killed his first wife Megara and their children in a fit of madness. He kissed and killed Hippolyta for her girdle, and rerouted a river to clear the Augean stables. For 10 points, name this demigod who killed the Hydra as part of his Twelve Labors.

Heracles [accept Hercules]

This figure slew all but one of King Laomedon's sons after Laomedon broke a promise to give this figure magic horses, and impregnated fifty daughters of King Thespius in one night after slaying a beast in Cithaeron. He killed the centaur Nessus, whose poison blood was used by this man's [*] second wife Deianira to kill him. Philoctetes took up the bow of this figure, who freed Prometheus and cleaned the Augean Stables by rerouting two rivers. For 10 points, name this son of Alcmene and Zeus, who captured Cerberus, slew the Nemean Lion, and killed the Hydra as part of his 12 Labors.

Heracles [accept Hercules] [JoC]

This figure killed a centaur who tricked his wife into giving him a supposed love potion which was actually poison. His last wife was Hebe, whom he married after his apotheosis. His feats include strangling two snakes sent by Hera to kill him, and capturing a deer sacred to Artemis. As penance for killing his children and his wife Megara, he became the slave of Eurystheus (yur-ISS-thee-us), who tasked him with capturing Cerberus and killing the Nemean lion. For 10 points, name this hero who performed twelve labors.

Heracles [or Hercules before "Artemis" is read; do not accept "Hercules" after "Artemis" is

After saving Hesione from a sea monster, this figure killed her father Laomedon when he didn't receive his payment. He borrowed the goblet of Helios to cross the sea. He spent three years as Omphale's servant after killing Iphitus. This figure killed Antaeus by lifting him from the ground and scared away the Stymphalian birds by making noise. He diverted some rivers to clean the (*) Augean stables for Eurystheus. As a child of Zeus and Alcmene, he was antagonized his whole life by Hera. For 10 points, name this Greek hero who completed twelve labors.

Heracles [or Hercules]

Because this man once slept with the nymph Melite, Zeus forbade her from sexualrelations afterwards. Apollodorus states that this man killed a ruler of Egypt whosacrificed all of his visitors. This slayer of Busiris was once told by Xenoclea that hewould be purified of killing Iphitus if he served Queen Omphale. While he traveled withthe Argonauts, his companion (*) Hylas was abducted by water nymphs. This man once fought a son of Poseidon whose strength increased as he touched the earth. This man's exploits include wrestling Antaeus and murdering his music teacher Linus. He was forced to serve Eurystheus to perform a group of tasks that involved defeating the Stymphalian Birds and the Nemean Lion. For 10 points, name this Greek hero who performed twelve labors.

Heracles [or Hercules]

This figure once slept with all fifty of the daughters of King Thespius on consecutive nights. Falsely accused of stealing from the flock of Eurytus, this man threw Iphitus off of a cliff. This twin brother of Iphicles left the crew of the Argo to search for his companion Hylas, who was abducted by a nymph. This man married (*) Hebe and gave his arrows to Philoctetes after dying of poison left by the centaur Nessus for Deianeira. After killing Megara and their children, this man performed such labors as killing the Nemean Lion and cleaning the Augean Stables. For 10 points, name this Greco-Roman hero known for his great strength.

Heracles [or Hercules]

This hero delivered Thebes from the tyranny of the Minyans by slaying the Minyan king, Erginus. This man killed the monstrous Cacus in Italy to recover his stolen oxen. He bore the indignity of dressing in women's clothing while serving Queen Omphale (om-FAH-lee). In a fit of madness, this man killed his wife Megara and his eight children. He diverted the rivers Alpheius (al-FEE-us) and Peneius (peh-NEE-us) to cleanse the stables of King Augeus. For 10 points, name this Greek hero, who notably completed twelve labors.

Heracles [or Hercules]

This man terrorizes the island of Paros until its inhabitants agree to hand over two grandsons of Minos to serve as his companions. This man bursts out of the shackles placed upon him by Busiris, an Egyptian king who sacrifices all visitors to his realm. This man is cheated out of one-tenth of the cattle promised to him by a king whom he deposes and replaces with Phyleus. This man gets his toe pinched by a crab during a fight in which he tells his (*) nephew Iolaus use a torch to cauterize several stumps. In another adventure, this man diverts two rivers. To atone for murdering his own family, this man helps a king who hides in a bronze jar, Eurystheus, by cleaning the Augean stables and killing the Hydra. For 10 points, name this Greek hero who completes Twelve Labors.

Heracles [or Hercules]

This figure punished two hairy weapon thieves, the Cercopes, by hanging them on a shoulder pole. After this man was denied a set of magic horses by Laomedon, he sacked Troy and slew the siblings of Priam. He wrestled the river god Achelous to marry Deianira, who unwittingly gave him a fatal poisoned shirt. This son of Alcmene used castanets near Lake Stymphalia to drive away metallic birds, re-routed the Alpheus and Peneus through Augeas’s estate, and wore a pelt after slaying the Nemean lion. For 10 points, name this Greek hero, a son of Zeus who slew the Hydra while completing Twelve Labors with his strength.

Heracles [or Hercules] <SSp>

He was forced to wear women's clothing while working for the Lydian queen Omphale. He accidentally killed his music teacher Linus, and killed his wife Megara in a fit of madness. He killed the giant Antaeus by lifting him off the ground. He scared away the Stymphalian birds and killed the Nemean Lion with his club. This figure rerouted some rivers to clean the Augean Stables as part of a series of tasks completed for Eurystheus. For 10 points, name this demigod son of Zeus known for his twelve labors.

Hercules [or Heracles]

Along with Aegipan, this deity takes back the sinews of Zeus that had been stolen by Typhon. He tells Atreus that he can be king of Mycenae if the sun goes backwards. Along with Zeus, he receives the hospitality of Baucis and Philemon. He steals the cattle of Apollo and invents the (*) lyre on the first day after his mother Maia gives birth to him. His symbols include the caduceus and the winged sandals that he uses to execute his duty of messenger. For 10 points, name this Greek counterpart to Mercury.

Hermes

In the Odyssey, this Greek god gave Odysseus the Moly herb to help ward off Circe. After Zeus's affair with Semele, this Greek god was forced to protect the infant Dionysus. With Dryope, this god was the father of Pan, the god of shepherds. This Greek god who carried the staff Cadaceus was the god of liars and travelers and was given a pair of golden footwear by Hephaestus. For 10 points, name this Greek god known for his winged sandals who serves as a messenger.

Hermes

This god teamed up with Aegipan (EYE-gih-pon) to recover Zeus's missing sinews from Typhon (TIE-fun). His role in the Trojan War included gathering the three goddesses together for the Judgment of Paris. Shortly thereafter, he was sent to (*) bring the magic herb mole (MO-lay) to Odysseus. This son of Zeus and Maia was the protector of merchants and guided the dead to Hades, in addition to being the messenger god. For 10 points, identify this Greek counterpart of the Roman Mercury, who flew about with his winged sandals.

Hermes

This god's head and genitals were depicted on his eponymous quadrangular pillars, which were used as boundary markers, and placed outside gymnasia and houses. Worshipped as an Arcadian fertility god, he was born on Mount Cyllene to the eldest of the Pleiades and crafted a tortoiseshell into a lyre after stealing Apollo's cattle. An epithet of this son of Maia refers to how he lulled to sleep and slew the giant Argos. This psychopomp told Calypso to set his great-grandson Odysseus free, and gave Odysseus moly to resist Circe. His symbols include winged sandals, winged cap, and caduceus. For 10 points, name this Greek god of travelers and thieves, the herald of the gods.

Hermes [accept Hermes Argeiphontes; do not accept "Mercury"]

This deity's gift of a perfect memory was inherited by his son Aethalides [AA-thuh-LEE-dees], and he aided the fight against Typhon by re-attaching Zeus's tendons. This deity rescued Ares from captivity in a bronze jar and put to sleep the 100 eyes of Hera's watchman Argus in order to slay it. On the day of his birth, he stole Apollo's cattle and used a tortoise shell to invent the lyre. He informed Perseus of the location of the Graeae [GRAY-ay] and possesses a staff called the caduceus [kuh-DOO-see-us]. Name this Greek messenger god who wears winged sandals.

Hermes [accept Mercury]

A Roman statue that may depict this figure, a replica of a Lysippos bronze, portrays him hunched over while fastening his right sandal. In another sculpture of this figure, he points skywards with his right hand while he balances on his left foot, stepping on a column of air blown from Zephyr. That bronze is by Giambologna. A marble of this figure nude is missing his right arm, while a cloak is draped over his left arm which cradles the infant Dionysus in a work by Praxiteles. For 10 points, name this god often depicted with a winged hat, winged ankles and a staff with two snakes intertwined around it, the caduceus.

Hermes [or Mercury]

A figure with this deity's name and the epithet Trismegistus wrote alchemical texts while syncretized with the Egyptian god Thoth, and another epithet describes this father of Autolycus as "conductor of souls", Psychopompus. He lulled the hundred eyes of [*] Argos to sleep before slaying him to save Io, and rescued a certain great-grandson by giving him moly on Aiaia and saving him from Ogygyia, Calypso's isle. The rod of Asclepius has one less snake than Caduceus, his staff, and he aided Perseus by lending his characteristic winged sandals. For 10 points, name this Greco-Roman messenger god with a winged cap.

Hermes [prompt "Mercury" since he first clue doesn't apply to him but all the rest do] [MJ]

After one instance of death, these figures were reincarnated as catfish, and they used a bird with plaster and gypsum to poison one enemy. The grandparents of these figures replaced an enemy’s jeweled teeth with white corn, and one of these figures was decapitated while in the (*) Bat House. These figures vanquished Seven Macaw, and they avenged the deaths of their uncle and father at the hands of the Lords of Xibalba. The Popol Vuh is centered on the exploits of these figures who played a ball game against the gods of the dead. For 10 points, name this pair of figures from Mayan mythology.

Hero Twins (accept Hunahpu and Xbalanque; prompt if just one of those names is given)

5. The man who discovered this object had ruled the kingdom of Sarras for a year and only his companion Bors the Younger remained alive after viewing it. Only the man who retrieved this object could (*) sit on the Siege Perilous, which had kept Joseph of Arimathea alive while he was in prison. This object was said to be located in the home of the wounded Fisher King, who would be healed once this item was found. Percival managed to see it without comprehending its significance, but Lancelot’s son Galahad succeeded in the quest to find this item. For ten points, name this sacred chalice sought by the Knights of the Round Table.

Holy Grail

21. This figure was healed with milk after his eyes were gouged out to become the Sun and Moon. The crocodile god Sobek devised a trap to recover this god’s hands from the Nile. A god of silence depicted as a child holding a finger to his mouth is this god’s younger form of Harpokrates, and his sons guarded the canopic jars. In a series of contests for the control of Egypt, he harpooned a hippopotamus, (*) raced in stone boats, and contaminated his opponent’s lettuce. This god’s wife was Hathor, and he was conceived when his mother Isis impregnated herself by the dead Osiris. For ten points, name this falcon-headed Egyptian god who warred with his uncle Set.

Horus (accept Neferhor or Harsiesis or Harpokrates before mention) <BZ>

This deity received a new hand from his mother after she threw the previous one into the marshes. He was raised on the island of Chemmis, and was outraged when his mother withdrew the harpoon which had struck her target. His four sons guarded the canopic jars, and he won a boat race by using a wooden boat while his opponent used a boat made out of stone. Hathor restored his sight by pouring milk into his eyes, and he fought his evil uncle Set in order to avenge his father Osiris. For 10 points, name this falcon-headed Egyptian god.

Horus [accept Hor or Har or Heru or Harmakhis or Harpocrates or Harsiesis or Harakhte or Haroeris]

The phrase "sub rosa" derives from Roman depictions of this god with his finger to his lipsholding a rose; that version of this god, which the Romans interpreted as a god of silence, representsthe rising sun. This god was the father of Hapi, Imsety, and their two brothers, the protectors of thefour cardinal directions. During a long-running conflict, he painted his wooden boat (*) gray to get hisopponent to use an actual stone boat, which then sunk. This god's right and left eyes were the sun andmoon, which may be because his eye was gouged out by a deity he relegated to rule over storms anddeserts. This god engaged in a series of contests with his uncle, Set. For 10 points, name this falcon-headedson of Osiris in Egyptian myth.

Horus [or Harpocrates]

This deity was raised by Buto after being born on the isle of Chemmis. This deity's mother wasdecapitated for accidentally harpooning this deity underwater. The Ennead sought to crown this godbefore a contest that lasted eighty years. This god's Behdety aspect was the first god for whom thesymbol of a winged disk was carved. This god's sons guarded each cardinal direction. Like Ra, thisgod had an aspect ruling the horizon called (*) Herakhty. This father of the canopic jars raced in apainted wooden boat as his foe's stone boat sank. The wadjet symbol, sun, and moon were seen as thisgod's stolen eyes, and he fought an evil god of the desert. For 10 points, name this son of Isis who defeatedSet to avenge his father Osiris, a falcon-headed god.

Horus [or Harsiesis; or Heru-ur; or Har-Wer; or Hor; or Harpocrates]

This god's mother gave birth in the form of a sparrowhawk, and, in one story, this god was born when his mother was impregnated with divine fire. In a competition with another god, this god painted a wooden boat to look like stone, causing his wood boat to float and his opponent's stone boat to sink. This god's mother intended that he bring about revenge on her [*] husband's killer, Set, who scattered the husband's fourteen pieces all over Egypt. The Wedjat (wi-jaht) eye is the symbol for this god and pharaohs were believed to be reincarnations of this god. For 10 points, name this Egyptian god, the son of Isis and Osiris who is depicted with the head of a falcon.

Horus [or Neferkhor; or Harsiesis; or Hor; or Har]

This god is depicted in his human form in the Tovar and Telleriano-Remensis codices. This god was conceived when the snake-skirted Coatlicue was impregnated by a ball of feathers. To defend his mother, this god killed his 400 brothers and decapitated his sister, (*) Coyolxauhqui, making her the goddess of the moon. The Templo Mayor is dedicated to both this god and Tlaloc. For 10 points, name this Aztec war god known as the “left-handed hummingbird.â€

Huitzilopochtli

During a festival for this god, an arrow was fired at an edible likeness of him and those youngmen who ate his body had to serve him for one year. In that festival, a priest who impersonated hislieutenant Paynal ran and led a procession. After the consecration of this god's Great Temple, a rackwas erected to display the heads of 20,000 humans sacrificed to him. He was often depicted with ablue and black face. This god slew the 400 stars, led by his sister (*) Coyolxauhqui(co-yol-SHAW-chee), after they tormented his mother for becoming impregnated by a ball of feathers. Thisson of Coatlicue was guided by an eagle perched upon a cactus to lead his people to their new home. For 10points, name this "left-handed hummingbird," an Aztec war and sun god.

Huitzilopochtli [or left-handed hummingbird before mention]

This man's image is notably absent from a temple that Aeneas visits in Book VI of the Aeneid, because casting it in gold caused the sculptor so much grief. This man's mother was Naucrate, and his brother Iapyx was Aeneas' personal healer during the Trojan War. Heracles renamed the island of Doliche for this man and buried his body. This man's father was recognized at Cocalus' court because he threaded a shell by tying the thread to an ant's leg. This man's death came after his father gave Ariadne a spool of thread. He drowned in the sea now bearing his name after his feathers began to melt. For 10 points, name this son of Daedalus who flew too close to the Sun.

Icarus

These people believed in a goddess named "mother tree" who appeared as a two-headed snake. In this people's origin myth, a golden stick was repeatedly pushed into the ground until sinking at a fertile place. These people believed in a rain god who kept the Milky Way in a jug. The creator of the world in this people's mythology announced his departure at Manta and walked away across the ocean, leaving daily affairs in the hands of such figures as Mama Quilla and the sun god Inti. For 10 points, name this people that worshipped Ilyapa and Viracocha from temples in modern-day Peru.

Inca [or Incans]

This god unsuccessfully tried to protect the Khandava forest from the hungry Agni, and he was born along with Agni from the mouth of the giant Purusha. With the help of his attendants, the Maruts, he rescued stolen cattle from the demon Vala, and this god rides the four-tusked elephant Airavata. He drank three bowls of soma in preparation for his greatest task involving storming ninety-nine fortresses and slaying a serpent who had stolen the world's water, Vritra. For 10 points, name this wielder of Vajra, the Hindu god of storms.

Indra

One king of this country had his horses' lips and tails cut out, then withstood an invasion usingsilent warriors revived from a cauldron. Three brother gods from this country are a goldsmith,carpenter, and blacksmith who work together. This country's immram genre of magic island voyageslater starred Christian monks. A giant with one paralyzing eye was beaten here by a group includinga silver-armed and a (*) "long-armed" god. A hero of this country betrayed a friend with a "love spot" onhis head, met a deer that became his wife, and sired a bard who vanished for 300 years; that father ofOssian sleeps under this land until the hour of need, and burnt his thumb on the Salmon of Knowledge. For10 points, name this isle protected by Finn MacCool.

Ireland [or Eire]

300 years after the Biblical flood, this place was supposedly settled by a descendant of Noah named Partholon. That claim is found in the Book of Invasions , a pseudo-history that claims Cichol Gricenchos (KICK-ole grih-KEN-kohs) fought the first battle in this country. A "plain of pillars" in this country was the site of a battle between the descendants of Nemed, led by Sreng, and a group whose king received a replacement (*) silver arm after the battle. A later battle at the same site in this country pitted Balor of the Evil Eye and his Fomorian army against an army initially led by Nuada. The battles of Magh Tuireadh (MY TEER-ugh) took place on this island, which was settled by members of the Tuatha de Danann (too-AH-hah day DAH-nahn) including the Dagda and Lugh (LOOGH) . For 10 points, name this Celtic country in the British Isles.

Ireland [or EÌire ; or Airlann ]

A mythical character from this country owned a club that killed people from one end and resurrected them on the other end and a cauldron that never emptied. The Mythological Cycle and the Historical Cycle are from this country. Taboos called geis [GAY-uhs], such as never being able to eat dog meat, are prevalent in its myths. The Stone of Destiny in this country sat atop the (*) Hill of Tara. A hero from here faces off against the Morrigan in order to protect a cow. Ossian narrates this country’s Fenian Cycle, which describes a hero who sucks his thumb for knowledge. For 10 points, name this country whose mythology venerates Cu Chulainn [COO COO-lain] and fears banshees.

Ireland [or Irish myth; prompt on Celtic myth]

One figure in this myth system is called Danu, while a goddess associated with horses is named Macha. Another figure in this myth system is Goll mac Morna, who killed the father of a prominent figure who burned his thumb while cooking the salmon of knowledge. That figure is from the Fenian cycle, while the villain of the Ulster cycle is named Medb and led the Cattle Raid of Cooley. For 10 points, name this myth system whose heroes include Fin MacCool and CuChulainn.

Irish myth

This deity is revived with water of life by Asushunamir. In a prominent myth, this deity’s visit to Irkalla’s queen Ereshkigal is halted by gatekeepers who each require the removal of an article of clothing; that visit got this deity trapped in the underworld while trying to rescue Tammuz, her lover. This counterpart of the Semitic Astarte and the Sumerian Inanna sends Anu’s Bull of Heaven after being rejected by Gilgamesh. For 10 points, name this Assyrio-Babylonian goddess of war and love.

Ishtar [accept Inanna until “Semitic†is read] <AT>

After stealing "mes" from one deity, this deity was pursued by sea monsters known as Abgallu, although she successfully escaped. While in the underworld, this deity had to be revived by the water of life after an incident in which she was forced to shed an article of clothing at each gate she passed, as part of this deity's failed attempt to retrieve her consort Tammuz. This deity once asked Gilgamesh to be her new lover, but he refused, reminded by the ill fate that befell each of her previous consorts. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, love, and sex.

Ishtar [accept Inanna]

In the poem The Curse of Agade, this figure refuses to support Naram-Sin after allowing his predecessor to rise to power, and this figure stole the me prior to making a journey in which she was required to shed an article of clothing at each of a series of seven gates. This goddess was included with Sin and Shamash in a celestial triad when identified with Venus, and she journeyed to the underworld to rescue her lover Tammuz. Symbolized by a lion, this goddess sent the Bull of Heaven to attack Enkidu after unsuccessfully attempting to seduce Gilgamesh. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian goddess of war and love.

Ishtar [accept Inanna]

The eight-pointed star is a sacred symbol of this deity, who was hit in the face by a bull’s torn-off thigh. An intersex creature is created to revive this deity, who is cursed with sixty diseases. When this goddess journeyed to her sister’s domain to rescue Tammuz, all sexual activity ceased on Earth, and she had to convince her parents Anu and Antu to release a certain creature. During her trip to the underworld, this goddess had to take off an article of clothing for each gate that she passed through, and she sent the Bull of Heaven to attack Gilgamesh after he refused to be her lover. For 10 points, name this Mesopotamian goddess of love and fertility.

Ishtar [accept Inanna]<JK>

Along with Cybele [SIH-beh-lee], this goddess and her husband were honored by Romans during Hilaria. This goddess taught her worshippers to bake and brew beer. She was beheaded by her son when she pitied her brother. She used Wadjet as a wet nurse while her son was in hiding, as Seth laid claim to the throne. This goddess gathered the body parts of her husband and resurrected him after his murder. Name this sister of Nephthys [NEF-this] and wife of Osiris.

Isis

This figure was worshiped on the Island of Philae. In depictions, a throne symbol often lies atop this deity's head. This deity created a snake out of the earth and had it bite Ra so that Ra would give up his True Name. After a long search, this deity found a box hidden in a tamarisk tree. This goddess reassembled the fourteen (*) pieces of her husband and gave birth to Horus, in order that he would defeat Set. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess, the wife and sister of Osiris.

Isis

In one myth, this goddess attempted to enchant the baby Dictys by throwing him in a fire, but was interrupted by an alarmed servant. In another myth, she attacks another god with a cobra fashioned out of clay, causing him to reveal his secret name. Nephthys disguised herself as this goddess in order to seduce Set, resulting in the birth of Anubis. This goddess, who is frequently depicted as wearing a throne as a crown, transformed into a kite to perform an act of resurrection. She had to gather up her husband’s fourteen pieces because he was chopped up by Set. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess, who was the mother of Horus and wife of Osiris.

Isis <AT>

This deity hid her son on an island with the goddess Buto, and released that island from its foundations to ensure his safety. This goddess blessed a group of children so that they would speak only words of wisdom after they told her in which direction a (*) casket had floated down a river. A goddess seduced her brother while disguised as this deity, which resulted in the birth of a god often depicted with the head of a jackal. This fourth child of Geb and Nut tricked the sun-god Ra into telling her his secret name, and would later hunt across Egypt for the fourteen scattered pieces of her husband. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess, the mother of Horus and wife of Osiris.

Isis <RY>

Symbols of this deity include the star Sirius and the Tiet amulets. When this deity was syncretized with Serket, she wore a crown of scorpions, but normally, this deity’s headdress was a throne. Four of her sons acted as the protectors of the canopic jars. This deity created the first cobra out of spittle and dust which she used to poison (*) Ra and force him to reveal his secret name. This goddess traveled to Byblos to find the coffin of her husband, and her sister Nepthys helped her re-assemble her husband after he had been carved up by Set. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess, the mother of Horus and the husband of Osiris.

Isis (accept Sopdet before “Tietâ€)

An image of this goddess with her son became a model for depictions of the Virgin Mary holding Jesus. This goddess is depicted as a human woman wearing a throne-shaped crown. Because he had been bitten by a snake whose venom only she could cure, this goddess gained power over (*) Ra. This figure found all but one of the pieces of her dismembered husband and replaced the part that had been eaten by a fish with a golden phallus. For 10 points, name this first daughter of Geb and Nut, the wife of Osiris and mother of Horus.

Isis [accept Aset and Iset]

This deity instructs a man to eat a crown of roses during a procession in order to be returned to his human form. Lucius joins the priesthood of this deity at her namesake "Campense" after having a trio of visions in which she reveals herself to be the true "Queen of Heaven" in Apuleius's The Golden Ass . The tyet was a symbol of this goddess, who hid in a marsh along with seven (*) scorpions after being freed from a spinning-mill. In another story, she used her knowledge of a secret antidote to acquire the true name of Ra. This goddess recovered a tree from a box in Byblos, then recovered thirteen of the fourteen parts of the contents of that box after Set chopped it up; that box contained the corpse of her husband. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess, the wife of Osiris.

Isis [accept Aset or Iset ]

This goddess is sometimes depicted as a kite flying over her husband and she is also represented by a knot called the tyet. In one myth, Nephthys disguising herself as this figure resulted in the birth of Anubis. This daughter of Nut and Geb found a sealed box in a tree in Byblos. This goddess caused a (*) snake to bite Ra, and would only heal him if he revealed his secret name to her. Along with Thoth, this goddess created a golden phallus for her husband. That husband had earlier been chopped into fourteen pieces by this goddess’s brother, Set. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess, the mother of Horus and the wife and sister of Osiris.

Isis [accept Aset, Eset, or Ese] <ES Mythology>

Although not Demeter, this deity attempted burn away the mortality of a son of Queen Astarte and is often depicted wearing a throne-shaped headdress. By creating a snake to bite Ra, this deity learned his secret name. She used her magic to create a golden phallus for her deceased husband. With the help of her sister Nephthys, she revived her husband by finding and reassembling his chopped-up pieces. She gave birth on the Nile River delta to her son, who would later battle Set. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess, the mother of Horus and wife of Osiris.

Isis [accept and give mad props for Aset]

A major symbol of this deity was a knot called the tyet, and this deity was often depicted with a throne as a headdress. This deity once invoked the names of seven scorpions to heal a child of a poisonous bite. Other exploits by this deity include travelling to Byblos to retrieve a coffin and the creation of a serpent from another god's saliva. This deity received the secret name of Ra. With the aid of Nephthys, this deity recovered the body parts of her husband, allowing him to be resurrected as the ruler of the underworld. For 10 points, name this Egyptian goddess, the sister and wife of Osiris and the mother of Horus.

Isis [or Aset; or Iset; or Ast]

According to the Iliad , the ruler of this place also controlled Neritum, Crocylea, Aegilips, and Zacynthus. A cowardly man from nearby Same (SAH-may) paid a huge dowry to marry this place's princess Ctimene (k'tih-MEE-nee) . Arcesius began the line of "only sons" that ruled this place, whose continued rule was guaranteed by the sight of a hawk tearing the feathers from a dove, as interpreted by Theoclymenus. A king of this island married Anticleia, the daughter of (*) Autolycus, and purchased the young Eumaeus. A palace on this island contains a room in which a marriage bed was built into a living olive tree and a room in which its disguised king fired an arrow through twelve ax-heads before slaughtering dozens of suitors. For 10 points, name this island home to Laertes, Telemachus, and Odysseus.

Ithaca

This place's harbor is dedicated to Phorcys, and a bloody vision appears here to the prophet Theoclymenus. A ruler of this place departs to plant an oar in the ground. In this place, the virtue of xenia is exemplified by Eumaeus the swineherd. A ceiling rafter in this society was used to hang twelve maids by its ruler, who once salted the fields here before Palamedes put a baby in front of his plow. A bed carved out of an olive tree is hidden on this island, where a funeral shroud is repeatedly unwoven as its master is waylaid by Calypso. For 10 points, name this island kingdom where suitors hound Penelope as she waits for her husband Odysseus.

Ithaca

This deity once broke a tooth off of his comb to use it as a torch. At their first courting, this god's wife spoke first after they had gone around the Heavenly Pillar, as a result of which this god fathered the Leech Child. After being told that one thousand people would die each day, this man responded that one thousand five hundred would be born. This god beheaded his son, the fire god (*) Kagutsuchi, in a rage. This owner of the Tenkei went to the underworld to find his wife but rejected her when he saw her polluted. He created Amaterasu out of his eye and dipped a spear into the ocean to create eight islands. For 10 points, name this Japanese creator god, the husband of Izanami.

Izanagi

One figure with this name is a soldier who captures Death using a magic sack. A man with this name marries the daughter of the King after making her laugh and in many stories, that man is helped by an old man after offering the old man food after others had not. The most famous man of this name steals a magic harp and a (*) golden goose and meets a creature who will "grind his bones to make my bread." That man of this name adventures into the sky and kills some giants that say "fee-fi-fo-fum" after trading a cow for a magic plant. For 10 points, give this name of a figure from English and American folklore who climbs a beanstalk.

Jack

This god's son Picus was too young to succeed him as a king, and this god was identified as "the sower" with the name Consivius. With the nymph Camasene, he fathered a son who drowned in the Albula River, causing it to be renamed. The father of Tiberinus, this god sprung hot water geysers in the faces of the attacking Sabines, and his temple was closed in times of peace. For 10 points, name this Roman god of beginnings, ends, and doorways who notably has two faces and is the namesake of the first month.

Janus

This figure’s rape of the nymph Carna resulted in the birth of the god Cardea. Some myths describe this god as a king who ruled on Mount Ianiculum with Camese while others describe him as the husband of Juturna and father of Fontus. This god caused a volcanic hot spring to erupt and kill the men attempting to avenge the Sabine women. The (*) entrance to this god’s temple was kept open during war and closed during peace. This god was able to see the past and the future simultaneously and therefore was depicted as having two faces. For 10 points, name this Roman god of doors, the namesake of the first month.

Janus <ES Mythology> Bonuses

One story from the mythology of this nation relates how a man who went to the underworld to regain his beloved was shocked to see her transformed into ugliness after she had eaten the food of the dead; that couple had earlier improperly performed a marriage ceremony, rendering them unable to give birth to healthy offspring. One story from this country's mythology sees its sun deity scared into hiding in a cave to evade the wrath of her brother. For 10 points, name this nation whose mythological heritage includes such figures as Izanami, Amaterasu, and many beings known as Kami.

Japan

One story from this nation's mythology relates how a man who went to the underworld to regain his beloved was shocked to see her transformed into ugliness after she had eaten the food of the dead. That couple had improperly performed a marriage ceremony, rendering them unable to give birth to healthy offspring. One story from this country's mythology sees its sun deity (*) scared into hiding in a cave to evade the wrath of her brother. For 10 points, name this nation whose deities include Amaterasu and many beings known as kami.

Japan

This nation's fables include a sea slug which stayed silent instead of vowing its obedience. Onedeity from this country crushed a servant's bones for failing to bring back a delicious liver. Afisherman from this country was thrown three hundred years into the future after saving a turtle andstayed in an ocean palace where jellyfish are servants and two jewels control the tide. Another godfrom this nation set out eight bowls of (*) alcohol to win a battle, and was born when his father washedhis nose. That god from this country obtained a grass-cutting blade after slaying an eight-headed serpent,and threw a flayed horse at his sister's loom. For 10 points, name this country whose water gods includethe draconic Ryujin and Susano'o the storm kami.

Japan [or Nippon; or Nihon]

This figure slew the Ljubljana ("liu-BLAH-nah") Dragon in Slovenia and drove away the Harpies from Phineas, who instructed him to release a dove to fly between a pair of crashing cliffs. His first wife killed the bronze giant Talos and the usurper king Pelias for him, but he left that wife for Creusa, who died after putting on a cursed wedding dress from his vengeful first wife. His most notable quest involved plowing a field with a team of fire-breathing oxen before sowing the teeth of a dragon. He was crushed to death by his own ship after Medea killed his children. For 10 points, name this demigod who led the Argonauts on their quest for the Golden Fleece.

Jason

This man managed to pass the Symplegades after he allowed a dove to fly through them, and, seeing it emerge alive on the other side, knew that he could pass through safely. This man's son Thessalus became king of Corinth after he defeated Acastus with the aid of Peleus, while his marriage to Creusa caused enmity between himself and his lover, who killed Creusa as well as her children by this man. That woman, Medea, had earlier helped this man achieve his most notable task in Colchis. For 10 points, name this leader of the Argonauts who acquired the Golden Fleece.

Jason

This man's return home was expedited when his lover murdered her brother Apsyrtus. Two of this hero's men, Zetes and Calais, drove the harpies away from Phineas. Sent from Iolchos by his conniving uncle Pelias, this man arrived at Colchis, where Medea helped him obtain the golden fleece. This hero sailed in a ship with a prophetic prow along with Greece's greatest heroes. For 10 points, name this leader of the Argonauts.

Jason

This figure fathered the twins Euneus and Nebrophonus with Hypsipyle on his visit to Lemnos. This brother of Promachus helped drive away the harpies from Phineas, and he was secretly trained by Chiron. He helped Hera cross the Anauros, and released a dove when going through the Symplegades. King Aeetes asked this figure to sow the teeth of a dragon, and Pelias received an oracle saying that this figure would harm him. For 10 points, name this leader of the Argonauts and the lover of Medea who recovered the Golden Fleece.

Jason [accept Easun]

During a storm, this man accidentally killed the hospitable king of the Doliones, Cyzicus. He sired twins before abandoning the malodorous isle of Lemnos and its queen, Hypsipyle. This son of Alcimede yoked two bronze-hoofed, fire-breathing bulls and carried a (*) goddess disguised as an old woman across a river. He was sent by his uncle, king Pelias of Iolcus, to deal with Aeetes after arriving home wearing only one sandal. That journey took him through the Symplegades to Colchis and back through the Hellespont. For 10 points, name this husband of Medea, a Greek hero who sailed in search of the Golden Fleece with the Argonauts.

Jason [or Iason]

This man was the father of Euneus by Hypsipyle, the Queen of Lemnos, and later accidentally killed Cyzicus andgave him a grand funeral. At the advice of Phineus, he sent a dove through the Symplegades. He died after he wasstruck by a rotting piece of wood, and he lost a sandal in the River Anavros. This man murdered Apsyrtus and wasabsolved of that crime by Circe. His bride-to-be, the princess of Corinth, was burned to death by a cursed dress.Aeëtes had him plow a field with fire-breathing oxen and sow that field with dragon teeth, which he succeeded indoing with help from Medea. For 10 points, name this leader of the Argonauts who recovered the Golden Fleece.

Jason [or IásÅn]

His wife Lucy wore a blue dress and told him, "I'll be true to you" after he died. Another "little woman" this man had was called Polly Ann, and performed his job "just like a man" when he was sick. He was born in the 1840s as a slave, but later worked on the C&O Railroad. He raced Mr. Peabody's machine at Big Bend Mountain, moving fourteen feet into the mountain while the machine only moved nine. This man was "born with a hammer in his hand," and told his captain that "this hammer'll be the death of me". For 10 points, name this "steel-drivin' man", a six-foot-tall railroad worker who raced a steam hammer and died in the process from overexertion.

John Henry [prompt on partial]

One of these had smelly hairs, each as thick as a spear. In other myths, that same creature challenged Djalfi to race against his mind and had Thor wrestle Elli, the personification of Old Age. That one "of the outyards" was the ruler of Utgard and once disguised himself as Skrymir. Idunn was kidnapped by another one called Thiazi. The first of these creatures, the grandfather of Bergelmir, sucked from the cow Audhumla. That one birthed two more from his armpits before his body was turned into the universe. Along with Ymir, other members of this race include Aegir, Loki, and Mimir. For 10 points, name these monstrous nature spirits who fight the gods at Ragnarok.

Jotunn [accept Jotnar, frost giants or equivalents; prompt on "giants"]

One figure in this work burns a stack of hay, causing a giant oak tree to grow from the ashes, obscuring the sun and moon. The first section of this work describes how the protagonist was birthed by a spirit of the air. (*) Aino drowns herself rather than marry the protagonist, whom she mocks after taking the form of a salmon. Objects in this work include the kantele, an instrument fashioned from the jawbone of a pike, and a magical device forged by Ilmarinen, the sampo. Characters such as Lemminkainen and Vainamoinen appear in, for 10 points, what work compiled by Elias Lonnrot, the national epic of Finland?

Kalevala

In the Skanda Purana , a figure splits itself into two parts: the erotic, golden-skinned Gauri, and this counterpart. This deity is created after the gods found themselves unable to defeat a demon who clones himself every time a drop of his blood is spilled. In another tradition, this deity followed the killing of the demon Daruka with a rampage that was only ended when she bit her tongue after stepping on her husband. This figure, who is considered an aspect of (*) Parvati, is needed to defeat Raktabija and has a name meaning "black goddess." This goddess's name is homophonic with that of the lord of the current age, or yuga , that will end with the coming of Kalki. For 10 points, name this Hindu goddess, an aspect of Durga who is worshiped by the thuggee .

Kali [or Kalika ; accept the Kali Yuga]

In one legend, this figure vanquished Lucius Tiberius but was later forced to hand his crown to Constantine III, son of Cador. A Triad recorded that Guinevak's slap to this man's wife was one of the "Three Harmful Blows" that led to the Battle of Camlann, during which this man's son by his half-sister Morgause mortally wounded him. He was conceived when Igraine of Tintagel slept with his father disguised as Gorlois; she later bore Morgan le Fay, who threw Excalibur to the Lady of the Lake. For 10 points, name this son of Uther Pendragon who was betrayed by his wife Guinevere and helped by the wizard Merlin.

King Arthur

On the night before a battle, this man dreamt that he was tied to a wheel that plunged into black water full ofserpents. This man was conceived at the castle Tintagel after his father disguised himself as Gorlois to sleep withIgraine. Following his last battle, this figure was taken to the Isle of Avalon to recuperate. This king unknowinglyslept with his half-sister Morgause to conceive a man who mortally wounded this figure at the Battle of Camlann.This son of Uther Pendragon and father of Mordred married the daughter of King Leodegrance, Guinevere. For 10points, name this ruler of Camelot who presided over the Round Table and wielded Excalibur.

King Arthur Pendragon

This man's life is once saved when he is told not to put on a poisoned mantle inlaid with preciousstones. In a chronicle by Nennius, the capstone of twelve of his victories came at the battle of MonsBadonicus. The "Interpreter of Languages" and Mewr are two of six warriors sent by this man toaid Culwch in his quest for Olwen. This man's kitchens are kept by his (*) seneschal Kay. This man'sfather disguised himself as his enemy Gorlois to seduce Ygraine. Geoffrey of Monmouth popularized thestories of this man, who returned to his kingdom after hearing that his wife has married Mordred. He wasgiven an object by the Lady of the Lake after having pulled a sword from stone. For 10 points, name thisson of Uther Pendragon, the wielder of Excalibur and king of Camelot.

King Arthur Pendragon [prompt on "Pendragon"]

The Rig Veda calls this figure the "herdsman who never stumbles." In order to preserve their dignity, this deity married 16,100 maidens who had been captured by the demon Narakasura. This hero killed his evil uncle Kamsa, and he was often depicted as a child eating butter. During the (*) Kurukshetra War, this figure convinced a Pandava prince not to put down his weapons in a speech recorded in the Bhagavad Gita. For 10 points, name this charioteer of Arjuna who is worshiped by a Western spiritual movement that often chants the name of this god prefixed with the word “Hare†[“har-ihâ€].

Krishna (prompt on Vishnu)

This god is often shown wearing a hat with a peacock feather in it. In one text, this god likens three temperaments called gunas to fruit. This god was threatened by the poison breastmilk of the demoness Putana. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founded a society devoted to this god, who met Radha, befriended cowherd girls, and stole butter during his childhood. This god said "Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds" and revealed his full glory after asking Arjuna to keep fighting in his role as a charioteer. For 10 points, name this god who speaks in the Bhagavad Gita, the eighth avatar of Vishnu, who is addressed at the start of a great mantra after the word "Hare" ("HAH-rey").

Krishna [or Krsna; prompt on "Vishnu" until mentioned]

This figure caused a single night to last over four billion years in order to dance with his love, and later married more than 16,000 disgraced virgins after using a discus to kill their captor. He squeezed the life out of his wet nurse's breasts, chased away the serpent Kaliya, and killed his uncle Kamsa prior to the Kurukshetra War. After lending his entire army to Duryodhana, he chose to drive the chariot of Arjuna, to whom he gave a series of orations recorded in the Bhagavad Gita. Name this blue-skinned figure who followed Rama as the eighth avatar of Vishnu.

Krishna [prompt on Vishnu before the end]

Jara killed this god by shooting him in the foot with a reed made from the powder of anill-omened pestle. This god was switched at birth to avoid being killed by King Kamsa. This godpurified a river of poison by fatally dancing on the hundred heads of the serpent Kaliya. Duryodhanachose this god's army over this god himself. In his youth, this (*) blue-skinned god was a butter-thiefnotorious for pulling pranks on the gopis. During the Kurukshetra War, this charioteer convinced one of thePandavas to go to war against his cousins. For 10 points, name this eighth avatar of Vishnu who advisesArjuna in the Bhagavad Gita.

Krishna [prompt on Vishnu]

This character foils a mother's plan to remove her blindfold and make her son's body strong as iron by instructing the son to cover up his privates. This character essentially demands that his half-sister Subhadra be kidnapped and married. This character threatens Bhishma with a carriage-wheel, very nearly breaking his vow never to raise a weapon. An appendix known as the Harivamsa relates the infancy of this god, who is relocated, along with his fairer-skinned brother (*) Balarama, from the womb of Devaki to that of Rohini. This god, who steals butter and consorts with the gopi girl Radha, serves as the charioteer for a Pandava prince whom he reminds of his warrior duty. For 10 points, name this avatar of Vishnu who guides Arjuna throughout the Mahabharata.

Krishna [prompt on Vishnu]

This god killed his evil wetnurse Putana by removing her internal organs, after being saved from his uncle Kamsa by a switch of wombs with Deva. The deadly Juggernaut was said to contain the bones of this god, who came between Rama and Buddha as the eighth avatar of Vishnu. In that role, he lectures Arjuna (ARJ-oo-nuh) on the justice of war, in a speech which comprises the Bhagavad-Gita. For 10 points, identify this Hindu god with dark blue skin, the subject of such devotional movements as the evangelizing, orange-robed "Hare" (HA-ray).

Krishna[prompt on Vishnu before it is read]

This mythological figure was upset by a god who threw a garland of flowers to the floor, after which it took 1000 years before she would emerge from the churning Kshirsagar along with the moon, her brother. One of her secondary manifestations is commonly depicted with two elephants; there are eight such manifestations. Her followers are wary of the owl, this four-handed goddess's vehicle, which symbolizes attachment to material wealth. She is usually depicted sitting on and holding a lotus, symbolizing fertility. She has manifested herself as a human ten times, including as Radha. For 10 points, name this Hindu goddess, the consort of Vishnu and goddess of wealth and prosperity.

Lakshmi [or Mahalakshmi; or Shri]

In one story, this figure anonymously wore a red sleeve with pearls given to him by the daughter of Bernard, and this figure later healed a man named Urry. The graves around this figure's home magically vanished before he changed its name from Dolorous Guard to Joyous Guard. In another episode, this slayer of Meliagrance killed Agravaine before fleeing to France, where he defeated Gawain in a duel. The father of Galahad, For 10 points, name this knight of the Round Table who had a disastrous affair with Guinevere.

Lancelot

11. This son of King Ban was known as the White Knight until he defeated the cowardly Copper Knight and lifted a stone slab to find his true name, after which Dolorous Guard became his castle Joyous Guard. This man killed Gaheris and Gareth as he rescued a lover from burning at the stake, which later earned him the enmity of their brother (*) Gawain. This man was raised by the Lady of the Lake, and his affair with Elaine of Corbenic produced the knight who eventually found the Holy Grail, Sir Galahad. For ten points, name this knight of the Round Table who had an affair with Arthur’s wife Guinevere.

Lancelot <BZ>

This figure successively wielded white shields with one, two, and three red bands to conquer Dolorous Guard. While staying with King Pelles, he was tricked into sleeping with Elaine, resulting in the birth of his son Galahad. He is sometimes nicknamed "of the lake" because he was raised by the Lady of the Lake, and in most sources, he is unable to find the Holy Grail because of his relationship with the wife of King Arthur. For 10 points, name this lover of Queen Guinevere, the strongest knight of the Round Table.

Lancelot du Lac

This creature's remains were buried underneath a rock on the road to Eleaus. This creature lived at a spring named for the only Danaid who refused to kill her husband, Amymone. The final blow to this creature was dealt with a golden sword, whose wielder had to cover his mouth and nose with a cloth during the fight. The constellation Cancer came to be after Hera sent a giant (*) crab to assist this creature, whose venomous blood was used to coat the tips of its slayer's arrows. Iolaus used a torch to cauterize this creature's stumps. This creature lived in Lake Lerna and was killed after the Nemean Lion as part of Heracles's second task. For 10 points, name this many-headed monster from Greek mythology who could grow two heads back after one was removed.

Lernaen Hydra

This deity was honored at the Ekdysia festival after she turned the daughter of Lamprus and Galatea into a son. After the people of Lycia refused to let her drink from a lake, this goddess turned them into frogs. She was almost raped by a giant who is stretched across several miles in Tartarus, named Tityos. Along with her sister Asteria, this goddess was the daughter of Coeus and Phoebe. She and her lover had sex in the form of quails. For attracting the eye of (*) Zeus, Hera ordered Python to endlessly pursue this figure, who wandered the world until ending up on Delos to give birth. Niobe boasted that her children were more attractive than the children of this goddess. For 10 points, name this goddess, the mother of Apollo and Artemis.

Leto

Odin asks his son Vidar to give up his seat to this figure during a feast in a work named after this god's "flyting." The horse Svadilfari was unable to finish building a wall because this figure turned into a mare to distract him; that adventure led to this figure becoming the father of Odin's (*) horse, Sleipnir. This figure once lost an eating contest to fire. This figure is bound by the entrails of his son Narfi to a rock where a serpent drips poison onto his face as punishment for this god's hand in the use of mistletoe to kill Balder. For 10 points, identify this trickster god of Norse mythology.

Loki

This character met Eldir in the forest after he was driven away for killing Fimafeng [FEE-mah-fayng]. Odin claimed that this god lived under the earth for eight winters. Before declaring that Aegir [AE-jir] could never give a feast again, this character criticized Idun [EE-doon] for embracing her brother's killer. He handed Hodur [HODE-ur] enchanted mistletoe and aimed it at Baldr [BAL-dur], killing the god. He is the father of Fenrir and the mother of Sleipnir [SLAYP-nir]. Name this Norse trickster god.

Loki

This deity holds off against several others in the most famous flyting. In the Eddas, this sibling of Helblindi succeeded at one escape when a burning forest lights the eagle Thiazi on fire. This god lost a fight in which he and his opponent were both in the form of seals, surrendering the Brisingamen necklace; he also lost an eating contest to fire. This husband of Sigyn got chained underneath the earth with a snake dripping venom into his eyes, in part because he tricked the blind god Hodr into firing mistletoe at his brother. This god plans to ride a ship of nails, and fathered both Hel and Fenrir. For 10 points, name this malicious Norse trickster god.

Loki

This deity killed a dwarf disguised as an otter with a stone while staying with that dwarf's father Hreidmar. This god's brother was Byleistr, and he stole the ring of Andvari, which he used to pay for Otr's blood money. He disguised himself as the old woman Thökk, and seduced a male horse to avoid punishment for allowing the hrimthurs to use Svaðlfari to build the walls of Asgard. This god tricked Hodr into throwing a spear of mistletoe that killed Baldr, for which crime this god is bound to a rock with poison dripping in his face, and some of this god's offspring are the horse Sleipnir and the wolf Fenrir. For 10 points, name this Norse trickster god.

Loki

This figure turned a peasant's child into an egg, and hid him in a flounder to keep him safe from Skrymsli. This father of Eisa brought Idun and her apple back to the Asgard from the giant Thiazi. He captured Andvari using a net given to him by Ran, and once lost an eating contest to fire. He mothered Sleipnir with the stallion Svadilfari, and his wife Sigyn caught the venom that would drop on him. He tricked Hoder into killing Balder with a spear of mistletoe. For 10 points, name this father of Hel and the wolf Fenrir, the trickster god of Norse mythology.

Loki

This god slew Fimafeng in the hall of Aegir. The son of Farbauti and Laufey, this deity fathered Narvi and Vali on his wife Sigyn, who holds up a bowl to catch a serpent's poison dripping on him. This god convinced the blind Hoedr to hurl a shaft of mistletoe at Baldr, thereby killing him. With the giantess Angrboda, this figure fathered such monsters as the Fenris Wolf and the Midgard Serpent. For 10 points, name this Norse trickster god.

Loki

This god was flying as a hawk when Geirroth captured him to make this god bring an enemy toGeirroth's castle. This god misguidedly attacked an ox-devouring eagle with a staff, starting a crisishe ended by turning Idunn into a nut. In the Volsung Saga, this god retrieves cursed gold forHreidmar as a wergild for killing Otr. This god arranged Thiazzi's death, leading (*) Skadi to vowrevenge against him. He accompanied a cross-dressing Thor on a mission to retrieve Mjollnir from Thrym.This god's wife Sigyn catches the poison that a snake drips onto him until he is freed at Ragnarok, where hewill kill and be killed by Heimdall. For 10 points, name this Norse trickster god.

Loki

This god was forced to pay two pieces of red gold for each hair on an otter pelt in retribution for killing the dwarf Oter. In an eating competition, he lost to the personification of wildfire. In order to stall the finishing of a wall, he once turned into a mare, in which form he gave birth to Sleipnir. He was bound with the entrails of his son Narfi in a cave where his wife Sigyn collects venom to prevent it from dripping onto his face. That punishment was for leading the blind Hodr to kill Baldr. For 10 points, name this Norse trickster god.

Loki

When lodged near Franang's Falls, this deity wove the first fishing net, and during a dispute over not being offered a glass of ale, he killed Fimafeng. He fled from one feast in the shape of a salmon. Currently chained below a venom-dripping snake, this god will ride a ship made of fingernails, the Naglfar, and kill Heimdall. His deeds include cutting Sif's gold hair and directing Hodr's aim with mistletoe to kill Baldur. For 10 points, name this being who's technically a giant among the Aesir, a Norse trickster god.

Loki

This figure murdered Fimafeng in a dialogue-heavy text partly named for him. This being defeated the eagle-shaped Thiazi, and his son Vali was turned into a wolf who ate his other son Narfi. On one outing, he lost an eating contest to a similarly-named personification of fire. This being accused at least three gods of incest at a feast which he departed in the form of a salmon. He is currently tied beneath the earth under a venom-dripping serpent because he gave a blind archer mistletoe to arrange the death of Baldur. For 10 points, name this father of Hel and Fenrir who will fight the gods at Ragnarok, a mythical Norse trickster.

Loki <MJ> [You have reached the end of the round. Do not continue reading unless the game is tied or a tossup was thrown out earlier in the round.]

This god once lunged at an eagle with a branch, only to be swept into the sky by that eagle. This god bet the dwarves Brokkr and Sindri that they were less skilled than the Sons of Ivaldi. Despite sabotaging that contest by stinging Brokkr’s eyelid, this god lost that bet, so he had his mouth sewn shut. Thiazi threatened to kill this god unless he kidnapped Idun, and when snake venom drips on this god's face, he writhes in pain and causes earthquakes. Along with Hödr, this god was responsible for Balder's death. The giant Fárbauti was this god's father, and this god spawned the offspring Hel, Jörmungand, and Fenrir. For 10 points, name this Norse trickster god.

Loki <SEA/AG>

This mythological figure built a palace named Esharra after his greatest victory, and he gave his son Nabu a dragon named Mushussu. His father warned a figure of a great flood that would destroy mankind, and his four horses each held poison in their mouths. He organized the years into months after his victory over a monster. He created tornados with the winds given to him by Anu, and he disturbed a monster that he would later defeat with a net and an arrow. For 10 points, name this god who defeated Tiamat in a battle to become the chief god of Babylon.

Marduk [accept Bel]

The suovetaurilia was a triple sacrifice typically made to this god, and the ancilia were sacred shields kept in the temple of this god. The Salii were leaping priests of this god, and the spear of this god is often used as the symbol of the (*) male sex. The three major “flamen,†or priests, served Quirinus, Jupiter, and this god, and a temple dedicated to the “Ultor,†or “Avenger,†aspect of this god was erected in the Forum of Augustus. With the Vestal Virgin Rhea Silvia, this god fathered the twins Romulus and Remus. For 10 points, name this Roman god of war, the Roman equivalent of Ares.

Mars (do not accept or prompt on “Ares†since all the clues refer to his Roman counterpart)

In honor of this deity, Numa Pompilius dedicated an order of 12 priests, the Salii, who carried the ancilia as they leapt around. Augustus built a temple in his Forum to this god, who served as "The Avenger" of Julius Caesar and Carrhae. An Alban princess impregnated by this god was buried alive because she was a (*) Vestal Virgin. Animals sacred to this seducer of Rhea Silvia include the woodpecker and the wolf, the latter of which suckled his twin sons, Remus and Romulus. For 10 points, identify this deity who cuckolds Vulcan by sleeping with Venus, the Roman god of war.

Mars [or Ares]

In the form of an eagle, this hero calls upon the god of rain for a torrent of water to escape from an angry fire goddess, from whom this hero earlier receives ten fingernails and toenails filled with fire. This hero uses a stone axe to kill Long Eel, or Tuna, for spitting slime at his wife. This hero meets his end when some nearby birds break out in laughter, causing the queen of the underworld to wake up while this hero is trying to crawl into her body and gain (*) immortality. This husband of Hina uses his grandmother's jawbone and a lasso made of his sister's hair to beat the sun into submission and lengthen the day. In another story, he uses a magic hook to fish out some islands in the Pacific Ocean. For 10 points, name this Polynesian folk hero.

Maui [accept longer answers that include the name Maui]

The first people made in this myth system dissolved after absorbing water, as they were made of mud and soil. One bird in this myth system was shot with a blowgun after pretending to be both the sun and the moon. Two characters in this civilization’s mythology turned their half (*) brothers into howler monkeys, before defeating the lords of the underworld Xibalba in a ball game. This people’s mythology was primarily accounted in the Popul Vuh, and often featured Hunahpu and Xbalanque (“zeh-buh-LAWN-kehâ€), its namesake Hero Twins. For 10 points, name this ancient Mesoamerican civilization whose calendar predicted that the world would end in 2012.

Mayan <RY>

One figure in this mythology has a serpent for one of his legs, and another deity has an owl on his head. Those figures are known only as "God K" and "God L". A creator god in this mythology, Itzamna, was said to be the father of Bacab. The Dresden Codex describes many figures from this system, including the rain god, (*) Chaac. This myth system's figures include Hunaphu and Xbalanque, who killed the bird demon Vucub-Caquix. This system's underworld is known as Xibalba, and this mythology features the "Hero Twins". For 10 points, name this Mesoamerican myth system partially deriving from the Popol Vuh, whose followers lived in, among other cities, Tikal and Chichen Itza.

Mayan myth

One text that provides information about this myth system is the Chilam Balam, while a more notable text describes an underworld that is situated by a river of blood, and is called Xibalba. That region was visited by this myth system's Hero Twins, as detailed in the text Popul Vuh. For 10 points, name this myth system of a Mesoamerican civilization that preceded the Aztecs.

Mayan myth

In this myth system, a group of owl messengers turn sap into a fake heart rather than kill apregnant maiden. A villain in this myth system uses ants to trick four hundred boys into thinkinghe's dead, then turns them into the Pleiades; a mountain falls on top of that villain as he searches outa tasty crab. The oldest source on this myth system is an illustrated book named for (*) Dresden.Heroes in this myth system survive tests of darkness, razors, and ice cold before one of them is decapitatedin the House of Bats, but still manage to win a climactic ball game against the Lords of Xibalba. For 10points, name this myth system whose stories appear in the Popol Vuh and which is complemented by along-count calendar ending in 2012.

Mayan mythology

According to Apollodorus, after this woman's death, she married Achilles in theIsles of the Blessed. Late in life, she returned to her homeland to depose her uncle KingPerses after the death of her children Mermeros and Pheres. This sister of Chalciopeonce threw the pieces of an aged ram's chopped-up caracass into a boiling cauldron totrick King Pelias into his own death. She also advised a hero to throw a rock into acrowd of warriors who grew from (*) dragons' teeth. This woman tried to poison Theseus while she was queen of Athens and chopped up her brother Absyrtus to escape from her father Aeetes. After her husband spurned her, she gave a poisoned robe to that man's new wife Glauce. For 10 points, name this sorceress from Colchis who fell in love with Jason.

Medea

One son of this figure was born with full armor and became the father of Geryon, whose cattle was stolen by Heracles. When Athena punished this mother of Chrysaor for sleeping with Poseidon in Athena's temple, she assumed the same form as her sisters, daughters of Phorcys and Ceto named Stheno and Euryale. This figure was eventually killed by a hero armed with a mirrored shield and the winged sandals of Hermes, and one part of her body was used to save Danae from Polydectes before it was mounted on Athena's aegis shield. For 10 points, name this monster slain by Perseus who had snakes for hair and was so ugly that her face turned people into stone.

Medusa

This being's death precipitated the spawning of a lizard with a head at either end called the Amphisbaena and the blooming of coral reefs in the Red Sea. This target of a mission given by Polydectes of Seriphos produced a warrior whose name means "golden-armored," Chrysaor. The Libyan desert was home to this former devotee of Athena, a sibling of Stheno and Euryale who was punished for her affair with Poseidon. The Gray Sisters revealed the location of this female to a hero wearing Hermes' winged sandals. For 10 points, name this monster whose head was cut off by Perseus, a Gorgon with a petrifying gaze and snakes for hair.

Medusa

The mound containing this object lies in the marketplace of Argos next to the body of the firstwidow to remarry. An army of two hundred led by Agenor was decimated with this object. Theperson who owned this object was tasked with obtaining it as a present for Polydectes's wedding withHippodamia. Another use of this object enabled the fisherman Dictys to succeed his brother to thethrone. After this item was obtained, Chrysaor and (*) Pegasus were born and it was mounted on theAegis shield. Kept in a magic wallet, it was used to save Andromeda from a sea monster. A mirrored shieldwas used to turn this object against its original owner. For 10 points, name this snake-haired body part witha stone gaze, which Perseus got by decapitating a Gorgon.

Medusa's head [or other phrases that mean the same, like head of Medusa; do NOT prompt on or accept "Medusa" alone; prompt on "Aegis" until mentioned]

This man named his son Megapenthes, or “great sorrow,†because he has no legitimate male heir. This man is shot by Pandarus after a duel stopped by Aphrodite but recovers and plays an important role in retrieving the body of Patroclus. This father of Hermione learns that he will go to Elysium after his death because he is the son-in-law of Zeus. This man wears the skin of a seal to ambush and wrestle the shapeshifter Proteus in order to convince that god to tell him how to get home from Troy. For 10 points, name this King of Sparta, the brother of Agamemnon and husband of Helen.

Menelaus <SEA>

Based on a figure who went mad after the death of his king Gwendelou and fled into the wood, Geoffrey of Monmouth created the first legends of this figure. As a boy called “Ambrosius,†this figure told Vortigern about red and white dragons fighting below a tower. This figure was the child of an incubus and a peasant, and this figure (*) disguised Uther Pendragon so he could woo Ygraine. This figure was trapped in a tree by the Lady of the Lake using his own powers, and this figure gave the prophecy that whoever drew the Sword in the Stone would be king of Britain. For 10 points, name this mentor of King Arthur, a great wizard.

Merlin

This figure once disguised someone as Gorlois. As a child, he was almost sacrificed by Vortigern, but he saved himself by telling the king of a vision in which a white dragon defeats a red dragon. In one story, he was seduced and betrayed after mentoring Vivien. His downfall was arranged by Morgana le Fay, and according to legend, he built Stonehenge. This figure designed the Round Table, and he was a friend and adviser of Uther Pendragon. The creator of the test of the sword in the stone, For 10 points, name this legendary magician who advised King Arthur.

Merlin

This son of Adhan and an incubus entered Rome as a large stag with a white foot. He was born with the ability to speak in all tongues, and once prophesied that a tower could not be built because two dragons kept tearing it down. This figure died in a stone tower in which two lovers had spent their last night when Nimue, the Lady of the Lake, trapped him inside. He helped Uther enter Tintagel ("tin-TAH-jel") and father the future king of England on Igraine. This figure experienced time backwards, mentored Arthur Pendragon, and conjured the Sword in the Stone. For 10 points, name this wizard from Arthurian mythology.

Merlin

According to Robert de Boron, this man was conceived by an incubus to become the Antichrist, but Blaise baptized him quickly enough to foil that plan. This man enchanted one of his employers to look like Gorlois, and he revealed to Vortigern that two fighting dragons were undoing the construction of Vortigern’s castle. (*) Nimue used skills she learned from this man to seal him in a rock. He arranged the conception of his most famous employer by tricking Igraine into sleeping with Uther Pendragon. For 10 points, name this wizard best known for advising King Arthur.

Merlin [also accept Emrys or Merlin Ambrosius] <JG>

This figure addresses apple trees and a pig in a pair of poems from the Black Book of Carmarthen. He and Joseph of Arimathea are the title characters of the only surviving poems by Robert de Boron, while other authors conflate him with Aurelius Ambrosius. He revealed that two warring underground dragons were foiling Vortigern's efforts to build a tower, and helped another king enter Tintagel disguised as his rival (*) Gorlois in order to sleep with Igraine. He dies after falling in love with, revealing his secrets to, and being trapped in a rock or tree by a woman identified as Viviane, Nimue, or the Lady of the Lake. He included an empty seat called the Siege Perilous in his design for the Round Table. For 10 points, identify this wizard who advised King Arthur.

Merlin [or Myrddin ; accept Merlin us Ambrosius or Myrddin Emrys or Myrddin Wyllt]

In the Stargate series, this figure renounced ascension and created the Ark of Truth as well as a weapon used to wipe out the Ori. In another fictional appearance, he leaves for Bermuda in a huff after arguing with a student, having earlier defeated Madam Mim in the form of a purple dragon. That appearance also sees him illustrate a somewhat disturbing lesson about love using squirrels with the aid of his pet owl, (*) Archimedes. A dragon voiced by John Hurt advises this character, played by Colin Morgan, in a television show re-imagining his youth with characters like Morgana at the court of Uther Pendragon. The villain in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, for 10 points, identify this legendary builder of Stonehenge, a famous wizard from Arthurian myth.

Merlinus Ambrosius [or Myrrdin Emrys]

The Altuna Runestone shows this entity pulling a figure through wood boards. The center bottom of the Ardre VIII Stone depicts the Sky-bellower being slain to bait this thing. One of the four legs of this creature were apparently lifted after Utgard-Loki disguised this creature as a gigantic (*) cat, and Hymir was part of a quest to catch this creature. The deity who kills this beast takes nine steps backwards and dies from poison. Thor used an ox-head to catch this creature on a fishing trip, and this creature exemplifies an ouroboros since it grasps its own tail. For 10 points, name this monster from Norse mythology that is wrapped around the entire world.

Midgard Serpent (accept Jörmungandr or the World Serpent)

This place is the lower of two places described as “inside the fence.†This place’s “fence†was first made from the eyebrows of a being formed by the mixing of hot and cold in the Ginnungagap. Lif and Lifthrasir will re-populate this place, whose original residents were Ask and Embla. (*) Niflheim and Muspelheim are often depicted to this place’s north and south, and Ymir’s eyebrows separate this place from Jotunheim, the home of the giants. It is connected to Asgard by a rainbow bridge, and a namesake “serpent†encircles it. For 10 points, name this “middle enclosure†of Norse mythology, the world in which humans live.

Midgard [accept Middle Earth, Middle Enclosure or similar answers until it’s mentioned; prompt on answers like “the worldâ€, “the human worldâ€, or “the world in Norse mythologyâ€â€"we need the specific name or a translation of it] <BY>

Cherokee legend holds that this entity was formed from cornmeal dropped by a fleeing dog. Elsewhere, this entityis called the "Road of the Warriors," and the son of Attila is said to ride down this entity when Hungary is underthreat. Other Finno-Ugric peoples called this entity the "Pathway of the Birds." In another tradition, magpies form abridge every year on the seventh day of the seventh month over this entity, which was created to separate two lovers,a princess and a cowherd. One Greek myth describes the formation of this entity when Hera woke up to find thatHeracles was breastfeeding from her. For 10 points, name this astronomical feature, the galaxy that contains oursolar system.

Milky Way [prompt on "Gili Ulisvsdanvyi"; prompt on "Hadak Útja"; prompt on "Linnunrata" or "Linnutee"; prompt on "Yinhe" or "Eunha" or "Ginga" or "Silver River"; prompt on "Galaxias"]

One of this figure's sons was the king of Keos, and four of his sons by the nymph Pareia were killed by Heracles. This figure was believed to share one of his occupations with Aeacus, and he was killed in Sicily by King Cocalus, who poured boiling water on him while he was taking a bath. His son Androgeos was killed during an athletic contest in Athens, and one account of this figure describes him and Rhadamanthus as judges of the dead. The father of Ariadne, For 10 points, name this king of Crete who instructed Daedalus to build a labyrinth for Minotaur.

Minos

This man threw his own ring into the sea to challenge the paternity of a visiting hero. One of thisman's children drowned in a honey barrel until revived by Polyidus, and another son of this manwas murdered after winning another city's athletic games. This father of Androgeus won a waragainst Megara when the purple lock was cut from his foe Nisus's head. While wandering, he poseda challenge involving a spiral seashell and an (*) ant before the daughters of Cocalus overheated his bathto kill him. With his brother Rhadamanthys and Aeacus, this ruler became a judge of the dead. His wifePasiphae obsessed over a white bull. For 10 points, name this captor of the engineer Daedalus, a cruel kingof Crete who oversaw the building of the Labyrinth.

Minos

One of this man’s sons was brought back from the dead by Polyeidos with an herb he saw a snake use to resurrect its partner. That son of this man had drowned in a jar of honey. This man took one of his most famous actions after his son Androgeos was murdered for being too good at sports. This man, like his brother (*) Rhadamanthys, became a judge of the dead, and one hero abandoned his daughter on Naxos. That hero arrived from Athens with fourteen sacrificial victims for the child this king’s wife Pasiphaë had with a white bull. For 10 points, name this king of Crete and namesake of a labyrinth-dwelling monster slain by Theseus.

Minos (The monster is the Minotaur.) <MK>

12. After his half-brother Androgeus was killed in Athens, this figure received a yearly tribute. This creature was sometimes known as Asterion due to his connection with Aldebaran, and Aegeus committed suicide after this figure was slain because its killer forgot to put up (*) white sails after accomplishing the feat. Daedalus built a wooden contraption that allowed Pasiphae to conceive this creature after Minos refused to sacrifice a white bull. Ariadne helped a hero kill this monster by giving him a ball of string that allowed him to navigate the Labyrinth. For ten points, name this half-bull, half-man creature that was killed by Theseus.

Minotaur [accept Asterion before mentioned] <BZ>

This deity is exclusively associated with images of a four-winged, key-holding figure wrapped by a serpent with head of a lion. His name is cognate with that of the Vedic deity of contracts and friendship. This figure once fired an arrow at a stone that gushed water and was born from a (*) rock wielding a dagger and a torch. This god's worshippers had seven ranks, and his underground temples featured images of the tauroctony, in which he slays a sacred bull. For 10 points, name this solar deity popular among soldiers whose mystery cult was edged out by Christianity in the Roman Empire.

Mithras [or Mithra; prompt on Mitra]

During a quest for this item, a god’s burning eyes and voracious appetite are explained as a result of not having slept or eaten for eight days. The Finnish god Ukko has an item analogous to this one that’s called Ukonvasara. This item is used daily to revive a pair of animals whose names translate as “teeth grinder†and “teeth barer.†A (*) gadfly bit Brokkr on the eye while he was making this object in a contest against the Sons of Ivaldi, so its handle is too short. This object was once stolen by the giant Thrymr, and a special belt and pair of gloves are required to wield this weapon. For 10 points, name this hammer wielded by Thor.

Mjölnir [accept answers like Thor’s Hammer until “hammerâ€] <AF>

This person once poisons a mantle richly decorated with precious stones, but the gift is not delivered since its bearer is burnt to coals. In another story, this person makes a replica of an object that protects its bearer from dying from blood loss, giving the real one to Sir Accalon of Gaul. This person is described peddling healing ointments at the wedding of Erec and Enide by Chretien de Troyes, who calls her a "chief physician." This unhappy wife of Urien gives her name to a (*) mirage seen off the coast of Sicily. She unsuccessfully competes for the affection of Lancelot with Guinevere. Along with Morgause, this woman is a daughter of Igraine and Gorlois, making her a half sister to Arthur. For 10 points, name this wicked sorceress in Arthurian myth.

Morgan le Fey [or Morgane; or Morgaine; or Fata Morgana]

One object in this place is covered in a purple ram's fleece that is used for rainmaking and is ledup to by seven steps, each a different color of the rainbow. The Horae guarded the gates of thislocation, whose inhabitants liked the smell of mutton but didn't care for the taste. A hideous babyneeded golden leg supports after he was thrown from this place for a second time. Located inThessaly, this place employs (*) Iris as a messenger. Bellerophon became a crippled hermit after failing toreach this place via Pegasus. Hestia relinquished a spot to Dionysus in this place, where great quantities ofnectar and ambrosia are consumed. For 10 points, name this mountain, home to the thrones of twelve chiefgods of the Greek pantheon.

Mount Olympus

As punishment for sending a storm after Heracles on his return from Troy, Hera was hung by her hands from this location with two anvils at her feet. Two residents of this place were the targets of a kidnapping mission by the giants Otus and Ephialtes, who ended up leaving with Ares in a jar. One hero who tried to reach this location was lamed and doomed to wander the Plains of Aleion after a gadfly was sent to distract Pegasus. Heracles eventually settled here and married its cupbearer Hebe, while Hestia gave up her throne in this place to Dionysus. For 10 points, name this abode of the Greek gods, a mountain situated in northern Greece.

Mount Olympus [Accept Oros Olympos]

One of these figures holds a globe and a compass and has a cloak full of stars. This group turned Pierus' daughters into magpies and blinded Thamyris; they defeated those boastful mortals in contests. Another one of their number married Oeagrus and bore Heracles' music tutor, Linus. These figures, who reside on Mount Helicon, were daughters of the Titaness of (*) memory, Mnemosyne, and Homer asked them to sing of the rage of Achilles at the beginning of The Iliad. One of these deities was the mother of a musician who nearly brought his wife back from the dead, Orpheus. For 10 points, name this group of nine goddesses who represent inspiration in the arts.

Muses [or Musae; or Mousai]

This myth system believed righteous dead people lived on a mountain so holy you have to wash your face to look at it, and bad dead people lived in a building with walls made out of serpents. A red rooster wakes up dead people in this myth system. Fingernails of dead people in this myth system are used to build a (*) boat. Its underworld is named for the goddess Hel. Dead people in this mythology eat never-ending boar meat. In this myth system, half the dead soldiers go to Folkvangr, and the other half become Einherjar [AYN-hair-yar] at Valhalla. For 10 points, name this myth system in which the dead are plucked off battlefields by Valkyries to fight at Ragnarok.

Norse myth [or Viking myth; or Scandinavian myth; or Germanic myth]

A six-headed creature in this myth system arose when the legs of a sleeping giantmated with each other. The first clouds in this myth system were formed by taking thebrains of a creature sometimes called Blainn and throwing them into the sky. A giant inthis myth system is nourished by four rivers of milk produced by an animal that lickedsalty stones to create the first god. The first giant in this myth system was created in a(*) gap between the land of fire and the land of ice. The creation of this myth system's first man and woman, Ask and Embla, is described in the Gylfaginning, which also describes a cow named Audhumla and a giant named Ymir. For 10 points, name this system of myths featuring gods called the Vanir and Aesir.

Norse mythology [accept Scandinavian mythology; accept Icelandic mythology; prompt on Germanic mythology]

This figure once masqueraded as Bolverk to gain access to a substance made after the murder of Kvasir (kuh-VAH-sear). One of this deity's sons will avenge his death at Ragnarok using a shoe. This possessor of the spear Gungnir rides an eight-legged horse who is the child of Loki. This god is attended to by Huginn and Muninn. The tribute that this god paid to be able to drink from Mimir's well means that he has only one eye. For 10 points, name this husband of Frigg, the chief god of the Norse pantheon.

Odin

This god once took the form of Gangrad to compete in a contest of wits against Vafthrudnir. He seduced a giantess to steal the Mead of Poetry, and this deity is the owner of the ring Draupnir. This owner of the spear Gungnir joined with his brothers Villi and Ve to slay Ymir, and he hung from the world tree Yggdrasil for nine days and nine nights to gain wisdom. News is brought to this god by the two ravens Huginn and Muninn, and he sacrificed an eye to gain wisdom from Mimir's well. Destined to be killed by Fenrir at Ragnarok, For 10 points, name this chief god of Norse mythology.

Odin

When this deity intervenes in human affairs, he is sometimes known as Ygg, and he stumps the giant Vafthrudnir with a riddle. His possessions include a bracelet which replicates itself. He is often accompanied by Geri and Freki, or by Hugin and Munin, ravens who report to him, although when he sits on his chair, he can see everything, thanks to a deal he struck with Mimir. In order to obtain the wisdom of the runes, he hung himself on Yggdrasil, and he has only one eye. For 10 points, name this chief Norse god, who lends his name to the third day of the week.

Odin (accept Wotan, or like, a billion other Norse kennings and associated anglicizations)

This figure's goat Heiorún [“Hei-drunâ€] produces clear mead and eats the leaves of the tree Laeror. This god plunged Sigmund's sword into Barnstokk before leaving the hall of King Völsung. One of this god’s possessions is known as the "dripper" and replicates itself (*) eight times every nine nights. This owner of the ring Draupnir is avenged by his son VÃðarr [“Vi-darâ€] after being eaten by Fenrir at Ragnarok. This god gained knowledge of the runes after hanging for nine days and nights on the roots of Yggdrasil and lost one of his eyes to drink from the Well of MÃmir. For 10 points, name this god, the leader of the Æsir and the Norse All-Father.

Odin (accept any name that sounds similar to Wodan, as he has quite a few)

16. In the guise of Grimnir, this god received a drink from Agnar after being tortured for eight days by King Geirroth. This god owns a hall called Gladsheim and can see the entire world from his throne of Hlidskjalf. His son Vidarr avenges his death with a leather shoe, and since he drinks nothing but wine and mead, this god feeds all his food to (*) Geri and Freki. He gained knowledge about runes after hanging from Yggdrasil for nine days and sought wisdom by paying an eye to drink from the Well of Mimir. This rider of the eight-legged horse Sleipnir is the husband of Frigga and leader of the Aesir. For ten points, name this “Allfather,†the chief Norse god.

Odin [accept Woden or Wodinaz] <BZ>

In one story, this god's wife stole gold from a statue of him, prompting him to go into exile. Among his possessions are the golden throne from which he can see the entire world and a ring that multiplied itself every night. This son of Borr and brother of Vili and Ve also owns a spear that never misses its target, Gugnir, and the eight-legged horse Sleipnir. He will be killed by the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarok and he also obtained perfect wisdom by trading one of his eyes to drink from Mimir's well. For 10 points, name this leader of the Aesir, a chief Norse deity.

Odin [or Wodin or Wotan]

In one story, this god disguises himself as the farmhand Bolverk in a successful attempt to retrieve the Mead of Poetry. This god sits atop the "high place" of Hlidskjalf, and that which he cannot see is recalled to him by his two ever-circling ravens, Hugin and Munin. This god, who hung from the world tree on the spear Gungnir to earn mastery of the runes, will be swallowed whole by the wolf Fenrir at Ragnarok. For 10 points, name this one-eyed chief god of the Norse pantheon.

Odin [or Wodinaz]

This figure frequently talked to a decapitated head that he had embalmed in herbs. One of this figure’s sons by Rindr survived Ragnarok. Vafthrudnir lost his head after losing a battle of wits with this figure. He worked for Baugi and Suttung while disguised as the farmhand Bolverk to steal the (*) mead of poetry. He possessed Draupnir, a ring that made eight duplicates of itself every nine days, and was accompanied by the ravens Huginn and Muninn. In order to drink from Mimir’s well, he gave up an eye. For 10 points, name this one-eyed chief of the Aesir, the Norse god of wisdom and battle.

Odin [or Wotan ]

In one story, this figure disguises himself as the ferryman Harbard and refuses to ferry; in another, he engages with the giant Vafthrundr. This god owned an object which makes eight copies of itself every nine nights, the golden armband Draupnir. Advised by Hugin and Munin, two [*] ravens, this owner of the spear Gungnir and the eight-legged horse Sleipnir hung upside-down from Yggdrassil to gain understanding of runes, and drank from Mimir's well at the cost of one eye to gain wisdom. For 10 points, name this husband of Frigg whose halls include Valhalla, the chief Norse god.

Odin [or Wotan; accept similar forms] [MJ]

In one story, this god manages to get help from Baugi and Gunnlod in stealing from Suttung a special mead made from the blood of a man. This god decided to give up one of his eyes in order to take a drink from the well guarded by Mimir to increase his knowledge. Another attempt to gain knowledge involved this god (*) hanging himself for nine days from Yggdrasil to learn the secrets of the runes. For 10 points, name this Norse deity who wields the spear Gungnir, rides the eight-legged horse Sleipnir, and controls the ravens Hugin and Munin.

Odin [or Wotan; or Woden]

This figure has a dialogue with the giant Vafprudnir (VAF-prude-neer) in the Vafprudnismal (VAF-prude-nees-mall). He disguised himself as a stranger to test the generosity of Grimnir. This mythological figure sacrificed an eye for the water of Mimisbrunnr (MEE-mees-broon). This god's son Vidar will avenge this figure's death at the hands of the Fenris wolf. This husband of Frigg was the father of Balder. For 10 points, name this chief god of Norse mythology.

Odin [or Wotan; or Woden]

In one account, this god fathers the Hunnish king Sigi and has his wife give Rerir afertility-granting golden apple; in that same collection, he challenges guests at a wedding feast todraw a sword out of the oak tree Barnstokk. In a different story, this god turns into a snake to fitthrough a hole in a mountain after spending a summer as Baugi's servant. He habitually seekscounsel from the head of (*) Mimir, who once guarded a well where this god made a sacrifice. This god,who retrieves the mead of poetry, scopes out the earth from Hlidskjalf and gives his meat to the wolvesGeri and Freki. This god rides on the eight-legged horse Sleipnir. For 10 points, name this one-eyed,spear-carrying chief god in Norse myth.

Odin [or Wotan]

In one story, this figure tested his favorite mortal king Geirrod by visiting him in the guise of Grimnir. With the help of his brothers Vili and Ve, this figure killed the primordial giant Ymir. Master of the ravens Hugin and Munin, this figure will kill and be killed by the Fenris Wolf at Ragnarok. He gave up an eye to drink from the well of Mimir, and he is also called the "Allfather." For 10 points, name this supreme deity of the Norse Pantheon.

Odin [or Wotan]

This god crashed the chariot of the arrogant king Harald Wartooth to kill him after helping Harald win a battle. This god made Baugi drill a hole in a mountainside, then slid through in the form of a snake to enter Suttung's lair. This god feeds scraps to Geri and Freki, two hounds, and also owns an animal conceived as walls were being built around Asgard. This father of Vidarr and rider of the eight-legged horse Sleipnir hung himself from Yggdrassil on a spear for nine days to learn the runes. This eventual victim of Fenrir gave up one eye to increase his renowned wisdom. For 10 points, name this ruler of Asgard, the chief of the Norse gods.

Odin [or Wotan]

This figure turned into a snake and slithered through a mountain to drink a potion created from the wisest beingKvasir, after which this figure transformed into an eagle to escape the potion's guardian Gunnlod. In another myth,this figure disguised himself as the sorcerer Grimnir and traveled to the court of Geirröd, where he predicted that theking would fall on his sword. This deity will be swallowed alive by the wolf Fenrir during Ragnarök. Huginn andMuninn fly around Midgard daily and whisper secrets to this rider of the eight-legged Sleipnir. For 10 points, namethis one-eyed ruler of the Aesir and Asgard, the Norse god of battle and wisdom.

Odin [or WÅden; or Wôtan; or Wôdan]

In fulfillment of a prophecy that his death would "come from the sea," this man was killed by a stingray-tipped spear thrown by his son Telegonus. This hero attempted to avoid fighting at Troy by feigning madness but was discovered when Palamedes placed his son in front of his plow. A grandson of the thief Autolycus, this man was found washed ashore by Nausicaa and brought home by the Phaeacians. This man's dog Argus died upon his return, after which he fired an arrow through the rings of twelve axes and proceeded to slaughter the suitors of his wife, Penelope. For 10 points, name this clever king of Ithaca who took ten years to return home from the Trojan War.

Odysseus

This figure is told to bury an oar in a land without access to the ocean, where a "seaborn death" will come to him. Aided by the swineherd Eumaeus (yoo-MAY-us), he kills Antinous after stringing his bow and shooting an arrow through twelve (*) axeheads. This figure tells his crew to tie him to the mast so he can listen to the Sirens. His adventures include sailing Scylla and escaping the cave of Polyphemus. For 10 points, name this husband of Penelope who takes ten years to return from Troy to Ithaka in a namesake Homeric epic.

Odysseus

1. This man received shelter after he embraced the legs of Queen Arete of Scheria, the wife of King Alcinous. Eurymachus attempted to hit this man with a chair after he defeated the beggar Irus. His men were killed after they ate the cattle of Helios, and the rest of his ships had earlier been destroyed by the (*) Laestrygonians. After this man arrived at Aeaea, Hermes gave him moly to help him ward off the magic of the witch Circe. This man was held captive by Calypso before coming home and killing his wife’s 108 suitors with his son Telemachus. For ten points, name this king of Ithaca who spent ten years trying to return to his wife Penelope after the Trojan War.

Odysseus [accept Ulysses] <BZ>

After being mocked for refusing to spare a piece of bread, a man in this location tosses a footstool at the shoulder of his insulter. Irus nearly loses his life in a boxing match at this place, which Amphinomus is warned to flee. A bed in this place is made from the trunk of a nearby olive tree, which is why it is immovable. The maid Eurycleia washes the feet of a beggar in this place, and notices his scar. A female resident of this place agrees to marry the man who can (*) shoot an arrow through holes in twelve axes, and sabotages her work on a burial shroud for Laertes. Twelve unfaithful maids are hanged in this place, along with the rude suitors whom they slept with. For 10 points, name this place in the Odyssey where Penelope awaits the return of her husband.

Odysseus's palace in Ithaca [or Odysseus's house; or Penelope's house before "Penelope" is mentioned; or Telemachus's house; accept synonyms for "house" or "palace"; accept the palace in Ithaca or equivalent answers; prompt on Ithaca]

A bizarre book by Immanuel Velikovsky identifies this mythical figure with thepharaoh Akhenaten. This grandson of Labdacus was raised by the king and queen ofCorinth, Polybus and Merope, after a servant gave him to a shepherd. Theseus allowsthis man to spend his final days in a grove sacred to the Furies at Colonus. As an infant,he was supposed to be abandoned on Mount Cithaeron with his ankles pierced and tiedtogether, which is why his name means (*) "swollen foot". Earlier, he exiled the prophetTiresias as punishment for revealing that he was the killer of Laius. This man became king of Thebes by solving the riddle of the Sphinx. For 10 points, name this man who blinded himself after realizing that his wife Jocasta was his own mother.

Oedipus

In Works and Days, Hesiod relates that Zeus destroyed the first generation of heroes by forcing aconflict over this person's sheep. This man's father-in-law Menoeceus leapt from the walls of the cityhe ruled to end a plague. This person speared Polyphontes to death after getting his foot run over bya chariot wheel. This man was spared the fate of being exposed upon Mount (*) Cithaeron, insteadarriving at the court of Periboea and Polybus. This clubfooted person blinded himself with a pin during hiscatharsis. At a place where three roads met, he killed Laius and later married Jocasta after correctlyanswering "man" to the riddle of the Sphinx. For 10 points, name this Theban who was fated to kill hisfather and marry his mother.

Oedipus

A cult was established for this figure in Boeotia because he was born there after Hyrieus served an entire bull to the gods. This figure carried Cedalion on his shoulder, and in one version, he followed the sound of the Cyclops’ hammers to the east. This figure basked in the light of Helios to (*) restore his sight after being blinded for forcing himself upon Merope, and Hesiod reported he was killed by a giant scorpion after claiming he could kill every beast on Earth. This figure pursues the hare Lepus in the night sky with his dog Sirius. For 10 points, name this being who was transformed into a constellation of a mighty “hunter.â€

Orion

In Book X [ten] of the Metamorphoses, this man tells the stories of Hyacinthus and Pygmalion. This hero cures Tantalus’ thirst momentarily. Zagreus is a god in this man’s namesake Dionysus-inspired mysteries. This man is immune to thrown stones, but is eventually torn limb from limb by maenads until his severed head floats down a river. His wife dies after stepping on a (*) snake. The Argonauts survive the sirens thanks to this hero. This son of Calliope convinces Charon to ferry him without payment, but he looks back on the way out of the Underworld, dooming Eurydice forever. For 10 points, name this greatest of the Greek musicians.

Orpheus

In the Metamorphoses, this figure tells the tales of Ganymede and Pygmalion. Heracles was tutored by this man's brother Linus, and his head supposedly floated down the Hebrus River after he was killed by being torn to pieces. This demigod is crucial to protecting the Argonauts from the (*) Sirens. In one account, this man's wife is pursued by the satyr Aristaeus, causing her to be bitten and killed by a snake. This son of the epic muse Calliope lost his chance to save his love when he looked back while walking out of the underworld. For 10 points, name this lover of Eurydice who was amazing at playing the lyre.

Orpheus

Often depicted as bearded man, either green or black in color and swathed like a mummy, this Egyptian deity is credited with the introduction of agriculture. In myth he is drowned and dismembered, only to be resurrected later by his wife. For 10 points, name this god, husband of Isis, an archetype of death and rebirth, who became the Egyptian lord of the dead.

Osiris

This figure was associated with a tree which was cut down and used as a pillar in the palace of the king of Byblos, and the god Serapis was a syncretism of Apis and this figure. This god's cult was centered at Abydos, and he was usually depicted wearing the atef crown and holding a crook and a flail. In one story, this god was chopped into fourteen pieces after being trapped in a coffin by his brother, though the pieces were eventually recovered by Nephthys and his wife Isis. Murdered by Set, For 10 points, name this Egyptian god of the underworld.

Osiris

This god briefly regained life after his wife transformed into a kite to wave air into him. During the Middle Kingdom the god Ptah became assimilated with this god, and this god's son is typically depicted with the head of a falcon. Along with his brother the god of chaos this god was one of two sons of Geb and Nut and this god was also the father of Horus and husband of Isis. This god was killed by his brother Seth, who chopped up his body into many pieces. For 10 points, name this Egyptian god of the underworld.

Osiris

This god's soul was worshiped in its own right as Banebjedet, who, though not Amun, was symbolized by a ram. The sea god Nu owned the Neshmet barge which carried this deity to a five-day festival, where the Procession of Wepwawet "opened the ways" for this Foremost of Westerners. A palace in Byblos was built with the tree that contained this god's coffin, and Egyptians reviled a certain species of fish because they ate this god's dismembered phallus. For 10 points, name this Egyptian deity of agriculture and resurrection, the ruler of the Duat, whose wife Isis reassembled his body for him to become the Lord of the Dead.

Osiris

One of this mythological figure’s sisters was called the “nurse-motherâ€, since she helped raise his son despite being married to his enemy. During a festival devoted to this god at Abydos, his body was supposedly carried on the Neshmet bark. This god’s father, Geb, taught his daughter a spell which briefly revived this man, who is often depicted with a (*) crook and flail. That daughter of Geb was this god’s wife, who later became pregnant with Horus. This god was cut up into fourteen pieces by Set, but thirteen of those pieces were recovered by his wife, Isis. For ten points, identify this Egyptian god of the underworld.

Osiris <CL>

He's not Bacchus, but this deity was associated with Dionysus in the country with which he is most associated. This deity's soul was worshipped as the ram god Banebdjed, and he is frequently depicted holding a crook and flail. This deity is the father of Horus, and one story about this god tells how he was killed in the Nile after being chopped into pieces by his brother Set, though he was revived by Isis. For 10 points, name this Egyptian god of the underworld.

Osiris (accept Asar or Wesir or Ausare)

With a cult center at Abydos, this god was usually depicted wearing a crown with ostrich feathers, and he eventually became conflated with the corn god Neper, and later to the bull god Apis in a syncretic deity known as Serapis. This god carried a crook and flail, and was found in a tamarisk tree at Byblos by his wife, who was his sister since both were children of Geb and Nut. This god was cut up into fourteen pieces by his jealous brother Set, after which he became ruler of a location where dead souls were weighed by Anubis against the feather of Maat. For 10 points, name this husband of Isis and father of Horus, the Egyptian god of the underworld.

Osiris [Accept Usiris.]

The oxyrhyncus fish was one danger to this deity, and the djed pillar often represented this deity's backbone. Also known for getting trapped in a box filled with molten lead, this god was syncretized with Apis and sometimes Zeus in the form of Serapis, and his cult center was [*] Abydos. His wife found all but one of the 14 pieces into which this god's half-brother Set had torn him, after which he was resurrected. Often depicted holding a flail and a crook, this husband of Isis and father of Horus is, for 10 points, what white-clothed Egyptian god, the ruler of the afterlife?

Osiris [accept Asar, accept Usire, accept other reasonably similar pronunciations]

9. This god was once retrieved from a pillar in a palace at Byblos that later represented this god’s spine as the Djed pillar. During the Ptolemaic period, this god was replaced with a Greco-Egyptian hybrid called Serapis. This ruler of Duat wore the Atef crown and was commonly depicted as a (*) green-skinned mummy holding a flail and crook. His brother sealed him in a coffin with molten lead and dismembered his body into fourteen pieces, after which his wife Isis recovered thirteen of them. For ten points, identify this god who was killed by Set and became the Egyptian god of the underworld.

Osiris [accept Usiris, Aser, or Wesir] <BZ>

According to Diodorus Siculus, this non-Greek god conquered and founded so many cities inIndia that Indians consider him a god as well. The Ikhernofret Stela preserves the mysteries of thisgod, for whom a great temple exists in the city of Abydos. A mob led by Patriarch Theophilusdestroyed a Roman cult that worshiped this god and his wife, replacing him with (*) Serapis. This godentered a box sealed with lead and was thrown into a river, eventually ending up in Byblos. This god isdepicted holding a flail and has an amulet around his neck. A catfish ate his penis, but the other thirteenpieces of his body were recovered by his wife after he was killed by Set. For 10 points, name this father ofHorus and husband of Isis, the Egyptian god of the afterlife.

Osiris [or Asar, Asari, Aser, Ausar, Ausir, Wesir, Usir, Usire or Ausare]

An annual festival confused the tomb of Djer with the tomb of this god and took place in Abydos. When the Apis Bull died, it became associated with this god, and beds were made with holes in the shape of this god that were filled with seeds. Herodotus wrote that the stories about this Egyptian god impacted the stories about Dionysus. A tree grew around a chest that contained this god. This green-skinned father of Horus had his body cut into pieces that, according to some sources, were scattered by his brother Set. He took over the role of god of the underworld from Anubis. Name this Egyptian god who was both the brother and the husband of Isis.

Osiris [or Asir or Usiris]

This figure's son lost his hands until Sobek retrieved them with a fish-trap. This deity wears a white headpiece with two Ma'at feathers, the atef crown. He was once incorporated into a tamarisk pillar in the palace of Malcander and Astarte at Byblos. This figure was the first son born during the five intercalary days fashioned from the light of the moon god, Khonsu. This ruler of Duat and son of (*) Nut lost his reproductive organs when they were nibbled up by fish. That occurred after he was locked into a lead-sealed chest, torn into fourteen pieces, and dumped into the Nile by Seth. For 10 points, name this green-skinned consort of Isis, the Egyptian god of the dead.

Osiris [or Usir; or Ausar]

22. Aglauros and Herse went mad and jumped to their deaths after disobeying this deity, who had told the daughters of Cecrops to not open a box that held a boy disguised as a snake. That boy was a son of Gaia and Hephaestus even though the latter had tried to rape this goddess instead. Marsyas picked up a flute that she (*) invented but eventually discarded because it disfigured her face. Homer often refers to this figure as “gray-eyedâ€, and as Mentor, she helps Odysseus leave for the Trojan War and return home to Ithaca. One of her symbols is the owl, and she was born from Metis in Zeus’s head. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess of wisdom.

Pallas Athena (accept Athene; accept Athena Parthenos) <BZ> BONUSES

After hearing snakes hissing, this figure was inspired to invent the flute, but then threw it away when she realized how ugly she looked playing it. This figure gave the sisters Herse, Pandrosos, and Aglauros a box containing a baby born after Hephaestus tried to assault this goddess but instead impregnated Gaia. This goddess later won a contest against (*) Poseidon by creating an olive tree. After losing a weaving contest, this goddess turned Arachne into spider. This goddess was born when Zeus cleaved his head open with an axe. For 10 points, name this Greek goddess of wisdom and war.

Pallas Athena [or Athene or Athena Parthenos] <ES Mythology>

Two sons of this deity named Agreus and Nomios joined twelve more of his offspring in India to assist Dionysus. Plutarch claimed that a voice from the island of Paxi called out to a sailor named Thamus to announce the "death" of this god. Pitys turned herself into a pine tree to escape this god, and Longus's Daphnis and Chloe claims that he jealously ordered that Echo be torn to pieces. Midas received the (*) ears of an ass after disagreeing with Tmolus's judgement in a contest between Apollo and this god. His pursuit of the nymph Syrinx ended when she was transformed into reeds, which this god cut down and turned into the first set of his namesake pipes. For 10 points, name this Greek god of shepherds and the wild, who had the hindquarters of a goat.

Pan [accept Faunus until "Greek" is read]

This god's daughter once used a love charm to make Io fall in love with Zeus and was transformed into a wryneck as punishment. This god swore off all clothes after being kicked by Hercules, who was dressed as Omphale, out of their bedroom. He spread his namesake frenzy among a group of shepherds, who tore Echo limb from limb after she ran away from this god. In a contest judged by Timolus, (*) Midas grew ass's ears by ruling in favor of this god against Apollo. River nymphs transformed his love interest Syrinx into some reeds, from which this god fashioned a musical instrument. He is equated with the Roman Faunus, had goat legs, and loved to play the pipes. For 10 points, name this son of Hermes, a satyr.

Pan [or Faunus before mentioned]

This figure's husband was given the task of giving good qualities to all animals, but he ran out before he could give one to man. That husband of this figure was warned by his brother to never accept a gift from Zeus. Hephaestus (heh-FESS-tuss) helped create this wife of Epimetheus (EP-uh-ME-thee-us) out of the earth and the air. This woman was given an object by Hermes that caused trouble due to her trait of curiosity. For 10 points, name this character from Greek mythology who released all evil into the world when she opened her box.

Pandora

This brother of Deiphobus was adopted by the shepherd Agelaus after being suckled by a she-bear for nine days. His first wife Oenone refused to heal him after he was wounded by Philoctetes' arrow, and his mother Hecuba had a nightmare before giving birth to him. He once fled from a duel with Menelaus and later shot Achilles in the heel with the guidance of Apollo. He infuriated Hera and Athena by giving a golden apple to another goddess. For 10 points, name this prince who started the Trojan War by fleeing with Helen after choosing Aphrodite as the most beautiful goddess in his namesake judgment.

Paris

Twelve captive soldiers were thrown onto this hero's funeral pyre, and his ashes were thendeposited into an urn made by Hephaestus. This hero went into exile after murdering Clitonymusover a dice match. Pythagoras claimed to be reincarnated from this man's assailant, Euphorbus, whowounded this hero after Apollo appeared behind him to knock off his helmet. At (*) games held in thisman's honor, Diomedes defeated Antilochus in a chariot race, and Odysseus beat Ajax the Lesser on foot.When his friend refused, this hero led the Myrmidons into battle wearing that friend's armor. For 10 points,name this friend of Achilles slain by Hector in the Iliad.

Patroclus

An incident involving a chieftainess ' open defiance of this deity is recounted in Tennyson's poem, "Kapiolani." That defiance consisted in eating ohelo berries, which are sacred to this deity without permission. Born from the female spirit, Haumea and Sky God Wakea, the appearance of glass threads or fibers near a geologic formation this deity is associated with is known as her hair. For 10 points, name this Hawaiian goddess of lightning, fire and volcanoes.

Pele

This hero's wife murdered his illegitimate son Chrysippus, the lover of the Theban king Laius. Alover of Poseidon, he married his daughter Eurydice to Perseus' son Electryon. This man passed acurse on to the House of Atreus because he treacherously hurled a son of Hermes off a cliff. This kingof Pisa won (*) Hippodamia's hand by having Myrtilus rig a chariot race against King Oenomaus. TheOlympians gave this man an ivory shoulder after re-attaching the body parts cooked into a meal by hisfather. For 10 points, name this son of Tantalus who legendarily lent his name to the peninsula containingSparta.

Pelops

This character tells a man in disguise her dream that twenty geese feeding at her trough are killed by a great eagle. She tests that man's identity by ordering Euryclea to move a bed containing a live olive tree as one of its legs. This woman deceives men such as Eurymachus and Antinous by sewing a burial (*) shroud by day and unraveling it by night to delay her remarriage. Her suitors are finally killed after her long-lost husband returns to Ithaca. For 10 points, name this faithful wife of Odysseus in the Odyssey.

Penelope

This Greek deity is frequently referred to as Kore (KOR-ay). The attempt by Pirithous (PEER-ith-oos) and Thesus to marry this woman led to their feet being coiled with snakes. One incident involving this woman led to the creation of the Sirens; that incident started with this woman picking flowers on the plain of Enna. This woman's consumption of (*) pomegranate seeds bound her to her captor for one third of each year, explaining the origins of winter. For 10 points, name this woman abducted by Hades and made Queen of the underworld, the daughter of Demeter.

Persephone

A creature spawned by this male figure's journeys eventually killed the Argonaut Mopsus. Thisfigure defeated a maenad army in Mycenae, where he may have briefly killed Dionysus. His sonElectryon was the father of Alcmene and inherited Tiryns. As a child, this man was raised on the isleof Seriphos by the fisherman Dictys. This man fulfilled a prophecy by accidentally (*) killing hisgrandfather Acrisius with a discus, and also killed Polydectes. Chrysaor was born from one victim of thishero, who received Cronus' sickle and a magical bag. This interrogator of the Gray Sisters used Hermes'winged sandals to save a woman who was chained in front of a sea monster in Ethiopia. For 10 points,name this son of Danae, who rescued Andromeda and slew Medusa.

Perseus

After this man was cast to sea with his mother in a wooden chest, the two were taken in by a fisherman named Dictys. It was the intentions of Dictys's brother Polydectes towards this man's mother that would eventually inspire him to go on his most notable quest after he was tasked with obtaining an impossible wedding present because he was too poor to afford a horse. That quest would lead him to acquire some winged sandals, a helm of invisibility, and a (*) reflective shield, which would come in handy against his adversary's stone gaze. For 10 points, name this son of Danae who slew Medusa.

Perseus

This figure accidentally hurled a disc at his grandfather Acrisius, killing him; Dictys saved him and his mom after they were cast out into the ocean in a wooden chest. He served Seriphos's king Polydectes, and received an expanding knapsack for one quest. This hero fought a sea monster threatening the daughter of Cepheus and Casseiopeia, who he later married. The son of Zeus in the form of golden rain with Danaë, he stole the Grey Sisters' eyeball to find an enemy whose head later topped the Aegis after this man used his mirrored shield. For 10 points, name this Greek hero who slew the snake-headed petrifier Medusa.

Perseus

This man stole an eye from three sisters that shared that eye and one tooth in order to find the location of the Hesperides (hes-pear-ih-dees). While returning from his most famous quest, this man saved an Ethiopian woman from a monster named Ceto, and this hero accidentally killed Acrisius in a discus-throwing competition. The gift of a helmet of [*] invisibility belonging to Hades allowed this hero to escape from Euryale (yoo-ray-lee) and Stheno, and his reflective shield, given by Athena, caused his enemy to turn into stone from her own glance. For 10 points, name this Greek hero, the husband of Andromeda and slayer of Medusa.

Perseus

This man's grandfather, Acrisius (uh-CRISS-ee-us), locked up this man's mother in a bronze tower, although she was eventually impregnated by Zeus in the form of gold. This son of Danae (duh-NAY-uh) was able to obtain valuable information after stealing the one tooth and eye shared among the Graeae (GRAY-eye). This man rescued Andromeda and used winged sandals and the cap of Hades (HAY-dees) in another task. For 10 points, name this mythological hero who used a reflecting shield to kill Medusa.

Perseus

12. This man killed Agenor and his army of two hundred when they attempted to stop his wedding. He was raised by the fisherman Dictys, whom he made ruler of the island of Seriphus. While participating in some funeral games, this man accidentally struck and killed his grandfather Acrisius with a discus. (*) Polydectes, in an attempt to marry his mother Danae, sent this man on a quest, during which he received a magic wallet from Hermes, a helm of invisibility from Hades, and a reflective shield from Athena. After killing a mortal sister of Stheno and Euryale, this man married the princess Andromeda. For ten points, name this Greek hero who slew the Gorgon Medusa.

Perseus <BZ>

With either a quoit or a discus, this man killed Acrisius, therefore fulfilling the prophecy of the Oracle of Delphi. During this man’s childhood, he and his mother were imprisoned in a wooden chest, which was then cast off into the sea. He also learned the location of the Hesperides from the Graeae, three perpetually old women who shared an eye and a tooth. This man slew the sea serpent Cetus in order to rescue a woman chained to a rock, and defeated his most famous adversary by only looking at her reflection on his shield. For 10 points, name this husband of Andromeda, who killed the Gorgon Medusa.

Perseus <DH/AT>

Some foreheads in this national myth system shone with a leaderly splendor called farr. It's notNorse, but this national mythos includes a primeval bull created alongside its first man. A hero fromthis mythology falls in a pit and dies with his horse after tearing the heart out of the White Demon. Inthis mythology, the Caesarian section is taught by a giant white bird called the (*) Simurgh, whichhelps Zal's wife bear a hero who completes seven labors and kills his own son Sohrab. Those nationalmyths, including those of Rostam, were told by Ferdowsi in the Book of Kings, or Shahnameh. For 10points, name this mythology of a now-Islamic country once ruled by shahs.

Persian mythology [or Iranian mythology; or Farsi mythology; accept Shahnameh until mentioned; accept Book of Kings until mentioned]

This man's smoldering corpse gives off a noxious odor as the Argonauts sail up the river in which he landed. This man is a friend of a king of Liguria named Cycnus, who turns into a swan after this man's death. After his death, this man's body falls into the Eridanos river, next to which his two grieving sisters turn into poplar trees, while their tears turn into amber. After an insult from one of his (*) playmates, this son of Clymene sets out to prove his parentage. His actions explain why the Ethiopians have black skin. This man is killed by a thunderbolt from Zeus after his actions form deserts and scorch the earth. For 10 points, name this son of Helios who disastrously tries to drive the sun chariot.

Phaethon [or Phaeton]

Early Egyptians thought that only these people possessed a Ba. Their names were written with a gold bird, and when Ra was one of these, Earth reputedly experienced a golden age. Their name referred to these figures' roles as priests, and they spent much time and money building temples to the sun. Isis poisoned Ra so her son could become one of these, and her husband ruled the underworld as one. Set and Horus are often depicted as crowning them with the red-and-white crown of Unified Egypt. For 10 points, name these kings, considered descendants of Ra and thus divine, who included Osiris and were famously buried in pyramids.

Pharaohs [prompt on "king of Egypt" or "ruler of Egypt" before "kings"]

This deity gave a pet to Cyparissus, who accidentally killed it. This deity employed a talking white bird as a messenger, which he turned into a silent black raven after it said that Coronis had cheated on him. This father of the healer Asclepius was born on the floating island of Delos, and in book I of the Iliad he strikes the Greeks with plague. This son of Leto made the laurel wreath a symbol of victory after pursuing the nymph Daphne, and gave visions to the oracle at Delphi in addition to winning many contests with Hermes’s lyre. For 10 points, name this god of music and sunlight, the twin brother of the lunar huntress Artemis.

Phoebus Apollo [or Apollon; do not accept “Helios†at any point] <MP>

A descendant of this woman, Jane Bolling, married Richard Randolph. According to William Strachey, her first marriage was to a warrior named Kocoum. Other names given to this woman include Matoaka and Rebecca, the latter of which she took after she was baptized at Henricus. She married a man who cultivated tobacco in Virginia named John Rolfe. She supposedly saved the life of John Smith. For 10 points, name this daughter of Powhatan who aided settlers at Jamestown.

Pocahontas

Wilhelm Grimm's study about the "The Legend of" this figure claims his chief distinguishing feature is a solar symbol. Achaemenides, the son of Adamastus, was abandoned when his leader was trying to escape this figure. A son of Faunus killed by this mythical figure became a river in Sicily. Apollodorus claims that a hero employed wine from Maron in a plot to maim this son of the nymph Thoösa (tho-OH-sah) and (*) Poseidon. This man jealously crushed Acis with a boulder due to his desire for the nymph Galatea. A hero who claimed he was " outis " (OO-teess) , or "no one", escaped from this figure's cave riding on the underbelly of a sheep after using a sharpened stake to blind him. The Odyssey depicts Odysseus outsmarting, for 10 points, which Cyclops?

Polyphemus

The footnote "demon speaking from here on" appears in this text after a narrative about how a hailstorm immediately extinguishes divinely-granted fire. One character in this text dies after eating a bird poisoned with white earth. Its protagonists trick their half-brothers into climbing an endlessly-growing tree. In this text, animals, mud and wood are used in three failed attempts at (*) creating mankind. In this text, two characters survive the Houses of Gloom and Knives, but one of them is decapitated int he House of Bats by Camazotz. Vacub-Caquix, Cabrakan, and Zipacna are defeated in this text, whose protagonists are called to Xibalba for playing a ball-game too loudly. For 10 points, name this compilation of stories about the Hero Twins, and other Mayan myths.

Popol Vuh [or Popol Wuj]

At Colonus, this god was known as Hippios, and he was the divine ancestor of the royal families of Thessaly and Messenia. This god was the father of a man who stretched and chopped people into fitting into his bed, Procrustes, and this god's main festival was the Isthmia. He saw to Odysseus' stranding on Calypso's island due to Odysseus blinding his son, the cyclops Polyphemus.For 10 points, name this Greek god of the sea.

Poseidon

This figure transformed the nymph Caenis into a male warrior who was killed after being pounded into the ground by centaurs, and with Tyro this figure fathered Neleus and Pelias. Along with Aegeus, this immortal fathered Theseus, and also fathered Arion after mating with his sister Demeter in the form of a stallion. This god of horses sent King Minos the bull that became the father of the minotaur, and also sought revenge on (*) Odysseus for killing another of his sons, the Cyclops Polyphemus, by increasing the length of his journey home by causing a massive storm that shipwrecked him. For 10 points, name this Greek god of the sea.

Poseidon

A nymph raped by this god had her wish granted to become a male warrior, and he fathered twins while disguised as Enipeus. Alongside his nephew, this god helped build the walls of Troy. He fathered a horse able to speak with his sister while in the form of a stallion. Erechtheus was the emissary of this god, who slept with Aethra on the same night as Aegeus and may have fathered Theseus. This husband of Amphitrite cursed Odysseus's voyage home after Odysseus blinded his son Polyphemus. For 10 points, name this Greek god of seas and earthquakes who wields a trident.

Poseidon [accept Neptune before "Enipeus"]

The nymph Halia bore six sons to this deity, who was forced to curse them after they raped their mother in a bout of insanity caused by Aphrodite on Rhodes. This god turned Caenis into a man, and fathered Pelias with Tyro and Despoina and Arion with Demeter after turning himself into a stallion. His affair with Scylla caused his wife Amphitrite to turn her into a horrible monster, and Medusa was cursed by Athena for fornicating in her temple with this god. For 10 points, name this creator of a salt spring that was inferior to Athena's olive tree, a Greek deity who created horses and ruled the sea.

Poseidon [accept Neptune until "Greek" is read]

After raping Caenis (“KYE-nisâ€), this god offered her any wish, and she requested to become a man. Zeus punished this deity and Apollo by sending them to Troy to serve King Laomedon, who tricked them into building walls around the city for no payment. This god turned the (*) Phaeacians’ (“fee-AE-shunsâ€) ship to stone after they helped a Greek hero return to Ithaca; that hero was Odysseus. When Demeter asked him to show her the most beautiful animal the world had ever seen, this god created the first horse, and this deity could create earthquakes with the trident he wielded. For 10 points, name this Greek god of the ocean.

Poseidon [accept Neptune until “Zeus,†do not prompt or accept afterwards] <RY>

This god disguised himself as Enipeus in order to approach Tyro, fathering both Pelias and Neleus in the process. This god aided Amymone when a satyr attempted to assault her, and he sent a giant serpent to destroy King Laomedon and the walls of Troy. Pasiphae fell in love with a white bull that was sent to Minos by this god, who raped Medusa in the temple of Athena. Athena created an olive tree to defeat this god in a contest, and the blinding of his son Polyphemus caused him to curse Odysseus. This husband of Amphitrite is often depicted holding a trident. For 10 points, name this Greek god of the ocean.

Poseidon [accept Neptune]

Artemis was tricked into shooting an arrow at one of this deity's children. This deity and Apollo were forced to construct a wall for Laomedon around the city of Troy, and he seduced Demeter to father the immortal horse Arion. Out of anger towards Minos, this father of Orion caused Pasiphaë [puh-SIH-fuh-ee] to fall in love with a bull. Odysseus blinded this deity's son Polyphemus. This deity lost the patronage of Athens by a single vote and fathered the merman Triton with his wife Amphitrite [AM-fee-TRY-tee]. Horses were sometimes sacrificed to this god, who could create earthquakes. Name this trident-wielding Greek god of the sea.

Poseidon [accept Orion before "children"; do not accept "Neptune"]

Other entities associated with this deity's domain include Telesto, Phorcys, and Glaucus. Once, this deity organized several others in a plot to make Zeus promise to be nicer by trapping him in a gold net. While in a temple with Medusa, [*] this god was caught, causing Athena to turn Medusa and her sisters into the gorgons. An olive tree was planted in one city while he failed in a contest to become its patron god, and this husband of Amphitrite created horses. For 10 points, name this father of Polyphemus, a Greek god who caused earthquakes with his trident and ruled over the seas.

Poseidon [prompt "Neptune"] [SR]

This figure's son, Polites, was slain in front of his eyes. This man was originally named Podarces before being sold into slavery by Heracles and rescued by Hesione. This man's wife transformed into a rabid dog in her grief. This man's daughter (*) Polyxena was sacrificed on the tomb of Achilles. This figure was killed on the altar of Zeus by Neoptolemus. His one hundred children included Paris and Hector. For 10 points, name this husband of Hecuba and king of Troy during the Trojan War.

Priam

In the Theogony, Hesiod describes this figure as "wily" and "ready-witted," and his story is also told in Hesiod's Works and Days. At Mekone (meh-CO-nay), he tries to trick Zeus by wrapping the bones of an ox inside its fat. He forecasts the travels of Io in a play by Aeschylus in which he is "bound," a punishment which results from his theft of a certain item, which he hides in a reed. For 10 points, name this Titan who stole fire and gave it to humans.

Prometheus

This figure gave birth to Hedone and lived in a palace with invisible servants. This figure described her husband as a man who spends all day hunting in the mountains, and she later used a small cake to distract Cerberus. A river-god advised this figure to wait until noontime in order to retrieve some golden wool, and an oracle ordered this figure to be left on top of a mountain, after which Zephyrus took her to her palace. A group of ants helped her sort out a pile of grains and seeds, and she hid a knife and an oil lamp to identify her husband. For 10 points, name this woman who became immortal after marrying Cupid.

Psyche

This figure is advised to ignore a man swimming in a river and an old woman weaving. This figure’s sisters die jumping off a cliff expecting Zephyr to catch them, and an oracle foretells that this figure will marry a winged serpent. A talking (*) reed helps this woman gather golden wool, and she’s assigned to retrieve a box of beauty from Proserpina. This woman has the child Voluptas, and she accidentally drops hot lamp oil on a sleeping god who’d been visiting her in the dark. This woman was assigned a series of difficult tasks by Venus after falling in love with her son. For 10 points, name this girl who fell in love with Cupid.

Psyche

This figure is put to sleep after opening a box full of darkness. This figure was told by a talkingtower to go to Taenarum, after which an eagle helped this figure get water from the River Styx. Thetwo sisters of this mortal were both married to kings, but jumped off cliffs because of their shabbyaccommodations. In Apuleius's Latin novel The Golden Ass, a talking reed helps this figure gather (*)golden wool from vicious sheep, and ants help this mother of Voluptas sort a huge pile of grain. In herstory, Greeks neglect Aphrodite to worship her instead, leading Zephyrus to bring her to a palace where herfuture husband only visited her in the dark. For 10 points, name this princess beloved by Eros, whose namemeans "soul."

Psyche

This woman is advised to remain silent while passing old women weaving and a lame man driving a mule laden with sticks, and has sleep extracted from her face and placed in a box. This woman births the goddess of sensual pleasure, a companion of the Graces named Voluptas. This woman, whose story was first told in Apuleius's The Golden Ass, slips from a dragon-infested cliff from which black water pours, lets briers collect the golden (*) wool of the Sun, and receives a crust of bread after accepting the aid of insects who sort a huge pile of grains for her. Her envious sisters convince her to sneak in a lamp to a liaison with her lover, betraying her promise to never look upon his face. For 10 points, name this nemesis of Venus, a woman who falls in love with Cupid.

Psyche

This deity was syncretized with the funerary god Seker and the scimitar-wielding Tenen. Much of the myth of this god is recorded on the Shabaka Stone. In depictions, a menat hangs from the back of his neck, and he wears a skullcap. The deified physician Imhotep is said to be this god's son. He created the world by imagining words, which became objects when spoken. The reincarnating (*) bull god, Apis, was worshipped in this deity's temple. This consort of Sekhmet created the metal plate that supports the vault of heaven with his skills as a craftsman. For 10 points, name this creator god of Memphis.

Ptah

In one myth, this woman confuses a glass floor for a pool of water and mistakenly pulls up her skirt, to reveal goats’ legs. This woman forces a man to swear he won’t take anything from her, but is forced to break the covenant when she wakes up thirsty in the middle of the night. Her son steals the Ark of the Covenant from Jerusalem and brings it to St. Mary’s Church in the (*) Kebra Negast. This woman engages in a riddle contest with the man with whom she fathered Menelik. She brings frankincense and myrrh from around the Red Sea when she visits Solomon. For 10 points, name this mythical Biblical queen of Ethiopia.

Queen of Sheba

In his persona as the god of wind, this figure wears a conical hat and was romantically involved with Mayahuel. While intoxicated, this figure made love to his sister, an act which led to his self-imposed exile. He created mankind by adding his blood to bones retrieved from the underworld, and this god was exiled on a raft of snakes as a result of the machinations of Tezcatlipoca. His twin brother, Xolotl, was closely associated with the underworld. For 10 points, name this Aztec feathered serpent deity.

Quetzalcoatl

Many sources conflate this deity with the ruler of a legendary city known as Tollan. This god poured his own blood over bones retrieved from the underworld in order to create humans for the fifth world era. This god looked into a mirror after sleeping with his celibate priestess sister, prompting him to throw himself on a pyre in shame. This god of the morning star had an aspect called Ehecatl who controlled the wind. Under the fifth sun, this rival of Tezcatlipoca sailed east on a raft of serpents, which may have caused worshippers of this god to conflate him with Hernan Cortez. For 10 points, name this Aztec "feathered serpent" god.

Quetzalcoatl

One aspect of this deity had cylindrical temples that reduced air resistance and was worshipped for igniting the sun. That aspect was the wind god Ehecatl, and the world's largest pyramid, located in Cholula, was dedicated to this god. Another aspect of this god personified the Morning Star, which this god's heart became after he immolated himself from the shame of sleeping with his sister, which he had been tricked into doing by Tezcatlipoca. He created the Fifth Race by grinding bones from Mictlan, and he may have been confused for Cortés, which expedited the conquest of Tenochtitlan. For 10 points, name this Aztec feathered serpent deity.

Quetzalcoatl

One of this god's forms fell in love with Mayahuel, bringing love into the world. That form, Ehecatl, saved the frozen sun and moon by blowing on them. He threw himself onto a funeral pyre out of remorse for sleeping with a celibate princess, after which his heart became the morning star. He ruled the fifth world cycle during which he mixed his blood with flour made of ground up human bones in order to reintroduce humans to the world. This god's pale skin caused Moctezuma to mistake Hernan Cortez for him. For 10 points, name this feathered serpent.

Quetzalcoatl

The period that this deity ruled over saw the sun destroyed by hurricanes and humans turned into monkeys. When god was in his wind deity form, he blew on the sun and moon to move them. He broke his vow of celibacy by drunkenly having sex with his sister, and he then immolated himself, causing his heart to become the morning star. Along with his twin, a god of fire and sickness, this god retrieved bones from the underworld, Mictlan, to create the human race. This deity has a Great Temple at Teotihuacan, and is the enemy of Tezcatlipoca. For 10 points, name this Aztec deity, whose name means "feathered serpent".

Quetzalcoatl

This figure is often depicted wearing a pendant called the "wind jewel", and he summoned a hurricane to blow away humans who had been turned into monkeys. Also associated with Ehecatl, this god retrieved the bones of the dead from Mictlan, and he either immolated himself and became Venus or was exiled on a raft of snakes when expelled by Tezcatlipoca, after which he was predicted to return as a white-skinned man. The twin brother of Xolotl, For 10 points, name this "feathered serpent", the creator god of the Aztecs.

Quetzalcoatl

This figure was deceived by his brother into abdicating the throne of Tollan, and in another myth, he struck down that brother, who proceeded to destroy mankind. In some myths, a crocodilian goddess gave birth to him while still a virgin, but in most versions of his birth, Ometeotl was his parent. He helped to kill Cipactli and created the earth, but did not lose a foot like Tezcatlipoca did. His brother was Xolotl, the god of the dead. This god was depicted as very colorful, and the world's largest pyramid dedicated to his worship. For 10 points, name this Aztec patron of knowledge and god of the wind, whose name means "feathered serpent".

Quetzalcoatl

This god's heart became the planet Venus after he lept onto a funeral pyre. This god's conflicts with the "Smoking Mirror" caused the destruction of four earths. After the creation of the barren fifth world, this god retrieved bones from Mictlan and used his blood to create men to populate that world. This brother of Xolotl was tricked by his rival Tezcatlipoca into his immolation and he was said to have sailed east on a raft of serpents to eventually return to his people. For 10 points, name this feathered serpent revered by the Aztecs.

Quetzalcoatl

With his twin brother, this figure stole bones from the underworld and used them to create humans. A rival of this deity is (*) Tezcatlipoca (TETZ-cat-lee-POKE-uh), and the arrival of a certain conquistador was mistaken as the return of this figure. Confused by the natives with Hernan Cortes, for 10 points, identify this Aztec god, a feathered serpent.

Quetzalcoatl

When this god saw his own ugliness in a mirror, he became intoxicated and ended up in a debauchery with his own sister. He is said to return in a year of the One-Reed, after setting out to the East on a raft of [*] snakes. He created mankind by sprinkling his blood on some bones from the underworld Mictlan, and taught the cultivation of maize. He is associated with the morning star, unlike his twin brother Xolotl, and his rival is the god whose name means "smoky mirror", Tezcatlipoca. For 10 points, name this Aztec god, a plumed serpent for whom Montezuma mistook Cortez.

Quetzalcoatl [DU]

This deity blew the sun and moon into motion, and his rule over the world was ended after humans were transformed into monkeys and killed by a hurricane. He immolated himself after either seeing his enemy's face reflected in a mirror or drunkenly sleeping with his virgin sister. This deity and his brother Xolotl [SHOH-loh-tuhl] ground up bones to create a new race of humans, after which this rival of Tezcatlipoca [TEZ-kaht-lee-POH-kah] departed from the world on a raft of snakes. Name this feathered serpent from Aztec mythology.

Quetzalcoatl [KET-zahl-koh-AH-tuhl] [prompt on Ehecatl]

In one account, this figure is conceived after the virgin Chimalman swallows an emerald. As a wind god, this figure blows on the sun and moon to make them move. This god burned himself to death after being tricked into sleeping with a celibate priestess. This figure created the fifth world cycle by mixing his blood with the bones of the inhabitants from the previous cycle. He retrieved those bones from (*) Mictlan with his dog-headed twin Xolotl. After striking him into the sea, this figure’s greatest rival transforms into a jaguar. This rival of Tezcatlipoca may have been thought to have returned from the sea as Hernán Cortés. For 10 points, name this feathered serpent from Aztec mythology.

Quetzalcoatl [anti-prompt on “Ehecatl†until read] <ES Mythology>

Shu and Tefnut were created from this god's saliva. According to one legend, this deity emerged out of chaos from a lotus flower. Every night, this god's barque was attacked by the snake Apep. This deity colored 7,000 jars of beer red in order to calm Sekhmet, who is known as this god's "eye." This god was unified with (*) Atem and Amun. Like Horus, this deity was depicted with the head of a falcon, and he was also depicted with a golden disk. Pharaohs were titled the "Son of" this god. For 10 points, name this Egyptian sun deity.

Ra

This deity travelled on two boats, the Mandjet and the Mesektet. This deity is also the ancestor of all members of the Ennead. He sent his eye as a goddess to punish humanity, but later changed his decision, and used red beer to stop that goddess. Isis created a serpent to (*) poison this deity, and gave him the antidote in exchange for his secret name. His center of worship was Heliopolis, and was manifested by Khepri and Khnum during different times of the day. This deity formed the “king of gods†when it combined with Amun. For ten points, name this Egyptian sun god.

Ra <JW> HALFTIME

In one creation myth, this figure was created from Nu, the watery chaos which covered the world. In another creation myth, this god sprung forth from a lotus flower and used his spit to create the god of the air and the goddess of moisture, Shu and Tefnut. This deity would use the boats "Mandjet" and "Mesektet" every day and night to travel through the sky. He is usually pictured with a disk on his head, and pharaohs eventually began to be referred to as "sons of" this deity. For 10 points, name this deity commonly linked to Atum and Amun, the sun god of Egyptian mythology.

Ra [accept Re]

In order to obtain an antidote after he was bitten by a snake, this god was forced to reveal his secret name to Isis, and his aspects include the Benu bird and the Mnevis bull. This god was born from a mound emerging from the primeval waters of Nun, and his daughter's feather is weighed against the hearts of the dead. This father of Maat was defended by Set and Mehen from the monster Apep while piloting a barque through the underworld each night. Combined with Amun during the New Kingdom, For 10 points, name this Egyptian god of the Sun.

Ra [accept Re]

The Book of the Heavenly Cow discusses a rebellion against this god. This god's daughter stripped naked to cheer him up; he fed that daughter red beer, rather than blood, after changing his mind about destroying humanity. This god's cult was centered at Heliopolis. He was poisoned by a snake to make him divulge his secret name. Khnum [CUH-NOOM] and Khepri were aspects of this god. This father of Bastet and Hathor was thought to be merely a creation of Ptah by Memphis; by that time, he had been syncretized with Atum. Apep attacked this god's chariot every night. For 10 points, name this Egyptian sun god.

Ra [or Re; or Atum-Ra; or Amun-Ra]

He led the Ennead as the all-seeing and all-knowing, and ruled the Place of Pillars. This god was associated with the leader of the Ogdoad, Amun. Sekhmet was his follower until she became bloodthirsty and had to be put to sleep. He was not associated with Aten, the sun disk, but during sunrise and sunset he was represented by a scarab beetle and a ram. This god rode on his boat through the underworld during nights, fighting the demon Apep with Set, his strongest follower. For 10 points, name this sun god with a falcon head, often associated with Horus.

Ra or Re

4. Those who meet up after this event find golden playing pieces used by their predecessors. The main fighting during this occurs at a field called Vigrith, and after it, some men live in a hall called Sindri and others in Gimli. A series of three consecutive winters marks the beginning of this event, during which the ship (*) Naglfar is completed from the nails of the dead. The giant Surt sets fire to the world during this event, which is survived by two humans named Lif and Lifthrasir. Garm kills Tyr, and Fenrir swallows Odin in, for ten points, what apocalyptic event in Norse mythology?

Ragnarok

This figure killed Taataka with a poisoned arrow and later freed Ahalya from a curse that had turned her to stone. He proved his divinity by stringing and breaking the bow Pinaka. One of this man's friends ripped open his own chest in order to show him the world. That friend once imprisoned this man's sons, Luv ("loov") and Kush, due to a misunderstanding about a runaway horse. This man exiled himself to the forest with his wife and his brother Lakshmana. He questioned his wife's purity after crossing a floating bridge constructed by monkeys to find her. For 10 points, name this avatar of Vishnu who slew Ravana to rescue his wife Sita.

Rama

At one point, this animal becomes a cedar leaf in order to steal light from a greedy chief named Logobola. According to the Haida, he brought salmon and berries to a clam shell to feed the first humans. A Manataka story tells of how his power to conjure up buffalo meat caused embarrassment for (*) Coyote, in one of many mythologies that consider him either a trickster god or a benefactor of humans. For 10 points, name this creature, which is seen in many Native American mythologies, and is a black bird that in European cultures symbolizes death.

Raven [or Chulyen; or Hemaskas; or Guguyni; or Nankil'slas; or Kwekwaxa'we; or

One legend holds that one of these animals brought light into darkness by causing the seagull to drop its box of light. The Celtic goddess Morrigan was accompanied by three of these animals, and Apollo used one of these to spy on his lover Coronis. Legend states that a terrible disaster will befall England if these animals are not present at the Tower of London, and Odin owned a pair of these animals that whispered news into his ears, Huginn and Muninn. For 10 points, name these animals often believed to be the same as crows.

Ravens [accept Crows until mentioned; prompt on Birds]

In one of this people's myths, a shapeshifter in an orchard disguises himself as an old woman to seduce the goddess of fruit. An ancestor of these people saw a white sow suckling thirty white piglets. This society got three books of prophecy from a prophetess who burned six of the original set. One of their gods protected them with a volcanic hot spring, and was honored with an open gate in times of war. The Golden Bough was a mythical object for these people, who worshipped the "Unconquered Sun" and adapted many Etruscan gods. For 10 points, name this ancient people whose gods included Pomona, two-faced Janus, and the war goddess Minerva.

Romans [or Romani; do NOT accept "Greeks" at any point]

According to one story, this man was carried up to the heavens during a storm, but not before commanding the people to worship him as Quirinus. According to legend, he saw twelve vultures when his brother only saw six, and he grew furious when his brother jumped over his wall. He killed Amulius and restored his grandfather Numitor to the throne of Alba Longa. He was the son of Rhea Silvia and Mars, and was fed by a she-wolf as a child. For 20 points, name this brother of Remus and founder of Rome.

Romulus

These figures were raised by Faustulus (FOUST-yuh-luhs) and Acca Larentia (AH-kuh luh-REN-shee-uh). These figures removed Amulius (uh-MYOO-lee-uhs) from the throne, restoring their grandfather King Numitor. These sons of Mars and Rhea Silvia were suckled by Lupa, a she-wolf. One of them saw twelve eagles over Palatine Hill, which the other mocked by jumping over it. For 10 points, name these twin brothers who founded ancient Rome.

Romulus and Remus [both names required; can be given in either order]

Yezidis [YEH-zih-dees] worship this figure under the name Iblis, while he was also described as the prosecutor at the court of Yahweh [YAH-way]. In the Intertestamental period, this figure was referred to as Sammael. This character is the subject of Isaiah 14:12, where he was described as "the morning star." In Luke 10:18, this character "fell like lightning from heaven." One of his names means 'lord of the flies.' Name this character commonly portrayed as a fallen angel, the archenemy of God and ruler of Hell.

Satan (accept Lucifer, the Devil, Diabolus, Beelzebub, Belial, Beliar, or equivalents)

This figure's wife shares her name with the father of Odysseus's wet nurse; early cults, however, paired that wife with Consus and this god with Lua. This figure gave laws to people "sprung from the boles of trees and the obdurate oak" according to a speech given by Evander. During the Republic, the aerarium , or public treasury, was kept in the temple of this husband of Ops. Either this deity or Mars was the father of Picus, who was turned into a woodpecker after serving as the first king of Latium, which was ruled by this god during the (*) Golden Age. A festival dedicated to this god, during which the master-slave relationship was reversed, took place in late December. For 10 points, name this sickle-wielding Roman god who was often equated with the Greek Cronus.

Saturn [or Saturnus ]

In order to appease her, the priestesses of this goddess performed rituals to different statues of her every day of the year. Her counterpart of the west, Bastet, wears green while she wears red. This goddess's father seeks red ochre from Elephantine after she turns the (*) Nile red after going on a murderous rampage. This figure transforms into the gentle Hathor while being tricked into drinking blood-colored beer. This goddess was born out of the fire of Ra's eye. For 10 points, name this lion-headed goddess of war and vengeance.

Sekhmet

According to Plutarch, this deity was often identified with the monster Typhon. This god was tricked into swearing an oath granting his kingdom to his nephew while intoxicated, and that nephew ejaculated semen into this god's lettuce. He was defeated in a boat race when his opponent painted a wooden boat to resemble stone, and this god battled the serpent Apep in order to ensure Ra's safe passage through the underworld. He is most notorious for murdering his brother Osiris. For 10 points, name this Egyptian god of storms, the desert, and chaos, the rival of Horus.

Set [accept Seth or Setesh or Sutekh or Setekh or Suty]

This god’s diet consisted entirely of lettuce. He was worshipped at Avaris after becoming patron deity to the Hyksos. This god defended against serpent attacks in the underworld while helping with the nightly voyage taken by Ra’s barge, and his consort was Nephthys. This god stole his nephew’s eye while in his battle with Horus, sometime after he dismembered and scattered the fourteen pieces of his brother. This god had flat-topped ears on a long-snouted black head, and ruled over the deserts. For 10 points, name this nemesis of Osiris, an evil Egyptian god.

Set [or Seth; or Seteh; or Bebo] <SSp>

This deity is given Anat and Astarte as wives in a compromise brokered by Neith [NEETH]. This god becomes a black pig when he “eats†the moon once a month. This god was thought both bisexual and infertile after his genitals were torn off. He loses a boat race in a boat actually made of stone. This deity convinced his (*) brother to lay down in a box, sinks the box, then later mutilates his brother’s body and scatters it into fourteen pieces. This god protects the solar barge from a giant serpent every night. He gouges out the eye of his rival Horus. For 10 points, name this brother of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the desert and other bad things.

Set [or Seth]

The Hyksos worshiped this figure because he was the patron deity of foreigners. He once raced his archenemy but sank to the bottom of a river in a boat made of stone. This deity stood at the head of Ra's boat with Sekhmet, defending against Apophis. He was born when Thoth stole the moon's light, and he was the brother and husband of Nephthys. A falcon-headed god avenged his father, the husband of Isis, after this god killed and chopped him into fourteen pieces. For 10 points, name this Egyptian god of storms and chaos who killed his brother Osiris but failed to usurp Horus's throne.

Seth

Two of this figure's siblings preside over funerals, and one those siblings is traditionally depicted as holding the ankh. This parent of the crocodile-headed Sobek is the lord of "red land", contrasted with his brother's "black land." This god's sister and wife is Nephthys. This god lost a boat race while using a stone boat, as his nephew's boat was only wood painted to look like stone. That nephew was Horus. After several invasions of this god's region by the Hyksos, he was viewed with increasing negativity due to his status as the god of foreigners. For 10 points, name this Egyptian god of storms and chaos who killed his brother Osiris.

Seth

In one story, one of this deity's sons is a war god that was raised by six women, resulting in the formation of his six faces; that son is named Skanda. He is attended by the Ganas and is the husband of Parvati, who bore him another son with an elephant's head. This rider of the bull Nandi also has a blue (*) throat from drinking the world's poison and has a third eye in his forehead whose opening will cause the destruction of the universe. For 10 points, name this Hindu deity, a member of the Trimurti known as the Destroyer.

Shiva

This deity decapitated one of the five heads of one of his counterparts, leaving that god with only four. This god is often depicted trampling the dwarf of ignorance, Apasmara, as the eternal dancer Nataraja. He often rides the bull Nandi, and his son Kartikeya lost a contest with his other son, who simply circumambulated this god. Halahala left over from the churning of the sea was drunk by this god to save the world, but it turned his throat blue. Worship of this god usually involves linga, or sacred stones, and he severed an elephant's head to replace his son Ganesha's. For 10 points, name this husband of Parvati, the destroyer of the Hindu Trimurti.

Shiva

This deity gave a bow to King Janaka, which Rama broke when he won the hand of Sita. He crushed the dwarf Apasmara with his right foot and yielded a trident that represented the three gunas. He is often depicted wearing the cobra Naga around his neck, and he swallowed the poison Halahala to obtain his blue throat. His vehicle is the white bull Nandi, and he is often depicted as Nataraja, the eternal dancer. His third eye destroys everything before it. For 10 points, name this husband of Parvati and destroyer god of the Hindu Trimurti.

Shiva

This figure granted Bhasmasura a boon, allowing him to slay anyone on whose head he placed his hand. He once burned the god of love, Kama, to death. During the Kurma incarnation of another deity, this god ingested the deadly Halahala to protect the rest of the world; he thus gained the epithet "Neelakantam," or "blue-throated one." This deity resides on Mount Kailash, rides the white bull Nandi, and is often worshipped in the form of a lingam. He is the husband of Parvati. For 10 points, identify this member of the Trimurti with a third eye, the "destroyer" god of Hinduism.

Shiva

This god is associated with the Rigvedic storm god Rudra, and his name contrasts with that god's epithet ghora, meaning terrible. The Arhanarisvara is a depiction of this god as half-man and half-woman, and the Harihara merges this god with Vishnu. The deaths of many devas and asuras who churned the oceans in search of Amrita led this god to drink the Halahala poison, turning his throat blue. In some stories he beheaded Ganesh and gave him an elephant head, and this god's second wife was Parvati. He is sometimes depicted dancing in a circle of flames to end the world. For 10 points, name this destroyer god of Hinduism.

Shiva

This god is associated with five mantras like Sadyojata and Vamadeva that manifest as his different forms. This god constantly mocked his wife because of her dark skin, causing Brahma to turn her skin golden. He is frequently worshipped using phallic statues called lingams, and may be depicted with the river Ganges flowing from his hair. As Nataraja, this consort of Parvati balances on the dwarf Apasmara while he dances to end the universe and start the cycle of creation. Able to incinerate his enemies with his third eye, for 10 points, name this destroyer god in Hindu mythology.

Shiva <JK>

This deity cursed Illa to be a man one month and a woman the next. This god’s sacred number is five, the number of his panchabrahmans and faces. When this god repeatedly mocked his wife for her dark complexion, she turned her skin gold. In one myth, this deity engaged in a dancing competition with Kali, and won by throwing his leg up (*). His throat turned blue when his wife choked him to keep a poison from reaching his stomach; that woman was Parvati. He is frequently depicted with a third eye on his forehead and worshipped in the form of the lingam. For 10 points, name this destroyer god, who makes the Hindu Trimurti with Brahma and Vishnu.

Shiva <RY>

The Kashi Vishwanath temple to this god is based in the city of Varanasi. The epithet Jatin refers to this god’s matted hair, which is also usually depicted turning into a river. This deity wields the damaru and trishula, otherwise known as a two-headed drum and (*) trident, and his mount is a bull named Nandi. This god drank poison during the churning of the ocean of milk, turning his throat blue. This god also possesses the aspect of the “cosmic dancer,†and he is the father of Ganesha and the husband of Parvati. For 10 points, name this “destroyer†god, part of the Hindu Trimurti along with Brahma and Vishnu.

Shiva (accept Nataraja after “cosmic dancer†is read)

18. This deity smeared ash on his head three times after his form of Tripurantaka fought three cities. This god is alternatively called Pashupati and resides as a yogi in Mount Kailash. The Ganges River flows through the matted hair of this rider of the bull Nandi, who burned the god of love to ashes. He is commonly depicted standing by a form of his wife named (*) Kali, or with a snake around his neck and a trident in his right arm. Often worshipped through a lingam, this god fathered Kartikeya and Ganesha with his wife Parvati. For ten points, name this Hindu destroyer god.

Shiva (accept Siva, Rudra, Nataraja, Neelkantha, or Shankara) <KT>

On one holy day honoring this figure, followers offer bael-tree leaves and cold water, or draw three stripes of ash across their foreheads to commemorate the digging of the Well of Wisdom, or Jnana Vapi, in his holiest temple. This deity detected a fellow god's lie about reaching the end of an infinitely-tall tower of fire, since he was actually the tower, and removed the fifth (*) head from that liar, Brahma. Often depicted crushing a dwarf with one foot in the air, he is worshiped using stump-like structures called lingams. Though not Neptune, he wears a crescent moon in his matted hair and wields a trident. For 10 points, name this consort of Parvati who can incinerate others by opening his third eye, a Hindu Trumurti member and destroyer god.

Shiva [accept Siva; accept Maha Shivaratri until "this figure" is read]

At Borobudur, this god is depicted in the third gallery along with Queen Maya and Maitreya in the Rupadhatu level, the world of forms. The Shri Rudram Chamakam is an extensive hymn dedicated to this god, and the holiest of his temples is Pashupatinath in Nepal. Harihara is the combined form of Vishnu and this god. Bhairava, his destructive form, contrasts with his dancing Nataraja form. His first consort was Sati, and he rides on the bull Nandi wielding a trishula. He drank some poison, making him blue, and has a destructive third eye. For 10 points, name this god whose wife Parvati lived with him on Mount Kailash, the "destroyer" of the Hindu Trimurti.

Shiva [accept reasonable equivalents like Shiv or Siva]

In one story, this god granted the left half of his body to his wife, resulting in acombined form called Ardhanarishvara. This god tore off a fingernail to create thewrathful Bhairava, who guards places where the ashes of Shakti are worshiped. TheVedic Rudra is considered a predecessor to this deity, who lives atop Mount Kailasa.This god is often depicted trampling a (*) dwarf representing ignorance in the form of Nataraja, the lord of the dance. His throat turned blue when he swallowed the Halahala poison during the churning of the ocean of milk. His mount is the white bull Nandi, and he had two children, Kartikeya and Ganesha, with his wife Parvati. For 10 points, name this "destroyer" god of the Hindu Trimurti, in which he is joined by Brahma and Vishnu.

Shiva [or Shiv; or Siva]

On this god's "Great Night," worshipers imitate a hunter who escaped tigers by dropping athousand bilwa leaves on a representation of him. Devotees of this god draw three vibhuti lines acrosstheir foreheads in white ash. He is shown with his hair turning into a river in depictions of thatriver's descent. This god is often depicted resting on an animal skin and holding a (*) trident;alternatively, he crushes a dwarf beneath his foot as Nataraja, the cosmic dancer. Mount Kailasa is sacredto this god, the husband of Parvati and father of Ganesh. For 10 points, name this destroyer god of theHindu Trimurti.

Shiva [or Siva]

This deity helped absolve the sins of King Bhagirath's ancestors by using his hair locks to absorb an entire river as it flowed down from heaven. He contains the destructive aspect Kalamata, and is also associated with dance under the name [*] Nataraja. This rider of the white bull Nandi, worshipped through a phallic structure known as the lingam, was once strangled after swallowing the ocean, leading to his blue throat. Aspects of his female consort include Kali and the mother of Ganesh, Parvati. For 10 points, name this deity whose third eye annihilates all before it, a member of the Hindu Trimurti known as the destroyer.

Shiva [prompt 'Nataraja' until read] [MJ]

A scholar from this place published the Semiramis legend in his Bibliotheca historia. Arethusabecame a fountain on Ortygia, a neighbor islet to this home of Diodorus. Acestes lives in its town ofEryx, where he shoots an arrow that catches fire, and frenzied women burn a fleet of ships thatpreviously picked up Achaemenides here. Galatea's lover Acis was crushed by a boulder in thisplace. The giant Enceladus was buried under its (*) tallest peak, where Virgil located Polyphemus.Chains keep Typhon under this landmass, the end goal of Icarus's failed flight. In the water to its northeast,ships tried to avoid the churning Charybdis and six-headed Scylla. For 10 points, name this island whereHephaestus channeled the fires of Mount Etna.

Sicily [or Sicilia]

In one work, this figure uses a cloak of invisibility before competing to throw a javelin, hurl a boulder twelve fathoms, and carry a king while leaping over that boulder. In that work, Hagen and Gunther go hunting with this man and stab a leaf-shaped weak spot on his back to kill him. He also learned the language of (*) birds, withdrew a sword that Odin stuck in a tree, and bathed in dragon's blood after using that sword, called Gram or Balmung, to slay Fafnir. In the Volsunga Saga, he enters a ring of fire to rescue Brynhild. For 10 points, name this Germanic hero of the Nibelungenlied, the son of Sieglinde and Siegmund.

Sigurd Sigmundson [or Siegfried; or Sigurthr; or Sifrit; prompt on Sivard]

This man’s strength was strongest when the sun is at its highest, and he is sometimes referred to as “the Maidens’ Knight†due to his status as a defender of women. This pentacle-wearing brother of Mordred became enemies with Lancelot after Lancelot killed the rest of his brothers. He once exchanged kisses for livestock, and secretly accepted a girdle of invincibility from Lady Bertilak. As penance for not keeping a bargain, this man received a nick on his neck. For 10 points, name this Knight of the Round Table who most famously entered into a beheading competition with the Green Knight.

Sir Gawain <JK>

His son is known by the epithet "The Fair Unknown;" that son, Gingalain, sacrifices his love for a tournament. He is the son of King Lot of Orkney, and is often called 'courteous'. In one poem, he gets information on what women most desire after he marries Dame Ragnelle. He receives three kisses from Lady [*] Bercilak, who gives this man a girdle preventing injury, before he goes to a chapel and faces his axe-wielding nemesis. For 10 points, name this Knight of the Round Table, a nephew of King Arthur who goes on a quest to defeat the Green Knight.

Sir Gawain [accept Gawan, Gavan, Gauvain, Gwalchmei, or Walewein from annoying people] [JoC]

This character is at one point punished by being forced to wear the head of a woman he haddecapitated. One of this character's sons is known as "Le Bel Inconnu", or "The Fair Unknown".This man's power grows stronger in the morning and weaker in the afternoon. In one work, thischaracter wears a shield emblazoned with a pentangle and goes to the Chapel Perilous afteraccepting a (*) magic girdle. This son of Lot and brother of Mordred loses an epic battle with Lancelot atthe end of Le Morte d'Arthur. In a different work, he resists seduction by Sir Bercilak's wife, but is nickedby the final blow in a beheading contest with the title figure. For 10 points, name this nephew of KingArthur who has a confrontation with the Green Knight.

Sir Gawain [or Gwalchmei; or Gualguanus; or Gauvain]

In a work by Chretien de Troyes, this man fights with Melegeant and ends up entering a "cart," destroying his dignity. This man dies while acting as a priest in a convent, prompting his friends to go fight in the Crusades. This brother of Ector de Maris is seduced by the Fair Maid of Astolat and renames his castle "the Dolorous Gard". This man kills Gareth and Gaheris, then has an epic battle with their brother Gawain, at the end of Le Morte d'Arthur. This knight is unable to achieve the Holy Grail, but his son with Elaine, Galahad, is. For 10 points, name this man who carries on an affair with Guinevere but is nevertheless considered Arthur's greatest knight.

Sir Lancelot [or Sir Launcelot]

This character discovered his true name under a metal slab after chasing off the Copper Knight and taking over the castle of Joyous Guard. This man, who once talked Galehaut into surrendering, defeated a pair of illusory lions by crossing the Sword Bridge to the land of Gorre after earlier gaining a nickname by jumping into a dwarf-driven cart. He defeated Claudas to recover the kingdom of his father, King (*) Ban of Medwick, and slew Meleagant in a duel. This cousin of Bors and Lionel embarks on the Grail Quest along with Perceval and his son by Elaine of Corbenic, Galahad. For 10 points, name this knight who carried on a long affair with Guinevere, the greatest Knight of the Round Table.

Sir Lancelot du Lac [or Launcelot; or the White Knight]

This man was once imprisoned by three queens until he promised to marry one of them, but he was rescued by the daughter of his friend King Baudemagus. He suffered from madness for two years after being discovered in bed with Elaine of Carbonek, the daughter of the Fisher King. This half-brother of Sir Hector-de-Maris was responsible for the deaths of Gawain's brothers while attempting to rescue his lover from being burned at the stake. He had earlier saved that lover from Meleagant in an adventure that earned him the nickname "Knight of the Cart." For 10 points, name this man who fathered Galahad and had an affair with Guinevere, considered the best knight in the world.

Sir Launcelot

One story states that these creatures were born from the blood of Achelous's broken horn. Upondying, several of these creatures turned white and transformed into islands in the sea of Aptera. Theywere granted wings after the abduction of their childhood playmate Persephone, but their featherswere plucked by the Muses after Hera coaxed them into a singing contest. Aphrodite saved Butesfrom these figures, from whom the (*) Argonauts were protected by Orpheus' music. One hero putbeeswax in his ears and was tied to the mast of his ship to gain immunity against their power. For 10 points,name these maidens encountered by Odysseus, who sang so beautifully that ships crashed into their island.

Sirens

According to one myth, this figure kidnapped Anticlea and fathered Odysseus. His son was trampled to death by his own horses for dishonoring Aphrodite, and this figure secretly marked the hooves of his cattle to prove the theft of Autolycus. He created the Isthmian Games after finding the body of Melicertes, and he received a spring from Asophus for revealing the location of Aegina. He once captured the god of death, Thanatos, and he returned from the underworld to reprimand his wife Merope for denying him a proper funeral, then refused to return. For 10 points, name this figure who was condemned to roll a boulder up a hill for eternity.

Sisyphus

One of this man's sons was devoured when the supply of human flesh he had been feeding his horses ran out. This man found his nephew's corpse carried to shore by a dolphin, and his twin sons were killed by their mother Tyro. He marked his cattle's hooves to prove that they had been stolen, and then raped the thief's daughter, Anticlea [an-TEE-clee-ah]. This man left the Underworld after his wife Merope [MEH-roh-pay] failed to perform proper funeral rites; earlier, he had narrowly escaped death by chaining up Thanatos. Name this king of Corinth who was condemned in Tartarus to eternally push a boulder up a hill.

Sisyphus

In Greek mythology, one of these objects was used by Odysseus to heal Telephus, and another of these objects was made from the bone of a sea monster called the Coinchenn and presented as a gift from Scathach. That object caused the deaths of Connla and later Ferdiad during the Cattle Raid of Cooley. In addition to that one owned by Cúchullain, the Gae Bulg, another of these objects was made for Odin by the sons of Ivaldi and never missed its mark. Exemplified by Gungnir, For 10 points, name this weapon consisting of a shaft and a pointed head.

Spear

One myth from this country tells of how one of its gods saved a rabbit that had lost its fur after insulting a group of sharks, and later retrieved a turnip-shaped arrow from a burning field. This country's folk tales feature cucumber- riding water demons called kappas as well as an eight-headed dragon that was slain by this country's sea god. This country was supposedly formed when its creator god Izanagi dripped brine from his spear, and its sun goddess retreated into a cave after her brother threw a flayed horse into her room. That goddess, Amaterasu, was the ancestor of this country's first emperor, Jimmu. For 10 points, name this nation home to the many kami of the Shinto religion.

State of Japan [Accept Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku.]

Anaxarete was turned into one of these after mocking the funeral of her suitor, who hanged himself. Hermes turned the sheppard Battus into this after he told his friends about the god's theft of cattle, and Laelaps was turned into one of these by Zeus. Phineus and his men were turned into these during a fight with Perseus, as well as the brother of Dictys, King Polydectes. Niobe was turned into this after Apollo and Artemis killed her children, and Perseus avoided turning into this by using a shield as a mirror. For 10 points, name this object, which everything that looks into the head of the Medusa turns into.

Stones [accept Rocks or other equivalents]

The deification of this object will be consumed by Skoll at Ragnarök. The ancestor of the Inca royal family was said to be a deity of this object named Inti. It is the symbol of the son of Hyperion, who is also father to Phaethon ("FAY-uh-tawn"). One deity of this object birthed three gods from a sword, and hid in a cave after a fight with her brother; that goddess is Amaterasu. Under the reign of Amenhotep IV, Egypt began monotheistic worship of a disk representing this object known as Aten. For 10 points, name this object presided over by the Egyptian Ra and the Greek Apollo.

Sun

The Hindu god of this object gave his son Karna impenetrable earrings and body armor, which were taken by Indra. During Ragnarok, the wolf Skoll will devour this object. The (*) Inca worshipped this object as Inti, and the Japanese kami of this celestial body once hid in a cave to escape her brother Susano’o. In Egyptian myth, a barge representing this object is guided by Ra. For 10 points, the Greek god Helios represented which star, around which Earth revolves?

Sun [accept solar deity]

15. In the Mahabharata, one god of this type is the father of the warrior Karna. Ares turned Alectryon into a rooster because he failed to warn Ares of the arrival of another god of it, which, in Hinduism, is represented by the god Surya. In Norse mythology, Mani is the brother of a goddess of this object who is chased by the wolf Skoll.  A goddess of this (*) hid in a cave because her brother threw a flayed horse at her loom; that goddess had a brother named Susano’o and was named Amaterasu. The Greek god of this handed his chariot to his son Phaeton, who ended up scorching the Earth. For 10 points, name this daytime celestial body ruled by Helios.

Sun god (or solar deity/god; accept answers equivalent in meaning) <BZ>

This deity once changed his wife into a comb, and once went on a rampage during which he threw a flayed horse at his sister, scaring her into a cave. To kill a certain monster, this deity set out eight tubs of alcohol, then used a sword once used to kill the god of fire, the Totsuka no Tsurugi, to kill that eight-headed serpent, the Yamata no Orochi. To get back into his sister's good graces, he brought her the legendary sword Kusanagi. For 10 points, name this kami born from Izanagi's nose, the brother of Amaterasu and Shinto god of storms.

Susano'o

4. According to some myths, this man was killed by a falling boulder from Mount Sipylus for harboring the golden dog that Pandareus stole. His daughter was turned into a weeping rock on Mount Sipylus, while his son beat Oenomaus in a chariot race to marry Hippodamia. This man’s father invited him to dine on Olympus, only for this man to (*) steal some ambrosia and nectar. His son Pelops received an ivory shoulder after this man served him as food to the gods. For ten points, identify this man who suffers from perpetual thirst and hunger in the underworld.

Tantalus

This figure's grandson with the same name was the first husband of Clytemnestra who was killed by Agamemnon. This father of Broteas was also the father of a woman who was turned into an eternally weeping stone and a man who was aided by Myrtilus in defeating Oenomaus in a chariot chase. This figure, a son of Zeus and Himas's daughter Pluto, stole nectar and ambrosia from a banquet in Mount Olympus and served his son Pelops to the gods. For 10 points, name this king of Sipylus who was punished in the Underworld by the constant presence of food and water which escaped his grasp.

Tantalus

One meteor shower associated with this constellation lasts from June 5 to July 18 and is identified by the letter "Beta", and another meteor shower associated with this constellation is linked with the comet Encke and divided into "Northern" and "Southern" branches. This constellation contains Maia and Alcyone, both members of the Pleiades open star cluster, and its orange alpha star is the giant Aldebaran. For 10 points, name this constellation containing the supernova remnant Crab Nebula and known as "the bull".

Taurus

Palamedes placed this figure in his infancy in front of a plow to prove that his father was not actually insane. His father refused an offer of twenty oxen per guest as payment for hospitality, and then the two of them teamed up to punish their family's disloyal maids. This man sneezed loudly after his mother talked about her suitors, which she took to be a good sign. He had earlier found his disguised father in the house of the swineherd Eumaeus. Nestor's son Peisistratus gave him a chariot and horses, and accompanied him to the court of Menelaus, where he learned about a prophecy Proteus made. For 10 points, name this son of Penelope and Odysseus.

Telemachus

He was known as the "Jade Turkey" as the god of pestilence. This son of duality seduced and kidnapped the goddess Xochiquetzal ("shok-ee-ket-zal") from her husband Tlaloc, and also tricked his brother into getting drunk. That brother had earlier overthrown him when this god ruled as the Sun of the first world. However, the two cooperated in the past to defeat Cipactli, who bit off this god's right foot. As a result, this god is depicted with a snake for a foot. He shapeshifted into a jaguar to destroy the world ruled by his rival Quetzalcoatl. For 10 points, name this Mesoamerican god of the night who is sometimes depicted with a smoking mirror on his chest.

Tezcatlipoca

Young boys annually chosen to represent this god were given gifts and four women before being sacrificed. While visiting Tula, this god provoked his brother’s exile from Teotihuacan by offering him an alcoholic maguey drink. This god kidnapped (*) Tlaloc’s wife, Xochiquetzal, to be his bride. In order to make the sea monster Cipactli approach him, this god sacrificed his foot as bait. This god replaced that foot with a piece of obsidian. This god shapeshifted into a jaguar to destroy the world. For 10 points, name this rival of Quetzalcoatl who carries a mystical “smoking mirror.â€

Tezcatlipoca

During the Gigantomachia, these figures killed Agrius and Thoas with their pestles. At MountNysa, they offered "ephemeral apples" to the doomed Typhon. At Delphi, one fewer than the usualnumber of these figures is worshipped. With help from Palamedes, these figures invented thealphabet. In order to save Admetus, Apollo gets these figures drunk. Known as the Parcae in Romanmyth, these figures appear three nights after a (*) child is born. They own a spindle, a rod, and a pair ofshears, which they use to manipulate the thread of life. For 10 points, name this triad, composed of Clotho,Lachesis, and Atropos, the incarnations of Destiny.

The Fates [or The Moirae; or the Fata; accept the Parcae before mentioned]

Prior to this event, Zeus asked Selene and Helios not to drive their chariots across the sky, in order to prevent a goddess from finding a plant which would protect its users. A piece of an island broken off by a trident was flung at one figure in this event, and another had to be dragged out of his native land in order to be killed. The Aloadae trapped Ares inside a bronze urn during this conflict. One side of this conflict created a stack of mountains in order to reach (*) Mount Olympus, and Zeus made Porphyrion (“por-PHEE-ree-awnâ€) lust after Hera, starting this event. For 10 points, name this mythological war that saw figures like Alcyoneus on one side and Apollo on the other.

The Gigantomachy [accept word forms like “war between the giants and Greek godsâ€, “the war with the giantsâ€. etc.] <RY>

In this work's final section, a woman is impregnated after eating a lingonberry and her son is crowned king after telling off a protagonist, who had earlier entered the belly of a giant to gain boat-building skills. The architect of the forests is summoned at the beginning of its second section, not long after a shattering duck egg results in the creation of the world. Longfellow borrowed its distinctive trochaic tetrameter for "The Song of Hiawatha". At the behest of a (*) witch from the north, one character in this work creates a magical mill called the Sampo. A tragic section of this work stars Kullervo, though most of it centers on Ilmarinen, Lemminkainen, and Vainamoinen. For 10 points, name this compendium of Finnish mythology edited by Elias Lonnrot.

The Kalevala

In this work, a villain disguised as a beggar kills the vulture Jatayu as he attempts to protect a woman from abduction in the Panchavati forest. Because the protagonist of this work is exiled into the wilderness for 14 years, Bharata reluctantly takes his job. Another character in this work must undergo a test of fire in order to prove her purity. In this work, a character convinces a kingdom of monkeys to help him search for his wife; however, due to laziness only the strongest monkey hero, Hanuman, arrives to help. For 10 points, name this famous Indian epic in which Rama journeys to Lanka to slay the demon king Ravana and rescue his wife Sita.

The Ramayana <JK>

A king of this city received a curse on his family for abducting Chrysippus, a son of Pelops. While battling before this city, Tydeus defeated Melanippus and ate his brains. A princess from this city burnt to death after asking to see the full glory of Zeus; that mother of Dionysus, Semele, was the daughter of a man who produced a strange crop of fully-armed (*) men by sowing serpent's teeth in the soil of this city. A king of this city, Laius, died at the hands of his own son, who unknowingly killed him on the road before marrying Jocasta, his own mother. For 10 points, name this Boeotian city founded by Cadmus and later ruled by Creon and Oedipus.

Thebes

A ruler of this city purified Heracles’ stepfather Amphitryon and also fathered Heracles’ wife Megara. The first ruler of this city labored under Ares for eight years, then turned into a snake. Dionysus’ mother Semele was a princess of this city. A king of this city had fourteen children who were killed by Artemis. Two (*) brothers agreed to rule this city in alternating years, except one reneged, leading an army of six other heroes in war against this city. Another king of this city gouged out his eyes after learning that he fathered Eteocles [uh-TEE-oh-clees] and Polynices with his wife-mother Jocasta. For 10 points, name this city founded by Cadmus and ruled by Oedipus.

Thebes

One member of this city kidnapped Chrysippus while teaching him chariot driving, and this city's walls were built by playing music to enchant stones. This city's king Pentheus was ripped to shreds by his mother Agave in a Bacchic frenzy. Its founder was told to stop where a cow laid down; that founder was (*) Cadmus. A notable Seven made war against this city, and one king of this city killed his father Laius at a crossroads. That king's wife stabbed out her own eyes after discovering she had married her son. That king answered "man" to a riddle to defeat the Sphinx which had terrified this city. For 10 points, name this ancient Greek city which Oedipus ruled.

Thebes

One of this city's mythical founders was married to a woman who boasted of being more worthy of worship than Leto, resulting in the death of all her children. In addition to Amphion and Zethus, other inhabitants of this city include a man who founded the city after witnessing a civil war caused by the sowing of a creature's teeth. Others attacked this city under the leadership of kings like Diomedes, in order to avenge the deaths of their fathers. Its seven gates were attacked by seven heroes and defended by Creon. For 10 points, name this city home to Oedipus.

Thebes

Two kings of this city tied their wicked aunt, Dirce, to the horns of a bull by her hair to rescue their mother Antiope. A musician built the lower part of this city by using his lyre to coax the stones into place. This city was ruled jointly by Zethus and that musician, Amphion. The founder of this city killed a dragon sacred to Ares and (*) sowed its teeth in the ground. All this city's inhabitants were turned to stone after its queen, a daughter of Tantalus, insulted Leto and brought down the wrath of Apollo and Artemis. This home of Niobe was founded on the location where a special cow lay down to rest. For 10 points, name this Boetian city founded by Cadmus.

Thebes

A prophecy declared that this city would be safe if the king's son Menoeceus sacrificed himself. The walls of this city were built by a man who used a lyre to lift rocks, Amphion, and his brother Zethus. Adrastus was the leader of a group that attacked the gates of this city, and though they were defeated, the Epigoni's sack of it caused the death of a blind prophet who spent seven years as a woman. A king of this city was killed by the father of (*) Eteocles and Polynices; the son of that king, Laius, married his mother Jocasta. For ten points, name this Boeotian city founded by Cadmus that was home to Tiresias and Oedipus.

Thebes (prompt on "Boeotia" before mentioned)

12. A prophecy declared that this city would be safe if the king’s son Menoeceus sacrificed himself. The walls of this city were built by a man who used a lyre to lift rocks, Amphion, and his brother Zethus. Adrastus was the leader of a group that attacked the gates of this city, and though they were defeated, the Epigoni’s sack of it caused the death of a blind prophet who spent seven years as a woman. A king of this city was killed by the father of (*) Eteocles and Polynices; the son of that king, Laius, married his mother Jocasta. For ten points, name this Boeotian city founded by Cadmus that was home to Tiresias and Oedipus.

Thebes (prompt on “Boeotia†before mentioned) <BZ>

As this figure's ship sailed, rotten planks were replaced with new ones, leading to a philosophical problem concerning whether the original ship remained. Parts of this man's thighs were left in the underworld after he Pirithous were stuck to magical chairs. He killed a robber who forced victims to conform to the size of his bed named Procrustes. Aided by Ariadne's ball of string, this figure slew the Minotaur in the labyrinth. For 10 points, name this man who founded Athens and served as its first king.

Theseus

This man killed the great-grandfather of Achilles by flinging him off the top of a cliff. The Dioscouri kidnapped this man's mother in retribution after he carried off an infant Helen. This son of Aethra journeyed to the Underworld and was rescued from the Chair of Forgetfulness by (*)​ Heracles, unlike his friend Pirithous. While traveling to meet his father after lifting a rock to retrieve a sword and pair of sandals, this hero killed bandits like Sciron and Procrustes. On his most famous expedition, he was aided by Ariadne and given a ball of string to escape from the Labyrinth. For 10 points, name this Greek hero who ruled Athens and slew the Minotaur.

Theseus

This man proved his lineage by jumping down into the sea and retrieving a bauble with some dolphins' help. He fathered Melanippus by raping Perigune after killing her father. This man was treacherously thrown off of a cliff by King Lycomedes of Skyros. He enraged the Dioscuri when he and his friend (*) Pirithous decided to abduct Helen and Persephone. He slew villains like the pine-bender Sinis and the bandit Sciron, in addition to bed-owner Procrustes. This man's father, Aegeus, jumped into the sea after seeing the black sails on this man's ships. For 10 points, name this Athenian hero who took Ariadne's golden thread and killed the Minotaur.

Theseus

This man proved his parentage by retrieving a ring from the ocean floor. Castor and Pollux kidnapped his mother while this man was in the Underworld, from which he was rescued by being pulled out of the Chair of Forgetfulness. Rampaging horses caused his son Hippolytus to crash his chariot and die, and his mortal father committed suicide when this man forgot to change the sails on his ship. Dionysus courted one of his lovers, Ariadne [air-ee-AHD-nee], who was abandoned on an island after she lent this man a ball of string with which to navigate the Labyrinth. Name this king of Athens who slayed the Minotaur.

Theseus

This man used three wishes granted to him by Poseidon to kill his son by having the son dragged under a horse. Medea nearly poisoned this hero after marrying his father. According to one myth, this man's descendants had lean thighs because this man's buttocks remained stuck to the chair in the Underworld. When this father of Hippolytus lifted a giant boulder, he found sandals and a sword left to him by his father Aegeus. He confronted the bandits Sciron and Procrustes on his way to Athens, a city he would later rule, and offered himself up for sacrifice on a journey to Crete. For 10 points, name this lover of Ariadne who slew the Minotaur.

Theseus

This man's sons Demophon and Acamas rescued his mother from Castor and Pollux, who had kidnapped her. This slayer of the Crommyonian Sow was sheltered by Hecale on his way to kill the Marathonian Bull and pushed Sciron off a cliff. Under the pretense of checking whether it was bronze, this figure stole Periphetes's club and killed him with it. His father sent tribute to repay for the death of Androgeus at the Pan-Athenian Games, and was named Aegeus. This hero abandoned Ariadne on Naxos; she had earlier given him a ball of string to help him remember his way. For 10 points, name this hero who navigated the Labyrinth to slay the Minotaur.

Theseus

This figure's grandfather, Pittheus, founded Troezen. After defeating Periphetes, this figure used his club. This figure killed a pet of Phaea, the Crommyonian Sow, on a land journey to Athens. He was killed after being pushed from a cliff by Lycomedes, and he aided Pirithous in an attempted [*] abduction of Persephone. In one story involving this figure, a curse placed on this figure led him to raise a black sail, resulting in the death of his father. The individual who cursed this figure had earlier given him a ball of string before being abandoned on Naxos. For 10 points, identify this Athenian who was loved by Ariadne and slew the Minotaur.

Theseus [IE]

1. This figure’s possessions Megingjorth and Jarngreipr will be inherited after his death by his sons Modi and Magni. A whetstone remains stuck in his head after his fight with Hrungnir, and he has his weapon stolen by Thrym. That weapon was made by the dwarf Brokkr and has a (*) shortened handle due to Loki’s interference. Loki also cut off the golden hair of this god’s wife Sif, and this man fails to lift what seems to be a cat at the castle of Utgard-Loki. This figure will walk nine paces after killing his nemesis, the Midgard Serpent. For 10 points, identify this wielder of the hammer Mjolnir and Norse god of thunder.

Thor

In one story, this figure engages in an insult exchange with the ferryman Harbarth. He killed a certain giant after that giant almost finished building Asgard, and he recovered his favorite weapon from Thrym by disguising himself as Freya. This deity failed to empty a drinking horn connected to the sea, and at Ragnarok, he will kill the Midgard Serpent. His most precious possessions are a pair of iron gloves, a belt of strength, and a hammer. For 10 points, name this thunder god of Norse mythology.

Thor

The Grimnismal attests that this god must wade every day through the Kormt and Ormt rivers. After breaking a thigh bone to eat the marrow from a certain animal, Thialfi becomes this god’s servant. In one story, the terrified Hymir cut a fishing line after this god managed to hook the (*) Midgard Serpent, and his chariot is pulled by a pair of self-regenerating goats. This god’s wife is the golden-haired Sif, and after one of his possessions was stolen by the giant Thrym, he dressed as Freya for a fake wedding. This son of Odin owns the immensely powerful hammer Mjollnir [“myoll-nearâ€]. For 10 points, name this Norse god of thunder.

Thor

This figure asked a dwarf riddles until the sun rose and the dwarf turned to stone. Grid gave this god iron gloves, which this god used to catch a molten ingot and slay the giant Geirrod. The cowardly giant Hymir foiled one of this god's fishing missions. This god journeyed with Thialfi and Loki to visit (*) Utgard-Loki, who had this god attempt to drink from the sea, wrestle old age, and lift the paw of a large cat. This god's chariot is drawn by two goats, and he dressed as Freya to retrieve his most famous item, which can level mountains. For 10 points, identify this son of Odin who wields Mjollnir and is a god of thunder.

Thor

This figure is identified with the kenning "Vidgymnir of Vimur's ford", and this figure is taunted for spending a night in the thumb of a giant's glove in a dialogue with his father disguised as the ferryman Harbard. A commission for the sons of Ivaldi resulted from the cutting of his wife's hair, and this god cross-dressed to impersonate Freya prior to killing the giant Thrym. At Ragnarök he will kill and be killed by Jormungand, and he is the husband of Sif and the son of Jord and Odin. The wielder of the hammer Mjöllnir, For 10 points, name this Norse god of thunder.

Thor

This god broke a goblet by throwing it at Hymir's [HIGH-mir's] head, and he followed that act by carrying a cauldron that was a mile deep. This god tricked Alvis into being petrified so that Alvis would not marry this god's daughter Thrud [throod]. This son of Jord lost in combat to old age personified as Elli. Grid warned this god about a trap, and aided him in the subsequent battle with Geirrod [gayr-RODE]. That trap involved attacking this god when he did not have his magic belt Megingjoro [meh-geeng-YOE-roe] and his magic hammer Mjolnir [MOLE-nir]. Name this Norse thunder god.

Thor

This god gave the horse Gullfaxi to his son Magni after killing the giant Hrungnir with the help of his servant Thialfi. This god disguised himself as Freya to reclaim his weapon from Thrym, and will kill the Midgard Serpent at Ragnarok, only to die from its poison. He kills his enemies with lightning bolts from his hammer, Mjollnir. For 10 points, name this Norse god of thunder.

Thor

This god threatens to send the ferryman Harbard to Hel after he insinuates that his wife has a lover. This god broke off Aurvandil’s toe, making it into a star. While feasting in Valhalla, Hrungnir drunkenly challenged this god to a fight. This father of (*) Magni rides a chariot pulled by goats and resides in Bilskirnir. This god dresses up in Freya’s clothes in order to retrieve his hammer from Thrym. For 10 points, name this wielder of Mjolnir and Norse thunder god.

Thor

This god traveled disguised as Freya after Thrymr stole one of this god's possessions. This deity questioned his daughter's suitor until the sun rose, turning that dwarf, Alvis, to stone. This god traveled in a chariot pulled by the goats Tooth-Grinder and Tooth-Gnasher. This deity threatens Loki to be silent four times, and this deity's wife, Sif, had her hair shorn by Loki. After fighting Jormungandr, this god will stumble back nine steps before dying, but not before slaying the beast with his hammer, Mjollnir. For 10 points, name this Norse thunder god.

Thor

With the help of a servant, this man defeated a stone-hearted clay giant. That battle resulted in this god requiring help from the seer Groa in removing a whetstone from his head. This god gained the service of Roskva and the aforementioned servant Thialfi when the latter broke the thigh-bone of one of his goats. In addition to killing the giant Hrungnir, this god once fished his mortal enemy out of the ocean and failed to lift its paw when it assumed the form of a cat in the realm of Utgard-Loki. For 10 points, name this enemy of the Midgard Serpent who owned the hammer Mjolnir, the Norse god of thunder.

Thor

When this god was challenged to drink a cup in three draughts, he was unable to do so because he found out that he was drinking the sea itself. After one man breaks the bone of one of this god’s goats, this god takes that man as his servant. After this deity received a glove from the giantess (*) Grid, he used it to throw a piece of hot iron through a pillar in order to kill Geirrod. Loki had to ask dwarves to make new hair for this man’s wife Sif after cutting it off, and those dwarves also made this god’s famous iron weapon. For ten points, name this wielder of the hammer Mjollnir, the Norse god of thunder.

Thor <GM>

This figure was given a magic belt by the giantess Grid, allowing him to kill Geirrod and his children. In another story, this figure uses Hymir's fishing line, and he donned as dress to appear as a bride and fool King Thrym into returning his stolen property. This god travels with Thialfi and Roskva, his [*] servants, in a chariot pulled by two goats, and he is married to Sif, who is renowned for her blonde hair. Destined to kill and be killed by the Midgard Serpent, for 10 points, name this owner of the hammer Mjolnir, the Norse god of thunder.

Thor [accept Donner or Donar] [DB-N]

This figure exchanges insults with a boatman with a name meaning "Grey-beard" who refuses to ferry. One member of this deity's retinue is in atonement for scraping the marrow out of a thighbone, and the sorceress Groa ran off while healing this son of Fyorgin. This god lifted and brought back a huge brewing-kettle for Aegir. A piece of (*) whetstone was stuck in his head after he got stuck under the corpse of Hrungnir. This employer of the servants Roskva and Thialfi was once at sea with Hymir, who cut his fishing line, and waited until sunlight so the dwarf Alvis would turn to stone. He once disguised himself as a bride and flew in his goat-driven chariot to reclaim a prized weapon. For 10 points, name this Norse god whose use of Mjolnir causes thunder.

Thor [or Donar; or Thunor]

This figure tricks the dwarf Alviss into staying out all night, turning him to stone when exposed to the sun. This son of Jord rips the head off Hymir’s best ox to use as fishing bait during his quest with Tyr to find a cauldron big enough to brew ale for everyone. This god disguised himself as (*) Freya in order to retrieve property stolen by Thrym. He was challenged by Utgard-Loki to empty a drinking horn secretly connected to the sea as well as to lift up a grey cat which was secretly the Midgard Serpent. This god would later kill that serpent during Ragnarok, and he wields the hammer Mjolnir. For 10 points, name this Norse god of thunder.

Thor [or Donar; or Thunor] <ES Mythology>

This deity rescued Aurvandil, or Earendil, from the frozen waste and made a star out of his toe; by reporting this, he disrupted the concentration of Aurvandil's wife, the witch Groa, in the middle of her incantations. This deity has a whetstone lodged in his head from his duel against the Mist Calf and the giant Hrungnir. This god kept the dwarf (*) Alvis awake until the sun turned him to stone. He took Thialfi as his servant after Thialfi ate one of the marrows of the goats that drive his chariot. This husband of Sif will kill and be killed by the World Serpent at Ragnarok. For 10 points, name this wielder of Mjollnir, the Norse god of thunder.

Thor [or Donar]

This deity sired one son with the giantess Jarnsaxa, and uses the help of the giantess Grid to defeat Geirrod. One of this god’s animals is crippled when marrow from its thighbone is drunk by Roskva’s brother; as punishment, this god forces Thialfi to become his servant. This owner of Toothgrinder and Toothgnasher, two chariot-pulling goats, is unable to lift a cat which is actually the Midgard Serpent. This god, the husband of the golden-haired Sif, once dressed up in a bridal gown as Freya to retrieve a stolen weapon which returns to him when thrown. For 10 points, name this giant-slayer and wielder of Mjolnir, the Norse god of thunder.

Thor [or Donar] <GL>

Along with Shu, this figure was sent to bring Tefnut back from Nubia after she fled there in the form of a lioness, leaving Egypt without water. A gambling match between this figure and Khonsu resulted in the births of Nut's children and the creation of the (*) lunar calendar. The inventor of magic, this deity assisted Isis in resurrecting her husband. When dead souls pass into the underworld this god weighs their hearts against a feather to judge whether they are worthy enough to pass into the afterlife. Commonly represented with the head of an ibis or a baboon, this is, for 10 points, what Egyptian god of writing and wisdom?

Thoth

This figure was known to the Greeks as Hermes Trismegistus, and was the main god in what would become Hermopolis. As the god of arbitration, this deity oversaw battles between Apep and Ra, Osiris and Set, and Horus and Set. He gambled with the moon for its light to help Nut bear her children. The Egyptians believed him to be the ruler over knowledge and law. In depictions of the Weighing of the Heart, this god was found standing at the side to record the outcome. The patron god of baboons, for 10 points, name this ibis-headed god who invented writing.

Thoth [accept Djehuty]

A book of spells named for this deity was supposedly buried in the tomb of Prince Neferkaptah. The creator of the Ogdoad cosmology, his consort, depicted in a leopard skin, was named Seshat, and the Greeks fused him with Hermes, making his cult center Hermopolis. Originally a lunar deity, he gave Isis the magic word needed to revive Osiris and he arbitrated between Horus and Set. This god also protected Ra from the serpent Apep and weighed the hearts of the dead against the feather of Ma'at. Responsible for astronomy and math, he was occasionally portrayed as a baboon. For 10 points, name this Egyptian god of wisdom, usually depicted with the head of an ibis.

Thoth of Djehuty [accept either]

He died by drinking from the deadly spring of Tilphussa. He was cursed by Athena when he saw her bathing, but then was granted the gift of understanding birdsong. On Mount Cyllene, he hit a pair of mating snakes with his stick and in some myths, later became a prostitute. When he was called upon for his experience of both genders, he said that women enjoy sex more than men, causing Hera to strike him blind. For 10 points, name this Theban prophet who gave advice on Helios's cattle to Odysseus and revealed that Oedipus himself was the killer of his father Laius.

Tiresias

In one story, this man judged Kale the most beautiful of the three Graces and Aphrodite. This figure inspired a man named Menoeceus to try and save his home city by jumping from its rampart. This son of Chariclo died when he drank from the spring of Tilphussa, and sired a daughter named Manto. He received one punishment for striking at a pair of (*) mating snakes, and another either for witnessing Athena's bath or for siding with Zeus in a debate with Hera about sex. For 10 points, name this man who spent seven years as a woman and whose ghost appears in the Odyssey's underworld, a blind Greek prophet.

Tiresias

This goddess who sent two serpents to kill the infant Heracles was frequently associated with peacocks, and was described by Homer as being “cow-eyed.†For 10 points: [10] Name this queen of Mount Olympus, the wife of Zeus.

Tiresias <AT>

In a dialogue by Lucian, this character tells Menippus that "the life of the ordinary man is the best and most prudent choice." The ghost of Laius assumes the form of this person to convince his grandson to go to war in a poem by Statius. This character died while pausing to drink at the spring of Tilphussa. During the nekyia (neh-KOO-yah) in the Odyssey , this son of Everes and (*) Chariclo (EV-uh-reez and CHAR-ik-lo) is the only person to recognize Odysseus before drinking the sacrificial blood. Menoeceus (men-oh-EE-see-us) commits suicide on the advice of this character, whose daughter Manto was born during a period he spent serving in a temple of Hera. After striking a pair of mating snakes with his staff, this figure spent the next seven years transformed into a woman. For 10 points, name this blind Theban soothsayer.

Tiresias [or Teiresias ]

One of these figures, Phoebe, was the mother of Leto. One of them named Mnemosyne (neh-MAZ-uh-nee) was the personification of memory and the mother of Clio, Calliope, and the other Muses. One of them named Oceanus was the father of three thousand namesake children. Tethys and Iapetus (YAHP-eh-tus) were other examples of these figures, one of whom was (*) chained to a rock where an eagle ate his liver. For 10 points, Prometheus, Cronus, and Rhea are examples of what giant deities who fought with the Olympians?

Titans

In the Dionysiaca, members of this group smear their faces with chalk and devourZagreus whole. In the Orphic cosmogony, humanity was created from the dust of thisgroup after they were killed by lightning. As a reward for being the first to swearopposition to this group, oaths made on the river Styx became unbreakable. MountOthrys served as the base for this group, which lost a ten-year war fought in Thessalyafter which the (*) Hecatoncheires were assigned to guard them. Their numbers included Crius, Coeus, and Iapetus, the last of whom was the father of Atlas and Prometheus. The leader of this group ruled over the Golden Age and castrated his father Uranus with his sickle. Cronus and Rhea led--for 10 points--what group of giant deities who waged war against Zeus?

Titans [do not accept or prompt on "giant(s)"]

One of this man's sons shares his name with a Zeus-fathered king of Samothrace; that son, Emathion, ruled in Arabia until being killed by Heracles. Another son of this man led an army that turned into birds upon his death and engendered Achilles's rage by slaying Nestor's son Antilochus. This figure was bribed with a golden vine by his half-brother Priam in order to send that son, (*) Memnon of Ethiopia, to fight in the Trojan War. This son of Laomedon became the consort of the mother of the winds, who eventually sealed him in a room after realizing the implications of praying to Zeus for his immortality, but not his eternal youth. For 10 points, identify this consort of Eos who eventually became a cicada.

Tithonus [or Tithonos]

This man's stepmother, an unnamed daughter of Hoel of Brittany, twice tried to killhim by poisoning his cup, but she inadvertently killed her own son. In his youth, thiswarrior is sent to France, where he is raised by a squire named Gouvernail. This son ofKing Meliodas gains favor with Lancelot's family when he refuses to kill Blamoure incombat. This knight from (*) Lyonesse engages in a series of inconclusive duels with his friend Palamedes and undertakes his most famous task after defending his uncle from Morholt. This man is sent to Ireland to retrieve the future bride of King Mark, but inadvertently falls in love with her after consuming a love potion. For 10 points, name this Cornish Knight of the Round Table who had an affair with Isolde.

Tristan [or Tristram]

At Aulis [AW-lis], one group was delayed in its voyage to this conflict due to Artemis [AHR-teh-mis] sending an unfavorable wind. During this conflict, the horses Xanthus and Balius [BAHL-yus] were struck dumb by the Furies. As prophesied, Protesilaus [proe-teh-SIH-laus] was the first to die during it, as he was the first on land. Helenus [HEL-uh-nus] was forced to reveal what would bring about the end of it, which included capturing the Palladium [puh-LAY-dee-um] statue. This conflict was sparked by Paris' kidnapping of Helen. Name this decade-long conflict which saw the invading Greeks conquer a city in Asia Minor, the subject of The Iliad.

Trojan War

One corpse outside this place was covered by a black cloud as Sleep and Death carried it away. Snorri Sturluson argued that the Norse gods were just people from here. A king of this place, who tricked Heracles out of magic horses, was Laomedon. Podarces changed his name before becoming king of this city, which the Scamander River flowed around as Memnon and Sarpedon defended it. A nine-layer settlement at Hissarlik was identified as this home of Hecuba after Heinrich Schliemann excavated it. For 10 points, name this city in modern-day Turkey ruled by Priam, whose champion Hector defended it in a decade-long war shown in the Iliad.

Troy [or Ilium; or Ilion] <SSp>

A son of Zeus and Electra became one of the founders of this city after fleeing Samothrace whenZeus killed his brother Iasion. This city's territory was at one point divided between the brothers Ilusand Assaracus. A deceptive king of this city offered his daughter Hesione to a sea monster sent byPoseidon, who was angry because that king failed to (*) pay Poseidon and Apollo for building this city'swalls. Heracles sacked this city when he did not receive his promised immortal horses from Laomedon,who received those horses from Zeus as compensation for the rape of his brother, Ganymede. For 10points, name this Anatolian city ruled by Priam during a ten-year war with the Greeks.

Troy [or Troia; or Ilium; or Ilion]

This character thrice contemplates suicide after being tricked into boarding a ship by a misty phantom of his enemy. The metamorphosis of Io is depicted on his shield, while an image of the Chimera appears on his triple-crested helmet. This son of the nymph Venilia has a dream in which he is pierced by a flaming torch thrown by the priestess Calybe, who reveals herself to be the fury Alecto. False news of this man's death prompts (*) Amata to hang herself. He takes a spear to the thigh and pleads for mercy, but is instantly slain when his opponent sees the belt he took after killing Pallas. Mezentius and Camilla were among those who supported this man's claim for the hand of Lavinia. For 10 points, name this Rutulian king who leads the Latin army against Aeneas in the Aeneid .

Turnus

The giantess Modgud is the guardian of a bridge to one of these locations, and that one of these locations is guarded by the watchdog Garmr, who is destined to slay Týr at Ragnorak. Aeacus, a virtuous king of Aegina, shares a job with Rhadamanthus and Minos in one of these. Sinful Egyptian entrants to this location would have their souls eaten by Ammit the Destroyer, and Greeks who were sent here could drink from the river Lethe. For 10 points, name these often subterranean locations where Charon might ferry you across the river Acheron.

Underworlds [accept equivalents]

A drunk Hrungnir wants to steal this entity but is killed by Thor in a duel. Eikthyrni ("Eyk-THEER-knee") stands upon this entity, and from his antlers drip water that forms Hvergelmir. The tree Glasir stands before it, and people eat Saehrimnir under a ceiling thatched with golden shields in this place. Inside, Bilskirnir stands in the hall of Thor, who is the son of this place's owner. The Einherjar, who will drink and spar until Ragnarok when they will fight alongside the gods, are brought to this place by valkyries. For 10 points, name this hall from where Odin rules, located in Asgard.

Valhalla

At one point, this god had to kill someone who was protected from death at day and night, and both inside and outside of houses, and did so by killing that enemy on a threshold at twilight. He performed that feat in the form of Narasimha (NAH-rah-SIM-ha), a lion. This god also takes forms such as the fish Matsya (MOTS-yah) and the heroes Rama and Krishna, which are some of his ten avatars. For 10 points, identify this Hindu "preserver" god, who forms the Trimurti (treh-MORE-tee) with the creator Brahma and destroyer Shiva.

Vishnu

In one story, this deity supported Mount Mandarachala during the churning of the ocean, and this deity holds a conch, lotus, mace, and a discus. One form of this god, Kalki, will end the Kali Yuga era, and he tricked King Bali into allowing him to take three large steps after becoming the dwarf Vamana. Other forms of this deity include Parushurama and a prince that defeated an evil king on Lanka, and his consort is the goddess Lakshmi. For 10 points, name this preserver deity of the Hindu Trimurti who took the form of ten avatars, the eighth of whom was Krishna.

Vishnu

One form of this deity slew a foe with a thousand arms using an axe, while another form of this deity with the aspect of a fish saved Manu and therefore all of humankind. A third form of this deity had the aspect of a tortoise and participated in the churning of the ocean, while a fourth form of this deity is the namesake of a story told by Valmiki. Those forms, known as this deity's (*) avatars, also include Krishna, who advises Arjuna in the Bhagavad Gita. For 10 points, name this member of the Trimurti known as the preserver who is contrasted with Brahma and Shiva.

Vishnu

This figure once defeated a demon while lifting the Earth back from the bottom of the ocean where that demon had taken it. In addition to waging that thousand-year battle with Hiranyaksha, which was fought in the shape of a boar, this figure was identified with a half-lion, half-man called Narasimha. This figure's mount was the bird Garuda, and he also appeared as the blue-skinned, flute-playing Prince Krishna. For 10 points, name this four-armed Hindu preserver god whose various avatars are venerated by Vaishnavas.

Vishnu

This god is sometimes depicted reclining on a Shesha [SHAY-shah], a serpent found within an ocean of milk. After almost dying in single combat with Jalamdhara [jah-lahm-DAH-rah], his consort begged for his life. Two hairs plucked from this god's head impregnated Devaki [DAY-vah-kee]. This god's mount was born from an egg laid by Vinata [vee-NAH-tah]. He took the form of seafoam in aiding Indra in the killing of Vritra [VREE-trah]. This husband of Lakshmi [LAHK-shmee] will be Kalki in his tenth incarnation. Name this "preserver" of the Hindu trimurti [tree-MUR-tee], a god with ten avatars.

Vishnu

22. This deity owns the fourth Ratna, which is believed to be the most valuable stone. Bheeshma recites all of this god’s thousand names, and Antaryami and Vibhava are among the five different forms this deity takes. He kills Hiranyaksha in the form of a boar. This deity is depicted holding a (*) lotus flower and conch shell, and he rides the bird Garuda. This god’s ninth incarnation is considered to be either Balarama or the Buddha. His tenth incarnation, called Kalki, will destroy the world. Lord Rama and Krishna are avatars of, for ten points, what preserver god and wife of Lakshmi who composes the Hindu trimurti along with Brahma and Shiva?

Vishnu [accept Narayana and Hari] <KT> Bonuses

In one form, this god tears out of a pillar and kills a demon at twilight in a courtyard. This slayer of Hiranyakashipu has a form that is half-man, half-lion and lives on his snake Adishesha in the milky ocean. He also took three steps to conquer the three worlds in his form Vamana. In most depictions, this god is holding a mace, lotus, conch, and chakra, and he coerced Amrit from the asuras in the form of the temptress Mohini. The [*] Dashavatara consists of ten avatars of this deity, including Narasimha, Krishna, and Rama, and his wife is named Lakshmi. For 10 points, name this member of the Hindu trimurti, the preserver of the universe.

Vishnu [prompt on "Narasimha" before "half-man, half-lion", don't accept afterwards]

Cewri is the word used to describe giants in this region’s folklore. One work in this region’s mythology describes how a woman is accused of infanticide and made to carry visitors on her back after her six maids lose her child. That child is later killed in single combat by Gwydion, a major magician and trickster in this area’s mythology. Rhiannon, Pwyll and Pryderi are protagonists of (*) the Mabinogi, the earliest mythology of this region, and the namesake of several houses designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin, is perhaps the most famous figure from this region’s mythology. For 10 points, name this country that forms Great Britain along with England, Northern Ireland, and Scotland.

Wales [accept Cymru; prompt on Great Britain; do not accept or prompt on any other part of the British isles such as “Scotland†or “Englandâ€] <LT>

Perun throws lightning bolts at his enemy Veles, who lives at the bottom of one of these entities. Mesoamerican ones represent either the Milky Way or the four directions and were portrayed as ceiba ones. Mimameidr ("MEE-ma-MAY-dur") and Laeradr ("LAY-er-AY-dur"), where the goat Heidrun grazes, are identified with one of these that connected the various worlds, like Mesoamerican ones. Often near the bottom of one of these is an underworld, but one had three wells and Jotunheim by its roots. For 10 points, name these arboreal entities supporting or connecting the realms of the gods with our world, the most famous being Yggdrasil.

World Tree [prompt on "tree"]

In the Grimnismal, this object is called the noblest of its kind and described as suffering “agony more than men knowâ€. The well Hvergelmir, where over 20 rivers flow from the antlers of a stag, is located under this entity. During Ragnarok, Lif and Lifthrasir will survive Fimbulvetr by hiding in (*) Hoddmimis holt, referring to this giant object. The four stags Dainn, Dvalinn, Duneyrr and Durathror live at this structure, and the dragon Nidhogg gnaws at the roots of this plant. For 10 points, name this “world tree†of Norse myth, located at the center of the nine realms.

Yggdrasil [accept Mimameidr, and prompt on Hoddmimis holt and world tree before mentioned]

One deity is required to cross the Kormt, the Ormt, and the two Kerlaug rivers in order to reach this place. One source makes mention of Mimameid, which may be cognate with this place; another possible cognate is the home of Eikthyrnir and Heidrun, Laerad. Dain, Duneyr, Durathror, and Dvalin are the names of four harts that live in this location, whose depths lie near the snake-filled spring Hvergelmir and the (*) wells of Urd and Mimir. An unnamed eagle and the hawk Vedrfolnir live at its top, while the serpent Nidhogg lives at its bottom; messages between those extremes are relayed by the squirrel Ratatosk. Odin once hung himself from, for 10 points, what world tree in Norse myth?

Yggdrasil [accept the world tree before mention; accept the Well of Urd or Urdarbrunnr before "Mimameid" is read; accept Mimameidr or Laeradr until mention]

This figure was born from the poison that dripped from eleven rivers. A son and a daughter were born from the sweat out of this figure's armpits. A huge river of blood drowned much of creation after this figure's death, which was partly accomplished by (*) Vili and Ve. This grandfather of Bergelmir was created alongside a cow named Audhumla. He was eventually killed by the sons of Bor, including Odin. For 10 points, name this primordial ice giant from Norse mythology.

Ymir

. This figure assumed the shape of a dove to seduce a daughter of Phoroneus named Phthia. This deity transformed Eurymedousa into an ant and raped her. He also impregnated a woman trapped in an underground bronze chamber by King Acrisius in the form of a (*) golden shower, which entered her womb; that woman was Danae. The mother of King Minos, Europa, was abducted by this god in the form of a white bull. For 10 points, name this Greek god who took the form of a swan to seduce Leda, the father of Perseus and Hephaestus.

Zeus

In one myth, this god fails in his attempts to court his wife until he seduces her in the guise of a cuckoo. He tricks another of his lovers into turning into a fly, then swallows her, only to find out that she was pregnant and that his daughter is causing him a massive headache. In another myth, this god draws lots with his brothers to see who controls the sky, the sea, and the underworld after he castrates and overthrows his father Cronus. For 10 points, name this philandering leader of the Greek gods who is married to the jealous Hera.

Zeus

One clan that sacrificed to this deity intermingled human entrails with that of the animal's at Mouth Lykaion (LIKE-ey-on). This deity was granted one attribute out of gratitude for release from imprisonment by the Cyclopes. Guises assumed by this deity include a shower of gold and a swan. Children of this deity include Helen of Troy, along with Castor and Pollux. This god forced his father, Cronus, to vomit up this deity's siblings, which included Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, and his wife, Hera. For 10 points, name this thunder god and head of the Greek pantheon.

Zeus

One clan that sacrificed to this god mingled human entrails with that of an animal's at Mount Lykaion (LIKE-ey-on). This deity was granted one attribute out of gratitude for release from imprisonment by the Cyclopes. Guises assumed by this deity include a shower of gold and a swan. Children of this deity include Helen of Troy, along with Castor and Pollux. This god forced his father, (*) Cronus, to vomit up this deity's siblings, which included Demeter, Hades, Poseidon, and his wife, Hera. For 10 points, name this thunder god and head of the Greek pantheon.

Zeus

A myth claims that after siding with this god in an argument, Tiresias was blinded, and this god compensated for it by giving him a longer life. Another myth claims that this figure was dangled by a rope in his youth in order to avoid being seen by his father, who ruled the sky, earth, and seas, and this god gave Tros horses as compensation for (*) abducting Ganymede so he could be cup-bearer at Mount Olympus. and he once turned into a white bull in order to kidnap Europa. This god killed his father after forcing him to regurgitate his siblings. For ten points, name this Greek god, the son of Rhea and Cronus and the king of the gods, who is often shown hurling thunderbolts.

Zeus [accept Jupiter before “Greekâ€] <MS>

This figure turned Chelone into a tortoise after refusing to attend his wedding. This god's domain includes xenia, or hospitality to guests, and King Salmoneus once impersonated him. He was fed human flesh by an Arcadian tyrant named Lycaon, who he turned into a wolf. This god killed the dragon-woman Kampe before freeing (*) Briareos and the other two Hekatonchires, a set of hundred-handed giants. This deity was suckled by Amalthea, a goat on Mount Ida, after his mother replaced him with a stone eaten by his father Cronos. For 10 points, name this abductor of Europa, husband of Hera, and lord of Olympus.

Zeus [or Jupiter; accept Hera or Juno until "xenia" is read]

When this god was still in the womb, his mother pressed her fingers on the soil to create thedactyls. He once suspended his wife from the clouds using a silver thread while her feet were tiedwith anvils. With his son, this god was fed by the elderly Phrygian couple Baucis and Philemon, andhe turned them into an oak and linden tree for their hospitality. While this god was a child, the (*)Curetes made loud noises to mask his crying. In one story, this god gave a mortal woman Laelaps, a javelinthat never missed and Talos. In that story, this god transformed into a white bull to abduct Europa. For 10points, name this Greek god who struck down his foes with lightning bolts.

Zeus [or Jupiter]

In the Quran, this type of object provides the name for an Alexander the Great analogue who wallsoff Gog and Magog. In the Metamorphoses, Theseus' host recounts losing one of these body parts in acontest to marry Deianeira. After wrestling with Heracles, the river god Achelous lost one of thesebody parts. In the Book of Revelation, the Beast from the Sea possesses (*) ten of these body partsrepresenting ten kings. Zeus' foster-mother Amalthea provided him with one of these objects that couldproduce endless amounts of food. For 10 points, name this body part whose absence distinguishes the horsefrom the unicorn.

a horn

They're not colors, but four of these things demarcate the cardinal directions in Mayan cosmology. One of these objects in Chinese myth dispenses gold coins when shaken. The Lady of the Lake trapped Merlin in one of these objects, and one belonging to Donar was destroyed by St. Boniface. Another of these objects is home to four stags and the (*) squirrel Ratatosk. That thing has three wells by its base, one of which is guarded by the three Norns. For 10 points, identify this object worshipped in Druidic sacred groves, an example of which is the World Ash, Yggdrasil.

a tree [or trees; accept any species of tree]

Hljod ("HYOD") brought one of these things to make Völsung's conception possible. Gaia's wedding gift for Zeus and Hera was an item that created these objects found on Avalon. Idunn, a goddess of these, was turned into a nut to be carried back to Asgard. Hippomenes won a footrace after Atalanta kept getting distracted by these items. Atlas retrieved these items from the Hesperides for Heracles. American folklore celebrates Johnny Chapman, who created orchards of their trees. Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite fought over one labelled "for the fairest". For 10 points, name these fruits, one of which Eris threw to start the Trojan War.

apples [accept golden apples]

Völsung was conceived after Frigg gave one of these objects to his father Rerir. SkÃÂrnir presents Draupnir andthese objects to Gerðr on behalf of Freyr to ask for her hand in marriage. Thjazi stole these objects along with Idunnwith the help of Loki. Aphrodite gave three of these to Hippomenes, while Heracles was told to retrieve these in hisEleventh Labor from the Garden of the Hesperides. Eris threw one of these objects into the wedding of Peleus andThetis, with a label indicating that it was "for the fairest." For 10 points, name these fruits, golden ones of whichdistracted Atalanta during a race and which Paris awarded to Aphrodite.

apples [accept golden apples]

During one of these events for Anchises' funeral, Jupiter sends down fire to honor Acestes. In theMahabharata, participants in one of these events keep their eyes on the reflection of an artificial fish.Draupadi is married based on the outcome of one of these events, which Arjuna wins. After failing inone of these events, (*) Antinous and Eurymachus try to prevent a beggar from participating. The mostfamous of these incidents in myth involves a row of twelve axeheads; after winning that one, Odysseusmassacres the suitors. For 10 points, identify the sort of athletic competition that Robin Hood won bysplitting his opponent's arrow.

archery contests [accept anything that indicates a competition involving shooting a bow and arrow]

A wielder of one of these objects killed the Ksatriya caste 21 times over after getting his as a gift from Shiva. The Basque separatist group ETA uses one of these objects and a snake in its symbol. Parashurama is “Rama with†one of these objects, of which the francisca was a “throwing†type used by Frankish soldiers. A bundle of sticks surrounds one in the ancient Roman fasces symbol. Lizzie Borden was acquitted of using one of these on her male relatives, and the owner of the blue ox Babe used another with an especially large haft. For 10 points, name this tool used by folk hero Paul Bunyan to cut trees.

axes [or an axe; or hatchets] <MJ> [You have reached the end of the round. Do not continue reading unless the game is tied or a tossup was thrown out earlier in the round.]

Nanook of the North was named for one of these creatures which determines the success of Inuit hunts. In Korean myth, one of these animals was told to eat only garlic and mugwort in a cave for one hundred days, after which she became a human. The Ainu people of Hokkaido hold these creatures sacred. In Greek myth, Arcas is turned into one of these creatures after his mom reneges on her virginity oath with Zeus. That mom, who gets put into the sky as this animal, is Callisto. For 10 points, name this type of animal which often symbolizes Russia, and whose tail is tipped off by the North Star in the constellation Ursa Minor.

bears [accept polar bears during the first sentence, but NOT thereafter]

After Meleager died, his sisters were so aggrieved they were transformed into these animals. After Philomela sent a tapestry revealing her rape by Tereus to Procne, all three were transformed into varieties of these animals. Heracles killed a menacing (*) “Stymphalian†group of these animals, and Hera placed the eyes of her watchman Argos into one of these animals. Zeus seduced Leda in the guise of one of these animals, and as punishment, Prometheus was chained to a rock and had his liver repeatedly eaten by one of these animals. For 10 points, name these animals, one species of which includes Zeus’s emblem of the eagle.

birds (accept all specific species such as guinea fowl, nightingale, hoopoe, swallow, Stymphalian birds, peacock, swan, vulture, or eagle)

A Latin king who became one of this class of animals when Circe hit him with a golden twig was named Picus. A big one taught Zal to do a C-section to aid Rustam’s birth in Persian myth. Simurgh was in this class of creatures, as was the Chinese fenghuang. * Two black animals in this class representing thought and memory, Hugin and Munin, report to Odin, and another black one was a non-Coyote trickster god of the Pacific Northwest. In Hindu myth, their king is Garuda, and women with these creatures’ bodies who sing to sailors are called sirens. For 10 points, name this class of animals which makes up half of a harpy and includes the phoenix.

birds [or Aves; accept woodpeckers on the first clue; accpet crows or ravens or blackbirds after the asterisk; accept eagles during the Garuda clause]<SSp>

One mythological figure of this type married a swan-princess before being kidnapped by King Ninud. That person then killed the king's sons and sent their skulls to him. Along with Wayland, another figure of this type was tricked into climbing a fir tree to catch moonlight by Louhi. Ilmarinen and Svarog are both known for this occupation, and the most famous god of this type created Pandora. That god caught his wife and Ares with a golden net and was rendered lame after Hera threw him out of Olympus. For 10 points, name this occupation associated with Hephaestus, which involves forging iron.

blacksmith god [do not accept "fire god"]

Every year, the Greek gods honored the Ethiopian king Memnon by creating ageographical feature composed of this substance. Aphrodite created the first anemoneby mixing nectar with this substance. During the Trojan War, Zeus created a rain of thissubstance to commemorate the death of Sarpedon. Ash-tree nymphs called the Meliaeand the Furies were both born when some of this substance touched (*) Gaea. A robetreated with a form of this substance caused the death of Heracles, who earlier used a different type of it that came from the Lernaean Hydra to make his arrows toxic. Greek gods and immortals possess golden ichor instead of this substance. For 10 points, name this bodily fluid that was often sacrificed to gods.

blood

In Egyptian wall paintings, this color identified baboons or ibises as Thoth. Among the eightchakras, this color represents the Vishuddha chakra in the throat. One goddess with a body of thiscolor bears five children after getting Thoth to take moonlight and extend the lunar year by fivedays, and causes darkness by coming close to her lover (*) Geb. Tefnut's daughter, the Egyptiangoddess Nut, is this color with bright spots. The Halahala poison imparted this color upon being swallowed.An avatar of this color declares "Now I am become death, destroyer of worlds" while serving as Arjuna'scharioteer in the Bhagavad-Gita. For 10 points, name this color of Shiva's throat, Krishna's skin, and Babe,Paul Bunyan's ox.

blue [or sky blue; or cyan]

After one of these events near Ben Bulben, Finn MacCool spitefully let healing water run through his fingers rather than use it to save a man wounded during it. Mabon ap Modron was rescued from prison to help with another one, as he was the only one able to control Drudwyn. Diarmuid (DEER-mwid) was fatally wounded during one of these events, another of which was caused by King Oeneus's (EE-nee-us's) failure to honor Artemis. Chiron (KYE-ron) told Heracles to use deep snow to end one of them. A comb and scissors for (*) Ysbaddaden's (ISS-bah-dah-den's) hair were retrieved by King Arthur and Culhwch (KULL-hook) during one of these events targeting Twrch Trwyth (toork trooyth) . Another of these events drew dozens of heroes, including Atalanta and Meleager (MELL-ee-ay-ger) . For 10 points, identify this type of event that, in two Greek myths, targeted creatures in Erymanthos and Calydon.

boar hunt s [prompt on partial answers; accept synonyms like pig or swine for "boar"; accept synonyms and word forms like hunt ing a boar ]

Material from Dodona gave the gift of prophecy to one of these objects that rotted, collapsed, and killed a sleeping hero. In Norse mythology, one of these can be folded up like cloth, and another is made of the fingernails and toenails of the dead. These objects include Skidbladnir, Naglfar, and one from Greek mythology that sustained only minor damage from the Symplegades, a pair of clashing rocks. Set guarded one of these objects from Apep that carries Ra across the sky. Coins were placed into the mouths of the deceased to allow access to one of these objects operated by Charon. For 10 points, identify these vessels exemplified by the Argo.

boats [accept ships or barges]

In the Odyssey, the Scherians possess a group of these objects that respond to their owners'thoughts, and Poseidon turns one of these objects to stone after Odysseus reached Ithaca. Homernotes that ten mouths and ten tongues would not suffice to describe a group of these things in apassage that doubles as a (*) list of the Greek commanders. A poem by Apollonius of Rhodes notes thatone of them had a component that could speak prophetically because its material was taken from Dodona.King Aegeus committed suicide because his son forgot to change color of a part of these objects from blackto white. For 10 points, name this type of vessel that Theseus used to return from Crete to Athens.

boats [or ships, accept more specific answers such as triremes]

One of these things made from the toenails and fingernails of the dead will arrive during Ragnarok. Freyr owned one of these things that was of such fine craftsmanship it could be folded up into a pocket when not in use called Skidbladnir. The supposed greatest of these things was Hringhorni, which was used as Baldr’s funeral pyre after his death. Ra traveled through the sky on a morning and an evening one of these things. Horus beat Set in a competition involving these things by constructing one from wood painted to look like stone. For 10 points, name this type of vessel on which Charon transports the dead across the River Styx.

boats [or ships; or barges; or obvious equivalents indicating that a vessel transports things or people through water] <SEA/CV>

In Maori mythology, Maui owns one of these objects that becomes the South Island of New Zealand. In Norse mythology, Frey owns one named Skidbladnir that can fit in a pocket but hold all the gods. Another one of these objects in Norse myth is made from fingernails and called Naglfar. Another one of these objects fits through the Symplegades rocks and carries Atalanta, Heracles, and Jason on the quest for the Golden Fleece. For 10 points, the Argo is an example of what floating object?

boats [or ships]

The oral folklore hero Arash uses this object to determine the boundary between Iranian and foreign lands. In Hinduism, one of these partly made up of BEES is wielded by Kama-deva. In Chinese tradition, the Earth stops overheating after Houyi uses this weapon to kill nine of the ten suns. Kodanda is Rama's weapon of this type, while Gandiva is Arjuna's. In Greek myth, the poisoned Philoctetes inherited this weapon from Heracles, and Paris uses one to hit Achilles's heel, killing him. For 10 points, name the weapon that is strung by Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca, and which is wielded by Apollo and Cupid.

bow and arrows [prompt on just "arrows"]

Ashwatthama traded one of these objects for Lord Krishna's disc, only to find it impossible to lift. Dronacharya administered a test of concentration in which he allowed only his star pupil to use one of these objects because the pupil saw nothing but the eye of a bird. Rama won the hand of Sita by breaking one of these. Helenus prophesied that the Trojan War could only be won if one of these objects could be retrieved from Philoctetes, who used it five times to mortally wound (*) Paris. A drop of molten candle wax falls on the wielder of another of these items, revealing his identity to Psyche. This preferred weapon of Arjuna was used to kill the children of Niobe. For 10 points, name this weapon used by Eros to make people fall in love.

bows [or bow and arrow; prompt on "arrows"]

The Navajo hero twins used these objects to guide the direction of lightning which turned monsters to stone. Dronacharya was a master of this object, and trained others to use them with the aid of a reflecting pool and a fish. Gandiva is one of these objects owned by Arjuna. One of these was stuck on the isle of Lemnos for nine years with a man suffering from snakebite; that example of these weapons, which was prophesied to help end the Trojan War, was given to Philoctetes by Heracles. For 10 points, name this weapon used by Paris to target Achilles' heel, and to aim at an apple by William Tell.

bows and arrows [do NOT accept or prompt on "arrows" alone]

Sarutahiko, the husband of Uzume, guards of one of these objects in Shinto; a group of bears and monkeys led by Sugreeva aids Rama in building one of these. One of these structures guarded by Obedience, Covenant, and Justice in Zoroastrianism is Chinvat. Horatius Cocles defended the Sublician one and another is guarded by the owner of the Gjallarhorn. For 10 points, name these constructs, one famous example of which is the rainbow Bifrost, which spanned the distance between Midgard and Asgard.

bridges

One of these objects made out of hair in Inca myth was called Tequendama. In Islam, one of these objects as narrow as a hair and as sharp as a sword is called the as-Sirat. In Zoroastrianism, Rashnu guards one of these objects called Chinvat. A group of bears and monkeys throws rocks into a (*) sea to create one of these structures in the Ramayana. Heimdallr guards the entrance to one of these structures made out of rainbows that leads to Asgard. For 10 points, name these structures that in several myth systems must be traversed to reach other realms.

bridges <AP Mythology>

In order to do this, Incans tied black dogs up outside and starved them. In a Mayan tradition to do this, children lined up at the points of a compass and pretended to be frogs to appease Chaac. In Native American myth, an animal that did this battled with a whale and lived atop a mountain. Native Americans drove sticks into turtles' shells in order to do this. This was the most important function of a multi-colored serpent central to Australian aboriginal mythology. Aztecs prayed to Tlaloc in order for this to happen, and invented a stick filled with pebbles to promote it. For 10 points, name this object of "dances" by Southwestern Native Americans, in order to end droughts.

bringing rain [or bringing storms; or bringing lightning or thunder; or bringing a flood; or ending a drought before mention; or rain dancing; or same-knowledge equivalents]

Mnevis, one aspect of Ra, was said to be one of these creatures. Shiva’s divine mount, Nandi, is one of these animals. Gugalanna was a Sumerian deity that took this form and was sent to punish Gilgamesh; instead, Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed that deity. Heracles captured a (*) white one of these creatures for Eurystheus, after Poseidon had sent it to rampage through Crete and seduce Pasiphaë. Theseus ultimately slew that animal and its offspring. The Minotaur is half-man and half-this animal. For 10 points, name this animal, represented in the sky as Taurus.

bulls

These animals' blood was dumped on late Roman priests of Cybele or Magna Mater in abaptism-like ritual. One of these creatures with distinctive white spots on its forehead and forelegwas slain by Cambyses II when he invaded Egypt; that one, later syncretized with Osiris, was calledApis and was sacrosanct in Memphis. In the Roman Empire, statues of this creature with a knife heldto its neck were made by the cult of (*) Mithras, a solar deity who slew this animal. A white one namedNandi is the mount of Shiva; in Greek myth, a Cretan and Marathonian one fought Theseus and Heracles.For 10 points, name these male animals whose head appeared on the Minotaur.

bulls [or cattle; do not accept "cows"]

Central to the cult of Mithra was Mithra's slaughter of this kind of animal. Seated images of this animal act as gatekeepers in temples venerating Parvati and Shiva, who rides one called Nandi. In Minoan civilization, youths partook in leaping over this animal by grabbing its (*) horns. The sacrifice of Athenians for that practice sent Theseus to Crete to kill a creature that had the head of this animal. For 10 points, identify this animal represented in myth by the Minotaur and the constellation Taurus.

bulls [or cows]

One of these creatures supported a ruby that supported an angel that supported the world, and he himself was supported by the fish, Bahamut. A child that became one of these creatures was born from a fire with a body covered in armor of diamonds. That one of these animals served as (*) Shiva’s mount. Besides Nandi, another of these animals had a white scarab mark under its tongue. That one of these animals was a herald of Ptah named Apis. Poseidon sent a white one of these creatures to Minos. Daedalus constructed a device for Pasiphae in order for her to have sex with one of these animals. For 10 points, name this animal, the father of the Minotaur.

bulls [prompt on “cattle†or “cowsâ€] <ES Mythology>

A bark rope used by Enkai to transport these animals from the sky to the earth was cut down, stopping all of these animals from reaching the Maasai people, and because he mocked the goddess Selene, Ampelos was killed by one of these animals. After riding a chariot to Erytheia, (*) Hercules killed Geryon in order to obtain these animals for his tenth labor. Shiva’s mount is one of these animals in Hindu mythology named Nandi, and as revenge, Hera sent a gadfly to constantly sting Io after she became one of these animals. For ten points, name these sacred animals in Hindu mythology, which can be milked.

cattle [or cows, accept bull] <MS>

Upon entering Athens, Theseus threw two of these creatures higher than a building to prove his manliness. Epaphus's mother became one of these creatures, which were guarded unsuccessfully by the two-headed dog Orthrus, and Thrinacia was home to many of them. A common epithet ascribes the eyes of this creature to Hera. Daedalus built a wooden one of these creatures for Pasiphae. Cadmus followed one of these creatures to the spot of Thebes. The peacock gained tail spots after the thousand-eyed watchman Argos failed to guard another of these mammals, which had previously been Zeus's lover Io. For 10 points, name this frequently-sacrificed herd animal.

cattle [or cows; or heifers; or bovines; or cattle; or oxen; or bulls]

One group of these creatures were controlled by a copper staff belonging to Phaethusa, whosesister Lampetia described a slaughter of them carried out by Eurylokhos. Eight of these animalswere dragged by their tails to throw their owner off the trail by a fire-breathing monster namedCacus. Another set of them was protected by a two-headed offspring of Typhon and Echidna named(*) Orthrus. The infant Hermes stole a group of these animals belonging to Apollo. Odysseus sacrificed agroup of them belonging to Helios, dooming his crew. A group of red ones originally belonging to athree-headed giant were sacrificed by Eurystheus after being stolen as part of Heracles' Tenth Labor. For 10points, name these animals herded by Geryon.

cattle [or oxen; accept equivalent like cows, bulls, etc; accept more specific answers like cattle of Geryon or cattle of Helios]

Supplicants would drink from two rivers before entering one of these places to be scared out of their wits in the cult of Trophonius. These places are referred to as "windows" in accounts of how four brothers and four sisters left one of them called Pacaritambo and wandered until Manco Capac's staff sunk into the ground. The clashing spears of the dancing Kuretes drowned out the cries of a child in one of these places, where he was suckled by the (*) goat Amalthea. After her brother throws a flayed horse at her, a goddess hides in one of these places until Uzume's (oo-ZOO-may's) tub-dance lures her out. Amaterasu hid in one of these places, and one on Mount Ida was where Rhea hid the infant Zeus. For 10 points, what natural features were often thought to be entrances to the underworld?

cave s [prompt on mountain s]

In Ovid's Metamorphoses, the hero Caenus is killed when some of these creatures pile rocks and trees on top of him. Another incident involving them occurred when one named Eurytion attempted to abduct Hippodameia at her wedding, leading to a battle between these creatures and the Lapiths. Other members of this race included Nessus, whose blood was used to kill Heracles, and the tutor of Jason and Achilles, Chiron. For 10 points, name this mythological race of creatures who were half man and half horse.

centaurs

These creatures kill a woman who is turned into an invulnerable man by burying him under a fir tree. They are descendants of the first-ever murderer and a cloud goddess. One of these creatures dies after he opens a store of magical wine, then accidentally pricks himself with an arrow. After nearly raping a woman, one of these creatures gives her his blood, promising that it'll be a love potion. Peleus wooed (*) Thetis with the help of one of these creatures. Their blood poisoned Heracles to death. Achilles, Ajax, and virtually every other Greek hero were tutored by a wise one named Chiron. For 10 points, name these half-human, half-horse creatures.

centaurs

These creatures overcame a warrior with impenetrable skin by burying him underneathuprooted trees. In another story, two of these creatures named Hylaeus and Rhaecus attempted torape Atalanta. One of these creatures named Eurytion assaulted Hippodamia during her wedding,which led to a conflict in which they smothered the warrior Caeneus. These creatures were bornwhen a king attempted to rape (*) Hera, but instead copulated with the cloud Nephele. One of thesefigures gave Deianira a poisoned tunic for her husband; a more benevolent one taught Achilles and Jasonthe lyre. For 10 points, name this mythological race exemplified by Nessus and Chiron, which arehalf-human and half-horse.

centaurs

16. These beings pounded the invulnerable warrior Caeneus into the ground when they attacked Pirithous at his wedding. A particularly intelligent one of these creatures was the son of Cronus and Philyra, though most were the children of Ixion and Nephele. One named Pholus gave Heracles a jar of wine, while another told Deianeira to give Heracles a shirt (*) poisoned with his blood and was named Nessus. A wise and immortal one of these creatures who gave up his immortality and took the place of Prometheus was named Chiron. For ten points, name these creatures which were half horse and half man.

centaurs <BZ>

One of these creatures named Hylonome killed herself after her husband Cyllarus died. Another of these creatures married the nymph Chariclo and lived on Mount Pelion. These creatures were created when Ixion had sex with a cloud made to look like Hera. One of these creatures gave a shirt soaked with his poisonous blood to Deianira. These creatures tried to (*) carry off Hippodamia during her wedding to Pirithous, causing a fight between these creatures and the Lapiths. After being shot by a poison arrow, one of these creatures gave up his immortality to take the place of Prometheus and was named Chiron. For 10 points, name these half-horse, half-man creatures.

centaurs <ES Mythology>

Pelops bribed Myrtilus to sabotage one of these objects belonging to King Oenomaus. Artemis owned one that was carried by deer, and Helios gave one borne by dragons to Medea. After swearing by the River Styx, Helios also allowed his son (*) Phaeton to drive one of these vehicles. For 10 points, name this ancient vehicle, behind which Achilles drags Hector's body while being pulled by horses.

chariots

In Yoruban myth, the death of these subjects may cause the creation of an abikuspirit. Mormo, a companion of Hecate, was a vicious monster that ate these creatures.On the Isle of Man, the appearance of a caul on these creatures meant that they hadconnections to the Otherworld and could never be drowned. Six maidens kill a puppyand smear its blood on Rhiannon's face to frame her for the disappearance one of thesecreatures. Some societies believed that these creatures could be (*) replaced withchangelings. In Aztec society, these subjects were fire sacrificed to the god Tlaloc for good rain. Apollo and Artemis killed fourteen of them belonging to Niobe. Heracles strangled two serpents when he was, for 10 points, in what stage of human development?

children [accept synonyms like kids or babies or infants; prompt on answers like offspring or young people; prompt on humans or people]

Jason had to control a fire-breathing pair of these animals to earn the Golden Fleece from King Aeetes (“ae-EE-teezâ€). One of these animals produced food for Ymir (“YI-meerâ€), and licked blocks of ice in order to sustain itself; it was called Audhumla (“au-DUM-laâ€) (*). Sekhmet turned into this animal after she consumed a large amount of beer, thinking it to be blood. Hera demanded that Zeus gift Io to her after he turned Io into this animal. One of Hercules’ twelve labors was to capture the Cretan variety of these, and another was to acquire a herd of these animals that belonged to Geryon. For 10 points, name this animal that the Minotaur’s head resembled.

cow [accept bull, ox, cattle, and other obvious equivalents] <RY>

At the request of another figure, the Aboriginal goddess Yhi performed this action using a flower. Using Kingu’s blood, either Enki or Marduk performed this action, and Viracocha initially failed to do this in Incan mythology when using large stones. By twirling a rope around her head, (*) Nuwa did this repeatedly in Chinese mythology, and, by throwing rocks over their shoulders, Deucalion and Pyrrha did this action out of necessity after they survived a massive flood. Often, this action is done by molding clay and then giving the clay a breath of life. For 10 points, name this action that God did when he made Adam and Eve.

creating humanity (accept anything that describes making people, man or woman)

In Aztec myth, this event happened with the birth of Ometeotl (oh-may-tee-AHT-l) or after Ometeotl's (oh may-tee-AHT-lz) children killed the sea-monster Cipactli (kee-PAKT-lee). In other Aztec traditions, it happened with the dawning of the Fifth Sun. In Chinese myth, it happened after Pangu emerged from the cosmic egg. In Greek myth, Nyx is born right after this event, which is preceded by a void called Chaos. For 10 points, name this action accomplished by God in the Book of Genesis in six days.

creating the world [or obvious equivalents; do not accept or prompt "creating man"]

A rope dipped in yellow soil was flung by Nuwa to perform this action. Odin, Vili, and Ve use the trunks of an ash and elm tree to perform this action, which in another myth system is performed by Susanoo after swallowing jewels from the necklace of Amaterasu. After a flood ends the Bronze Age, Deucalion and Pyrrha cast the bones of Gaia behind them to perform this action. Because Epimetheus gave away too many good traits to animals, the arts of civilization had to be stolen before this action was performed by Prometheus with clay. For 10 points, name this action performed with dust in the Bible that resulted in Adam.

creation of man [accept other answers involving something causing humans/people to exist] <SEA/NW>

In a Shinto version of this event, the five Kotoamatsukami were present. In Norse mythology, this event was accomplished by three gods who took apart the body of their grandfather, the giant Ymir. In Chinese mythology, this event occurred upon the birth of an individual who spent 18,000 years in an egg, Pangu. Another one of these events sees Gaea emerge from a void of chaos and give birth to Uranus. One of these from Babylon is described in the Enuma Elis. In another version, God "hovered over the waters" before decreeing "let there be light." For 10 points, name this event, which in Judaism and Christianity, is done by God over the course of six days.

creation of the world [accept logical equivalents]

In Maori myth, this event takes place when the children of Ranginui and Papatuanuku force the two gods apart. In the Enuma Elish, this occurs after Marduk takes the Tablets of Destiny from Kingu when he dismembers Tiamat. The Chinese story of this event was preceded by an 18,000-year-process of growth and by the death of Pan Gu. In Norse myth, Vili and Ve aid in this process, which causes a flood of blood to come from the corpse of the giant Ymir as his parts are redistributed. For 10 points, name this process which occurs ex nihilo in six days in the Book of Genesis.

creation of the world [or creation of the earth; or formation of the earth; accept separation of the earth and sky until "flood" is read; accept answers indicating the population or design of the world]

Telemus delivered a prophecy to one of these creatures, who may have received a name meaning"big talker" after screaming to his neighbors for the first time. A god who killed these creatures wasforced to spend one year as Admetus' slave - those members of this race were killed by a god whowanted to avenge his son (*) Asclepius. The most famous member of this race used a boulder to smashAcis out of jealousy when he loved Galatea. Three of them named Brontes, Steropes, and Arges forgedZeus' thunderbolts, and one of them was tricked into thinking his guest's name was "Outis," meaning"Nobody." For 10 points, name this race exemplified by Polyphemus, which had only one eye.

cyclops

A goddess of this practice was sent by her sister to retrieve a chief named Lohiau, but then had her favorite grove burned out of jealousy by that sister. This practice is the domain of Hi’iaka, who’s the sister of Pele. Shinto shrine-maidens called miko perform a version of this practice called kagura. The muse of this practice is (*) Terpsichore, and the epithet “Nataraja†refers to this practice. Ame-no-Uzume lured Amaterasu out of a cave by performing a silly one of these acts. Shiva is often depicted doing this action in a fiery ring. For 10 points, name this type of performance, exemplified in Hawaii by the hula.

dance [accept word forms; accept hula until “Shintoâ€; accept answers like sorcery and singing until “Shinto†since Hiâiaka governed those practices too] <JG>

In the Mabinogion, Bran the Blessed asks to be killed in this way. At Bricriu's [pr. BRICK-RE-OOS] feast, the "champion's portion" is given to Cu Chulainn (pr. COO COO-LAIN) after he is dared to kill Cu Roi in this manner. A "magic girdle" "saves" a man from being killed in this way in a work by the Pearl Poet. Odin gains the knowledge of the word after the Vanir kill Mimir in this way. This manner of death befell the mortal sibling of Stheno (pr. STENO) and Euryale after she was punished for sleeping with Poseidon in Athena's shrine. The Green Knight nearly killed Gawain in this way. Using a helmet of invisibility and a reflective shield, Perseus was able to kill Medusa, for 10 points, in what manner?

decapitation [or beheading or similar answers]

When Finn Maccool met his wife, Sadhbh (SAHV), she was in the form of this animal. Four of these animals attack the World-Tree Yggdrasil (EEG-drah-seel) in Norse myth. In Greek myth, Heracles pursues one of these animals for a year as one of his labors. That Ceryneian (keh-rih-NAY-uhn) one of these animals belonged to (*) Artemis, whose chariot is pulled by these animals, and who turns Actaeon (ack-TAY-on) into one of them. For 10 points, name this horned animal, which is hunted by hounds.

deer [or harts; or stag]

One of these animals lives along with Tigris in the Dvei Ilai, and is known as Keresh. One type of this animal is actually Maricha in disguise. Hrothgar's Hall of Heorot literally translates as a place for these animals. Ravana is able to capture Sita because Lakshmana and Rama are chasing one of these animals covered in gold. One of these from Keryneia was captured by Heracles during his Third Labor. In punishment for seeing a goddess bathing, Actaeon was transformed into one of these animals. For 10 points, name these animals which were considered sacred to Artemis.

deer [or stags; or does; or any other equivalents]

One of these beings threatens to burn down a palace when a princess tries to get an egg to hangfrom its ceiling. Another of these beings offers a choice of deaths to the man who finds him, but laterleads him to a pond of exotic fish that talk when fried; that one is initially restricted by ahexagram-shaped seal. Another of them became evil after arrogantly refusing to (*) bow before thefirst man. The marids, ghul, and ifrit belong to this class of beings, one of which is attached to a magic ringand rescues a young Chinese boy from a cave of treasures. For 10 points, name these mostly malevolent,but sometimes wish-granting spirits from Arabian mythology.

djinni [or genies; or djinn]

To resolve a paradox, one of these creatures was along with the Teumissian Fox turned to stone; that creature was named Laelaps. Eurytion owned a monstrous one of these animals which helped guard the cattle of Geryon and was killed by Heracles. The lower body of Scylla was made of these animals. One of these animals named (*) Argos died of old age upon finally seeing Odysseus again, while several of these attacked Actaeon after he was transformed by Artemis into a hind for spying her bathing while hunting. For 10 points, name this animal of which the three-headed guardian of the underworld Cerberus is an example.

dog or canine or hound (or other reasonable equivalents)

One of these animals in Greek myth is Laelaps, who was converted to stone by Zeus along with its potential prey, the Teumissian Fox. Another example from Greek myth was Argos, who was unable to give away the disguise of a man whom he had not seen for many years due to his sudden death. In Norse myth, Garm was this type of animal. The best known example from Greek myth served as a guardian to the underworld. For 10 points, Cerberus had three heads of what kind of animal?

dogs

When Amphitryon sends one of these animals to obtain the Teumessian fox, Zeus turns them to stone because it creates a paradox. One of these animals is married off to a princess after bringing one man an enemy’s head in Chinese mythology, and that animal is known as Panhu. One of these animals with two (*) heads belongs to Geryon and is named Orthrus, and the first being to recognize Odysseus when he returns to Ithaca is Argos, one of these animals. Hercules’ 12th labor is to bring a three-headed one of these animals back from the underworld. For ten points, name these canines, one of which guards the underworld and is named Cerberus.

dogs [accept hounds, prompt on “canineâ€, do NOT accept or prompt on “wolfâ€] <MS>

21. The Teumessian Fox was turned into stone after being caught in a paradox with one of these animals, which was given to Procris by Minos. Quetzalcoatl’s twin brother Xolotl was often depicted as a psychopomp with the head of this animal. Circe turned Scylla into a monster with six of this animal’s heads protruding from her waist, and Odysseus was first recognized by one named (*) Argos upon his return to Ithaca. In Norse mythology, Tyr will be killed by one of these animals named Garm at Ragnarok. For ten points, name these animals, a three-headed one of which guarded Hades and was named Cerberus.

dogs [do not accept or prompt on “wolfâ€] <BZ>

This animal's head was often seen on Saint Christopher in medieval icons. The nymph Maira wasturned into a constellation depicting this animal. Their heads appeared with dolphin flippers on thebodies of the metalworking Telkhines. Zeus threw Mount Sipylus on Tantalus after Tantalus said hedidn't have a golden one of these creatures, which was stolen by Pandareus. To resolve a paradox,one of these creatures was turned to (*) stone while chasing the Teumessian fox; that one was a gift fromZeus to Europa named Laelaps. Scylla's waist is ringed by six heads of this animal. Another of thesecreatures was captured for Heracles' twelfth labor. For 10 points, name these creatures, who include theunderworld-guarding, three-headed Cerberus.

dogs [or hellhounds]

Erigone killed herself after one of these named Marea found her father Icarius dead. The poisonous plant aconite was created from one of these animals, while another of these creatures was given as a gift to Procris by Minos after she cured him of an ailment that caused him to ejaculate scorpions. That creature had earlier been given to Europa by Zeus along with Talos and a javelin that never missed its mark and was named (*) Laelaps. One of these animals guarded the cattle of Geryon, while another one was the first creature to recognize Odysseus after he returned to Ithaca. Orthros and Argus are examples of, or 10 points, what type of animal also exemplified by the three-headed Cerberus?

dogs [prompt on canines; do not accept "wolves"]

A type of rock known as the “glass†of these creatures is one of the few materials that harms monsters called Others. Viserys is deemed to not be one of these creatures after he is drowned in molten gold. Two of these creatures are imprisoned in a pit under the Great Pyramid after a third of them kills a small child. The skulls of nineteen of these creatures, the last of which were apparently no (*) larger than dogs, are kept in the Red Keep. In another series, one of these creatures is revealed to be female and is rechristened “Norberta.†Daenerys Targaryen is known as the “mother†ofâ€"for 10 pointsâ€"what fire-breathing reptiles?

dragons <BY>

One of these creatures, the Druk, is the protector of Bhutan and lends its name to Bhutanese kings. An "Azure" one of these rules the East in Chinese astrology, and the Slayer's Slab commemorates the killer of one of these inhabitants of knuckerholes in Sussex. Susano'o retrieved the sword Kusanagi from the corpse of Yamata no Orochi, one of these, and another emerged from the Luo River and gifted Fu Hsi with the secrets of writing. Hercules slew one of these creatures named Ladon that guarded the Apples of the Hesperides. For 10 points, identify these legendary creatures that capture fair damsels and breathe fire.

dragons [accept serpents]

Two thieves rode on paper sculptures of these animals to steal a pearl guarded byone on Mount Kinabalu. In Korean mythology, imugi often sought to become fullfledgedexamples of these creatures. Another of these animals tells the Jade Emperorthat it didn't win the Great Race because it stopped to help humanity. In a story fromFengshen Yanyi, Nezha feuds with Ao Guang, one of the four (*) "kings" of these creatures who rule over the four seas. An azure one of these creatures represents the east and the spring, and a hornless yellow one was identified with the Emperor. The fenghuang, or phoenix, is the yin counterpart to this creature's yang. For 10 points, name these legendary animals, which are usually more serpentine in China than their Western counterparts.

dragons [or long]

In Slavic mythology, porcelain cups would be used to store the souls of those on whom the Vodyanoy inflicted this fate, and Rusalka were people who suffered this fate. In Mexico, a creature would inflict this fate while crying, “Oh my children!†and was named “La Llorona,†or the (*) “Weeping Woman.†Tlaloc most notably ruled over people who died in this fashion, and the Scottish Kelpie would pretend to be a horse to try to inflict this fate on children. After he flew too close to the sun and his wings melted, Icarus died in this manner. For 10 points, name this manner in which the Atlanteans most likely died when their city sunk into the sea.

drowning (accept anything involving dying in the water; prompt on dying and )

Svafrlami once trapped two of these figures near a large rock, allowing him to secure Tyrfing from them. The heavenly dome created from Ymir's skull is held up by a quartet of them named for the cardinal directions. Two of these figures murdered Gilling and his wife and then paid off their victims' son Suttung with the mead of Kvasir. They live in (*) Nidavellir, which is ruled by their king Hreidmar. In addition to the aforementioned Fjalar and Galar and Dvalinn and Duri, their ranks include Ivaldi and his sons, as well as Brokk and Sindri, who created Gullinbursti, Draupnir, and Mjolnir in their forge. Closely related to the svartalfar, or dark elves, for 10 points, name this characteristically diminutive race from Norse myth.

dwarves [or dvergar; or dwarf; or dvergr; prompt on svartalfar or dark elves before mention]

In the Mabinogion, Lleu Llaw Gyffes turns into one of these animals after being wounded by a spear. A hawk named Vedrfolnir sits between the eyes of one of these animals in Norse myth. In one of Aesop's fables, this animal's home is burned by a fox. The cupbearer Ganymeade is abducted by Zeus in the form of this animal, which is often depicted eating the liver of Prometheus. For 10 points, name this majestic bird whose "bald" variety is important in the American mythos.

eagles

Six of these sites on a road around the Saronic gulf to Athens were guarded by Periphetes and other bandits who attacked Theseus. Xenophon claimed to see one of these on the Acherusian peninsula. In 2013, archaeologists at a temple in Hierapolis, Turkey, discovered a purported one that has high carbon dioxide levels. The Eleusinian mysteries helped Heracles discover one on Cape Taenarum, to which he carried a honey (*) cake. Another of these locales, a body of water which killed birds flying overhead, was Italy's Lake Avernus. At the Cumaean Sibyl's request, Aeneas acquires a golden bough to pass through one of these locations and see his father. For 10 points, name these places which connect the realms of the living and the dead.

entrances to the underworld [accept caves until "water" is read; accept gates, doors, portals, exits, etc. in place of "entrances"; accept Hades, Tartarus, Orcus, Dis, or hell in place of "underworld"; prompt on partial answers]

Though promising to join this expedition, Cinyras faked it with men of clay. The Theban king Thersander was killed near the start of this expedition, when those involved mistakenly fought Telephus. Due to a snake bite that began to stink, the members of this expedition abandoned (*) Philoctetes on Lemnos before it was complete. Iphigenia was sacrificed to placate Artemis and properly begin this expedition, which was commanded by Agamemnon. A “Catalogue of Ships†by Homer lists the cities and people that joined this expedition. For 10 points name this expedition of troops to a city where a 10 year war would subsequently be fought.

expedition of the Greek forces to Troy (accept replacement of "Achaean" in place of “Greekâ€; accept "Trojan War" and synonyms in place of “Troyâ€)

The "bodyless," or Ananga, reincarnation of Kama emerged after one of these objects destroyed him. Another mythical object of this kind is depicted in blue glass ornaments called nazar. A slingshot hit one of these objects at the second battle of Magh Tuiredh, where Balor was using it to paralyze the Tuatha de Danaan. The two or three (*) Graeae were made to talk by Perseus after he stole the one of these objects shared among all of them. The wedjat amulet of the ancient Egyptians portrayed one of these. A guardian lured to sleep by Hermes, Argos, had up to a thousand of them. In a fight Set stole one of these body parts belonging to Horus. For 10 points, name this body part of which Odin and Polyphemus the Cyclops only have one.

eyeballs [accept evil ey

The Chinese deity Erlang Shen used three of these objects on Sun Wukong while Sun Wukong was in the form of a temple. Ra owns one of them that can be personified into Wadjet. After fleeing from Izanami, the Shinto kami Izanagi washed Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu out of these objects. While trying to find Medusa, Perseus stole one of these body parts from the Graeae, who collectively own one tooth and one of these. A giant who fell asleep while listening to Hermes’ lyre, Argus, had one hundred of these all over his body, allowing him to guard Io without interruption. For 10 points, identify this body part, only one of which is possessed by a Cyclops.

eyes [or eyeballs] <GL>

After Coatlicue was decapitated, two of these creatures sprung from her neck to form her new head. During the Equinox, the descent of a shadow down the steps of El Castillo represents one of these creatures called Kukulkan. The Aztecs conflated (*) Hernan Cortes with their god of this form. Some of these creatures sent by Poseidon killed Laocoon and his sons. As a baby, Hercules strangled two of these creatures. For 10 points, name these creatures, an example of which is the feathered wind deity, Quetzalcoatl.

feathered serpents [accept equivalents such as snakes]

Izanami died giving birth to a god of this domain, Kagu-tsuchi. In Hindu tradition, one god of this domain mediates the Yajna ceremony. In Norse myth, this phenomenon is associated with the region of Muspellsheimr and its ruler Surtr. Leviticus forbids its use in a ceremony associated with Moloch. In order to show her devotion to her husband, the goddess Sati kills herself using this. It is associated with the god Agni, and in Greek mythology, a Titan who gave this to mankind had his liver pecked out daily by an eagle. For 10 points, name this phenomenon, embodied by a creature that is reborn from its own ashes, the phoenix.

fire [accept logical equivalents, like flames]

One of these things was created in response to its creator's displeasure with a group of giants he had produced by breathing into large stones and was called Unu Pachacuti. The king of the Dravida Kingdom and the saptarishis were assisted during one of them by Matsya. Ziusudra (zee-oo-SOO-drah) , who is later taken to Dilmun, and Atrahasis are both told about one of these events by the the patron god of Eridu. In a similar story, the actions of Adad cause the Anunnaki to (*) cower in heaven during one of these events, which Ea warns Utnapishtim about. Two people are instructed to "throw the bones of your mother over your shoulder" after one of these events, which allows them to repopulate the world. For 10 points, name these mythical events survived by Manu, Deucalion and Pyrrha, and Noah.

flood s [or deluge s]

In Chinese legend, one of these events is dealt with by Gun, Shun, and Yu the Great before Yu founds the Xia (“shYAHâ€) dynasty. Themis gives a command to throw the “bones of one’s mother†behind oneself after another one of them. During one of these events, Matsya, the first avatar of Vishnu, guided Vaivasvata Manu. The Sumerian Utnapishtim became immortal after one of these events, which spared Deucalion and Pyrrha in the Greek telling. A covenant preventing this from recurring was shown to the father of Japheth, Ham, and Shem using a rainbow. For 10 points, name this common fabled disaster, prior to which Noah built an ark.

floods [or Great Floods; or deluge; accept any answer indicating survival during any of the above; prompt “extinction of mankindâ€] <MJ>

The Garuda Purana extensively describes these events. In Japanese folklore, performing this activity properly prevents a reikon from becoming a yurei. Upon Rama's insistence, Sugreeva carries out one of them. At another of these events, Nanna suddenly dies and the giantess Hyrrokin is employed to push Hringhorni. At one of these events, the Myrmidons circle in their chariots three times and attendees partake in (*) boxing, wrestling, a footrace, and a contest for some armor. Those games occur in the one held for Patroclus. Hermod is sent to Hel to retrieve Baldr after, for 10 points, what kind of event, which in Norse myth was held after Baldr was killed by a sprig of mistletoe?

funeral ceremonies [accept word forms, especially funerary rites; accept funeral games at any point as well]

One of these creatures tries to shear Arthur’s beard to patch a cloak and was named Rhitta Gawr. One of these creatures named Ysbaddaden assigns the task of hunting the boar Twrch Trwyth [“turk truithâ€] for Culhwch [“cul-hookâ€] to marry Olwen. The head of one of these beings was used to protect (*) Britain, and Finn McCool built their namesake “Causeway.†Bran the Blessed was one of these beings, and many Cornish myths describes one person robbing and killing several of these beings, including one who threatens to grind bones into bread and says “Fee Fi Fo Fum.†For 10 points, name these beings, one of which Jack kills after he climbs a beanstalk.

giants

Odin used the eyes of one of these beings to create two new stars; that figure of this type transformed into an eagle to help steal the apples of youth, and is named Thiazi. Lif and Lifthrasir will avoid the onslaught of these beings by hiding in Hoddmimis holt. Another of these beings sustains itself on the milk of Audhumla. Thor is challenged to to an eating contest by one named Utgard-Loki. One named Surtr will lead his hordes onto the rainbow bridge, Bifrost, after being freed from Muspelheim. One of the first of these beings was Ymir. They are split into Fire and Frost variants. For 10 points, name these humanoids from Norse myth known as jotunn, who are enormous.

giants [accept frost giant or fire giant or rock giant; accept jotunn before mentioned]

The first one of these figures was created when the mists of Niflheim met the heat of Muspelheim. Another one of these figures owned a horse named Gullfaxi, which he claimed was faster than the eight-legged Sleipnir, and drove a whetstone into Thor’s forehead. Thor is also challenged by one of these figures to wrestle with old age and empty a drinking horn connected to the sea. Utgard-Loki is one of these figures, and an army of them attributed to fire and will lead armies to attack Asgard during Ragnarok. The “frost†variety of these figures frequently war with the gods. For 10 points, name this large mythological race also known as Jotunn in Norse.

giants [accept jotunn before mention] <JK>

One of these figures arrived to a duel to find himself facing a clay statue and was tricked into standing on hisshield. Another of these creatures almost won a wager regarding his ability to build city walls in eighteen months,until his horse Svadilfari was seduced by Loki disguised as a mare. Another of these creatures stole the hammerMjölnir and hid it miles underground, demanding Freyja's hand in marriage as ransom before being slain by thecross-dressing Thor. Hrungnir and Thrym are creatures of this type, as is Surtr, who will kill Freyr and set the worldablaze at Ragnarök. For 10 points, name these frequent foes of the Aesir who often hail from Jötunheim.

giants [accept thurs; accept frost giants or hrimthurs before "Surtr"; accept jötunn or jötnar before "Jotunheim"; do not prompt on or accept "fire giants" or "eldjötnar" or "mountain giants" or "bergrisar"]

One leader of these creatures gives Culhwch [CUL-wich] a set of impossible tasks before he canmarry Olwen. One of these creatures, a king of Prydain, used a magic cauldron to smooth over anincident when his half-brother Efnisien mutilated the horses of Matholwch. Yet another once piledseveral rocks to put out his campfire, creating Mount Hood. One of them will protect Britain frominvasion so long as his head is buried in the White Tower. During Ragnarok, one creature of this sortwill emerge from (*) Muspellheim to set the world on fire. They include Bran, Surtr, and a man whocreated the Great Lakes by providing his pet Babe the Blue Ox with a watering hole. For 10 points, namethese figures, including the lumberjack Paul Bunyan, known for their size.

giants [or fire giants on Muspellheim sentence; bemusedly don't accept a buzz with "lumberjacks" off Paul Bunyan clues]

In Cornish folklore these creatures include Cormoran and Gogmagog, who died in early Britain. Two of these creatures floated in a hollow tree trunk to survive a flood of blood in Norse myth. Artemis killed twin beings of this type who attempted to climb a stack of mountains to Olympus. Angrboda was a female one who bore Fenrir. The cow-fed Ymir is a primal one of these creatures, and Jotunheim is home to the “frost†type which antagonizes the Norse gods. For 10 points, name these beings which, in a folktale, live above the magic beanstalk planted by Jack.

giants [or frost giants; prompt “jotunn†or “jotnarâ€; do not accept “humans†or the like at any point] <MJ>

One of these figures gave birth to three children in the Iron Wood, including a goddess whose skin is half blue and half flesh-colored. Another ​of these figures bet that his horse, Gullfaxi, could outrun Sleipnir. One of these beings turned into an eagle to pursue Loki, but he was killed after his feathers caught fire and he fell. That individual, Thiazi, carried off (*)​ Idunn. One of these beings, Thrym, demanded Freyja as his bride in return for returning the stolen Mjolnir. Beings of this type from Muspelheim will break Bifrost to set off Ragnarok. Ymir is one of these beings. For 10 points, name these beings who dwell in Jotunnheim that are very large.

giant​s [or jotun​n; accept more specific varieties]

In the Argonautica, Polydeuces kills the Bebrycian king Amycus with a pair of these objects made of cowhide. In the Aeneid, Entellus wins a contest using a cestus, an object of this kind. In the Gylfaginning, one of these objects owned by Utgard-Loki turns out to the "great hall" in which Thor and his servants had experienced earthquakes during the night. A set of these objects had to be used because a gadfly sent by Loki distracted Brokkr and forced him to make a (*) weapon's handle much shorter than it should have been. The belt Megingjorth, a hammer, and a set of these objects named Jarngreipr are the most important possessions of the Norse god of thunder. For 10 points, name these items of clothing, an iron pair of which enables Thor to grasp Mjolnir

gloves [or gauntlets]

One of these from Magyar myth received sacrifices of white stallions; in addition to Hadur, another of these had jumping priests known as Salii, and in Irish mythology, a tripartite crow flying above this is known as the Morrigan. It's not the sun, but the [*] Aztec one of these was fathered by a ball of feathers and was notably left-handed. The Egyptian one, Sekhmet, is depicted as a lioness, and in Greek mythology, the god of this type was imprisoned for a year in a bronze urn, and had the children Phobos and Deimos. For 10 points, name this type of deity, examples of which include Huitzilopochtli and Ares.

god[s] of war [accept logical equivalents; accept forge gods or other equivalents before the words "jumping priests" are read, since Hadur is also a forge god, but not after] [JoC]

In Greek cities, the Prytaneum was sacred to this type of god; so was a three-story atrium betweenthe Roman Regia and the Palatine Hill. A deity of this type was saved while sleeping alongside themaiden Lotis by the braying of Silenus's donkey, and made an oath by Zeus's head. The first deityinvoked in any Greek sacrifice was this kind of deity. Roman families offered meat to the Laresaffiliated with this realm. The last child to be (*) vomited up by Cronus, and the first to be swallowed,governed this domain; that goddess refused Poseidon and Apollo, had devotees who served for thirty yearsincluding Rhea Silvia, and resigned her seat on Olympus for Dionysus. For 10 points, name this familialarea protected by Hestia and venerated by the Vestal Virgins.

goddesses of the hearth [or of the fireplace; or of the kitchen; or of the furnace; or of the oven; or of the sacred fire; accept any answer indicating a place in one's house where fire is produced; prompt on "the home" or "the house"; prompt on fire]

One god of this type from Celtic myth brewed beer that granted immortality to the drinker and was the son of Danu. In addition to Goibniu, a deity of this type in Finnish myth served as the patron of travelers and gave fire to man in addition to his more famous role. Along with Ilmarinen, who [*] made the Sampo, a Greek god of this type was raised by Thetis and Eurynome and worshipped at Lemnos after being thrown from Olympus by Hera. That god was married to Aphrodite, created the armor of Achilles and was lame. For 10 points, name this class of god, exemplified by Hephaestus in Greek mythology.

gods of the forge [or blacksmith gods; accept reasonable equivalents] [IE]

After sitting on the throne of a deity of this domain, a goddess hangs from a nail on a wall. A goddess of this domain sends her messenger Namtar to a feast, where he is rudely insulted by Nergal. An encounter with a goddess of this domain ends with a visitor throwing his comb and headdress to the ground as they transform into fruits. In the aftermath of the birth of the fire-baby Kagutsuchi, (*) Izanami becomes this type of goddess. In Vedic myth, Yama is a god of this domain. Ishtar is required to take off all of her clothes on her way to visit her sister Ereshkigal, who is one of these goddesses. A male god of this type rules a place populated by the abyss Tartarus and the river Styx. For 10 points, name these deities exemplified by Hades.

gods of the underworld [or gods of the afterlife; or gods of the dead]

One Eastern god of this type broke off the top of Mount Meru, thereby creating Sri Lanka, and sired the warrior Bhima. A Western god of this thing abducted Oreithyia, and is often grouped with another who fathered the talking horses Balius and Xanthus. Its Hindu god is Vayu, the father of Hanuman, and in Japan, its controlling god Fuujin is brother to the thunder god Raijin. In Book Ten of the Odyssey, Odysseus’s men get a bag containing this from Aeolus; four other Greek gods of it, the Anemoi, align with specific cardinal directions. For 10 points, name this natural phenomenon which Boreas and Zephyrus cause to blow.

gods of the wind [prompt “air†or “skyâ€] <MJ>

In order to do this action, one mythical figure tied a black ram to a ewe, then poured milk and honey, followed by wine and water, into a pit. That person spoke to Elpenor and Anticlea while doing this. A different hero was required to talk to the Cumaean Sibyl and deliver the Golden Bough to her in order to do this action, in order to talk to his father Anchises. This action, performed by Odysseus and Aeneas, was also performed by Heracles as part of his Twelfth Labor. One person who did this looked back at his wife Eurydice, causing him to lose her forever. For 10 points, name this action which Orpheus took to try and bring back his wife to the living.

going into the Underworld [or going into Hades; accept same-knowledge equivalents such as "leaving the Underworld" or "entering the Underworld"]

In the Russian tradition, Ivan Tsarevich was sent to capture the Firebird because it stole one of these objects from his father every night. The guardian of these objects in Norse myth was transformed into a nut during her rescue from Thiazzi by Loki, and she was named Idunn. Hippomenes used three of these objects in order to beat Atalanta in a footrace, while Heracles tricked Atlas into retrieving these objects from the Garden of the Hesperides for his 11th labor. One of these objects bore the inscription, "To the fairest," resulting in discord between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. For 10 points, name these metallic fruits that caused the Judgment of Paris and the Trojan War.

golden apples

These objects are stolen by nine peahens in a Bulgarian epic, or by zmeu dragons in Romanian legend. Irish tales associate them with the Silver Bough, and in Norse myth, Idunn guards a [*] box of them, and they maintain the gods' youth. In Greek mythology, Heracles employed Atlas to obtain them from the Hesperides, and Melanion dropped three during a footrace to distract Atalanta. More notably, one of these was thrown into Thetis and Peleus' wedding by Eris. For 10 points, name this mythical foodstuff picked up by Paris with the inscription "For the fairest".

golden apples [they are all gold/golden, prompt on "fruit"] [MJ]

Apollodorus states that one of these figures named Okypete collapsed on the Strophades, givingthem their current name. A pair of flying purple-haired warriors spared the lives of these creaturesat the request of Iris. One of these creatures slept with Zephyrus to produce Xanthus and Balius, theimmortal horses of Achilles. Various sources list the name of these figures as Podarge and (*)Celaeno. The prophecy of one of these creatures came true when Aeneas' men ate meat on bread. Thesecreatures continuously stole the food of a king who was blinded for revealing the future to mankind; Zetesand Calais drove these creatures away from that king, Phineas, in the myth of the Argo. For 10 points,name these birds that appear like human women in Greek mythology.

harpies

In Norse myth, one of these objects was used by Gunther to ward off snakes in his dungeon, and the giant Eggther sits on a hill with one of these objects while watching Ragnarok unfold. One of these objects named Uaithne was used by the Dagda to keep the four seasons in order, while the jawbone of a large pike was used by Vainamoinen to create the first kantele, a Finnish variant of these objects. The first of these objects was created from a turtle shell by Hermes, after which he gave it to Apollo to appease his anger over the theft of his cattle. For 10 points, name these objects often used by Orpheus, musical instruments consisting of an array of framed strings.

harps or lyres [Accept kantele before it is read. Prompt on "musical instruments."]

This object was used to kill two hundred men and King Belus’s twin brother Agenor. This object was responsible for the creation of seaweed to coral, and the Stygian Nymphs gave the wielder of this object a silver pouch that could expand in size. At Sephiros this object was used to slay (*) Polydectes, the brother of the fisherman Dictys. After this object was obtained, Chrysaor and Pegasus was born, and this object is displayed on the aegis. This object’s most famous possessor used a pair of winged sandals and a mirrored shield to sever it from its owner. For 10 points, name this object which Perseus won after avoiding being turned to stone.

head of Medusa (prompt on “Medusaâ€)

On Mount Parnassus, goddesses called the thriae took the form of these animals. In Finnish myth,Otsotar creates one of these animals to help her brew ale. One of these animals sent the Hittite godTelipinu into a rage by waking him up. The Hindu god Kama used a bow whose string was madefrom these animals. The cultivation of these animals was first taught to the accidental killer ofEurydice, (*) Aristaeus. These animals, which symbolized the Barberini and the Merovingians, created aproduct that Aeneas put into a cake to pacify Cerberus. Odysseus used a byproduct of these animals to plugthe ears of his sailors. For 10 points, name this insects that produce wax and honey.

honeybees

A hrimthurs [HER-IM-THURS] and one of these creatures built the walls of Asgard. In Norse myth, Arvakr and Alsvidr were these creatures. Odin stakes his head on a competition with Hrungnir involving these creatures, and Thor gives one named Gullfaxi to Magni. One of these named Grani appeared from a river in front of Sigurd. One of these animals has runes carved onto his teeth and transports Hermodr to Hel after the death of Baldr. That son of Svadilfari [SVOD-ILL-FAR-EE] and Loki has eight legs and belongs to Odin. For 10 points, Sleipnir is a type of what animal, exemplified by the winged Pegasus in Greek myth?

horses

An earth sculpture of a white one of these animals at Uffington suggests that theCelts believed that one of these animals chases the sun across the sky. When Rhiannonis first introduced in The Mabinogion, she is seen with a fast, white one of theseanimals. An unnamed giant is allowed help from one of these animals when the Aesirhave him (*) build the walls of Asgard in three seasons. A Celtic fertility goddess who takes the form of one of these animals is named Epona. Heimdall is accompanied by a golden-maned one of these animals named Gulltopr. Another is borrowed by Hermod to visit Helheim; that example of these animals is a child of Loki and Svadlifari and has eight legs. For 10 points, name this type of animal that includes Odin's steed Sleipnir.

horses

The Irish god Manannan mac Lir owned one of these named Enbarr that carried his daughter Niamh and her lover Ossian across the sea, while Sir Gawain owned one of these creatures named Gringolet. During a nighttime raid, Odysseus and Diomedes brought these creatures belonging to Rhesus back to the Greek camp. Other examples of these animals include two children of Zephyrus which were given to Peleus as a wedding gift, Xanthus and Balius. Loki assumed the form of one of these animals when he mated with Svadilfari to give birth to an eight-legged one named Sleipnir. For 10 points, name these creatures that include a giant wooden one associated with Troy.

horses

The Vedas describe the first of these animals to emerge from the churning of the oceans; it was named Uchchaihshravas ("ooch-chai-shra-vas"). In Islam, one of these animals called Buraq accompanied Muhammad and Gabriel to Jerusalem. The Phoenicians portrayed a water version of these animals with coiling, fish-like hindquarters. In Celtic myth, [*] Epona was associated with their role in travel. Loki mated with one of these animals, Svadilfari, to produce an eight-legged one of these, Sleipnir. Poseidon was associated with these animals, and Bellerophon rode a winged one named Pegasus to slay the Chimera. For 10 points, name these animals which served as steeds for mythological figures.

horses

1. A white one of these animals named Uchchaihshravas was produced during the Churning of the Ocean and owned by Indra. The Celtic goddess Epona was worshipped as one of these animals. Hrungnir bet that one of these animals named Gullfaxi was better than another one who was the son of Svadilfari. Several particularly aggressive ones killed Diomedes of Thrace before Heracles took them. An (*) eight-legged one of these that belonged to Odin was Sleipnir. Zeus sent a gadfly to sting one of these animals, which resulted in Bellerophon falling to the ground even though he had tamed it with a golden bridle. For 10 points, name these animals, a winged one of which is Pegasus.

horses (accept stallions or mares) <BZ>

A commonly-depicted creature in early Athenian vase painting has the foreparts of this animal and the tail and wings of a rooster. The city of Abdera was founded near where the youth Abderus was killed by these animals. Heracles attacks Troy to collect his gift of twelve of these animals promised to him by Laomedon. After Hera gives one of these animals the power of speech, it portends the death of Achilles. As a wedding gift, Peleus receives two of these animals named (*) Balius and Xanthius. These land animals are tamed by Poseidon. Hercules steals four man-eating animals of this kind, and turns them against their original owner Diomedes. For 10 points, name these animals that pull the chariots of Greek gods and heroes.

horses [or mares; or steeds; or Equus ferus caballus]

Marduk owned four of these animals whose mouths were coated in poison. Vainamoinen used a pike and parts of this kind of animal to build the first kantele, and Loki distracted one of these animals during the building of Asgard’s walls. Zeus gave these animals to Tros to compensate for the abduction of Ganymede, and Amaterasu (*) hid in a cave after Susano’o threw one of these animals’ head into her hall. Achilles had a talking pair of these animals, and Heracles’ eighth labor targeted two man-eating ones owned by the Thracian king Diomedes. Sleipnir was an eight-legged example ofâ€"for 10 pointsâ€"what animals that often pull chariots?

horses [or stallions; or ponies, or mares] <AF>

Heimdall owns one of these beings named Gulltopr, and one belonging to the hrimthur is tasked with building the walls of Asgard. Another of these creatures, Gullfaxi, is given to Magni by Thor, while Frigg's messenger Gna possesses a flying one, Hofvarpnir. Loki transformed into one of these animals in order to distract (*) Svadilfari, another of these beings, and Odin rides that creature to Hel to learn of Baldur's fate. One of these animals was produced from the union of Loki and Svadilfari; it has eight legs, and is named Sleipnir. For 10 points, identify these Norse equines that carry various deities around.

horses [or steeds; accept "stallion" before "transformed;" do NOT accept "mare"]

The goddess Macha in the Ulster cycle is associated with this species of animal. The Rig Veda explains how to ritually sacrifice this animal and a common epithet in the Iliad primarily describes Hector as their "breaker". The tenth avatar of Vishnu, Kalki, will possess a white version of this animal, and in Shinto, Susanoo throws a flayed carcass of this animal at his sister's loom. Heracles tamed four flesh-eating ones of Diomedes; Loki was impregnated to bear Sleipnir, Odin's eight-legged one; and the Lapiths fought a race of beings with the bodies of these animals, led by Chiron. For 10 points, name this animal, whose rare winged examples include Pegasus.

horses [prompt "mares"]

The Pawnee conducted this type of event whenever a man dreamed he was visited by the Morning Star, and they occurred at the Sacred Cenote. Training troops and collecting resources for these events were goals of the “flower wars.†On Mount Llullaillaco, several (*) mummies were found showing the Incas used children during these events. The losers of ball games were often involved in these events. This type of event occurred atop the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlán, where it was carried out by priests using a flint knife to remove the heart. For 10 points, name this practice common in early Mesoamerica in which people were killed to appease the gods.

human sacrifices (prompt on sacrifice; accept specific types of humans e.g. child or warrior; prompt on raiding or battle before “Sacredâ€)

In non-Jewish lore, King Solomon enslaved these non-human creatures and used them to build the Temple. The qarin are a subtype of these creatures who tag along with individual people, and they also include the watery marid. They're not demons, but the leader of these creatures refused to bow to Adam in the Garden of Eden; that being, Iblis, brought the "Satanic verses" to Muhammad. These beings, which include the especially-fiery ifrit, were given free will after Allah made them out of smokeless fire. For 10 points, name these spirits from Islamic and Arabic lore, who can be trapped in talismans such as magic lamps.

jinn [or djinn; or jinni; accept "genies"]

In Plato's Apology, Socrates states that this role's holders included Triptolemos.Plutarch states that this group's members included a son of Asterion who fatheredGortys and Erythrus. Another member of this group was born on the island of Aegina,where he became king of the Myrmidons, while a third member of this group joined itafter he was killed by King Cocalus. The Aeneid states that these (*) three figures sat in the Avernian Grove and were assisted by the fury Tisiphone. This panel's deciding vote was cast by a former king of Crete, who often would determine if souls were consigned to the Asphodel Fields or Elysium. For 10 points, Rhadamanthus, Aeacus, and Minos were the members of what group that determined the eternal fate of shades?

judges of the dead [accept judges of the underworld or judges in Hades]

This action was performed after a failure to bring horses to a wedding to Hippodamia, and it required a visit to the Hesperides to receive a magic sack. King Polydectes requested this action, and its completion directly led to the birth of (*) Pegasus. Danae’s son stole an eye from the Graiae while completing this action and then rescued Andromeda from a sea monster on the way back from it. This action was completed with the use of winged sandals as well as a mirrored shield that allowed its user to avoid looking at a Gorgon. For 10 points, name this action achieved by Perseus after he slew a monster whose gaze turned people to stone.

killing the Medusa (accept any reasonable equivalent)

The perpetrator of these events was aided in carrying out one of these when he told the truth to Diana, who healed the Hind of Ceryneia that he had been sent to capture. Another of these events saw its perpetrator drive away the flock of Symphalian Birds. These goals were completed after a man diverted the course of a river to (*) clean the Augean Stables. The capture of Cerberus and the slaying of the Hydra were also among, for 10 points, what group of tasks completed by a certain mythical hero of great strength?

labors of Hercules

The meandros motif found on ancient artifacts represented this location. Sir Arthur Evanssuggested that this location took its name from a type of double-headed axe. The word "clue" derivesetymologically from a tool used in this location, a replica of which inside Chartres Cathedral servesas an aid to meditation. In this location, one can find (*) Asterion, a son of Pasiphae and a figure sacredto Poseidon. Every year, seven young men and seven young girls were sent inside of this place. A hero whoenters this structure is given a spool of thread by Ariadne so he can track his progress within it. For 10points, name this structure created by Daedalus that houses the minotaur on Crete.

labyrinth

A wheel and this object are held by Taranis, a Celtic god the Romans encountered. In Hindu myth, a holder of this object destroyed ninety-nine fortresses and rides Airavata, a white elephant; that holder was defeated by a son of Ravana, and is remembered in the Rig Veda for defeating the serpent Vritra with one called the vajra. In Greek tradition, one of these killed Asclepius and they were made by Arges, Steropes, and Brontes, a team of Cyclopes. In Norse myth, they are released from a boomerang-like returning hammer. For 10 points, name this natural phenomenon used as a weapon by Zeus.

lightning bolts [or thunderbolts; prompt “thunder†alone] <SSp> Round 5 Bonuses

Mithraic temples often included a mysterious nude snake-entwined figure holding two keys who had the head of one of these animals. A knight wins back his wife Laudine (loh-DEEN) after rescuing one of these creatures from a dragon and befriending it. After killing an asura while in the form of a boar, Vishnu killed the asura's elder brother Hiranyakashipu (hee-rahn-yahk-SHIH-poo) by taking a form that was half-man, half one of these creatures. Yvain (ee-VAIN) was known as the "Knight of" this animal, while the avatar (*) Narasimha had the head of one. In a Greek folktale, one of them hiding in a cave becomes friendly after Androcles (ANN-droh-kleez) pulls a thorn from its paw. A creature with the body of one of these animals kills itself after Oedipus provides the answer "man" to its riddle. For 10 points, the Sphinx had the body of what large feline?

lion s [prompt on big cat s]

Heracles was rewarded with the opportunity to sleep with King Thespius' fifty daughters after ridding his lands of one of these creatures. Atalanta and Hippomenes were transformed into these creatures for making love in the temple of Cybele, while another of these creatures became associated with Sir Yvain after he rescued it from a serpent. During her murderous rampage as Sekhmet, Hathor took this form that also formed the head of the Chimera. Their best known example had skin that could not be pierced by any weapon, forcing Heracles to strangle it for his first labor, after which he wore its skin. For 10 points, name these large cats, one of which lived in Nemea.

lions

This domain is governed by the Haitian loa Erzulie. An Indian god of this phenomenon, the consort of Rati, became bodiless after Shiva's third eye incinerated him, but rode a large parrot and wielded a bow made of sugarcane and bees before that. Another deity of this kind was injured in the wrist by Diomedes in the Iliad; that goddess of this domain bestowed favor upon the Trojan prince Anchises. Psyche was visited by a younger god of this realm, whose mother was caught in a magic chain years after she emerged out of the seafoam. For 10 points, name this aspect of human affairs governed by Kama and Aphrodite.

love gods/goddesses [accept "desire," "romance," "sexuality," or close synonyms in place of "love"; accept "goddesses" or "deities" in place of "gods"; do NOT accept or prompt on "marriage" or "childbirth"]

In one story, an old woman secretly produces this substance by rubbing it from her body, and Centeotl and the Cinteteo were gods of this substance. After meeting the Spirit of this substance, a man convinces his village to stop acting wastefully, and the Aztec worship (*) red, black, yellow, and white gods of this substance. After failures making man from mud and wood, humanity is made from this substance, and Quetzalcoatl transformed into an ant to steal this foodstuff. This substance is represented by a tall, strong girl and is grouped with squash and beans as the Three Sisters. For 10 points, name this staple crop of American cultures.

maize (or corn)

Triptolemus rapidly grew into an adult after consuming this substance. Cly·tem·nestra has a nightmare about a serpent in which this substance intermingles with blood. The snake Vasuki is used to make a nectar of immortality from this substance. While licking some salty ice, Audhumla [OWD-hoom-la] creates four (*) rivers composed entirely of this material. Kurma lifts up a mountain in an ocean made of this substance. Adrastea and Ida used a goat named Amalthea to provide this substance to Zeus on Mount Ida. For 10 points, name this liquid, which, in Greek myth, formed the galaxy, after it was spilled by Hera when she was nursing Heracles.

milk [or breast milk]

In Tibetan myth, the first people of Tibet were born after one of these animals mated with a stone demoness. The Toshogu shrine depicts three of these animals named Mizaru, Kikazaru, and Iwazaru. In the Ramayana, these animals create a bridge to Sri Lanka, and their king is (*) Sugriva. Another of these animals in Hindu myth has the Vajra thrown at him by Indra after he attempts to swallow the sun as a child but is saved by his father, the wind god Vayu. That figure in this form becomes the companion to Rama. For 10 points, name this animal, a mythical example of which is Hanuman.

monkeys

A Talmudic tradition claims that the man who lives in this location is Jacob, while Dante alludes to that man as Cain. Norse mythology interprets this object as a man in a carriage, continuously chased by the wolf Hati. Coyolxauhqui ("co-yol-show-kee") became the goddess of this object when she plotted to kill her mother and Chang'e ("chong-uh") fled here with her rabbit. Tsukuyomi is the embodiment of this object in Japanese mythology. For 10 points, name this astronomical object, associated with Selene in Greek mythology and Luna in Roman mythology.

moon

In one folk tale, a bamboo cutter finds a baby exiled from this location in a glowing bamboo stalk, and in another,Wu Gang attempts to cut down a self-healing laurel tree at this location. In one mythology, Tecciztecatl became thisobject after a rabbit was thrown in his face, and other mythologies view this object as the head of Coyolxauhqui("koh-yol-SHAW-kee") or the left eye of Horus. The principal Greek goddess of this object fell in love withEndymion and asked Zeus to put him in an eternal sleep. Another Greek goddess of this object also protectedhunters and virgins. For 10 points, name this celestial body associated with Selene and Artemis, often contrastedwith the Sun.

moon

Hesiod reports that the men of the Golden Age lived in the air after undergoing this action, whereasthe men of the Silver Age stayed on the ground. Athena changes her mind about performing it on Tydeuswhen she saw him devour the brains of Melanippus. Metanira interrupts an instance of this action bystumbling upon her son Demophon inside the family hearth. This action is performed on a man whobecame a cicada because (*) Eos forgets to request eternal youth. Peleus interrupts the best-known instance ofthis action, which alternately takes the form of Thetis anointing her son with ambrosia and placing him atop a fire,or by dipping him in the river Styx. For 10 points, name this action that is nearly completely conferred uponAchilles, save for his heel.

mortals becoming immortal [or men becoming gods; or deification; or becoming invulnerable, accept synonyms]

In the Metamorphoses, the rape of Persephone is retold during a narration of one of these events. In the aftermath of this type of event, the daughters of Pierus are transformed into magpies. An instance of this event is arbitrated by the mountain god Tmolus. A participant in one of these events uses a cursed object that Athena previously threw away because it ruined her beauty, but is defeated when that object, an aulos, cannot be used upside-down. For his poor (*) judgment of one of these competitions, donkey ears are given to Midas. After his defeat at this activity, Marsyas is flayed alive by Apollo. For 10 points, identify this type of competition which Pan participated in with his pipes, and Apollo with his lyre.

music contests [or singing contests; or contests of the voice, flute, pipes, or lyre; or obvious equivalents; prompt on contests; prompt on competitions]

General description acceptable. After the gods made fun of Athena's hideous face when she used one of these objects, she threw it away, and it was picked up by a satyr. Amphion used one of these objects in order to move stones to construct the walls of Thebes. One of these objects was used by Heracles to kill his teacher Linus. Marsyas was flayed alive after a contest involving these objects. One of these objects was fashioned from the remains of Syrinx after she was transformed by her sisters into some reeds. Apollo exchanged his cattle for one of these objects after Hermes fashioned it from cow gut and a tortoise shell. For 10 points, name these objects which included the aulos, the pan-pipes, and the lyre.

musical instruments [or same-knowledge equivalents that involve music in some way; however, at any point in this tossup, you can accept aulos, pan-pipes, or lyres]

One of these creatures merged her body with a son of Aphrodite and Hermes while that boy was bathing in a fountain. These creatures kidnapped Hylas, causing Heracles to abandon the Quest for the Golden Fleece. Besides Salmacis, another of these creatures was punished for amusing Hera with stories while Zeus cavorted on Mount Kithairon; that figure tells her unrequited love, "Alas! Alas!" while he gazes into a (*) pool. Separated into dryads and naiads, one of these spirits was transformed into a reed to avoid the attentions of Pan. For 10 points, identify these mythological spirits who are often chased by amorous gods and satyrs, including Echo and Daphne.

nymphs [or oreads; accept naiads before mention; accept dryads before mention; prompt on any kind of "spirit"]

In Welsh mythology, Gwydion intentionally sparks a war by stealing some of these animals from Pryderi. In Greek myth, Theseus kills the Crommyonian one of these animals. Examples of these animals in Norse mythology include the golden Gullinbursti and Sahrimnir, which is eaten every night by the heroes of Valhalla. Atalanta is one of the people who chase the Calydonian one. In the Odyssey, Odysseus's men are turned into this kind of animal by Circe. For 10 points, name this animal which is known for its gluttony.

pig [or boar; or sow]

A man with this occupation supposedly died of shame after losing a contest to Mopsus. Mopsus was the grandson of a man with this occupation whom Hera transformed after he beat two mating snakes. Calchas was one of these people who suggested the sacrifice of Iphigenia. A (*) blind man with this occupation advised seven generations of kings in Thebes and was transformed into a woman for seven years. After she spurned Apollo, a woman with this ability was cursed never to be believed. Tiresias and Cassandra wereâ€"for 10 pointsâ€"what kind of people who have the ability to predict the future?

prophets [accept priests; accept answers like seers or soothsayers, or any feminine version of any of those answers] <CX>

Kutkh, a recurring figure in the myths of Kamchatka natives and the Chukchi people, takes the form of this animal. A story from Haida myth describes how one of these figures freed women from a chiton after freeing men from a clam; that story was depicted in a Bill Reid sculpture named for this figure "and the First Men." The name of Bran the Blessed, a character from the Mabinogion, translates as this type of creature. Morrigan assumes this shape for some sexual encounters, and two of them leave (*) Hlidskjalf every morning, gather the news of the world, and return to Odin; those two are named "thought" and "memory," or Hugin and Munin. For 10 points, identify this animal, a popular trickster figure among tribes of the Pacific Northwest, which is often conflated with its smaller relative, the crow.

raven [accept crow until mentioned due to conflation]

In Greek mythology, the scarlet color of poppies symbolized the promise of this action, as did the whiteness of white poplars. After observing the behavior of a snake, Polydius used an herb to do this to a son of Minos named Glaucus. The cult of Dionysus held that their patron underwent this process yearly. A god who helped others perform this action was a son of Coronis snatched from a burning pyre by Hermes at birth. Out of gratitude for Admetus, Heracles helped (*) Alcestis undergo this action. Apollo became Admetus' herdsman after an incident in which his son performed this action on Hippolytus, which angered Hades. For 10 points, name this action repeatedly performed on others by Asclepius and by Persephone at the beginning of every spring.

resurrection [accept equivalents like come back from the dead, returning from Hades, returning from the underworld, coming back to life, etc.; prompt on "heal" or "healing"]

One of these objects has a wolf hair tied to it as a secret message from Gudrun. Another one wascreated along with a boar and a hammer by Brokk and Eitri; Hermod received that example of theseobjects from Baldur in Hel after it was placed on Baldur's funeral pyre. One of these objects namedfor its owner (*) Andvari was taken by Loki. Odin had one of these which activated every ninth night tomake eight copies of itself. A cursed Norse one was taken from the dragon Fafnir and changed hands insidea ring of fire when Brynhild got it from Sigurd. For 10 points, name these objects which include Draupnir,a type of jewelry that caused the downfall of a Nibelung.

rings [or arm rings; accept armbands]

2. A god of one of these entities named Alpheus pursued the nymph Arethusa until Artemis transformed her. Heracles won Deianeira’s hand in marriage after wrestling one god of these called Achelous. Hephaestus stopped another god of these from killing Achilles before his battle with Hector; that one was named Scamander. The (*) Phlegethon was one made of fire, while one of these that surrounded the cave of Hypnos and had the ability to cleanse all memories from the dead was named Lethe. The gods swore unbreakable oaths on a black one of these, which the dead paid to be ferried across. For ten points, name these bodies of water, one of which was the Styx.

rivers (accept river gods) <BZ>

A goddess who personifies one of these places is the simultaneous consort of every member of the Trimurti. The Manimahesh and Manasarovar are two examples of these places holy to Shiva. Participants in the Kumbh Mela gather around one of these places, and idols are thrown at these places to purify them on Ganesh Chaturthi. In Varanasi, one of these places is surrounded by (*) steps called ghats. Stepping into a particular one of these features is considered the most purifying act in Hinduism. For 10 points, name these natural features that include the the Brahmaputra and Ganges.

rivers [accept lakes or any other body of water; accept specific examples of either] <AF>

In the Iliad, one of these things is scalded by Hephaestus's flames, foiling one of itsthree attempts to kill Achilles. One of these things called Xanthos was created by thebirth pangs of Leto. In a battle over Deianeira, a bull-headed god of one of these thingshad a horn twisted off by Heracles. Gods of them include Alpheus, who fell in love withArethusa. The gods of these features are called potamoi and included (*) Scamander andAchelous. One of them made of fire, one of woe, and one that produced forgetfulness, respectively named Phlegethon, Acheron, and Lethe, were found in the underworld. Heracles diverted one of these features to clean the Augean stables. For 10 points, name this type of geographical feature, most famously exemplified by the Styx.

rivers [or river gods/deities; accept potamoi before it is mentioned]

The Danaides chose their second husbands based on their skill at this task. Icarius promised Penelope to the only suitor who could beat him at this task, which Odysseus won. Poor performers at this task were beheaded at King Iasus’ court. Aphrodite turned two exceptionally good competitors in this sport into (*) lions after they forgot a sacrifice. The first person to wound the Calydonian boar was forced to marry after losing this type of competition, when Hippomenes distracted her with three golden apples. For 10 points, name this sport practiced by Atalanta, which was legendarily done by Pheidippides [fee-uh-DIP-uh-dees] after the Battle of Marathon.

running [or a footrace; or obvious equivalents; do not accept or prompt on “chariot racing†or similar answers]

A god who lived in this realm holds a container of jewels symbolizing his fertility,uses a mount called Makara, and was often paired with a god of truth and justice namedMitra. Hoori travels to this realm while attempting to retrieve an object belonging tohis brother, and ends up marrying Otohime, the daughter of the god of this place. TheMaori hero Paikea got his name by (*) riding large inhabitants of this place. Rama angrilyattacks this location using a bow and arrow when its god refuses to respond to his meditative requests; eventually, that god, Varuna, helps Rama access Lanka. Urashima Taro rescues a turtle and is taken to a palace in this location belonging to its Shinto god Ryujin. For 10 points, identify this realm also home to the Leviathan and Poseidon.

seas or oceans [prompt on water]

During the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus rhetorically asked listeners whether they would give their son one of these figures if he asked for a fish. After God sent out "fiery" and "flying" instances of these things, Moses created the Nehushtan, a bronze figure of one of these figures mounted on a pole. An angel carrying the key to the abyss throws one of these figures into the abyss in the Book of Revelation; that "ancient" one of these beings (*) chases a woman who is clothed with the sun. After Aaron threw his staff onto the ground, it transformed into one of these animals. Jesus told the apostles that believers will pick up these animals with their hands, and drink poison without being harmed. For 10 points, name these animals, one of which convinced Eve to eat the forbidden fruit.

serpent s [or snake s]

This ability is given by Poseidon to his lover Mestra, who uses it to thwart her father's plan to sell her to a suitor. Prophecy and this other power are possessed by the husband of Doris, who tells Heracles how to obtain the apples of the Hesperides. While in Egypt, Menelaus fought with another person with this ability, who told him that Agammemnon was dead. This ability was possessed by a person who herds a group of Poseidon's seals and can only give prophecy if he is captured and held. It is possessed by Nereus and "the (*) old man of the sea," Proteus. In order to forestall a prophecy that his children would be more powerful than he, Zeus tricked Metis into doing this and swallowed her. For 10 points, name this power, the ability to change form.

shape-shifting [or the ability to change form before it is mentioned; accept synonyms of the above; accept becoming an animal or synonymous things since that's what they often shifted shapes to]

The Lady of the Lake gave three of these objects to Lancelot which multiplied his strength. Odin summoned a ring of fire surrounded by these objects to imprison the valkyrie Brynhildr. Rome would not fall as long as the Ancile, one of these items owned by Mars, was preserved. After betraying the Romans to the Sabines, Tarpeia was crushed by these objects. Hrungnir stood on one after Thjalfi told him that Thor was underground. Perseus received a polished one from Athena, which he used to safely look at Medusa. Her head was then placed on one of these in Athena's possession. For 10 points, name these protective objects exemplified by the Aegis.

shields [accept bucklers or equivalents]

Two of these things named Matet and Seqtet were used by Ra in Egyptian mythology. One of these things held a piece of wood from Dodona that could speak and prophesy. The dwarf Litr is kicked onto a notably large one of these entities named Hringhorni (“hring-HORN-eeâ€). In The Epic of Gilgamesh (*), Utnapishtim builds one of these called the Preserver of Life, and Horus won a contest against Set by painting a wooden one of these to look like stone. Charon transported newly dead spirits to the underworld on one of these things. For 10 points, name these modes of transportation, one of which Jason and the Argonauts used, called the Argo.

ships [accept boats, ferries, arks, and other equivalents] <RY>

One of these objects could not be moved without the help of the giantess Hyrrokin. Another one of them made of fingernails will appear at Ragnarok; those objects are Hringhorni and Naglfar. The Sons of Ivaldi made another one of these objects for Freyr which could be folded and put in a pocket and float through the air called Skidbladnir. In Greek myth, one of these (*) vessels was made out of sacred oak, transported Jason to retrieve the Golden Fleece, and was named the Argo. For 10 points, name this form of water transportation.

ships [or boats]

While performing this action, the Erinyes hum creepily before they find the scent of blood in TheEumenides. Psyche performs this action immediately after Zephyrus brings her to a meadow. A godof this domain often depicted with inverted torches marries the Grace Pasithea after doing Hera afavor. Odysseus' sailors cooked the (*) cattle of the sun while Odysseus was engaged in this activity.Selene falls in love with a shepherd who appears especially beautiful while doing this. The twin brother ofThanatos governs this activity, which Endymion performs eternally. For 10 points, name this restfulactivity controlled by Hypnos.

sleeping [on the first clue, accept waking up]

In Chinese mythology, the lower half of the goddess Nuwa was this type of creature. The blood of one of these creatures enabled Sigurd to understand the speech of birds after he slew Fafnir. Ra's enemy Apep was of this form, and the Ouroboros is one of these animals that swallows itself. In Hindu mythology, (*) nagas were this type of creature that were the enemy of Garuda, which the Aborigines also worship a Rainbow example of. Apollo slew one of these creatures to establish the Delphic oracle, and one appears in Norse mythology encircling the Earth. Jormungandr is the Midgard example of, for 10 points, what type of animal that hisses and slithers?

snake [accept serpent; accept dragon; accept specific species]

Pliny the Elder claimed that the mortal enemy of these beings was a creature that coated itself in several layers of mud before fighting them, called the ichneumon. The Slavic god Perun's rival Veles often took the form of one of these creatures. Tvashta created one of them to avenge the death of his son Trisiras; in an earlier story, that creature of this type had 99 fortresses in which he imprisoned the (*) waters of the world. Hymir's cowardice saved the life of another of these creatures; that one was briefly disguised as a cat by Utgard-Loki. Indra used his thunderbolt to kill one of these beings named Vritra, while another one will kill and be killed at Ragnarök by Thor. Jörmungandr is the "Midgard" example of, for 10 point, what animal depicted eating itself in an ouroboros ?

snake s [or serpent s; or sorm r; accept dragon s or world serpent s]

Nüwa, who in Chinese myths created the first humans and filled a void in the heavens, had the body of one of these creatures. One of these who incubated the egg of the world was named Ophion, and they also make up the skirt of Coatlicue. Vishnu slept on another one of these creatures, Ananta, and Tiresias became a woman after interfering with two mating ones. Laocoon and his sons were killed by two of these from the sea, and an Ouroboros was one that ate its own tail. For 10 points, name these legless creatures, including one which was killed by Apollo at Delphi, named Python.

snakes [accept serpents or clear equivalents]

The most prominent Minoan goddess held these creatures in both hands. Alongside a baby, seeing one of these creatures made Herse, Pandrosos, and Aglauros go mad after Athena gave Erichthonius to them in a basket. Before death, Cadmus becomes one of these creatures, and another killed of the newlywed Eurydice after she tripped. Athens’s king Cecrops has the lower half of these creatures, and Tiresias switched genders upon hitting a pair of them. As an infant, Heracles strangles two with his baby hands, and two others surround the caduceus staff borne by Hermes. The Chimera’s tail is one of, for 10 points, what creatures which make up the Gorgon Medusa’s hair?

snakes [or serpents; do not accept “dragons†since these are all unambiguously common snakes] <MJ>

Ayida Weddo is one of these married to the sky loa Damballa, who is also usually depicted as one. The Chinese goddess Nu Gua has the body of one. Indian ones include one bound to Mount Mandar during the churning of the milk ocean, exhaling blue poison as a result. That jeweled one, King Vasuki, led a group of them opposed to Garuda, while another of these is (*) Sesha. Eurydice was killed by a bite from one of these creatures, and Kusanagi came from the body of one after Susanowo slew it and its eight heads. Exemplified by the nagas, for 10 points, name these creatures that include Jormungandr, the "Midgard" one, and that make up the strands of Medusa's hair.

snakes [or serpents; prompt on nagas; do not prompt on "dragons"]

Moderator note: Please read the note below to the teams before reading the tossup.Teams: We are looking for an answer like “gods of war†in this tossup. 12 asanas constitute a namaskara named for the Hindu god who controlled this domain. Karna, the son of that god, is Arjuna’s main competition in the Mahabharata. Hanuman forced the god of this domain to become his teacher by simultaneously standing on two mountains. A (*) goddess of this domain gave her grandson a sword, a mirror, and a jewel. The Hindu god of this domain, Surya, is drawn by seven horses in his chariot. Emperor Jimmu descended from a goddess of this domain who hid in a cave after her brother threw a horse at her. For 10 points, name this domain of the Shinto goddess Amaterasu and the Egyptian god Ra.

solar deities [or Sun deities]

Seven of these animals take the form of beautiful maidens to trap Tang Sanzang in their cave. Those demons are in league with a hundred-eyed centipede monster in Journey to the West. One of these animals used a calabash gourd to simulate rain, allowing him to capture hornets, in addition to Python and Leopard; he traded those animals to Nyame for all the (*) stories in the world. A Navajo goddess with this shape set up looms and taught weaving. Another woman acquired this animal form after she depicted the lewd revels of Olympian gods during a tapestry-making contest against Athena. For 10 points, name this animal form of Anansi and Arachne.

spiders

5. According to the myths of the Navajo and Pueblo, the world was created by an old woman who took the form of this creature. In the myth of the Lakota, dreamcatchers were created by a god in the shape of this animal named Iktomi. Another one of these creatures was a son of Asase Ya who brought back a leopard, snake, dwarf, and hornet before his father Nyame gave him all the (*) stories in the world. Athena turned a woman into one of these animals after she depicted the affairs of the gods in her weaving. In West African folklore, the trickster god Anansi was one of these creatures. For ten points, name this eight-legged animal that Arachne was turned into.

spiders <BZ>

One mythical figure in this form used a long branch to measure a python and stuck Mmoatia the fairy to a gum-doll; that hero was one of these creatures when he trapped a flock of hornets to appease his father Nyame and received a box of all the world’s stories. A Lydian woman became one of these creatures after depicting the infidelities of gods in an artwork and hanging herself since her boasts of skill led her into losing a weaving contest with Athena. For 10 points, name this pest identified with the West African trickster Anansi, which Arachne was turned into.

spiders <RB/MJ>

One story about this type of animal tells of how he got his thin legs by being greedy for food from all of his friends. Another story about that animal of this type explains how he collected three items to become the owner of all stories. In Greek myth, a woman was changed into this type of animal after she won a contest and hanged herself. That contest resulting in the creation of this animal was against Athena in creating a tapestry. For 10 points, name this insect represented by the West African trickster figure Anansi and the Greek Arachne.

spiders [or Kwaku Anansi before "Greek myth" is read]

According to legends about King David and Muhammad, this creature saved each of their lives as they hid in a cave from soldiers. This creature is Mr. Jaggers' nickname for Bentley Drummle in Dickens' Great Expectations. The heads of these creatures often display pedipalps, and they have liquid-filled chelicerae. A son of the sky god Nyame who takes this creature's form gathers all the stories of the world. The west African trickster god Anansi takes this form, which Athena gave to a girl who dared challenge her in a weaving contest. For 10 points, name this order of arthropods whose spinnerets let them make webs.

spiders [or Order Araneae; prompt on "arachnids"]

In Through a Glass Darkly, a crazed Karin tells her husband she saw God's face as one of these figures. One of them aided Muhammad in the Cave of Thawr during the Hijra. Some of these animals like Larinioides move by ballooning. Louis XI's nickname invoked one of these animals. One of them launches "filament, filament, filament, out of itself" in a Whitman poem titled for a "noiseless, patient" one. Another of these creatures learns all the world's stories in Ashanti myth. In another tale, an enraged Athena transforms a girl into one of these creatures after a weaving contest. For 10 points, name these animals associated with Anansi and Arachne.

spiders [or arachnids before the end]

One of the “four treasures†of the Tuatha de Danann was the Lia Fail, one of these objects that was placed on the Hill of Tara. Zeus placed one of these objects at the meeting point of two eagles he released from opposite ends of the world. At Delphi, the axis mundi was represented by one of these objects called the (*) omphalos, which was said to be the one of these objects that Rhea had swaddled and given to Cronus in place of Zeus. Niobe turned into a weeping one of these objects, and the Argo braved a “clashing†pair called the Symplegades. For 10 points, name these objects, one of which Sisyphus was condemned to roll up a hill for all time.

stones [or rocks, boulders, or other obvious equivalents; prompt on statues] <CX>

The child emperor Elagabalus claimed to be a god of this entity, and both a god with the title “Invictus†and the cultic Mithras were associated with this entity. The “omphalos†or “navel of the world†was located at a temple associated with a god of this entity. Heracles received a golden cup after threatening to shoot a god of this entity. (*) Hyperion and a god with the title “Phoebus†were associated with this celestial entity, and Phaethon died after attempting to embody this entity by driving a chariot. For 10 points, name this astronomical object represented that killed Icarus after he flew too close to it and it melted his wings.

sun (accept Sol)

A specific early aspect of this entity was represented by the god Khepri. The uraeus was an image that combined the snake-like Wadjet and another item representing this entity, and the Khufu ship symbolized a mythical version of this entity that was regularly confronted by (*) Apep. A “disk†of this entity was deified as the god Aten, and a namesake “barge†represented this entity. The rolling of dung beetles was compared to the movement of this entity, and the city of Heliopolis is literally named after this astronomical object. For 10 points, name this cosmic entity represented by the Egyptian god Ra.

sun (accept solar and word forms)

Belenus was the Gaulish deity of this type, and in The Tale of Prince Igor's Host, a son of Svarog named Dazhbog has this role. In Vedic religion, the Adityas are seven deities of this type. The Incan one is a son of Viracocha named Inti while an Indian one is Surya; one Greek one flayed the satyr Marysas, and the Japanese one hid in a cave after abuse from her brother Susanoo. Another one's son Phaethon epically failed at this role, whose Egyptian holder fights Apep regularly after using a barge. For 10 points, what class of deity includes Amaterasu, Ra, and Helios?

sun gods [accept solar deities]

In the Mahabharata, the Vedic god of this type fathers the only son of Kunti not to fight alongside the Pandavas. That god of this type fathered Karna and the Ashvin twins. Another god of this type turned his weeping daughters by Clymene into amber-dripping poplar trees and suffered over the burial Leucothoe alive. The Chinese believed that (*) nine birds in this role were shot by Hou Yi. Ninigi received beads, a mirror, and a sword as imperial regalia from the Japanese one, and a Greek one killed Python, owned the Delphic oracle, and fathered Phaethon. For 10 points, name this role filled by Surya, five successive Aztec gods, Amaterasu, and Helios.

sun gods [accept solar deities]

This role could not be properly fulfilled by the Aztec deity Tezcatlipoca [TEZ-caht-lee-POH-kah] because Cipactli had eaten his foot. In Polynesian mythology, Maui [MAO-ee] responded to his mother Hina's complaints by attacking one of these gods, which in Norse mythology constantly flees from the wolf Skoll. The Shinto deity over this realm was harassed by her brother Susanoo [soo-SAH-noh-oh] into hiding in a cave, while this type of Egyptian deity is aided by Set in his nightly fights with the serpent Apep and became syncretized with Atum and Amun. Name this celestial body represented in Shinto mythology by Amaterasu [ah-mah-teh-rah-soo] and in Egyptian mythology by Ra.

sun or solar deities [accept similar answers mentioning an underlined term]

When Derforgaill is in this form, Cu Chulainn once hits her with a sling, though he saves her by sucking the stone out. Louhi promises to give his daughter to Lemminkainen only if he can shoot this creature in Tuonela, the [*] underworld, in the Finnish epic Kalevala. Saraswati is often depicted sitting on a lotus or this animal. The wife of Tyndareus and mother of Helen and Clytemnestra laid eggs from which the Dioscuri came out, after she was raped by Zeus in this form. For 10 points, Leda is associated with what white, beautiful bird?

swan [DU]

Two ancestors of these animals drink from the Well of Urd. One of these creatures appeared afterAchilles strangled an invincible Trojan on his first day at Troy. They circle a shrine in the Eridanosriver in Hyperborea. Phaethon's best friend bore the Greek name of this creature and became one ingrief. In a common Germanic folktale, their namesake "maidens" have magical (*) robes which getstolen by men as they bathe. Brahma's consort Saraswati has one of these creatures as a mount. The unionbetween Tyndareus's wife and one of these creatures may have produced Castor, Pollux, or Helen. For 10points, name this bird, in whose shape Zeus seduced Leda.

swans

Although Rhydderch Hael offered one of these objects to anyone, no one ever accepted it; that object was named Dyrnwyn. After being presented with one of these objects, the obtainment of which caused King Siggeir to kill his brother in law, Regin fixed it and gave it to Sigurd. One of these objects, exemplified by the Tyrfing and the Gram, was given to (*) Beowulf after he broke another one named Hrunting while trying to kill Grendel’s mother, and another one of them is given to a person by the Lady of the Lake. For ten points, name these objects, one of which was pulled out of a stone by King Arthur.

sword <MS>

In Norse myth, one of these objects belonging to Freyr was given to the giantess Gerd, which causes Freyr to use an antler in its place at Ragnarok. Examples from Celtic myth include Fragarach and Caladbolg, while in Shinto myth Susanoo uses one named Totsuka to defeat an eight-headed dragon, whose body contains one named Kusanagi. A better known object of this type was given to its owner by the Lady of the Lake or might have been pulled from a stone. For 10 points, name these objects which include King Arthur's Excalibur.

swords

Vietnamese king Le Loi was said to receive one of these objects enscribed with the words "The Will of Heaven" from a turtle. One of these objects was found in the body of an eight headed serpent killed by Susano'o. In the epic of Beowulf, Hrunting and Naegling are magic forms of this object. After the wounding of the owner of one of these objects, Bedivere casts that object into a (*) body of water where a hand emerged to catch it. That wounded owner had previously retrieved one of these objects from a stone. For 10 points, name this form of weapon, an example of which is King Arthur's Excaliber.

swords

Geoffrey of Monmouth states that Julius Caesar had one of these objects calledCrocea Mors. Svafrlami forced the dwarves Dvalinn and Durin to create one of theseobjects for him. Rainbows were produced by one of these items owned by Fergus macRoich. Another of these objects was reconstructed by Regin long after it was removedfrom Barnstokkr by Sigmund. The cursed Tyrfing, the Caladbolg, and (*) Gram are allexamples of these objects, another of which is thrown into a lake by Sir Bedivere. Freyr owned one of these objects that could fight of its own volition, while the body of Orochi produced one called Kusanagi. In his youth, King Arthur pulled one of these objects from a stone. For 10 points, name this kind of weapon exemplified by Excalibur.

swords [accept katanas after "Orochi" is read]

One of these objects mythically contains the tooth of St. Peter, the blood of St. Basil, and hair from St. Dennis. Another of these objects, cursed to cause three tragedies and the ultimate downfall of Svafrlami [SVAH-fur-law-me], is named for Tyr. After one of these objects is thrown into a lake, it is caught by a mysterious hand. Odin (*) breaks one of these objects owned by Sigmund. Beowulf borrows one of these objects from Grendel’s mother, but it melts. Roland owns one named Durendal, and Beowulf owns one named Hrunting. For 10 points, name these weapons exemplified by Excalibur.

swords [or sheaths; or scabbards; prompt on weapons]

One goddess of this culture was killed by four hundred of her children after she was impregnated by a ball of feathers, after which these people's war god sprung fully armed from the womb. Another god of these people was represented by a smoky obsidian mirror. Mictlan is the underworld of this culture. Legend holds that this culture's ruler mistook (*) Hernan Cortes for their feathered-serpent god. For 10 points, name this Mesoamerican civilization that worshiped the god Quetzalcoatl (KETZ-ul-co-AH-tul).

the Aztecs

Amisodarus raised this mythical being, who was depicted in a bronze statue found at Arezzo madeby Etruscans. In The Aeneid, the helmet of Turnus depicts this figure. This non-human met one foeafter accusations of adultery with Stheneboea were written up in a letter by Proetus. A story aboutthis creature is followed by an exchange of gold armor for bronze when Glaucus describes it toDiomedes in Book Six of the Iliad. Iobates ordered this creature's (*) death when it lived in Lycia. Itsuffocated on an arrow tipped with lead before its killer tried to fly to Olympus atop Pegasus. For 10 points,name this fire-breathing beast slain by Bellerophon, which had the heads of a snake, goat, and lion.

the Chimera

This work opens with a king asserting the "lord's right" and his people praying for freedom from oppression and the hard labor of having to build a wall. The protagonist of this work is the son of the goddess Ninsun, and visits Utnapishtim, who is with his wife the only survivor of a great (*) Flood. The Bull of Heaven is sent to kill one character in this work after he spurns the advances of Ishtar. After the title character's friend the wild-man Enkidu dies in this epic, that character engages on a journey to find the secret of immortality. For 10 points, name this Sumerian epic about a King of Uruk.

the Epic of Gilgamesh

One character in this poem dreams of an axe in the street years before he has seven loaves of bread laid at his feet in his sleep; that character confronts two scorpion-men at the base of a mountain. This poem’s protagonist fails to stay awake for a week. A son of Ninsun defeats a demon in the Cedar Forest in this poem. The title character’s companion, who helps him slay Humbaba, was tamed by the temple harlot Shamhat and is named Enkidu. For 10 points, name this poem about a king of Uruk who is two-thirds divine, an early Sumerian epic poem.

the Epic of Gilgamesh <GL>

This location first appeared after a king did a thousand years of penance for sixty thousand ancestors who were burned to death by a sage’s glance. This location is personified by a goddess who rides a makara beast and fell from the sky into another god’s hair. Eighty-four entryways to this place called ghats lead from the city of Varanasi to this environmentally-troubled location, where ashes of the cremated dead are borne away and achieve moksha when brought along a sacred pilgrimage. For 10 points, name this source of ritual water, the holiest river for Hindus.

the Ganges River [or Ganga] <MJ>

This location includes several archipelagos based on Macaronesia, which were called the Isles of the Blessed. Rhadamanthus, Aeacus, and Minos are judges at this location, where Odysseus speaks to Elpenor. After speaking to the Cumaean Sibyl, Aeneas travels to this location, and receives a prophetic vision about the future of Rome. A goddess fell in love with a stream of fire in this place, which contains the river Phlegethon and the dungeon known as Tartarus. Because Persephone consumed six pomegranate seeds while in this location, she was confined to this location for half a year. For 10 points, name this domain in Greek mythology ruled over by Hades.

the Greek underworld [accept Hades before mention] <DG/JK>

In many stories, this object is kept safe at Corbenic. The Dolorous Stroke maimed this object's keeper, the Fisher King. According to legend, this object could only be discovered by the man who could sit in the Siege Perilous without dying, and was taken to England by Joseph of Arimethea. According to Thomas Malory, it was finally attained by Sir Galahad. For 10 points, name this cup used by Jesus at the Last Supper, which many of the knights of King Arthur's Round Table went on a quest to find.

the Holy Grail

This object emerged after cornmeal was stolen by a dog, according to the Cherokee. A "dark rift"in this place, which served the same function as rivers of blood, pus, and scorpions, allowed people toenter the Mayan underworld Xibalba. On the seventh day of the seventh month each year, a bridgeof magpies emerges over this locale to let a cowherd from Chinese folklore see his weaving lover. Its(*) English name comes from a Greek story in which a bite awoke the sleeping Hera, who produced it asshe tore the infant Heracles away from her breast. For 10 points, name this bright set of night sky objects, agalaxy containing the Earth.

the Milky Way galaxy

A half-brother of this figure won at the Panathenian Games before being murdered out of jealousy; that half-brother was Androgeus. This figure was conceived after an animal from Poseidon was not sacrificed as promised and seduced by a queen inside a wooden cow. That wooden cow was built by the designer of this creature's enclosure. Also known as Asterion, this beast received seven sacrifices every year from Athens. This creature's half-sister, Ariadne, gave a ball of string to Theseus which allowed Theseus to navigate out of the Labyrinth after killing this creature. For 10 points, name this Greek creature with the body of a man and the head of a bull.

the Minotaur [accept Asterion or Asterius until mentioned]

These beings turned the children of Pieros into birds. A trio of these beings worshipped at Delphiwere named Hypate, Nete, and Mese. One of these immortals had a child whom Zephyrus killed witha disk. The Aganippe and Hippocrene (*) fountains were sacred to these figures, as was the Corcyreancave. Thamyris was blinded by these figures, who include a carrier of a globe and compass. These figureswere born to a personification of memory, Mnemosyne, with Zeus; they include Melpomene and anotherwhose son went to the underworld to save Eurydice. For 10 points, name these deities who include Urania,Clio, and Calliope, nine goddesses who presided over the arts.

the Muses [or Mousai; or Pierides]

People who used this text referred to it as "Our Place in the Shadows" or "The Light that Came From Beside The Sea". A character in this text orders several sympathetic owls to deliver a ball of congealed croton tree sap as a substitute for her heart after she is impregnated when a skull wedged in a calabash tree spits in her hand. In another story from this text, bromeliad flowers are used to make a fake crab that entraps the killer of the (*) Four Hundred Boys. Trials involving the Dark, Cold, Bat, Razor, and Jaguar Houses are detailed in a section of this text in which the killers of Seven Macaw, Zipacna, and Cabrakan outwit the rulers of Xibalba (shih-BAL-bah) . The adventures of the Hero Twins Hunahpu and Xbalanque (sh'bah-LON-kay) are related in, for 10 points, what compilation of K'iche Mayan myths?

the Popol Vuh (vookh) [or Poopol Wuuj ]

One character in this work has the ability to understand birdsong but must not tell anyone what he hears under penalty of death. After that character banishes his wife for insolence, his daughter falls under the care of the evil hunchback Manthara. Later in this poem, Manthara suggests to Kaikeyi (kai-KAY-ee) that she demand her son Bharata be installed as the next king. The main conflict of this work begins when a (*) demon disguised as a golden deer helps capture Sita. For 10 points, identify this Hindu epic in which the title hero defeats Ravana.

the Ramayana

One god associated with this object sometimes has his chariot drawn by a horse with seven heads and is named Surya. In Norse myth, the wolf Skoll chases this object, which was captured in Polynesian myth by Maui and his brothers. This object is also associated with the Shinto kami Amaterasu and in Hindu myth it was almost eaten by Hanuman, who mistook it for some ripe fruit in the sky. Often seen as a chariot being drawn across the sky, this is, for 10 points, what celestial object which is also associated with the Egyptian god Ra and the Greek god Helios?

the Sun

Robert Graves equated one of these beings with Japheth, a son of Noah. Another of these figures employed a scorpion-tailed dragon-woman, Campe, to guard the Hecatonchires. One of these deities personified memory and was the mother of the nine Muses. The Omphalos stone was consumed by another of these deities who castrated his father with a sickle and tried to eat all of his own children. That deity is Cronus. For 10 points, name this group of Greek deities who were overthrown by the Olympians under Cronus’s son Zeus.

the Titans <AD>

One member of this group had small crab claws for horns and was wed to another with small wings on her forehead; a third fought alongside his son Menoetius (“me-NEE-tee-usâ€). Their army suffered barrages of rocks thrown by three giants with a hundred hands each, according to Hesiod, who attributed a base on mount Othrys to them. The leader of this group used an unbreakable sickle on his father, and was tricked by his wife into swallowing a stone as his paranoia led him to eat his children. Oceanus, Tethys, and Prometheus are among, for 10 points, what old divinities led by Cronus, who were defeated and replaced by Zeus’s Olympian gods?

the Titans [or Titanes] <MJ>

During a description of this event, the epithet "loud-moaning" is bestowed upon Amphitrite. A less popular account states that this event happened at the place where Asteria threw herself into the sea, called Ortygia. Ichnaea, Dione, Themis, and Rhea witness this event, whose setting is later secured with four pillars. The goddess Eileithyia is detained on her way down from the land of the Hyperboreans in an attempt to prevent this event. This event finally occurs on (*) Delos, a floating island that is technically not connected to solid ground, after a woman wanders the world trying to find a place not forbidden by Hera's curse. The products of this event slay the children of Niobe. For 10 points, name this event in which the goddess Leto gives birth to twins.

the birth of Apollo and Artemis [or the birth of Artemis and Apollo; or Leto giving birth before "Leto" is mentioned; or Leto going into labor before "Leto" is mentioned]

During the performance of this task, one man's sweat turned the leaves of a wreath from black towhite. While performing this task, a hero rescued Ascalaphus and wrestled with the herdsmanMenoetus. During this task, a monster involved dripped saliva on the ground that turned into theaconite plant. After its completion, its performer gave his wife in marriage to Iolaus, his charioteer.After witnessing its result, the king of Tiryns jumped into his (*) winejar for the third and final time.Persephone directed its performer to the river Acheron, and it involved a visit to Tartarus. For 10 points,name this twelfth and final labor of Heracles, which entailed the subduing of a hound in Hades.

the capture of Cerberus [accept obvious equivalents, accept the 12th labor of Heracles, or the last labor of Heracles before "twelfth]

One man helped cause this event by narrating about Eurypylus, who heard an oracle's demand fora single human sacrifice. The date of this event was foretold by a snake eating a bird’s nest. A fleetbriefly sailed to Tenedos and back before this event, though Epeius stayed. The abandoned manSinon was captured before this event, which is followed by nostos stories in the lost Cyclic poems. Asacred statue, the (*) Palladium, was stolen to aid this event, during which Neoptolemus killed a king. Itoccurred after snakes ate the doubtful Laocoon and included the tossing of baby Astyanax off a wall as wellas the rape of Cassandra, who predicted it. For 10 points, name this bloody battle in which Priam died andsoldiers unloaded from a wooden horse.

the fall of Troy [or the sack of Troy; or Ilioupersis; accept answers with Ilium or Ilion in place of “Troy;†accept answers involving the use of the Trojan Horse; prompt on "Trojan War"; prompt on “end of the Trojan War"]

One of these gods copulated with the horses of Erichthonius of Dardania. Several of them lived onthe island of Lipara. Robert Graves claims that in the Pelasgian creation myth, Eurynome first hadsex with one of them who later raped the Athenian princess Oreithyia. Although it was Hephaestuswho created Pandora, these gods brought her to life. One of them was jealous of Apollo, so hechanged the path of a (*) discus and made it kill Hyacinthus. Odysseus's men opened a bag containing allbut one of them that was given as a gift by their ruler, Aeolus. Their names were Eurus, Notus, Boreas, andZephyrus. For 10 points, name these figures that presided over the four cardinal directions of ameteorological phenomenon.

the four winds [or Anemoi]

15. One god associated with this domain had a beard made of lapis lazuli and was the son of the wind god Enlil. In addition to Sin, a goddess associated with this domain was Coyolxauhqui [“koÂholÂshahwÂkeâ€],who was decapitated by Huitzilopochtli [“weeÂtseeÂlohÂpohchÂtleeâ€] after she led an attack on his mother Coatlicue. Chinese mythology believes that a (*) Jade Rabbit lives here with the goddess Chang'e, who fled here after consuming the Elixir of Immortality. Endymion had a relationship with a Greek Titan who personified this entity. For 10 points, the Greek Selene and the Roman Luna both represented which celestial object?

the moon

A visitor to this place is given a box containing his old age, which he is told never to open, and travels forward 300 years in time when he departs this place. Hoori (HO-oh-ree) marries this realm's princess Otohime, the daughter of its ruler Watatsumi. After traversing this location, the Hare of Inaba is skinned by angry wanizame. A god of this place puts his son-in-law Okuninushi through a series of tests, and earlier transforms a young girl into a comb in order to slay the eight- (*) headed serpent Yamato-no-Orochi. That god of this place tosses a flayed horse at his sister, who flees into a cave. The nose of Izanagi produces a god of storms and this realm who is the brother of Tsukiyomi and Amaterasu. For 10 points, identify this domain ruled by Susanoo.

the ocean [or the bottom of the sea; the seas; or underwater; or underwater palace; or dragon palace; or umi; or Ryugu-jo; or obvious equivalents; prompt on water; prompt on palace; do not accept "rivers"]

One being of this name was married to a non-Athena Pallas; she was the first Titan to ally with Zeus against her own kind, and bore four children who include the victory goddess Nike. That being is a goddess or daimon of hatred. Though it’s not Acheron, many people brought a coin in their mouth when they visited a place of this name. That source of life-binding oaths was visited by Thetis, who brought her baby here and held it by the heel, which made Achilles invincible. Charon ferried men across, for 10 points, what river of the Greek underworld?

the river Styx <RB>

In one story, this thing was represented by a god who was born from a blue lotusbud after the creator god wept. Nefertem represented an aspect of this entity, whichoften appeared as a part of the uraeus ornament. A demon who lived beyond thefarthest mountain and had a head made of flint frequently attacked this thing. Duringthe Middle Kingdom, the deity associated with it was syncretized with Horus, gainingthe name "Horakhty". The (*) scarab god Khepri was believed to be responsible for this thing's movement. A barge representing this object was regularly attacked by the fiendish Apep during the journey through the underworld it made every night. For 10 points, Aten and Ra represented aspects of what celestial body that provided warmth and light?

the sun [or Sol; or the solar barque or solar barge]

One being associated with this entity is a son of Seven Macaw named Zipacna, while another figure associated with this was frequently depicted with a staff and is Serapis. Another deity of this location is the father of Horus who is said to preside over a ceremony in which a person's heart is weighed against a feather of Ma'at. Perhaps the most notable deity of this location is a possessor of the cap of invisibility, the brother of Zeus and Poseidon who is also associated with the dog Cerberus. For 10 points, name this region associated with the Eyptian Osiris and the Greek Hades.

the underworld [or gods of the underworld; or equivalents such as afterlife; prompt on death

The Queen of Pandalam faked an illness that Ayyappa could only cure with this animal’s milk. A group of saints trapped a young Shiva in a pit with one of these creatures. This creature comes in third in the Great Race after complaining incessantly about the current. This creature guards the west as one of the Four Chinese symbols along with the phoenix, dragon, and tortoise. To kill Mahishasura, Durga (*) rides one of these creatures, to show her unstoppable power. Shiva is frequently depicted sitting on this animal’s skin. A white one represented wise and powerful Chinese emperors. For 10 points, name this big cat found in the Chinese zodiac.

tiger [or white tigers; or black tigers]

This fate befell Cyparissus after he accidentally killed a stag, and the Olympians do this to a loverof Hades named Leuce after her death. This happens to the daughter of King Cinyras while she ispregnant with her father's child Adonis. After Phaethon crashes the sun-chariot, this happens to hisgrieving sisters. This fate occurs to a couple who fail to catch a goose but act hospitably to Zeus andHermes. This (*) transformation ends Ovid's tale of Baucis and Philemon. This also happened to adaughter of the river Peneus after a lead arrow made her run away from Apollo's pursuit. For 10 points,name this transformation which saved Daphne, but allowed Apollo to make a wreath from her new,immobile form.

transforming into a tree [or creating a tree to replace a person; accept transforming into acypress tree, myrrh tree, white poplar tree, oak tree, linden tree, or bay laurel tree specifically]

The only food item in Jahannam is a product of one of these items known as Zaqqum. According to Japanese mythology, if they are harmed blood will gush out of these objects, which are inhabited by Kodama. Because they were hospitable to Zeus and Hermes, Baucis and Philemon were turned into these objects after they died. Osiris's coffin was sealed inside one of these objects, and Daphne turned into one of these objects to escape Apollo’s love arrow-induced obsession. For 10 points, name these objects that are possessed by dryads, a type of plant exhibited by Yggdrasil and other world-varieties of them.

trees (prompt on plants, accept specific types such as oak trees or laurel trees, do not accept world tree before “Yggdrasil†) <GA/JK>

7. Demeter punished Erysichthon for destroying one of these sacred to her. In the Volsung Saga, Sigmund pulled a sword out of one named Barnstokkr. Hermes and Zeus rewarded Baucis and Philemon by having them turn into two of these objects instead of dying, and in Egyptian mythology, Isis finds Osiris’ coffin stuck in one of them. (*) Ratatoskr relays insults between an eagle sitting on one of these and a dragon named Nidhogg gnawing on it.  Spirits of these in Greek mythology were known as dryads, while Daphne was turned into one to escape Apollo’s pursuit. Yggdrasil is among the “World†type of, for ten points, what objects exemplified by the ash and the oak?

trees [accept ash, oak, laurel, or more specific types of trees; accept Yggdrasil; do not accept “forestâ€] <BZ>

One god of this type tried to keep his eyes open with sticks in order to stay awake one night, but failed. A god of this type had his mouth sewn shut after a craftsmanship contest against Eitri. Another god with this role captured a python, leopard, and nest of bees for the sky-god Nyame in return for all the stories of his culture (*). That god, Anansi, often took the form of a spider. The world was created by one god of this domain when he kicked a ball of mud, and another god with this role was restrained under the venom-dripping mouth of a snake after he was found responsible for the death of Baldr. For 10 points, name this domain of gods that includes Coyote and Loki.

trickster gods [accept anything relating to trickery] <RY>

A piece of the island of Cos was broken off using one of these weapons so that itcould be hurled at the monster Polybotes. This weapon was used to terrorize a satyrwho had surprised the nymph Amymone. In the Aeneid, the trumpeter Misenus waskilled for his impudence by a god who carried one of these weapons. In a contest judgedby Cecrops, a figure used this weapon to create either a horse or a (*) wellspring, thoughAthena's olive tree was judged superior. This weapon was used by Nereus, father of the Nereids. Either the Telkhines or the Cyclopes created one of these weapons, while the owner of another also carried a conch shell that could calm the waves. For 10 points, name this three-pronged weapon wielded by Triton and Poseidon.

trident

In Hindu philosophy, this object can represent the sattva, rajas, and tamas gunas when used as a prop by the cosmic dancer Nataraja. In Greek myth, Ajax the Lesser died when one of these objects split the rock to which he was clinging. One of these weapons turned into an island when it failed to kill Polybotes. In Greek myth, the first (*) horse was created by one of these weapons. By striking the ground with one of these weapons, a Greek god of storms created earthquakes and bodies of water. For 10 points, Poseidon wielded what weapon with three prongs?

trident [or trishula or triaina] <AP Mythology>

The son of the man who tied the Gordian Knot possessed this ability. It’s not immortality, but an object which granted this ability was created as part of the Magnum Opus. A man who possessed this ability lost it when he bathed in the river Pactolus. This ability was taught by a syncretized version of Hermes and Thoth named Trismegistus. A worshipper of Pan who once had this ability received (*) donkey ears for siding against Apollo in a music contest. This ability was granted to a man who hosted the satyr Silenus. This power was given by the mythical Philosophers’ Stone. For 10 points, name this ability which Dionysus granted to Midas.

turning objects into gold [or transmutation; or alchemy; or chrysopoeia; or the Midas touch; or obvious equivalents; prompt on King Midas]

Quetzalcoatl entered the Aztec version of this place to acquire the greenstone bones, after which he was chased away by a flock of quails sent by its ruler Mictlantecuhtli. Pwyll once chased away some red-eared dogs belonging to Arawn, the Welsh ruler of this location known as Annuvin. Theseus was stuck to the chair on which he was sitting after trying to kidnap the Greek queen of this location, who was forced to live here after eating pomegranate seeds. That location was guarded by the three-headed hound Cerberus and visited by Orpheus when he came to win his wife back. For 10 points, name these places ruled by figures like Hades and inhabited by dead souls.

underworlds [Accept land of the dead and equivalents before "dead souls." Accept Mictlan before "Mictlantecuhtli."]

17. One of these locations is the dominion of Supay and is named Uku Pacha. In Buddhism, Avici is a cube-shaped one of these that is part of Naraka. In Finnish mythology, an old woman used a copper rake to recover the body of a person who drowned while pursuing a swan in one of these places named (*) Tuonela. Before entering one named Irkalla, Ishtar had to remove one article of clothing for each of the seven gates that led to it. The Asphodel Fields are a part of another one of these places, which also contains the Isles of the Blessed and Elysium. For ten points, name these places where the spirits of the dead go, one example of which is ruled by Hades.

underworlds [accept hells; accept netherworlds or equivalents] <BZ>

The inhabitants of one of these places enjoyed tricking visitors into greeting dressedupwooden mannequins and sitting on extremely hot rocks. A deity filled a conch shellwith bees in order to trick an inhabitant of one of these places into providing him withthe materials to make the humanity of the fifth-sun. Hun-Came (hoon kah-may) andVucub-Came (voo-koob kah-may) ruled one of these locations that was home to trials such as the (*) Cold House, the Dark House, and the Bat House. The lords of one of these places were defeated by the Hero Twins in order to avenge the sacrifice of their father. Psychopomps such as Xolotl (shoh-LOH-tul) provided access to these locations, which included the Aztec Mictlan and the Mayan Xibalba (shee-BAL-bah). For 10 points, name these locations that are often called "realms of the dead."

underworlds [or hells; accept answers like "realms of the dead" until "realms" is read; prompt on afterlife]

A visitor to one of these places turned his comb into bamboo shoots to slow down chasing shikome and covered its entrance with a boulder; the visitor was Izanagi. Another of these places is ruled by a council including Hun-Came, who own a ball court. The Japanese Yomi and Mayan Xibalba [shee-BAl-bah] are places of this type. The owner of a third one used a trail of pomegranate seeds to abduct a wife. These places, which are led into by psychopomps, include one which required a golden bough from Aeneas; that one contains the Elysian fields and Tartarus. For 10 points, name these mythical locations where dead souls go.

underworlds [or lands of the dead or next worlds or afterlifes; prompt “hellsâ€] <AD>

The King James Version of the Bible translates the re'em to be one of these creatures. King Donmyeong ofGoguryeo was said to have ridden one of these creatures, whose lair was supposedly found in November 2012. TheJapanese version of these creatures is the kirin. The Danish throne is supposedly made from a body part of thesecreatures, although they were most likely the tusks of narwhals, which are called these creatures of the sea. Theproduct of its namesake anatomical figure is called alicorn and has the power to negate poison. For 10 points, namethis single-horned legendary animal that could only be tamed by virgin women.

unicorns

According to the Poetic Edda, Helgi Hjorvarthsson married one of these figures named Svava, while another story in the same text tells of how Volund and his brothers found and married three of them in the Wolfdales. The most famous of these figures was imprisoned in a wall of fire by Odin for killing too many warriors, but was rescued by a hero acting on the behalf of Gunther in exchange for Guthrun's hand in marriage. That hero was Siegfried, the hero of the Volsung Saga. In addition to Brynhilda, these figures included those who carried the bodies of fallen warriors to Valhalla. For 10 points, name these winged warrior women in Norse mythology.

valkyries

One goddess of these locations was banished and later killed by her sister for causing a fire, although her spiritescaped and she was deified. In Shinto mythology, eight of these features formed at the end of creation and thebeginning of death, when Izanagi dismembered Kagu-tsuchi. In Hawaiian mythology, these locations are governedby Pele. In Greek mythology, Zeus throws one of these geographic features on Typhon to trap him, and Hephaestus'forges are located under them. For 10 points, name these geographic features, examples of which include MaunaKea, Mount Fuji and Mount Etna, that sometimes erupt magma.

volcanoes [prompt on "mountains"]

A Semitic goddess of this domain overthrew Mot’s disastrous rule of the world, and a kami of it is called “the god of the eight banners.†This was the domain of Hachiman and Ba’al’s sister Anat. Another god of this domain was also sometimes worshipped as be a sun god who is constantly attacked by the stars, and emerged fully grown when his siblings attacked his mother (*) Coatlicue after she was impregnated by a ball of feathers. That god of this domain requires constant human sacrifice to nourish him and is named Huiá§tziá§loá§pochá§tli. Another god of this domain had an affair with his sister Aphrodite. For 10 points, name this domain, which in Greek myth is governed by Ares.

war [also accept answers like battle or violence; also accept answers like sex or fertility until “kamiâ€] <JG>

A goddess of this type attacks successively as an eel, wolf, and heifer and recovers from woundsby giving a hero three drinks of milk. A peacock carries a Hindu god of this type who loses a race tohis brother Ganesha. Badb, Macha and Nemain together comprise a goddess of this type who oftenturns into a crow. These gods include Kartikeya in Hinduism, Hachiman in Shinto, and the (*)Morrigan from Ireland. The Aloadae imprison the Greek god of this domain in a jar; Cadmus kills a dragonsacred to that god of this type, who takes an embarrassing wound from Diomedes and is accompanied byPhobos and Deimos. For 10 points, name this type of god exemplified by Mars and Ares.

war gods [or gods of battle; or triple goddesses until "Hindu god of this type" is read; or equivalents]

A nine-month-long performance of this activity that began at the Chalceia (chal-KAY-ah) resulted in a peplos for use in the Great Panathenaea (PAN-ath-uh-NAY-uh) . A goddess's patronage of this activity was indicated by the epithet Ergane (air-GAH-nay) . A character who is transformed into a nightingale after being raped by her sister's wife Tereus and having her tongue cut out conveys her plight by performing this action. The Proci are delayed in part by a daily performance of this action that is then (*) undone every night. Philomela does this to communicate with her sister Procne, and Penelope does it to create an item for Laertes. After challenging Athena to a contest in this activity, Arachne is turned into a spider. For 10 points, name this activity that can create a funeral shroud or a tapestry.

weaving [accept word forms; accept answers that specify the thing being woven, such as a robe or a funeral shroud or a tapestry]

The ergastinai were responsible for this action in preparation for the changing of the peplos during Plynteria, a festival in honor of Athena. Procne learned of Philomela's rape by Tereus after Philomela engaged in this activity. A woman skilled in this activity was transformed with aconite after her suicide. This was supposedly being done for Laertes's sake, but Melantho revealed to the suitors that Penelope has been doing this action during the day and reversing it at night. Athena ended a contest with a woman skilled in this activity by destroying her depiction of Zeus's infidelities. For 10 points, Arachne was turned into a spider due to her prowess in what art?

weaving [do not accept "spinning"]

Hymenaios was the Greek god of these events. The death of the fifty sons of Aegyptus occurred on the day of one of these events. The Lapiths drove the Centaurs from Mount Pelion to Aethicia after a great battle at one of these events. At Loki's suggestion, Thor pretends to participate in one of these events to retrieve Mjollnir from Thrym. Another of these events is marred when an uninvited Eris throws the Apple of Discord, prompting the Judgment of Paris and the Trojan War. For 10 points, name these events which occur between Thetis and Peleus and other couples.

weddings

A character of this type rips off his wife's nose after she has a knight steal his clothing in Marie de France's lay "Bisclavret." Sigmund and his son Sinfjotli are cursed with this punishment after trying on some magical skins in the Volsung Saga. Navajo "skin-walkers" are analogues to these creatures. After he served human meat to Zeus, a Greek man not named Tantalus was cursed with this punishment. Though not witches, these creatures were "tried" in Europe in the 1600s, after many people probably suffered porphyria. Their name derives from Lycaon in Greek myth. For 10 points, a silver bullet is the way to kill what people cursed to shapeshift during a full moon?

werewolves [or lycanthropes; or people who turn into wolves; or "the thing that Remus Lupin turns into"; prompt on "shapeshifters" or similar answers; do not accept "wolves"]

The brothers Plexippus and Toxeus were killed over the pelt of one of these animals, one of which was captured shortly after the death of the centaur Pholus. That animal was captured after it had been driven into a snow bank and caused King Eurystheus to hide in a bronze jar. Since King Oeneus did not pay tribute to her, Artemis sent one of these creatures to rampage the countryside; that animal was killed by (*) Meleager, who attempted to award its pelt to Atalanta. For 10 points, name this animal which had Erymanthian and Calydonian varieties.

wild boar [prompt on wild pig]

16. One person whom Zeus turned into this animal was an Arcadian king whose fifty children were killed because he cooked his son Nycteus. In Norse mythology, the children of Mundilfari, Mani and Sol, are chased by two of these creatures named Hati and Skoll. Another one of these creatures currently bound by (*) Gleipnir is a son of Loki who bit off the hand of Tyr and will eventually swallow Odin. In the founding myth of Rome, a female one of these animals nursed Romulus and Remus. For ten points, name these canine animals, one example of which is Fenrir.

wolf [accept werewolf; do not accept or prompt on “dogâ€] <BZ>

In the Mahabharata, Krishna tears a piece of grass in half in order to aid a man at this activity, and later sings and taps his thigh while watching this activity to help that man, Bheema. In the hall of Utgard-Loki, an old woman defeats Thor at this activity. In Greek myth, the giant Antaeus drew strength from the earth to succeed at this activity. Achilles (*) halts a contest in this activity between Ajax and Odysseus because each was too heavy for the other to lift. Jacob is renamed Israel after participating in this activity with an angel. For 10 points, name this combat sport with a Japanese sumÅ variety.

wrestling contests [or grappling contests; or Malla-Yuddha; or Pankration; prompt on “fighting†or “boxing†other martial arts] <AP Mythology>

In one story from this myth system, a god throws himself onto a funeral pyre after allowing himself to be seduced by another god who had previously battled the primordial crocodile Cipactli. The moon in this myth system is the head of a goddess which was tossed into the sky by her brother, who is represented as a (*)Â hummingbird. One god in this mythology replaced a foot with a smoking mirror; that god is Tezcatlipoca. The creator god of the mythology of this civilization was identified with the morning star and appeared as a feathered serpent. Quetzacoatl was a god of, for 10 points, what Mesoamerican civilization famously associated with human sacrifice?

 Aztec

One account of this deity's birth refers to him by the name Zagreus and describes his body being torn to shreds by the Titans. This god convinced Hephaestus to ascend to Mt. Olympus, and he himself replaced Hestia among the Twelve Olympians. In exchange for helping his satyr friend Silenus, this god awarded (*)Â Midas a single wish. After she was left behind on Naxos by Theseus, this god rescued Ariadne. Zeus saved this god by sewing him into his thigh after his mother Semele was burnt to ashes by seeing Zeus in his full glory. His frenzied female followers are known as Maenads. Also known as Bacchus, for 10 points, name this Greek god of wine.

 Dionysus (accept Bacchus before mentioned)

This man died when Lycomedes pushed him off a cliff. Though he is not Paris, he abducted Helen with the help of his friend Pirithous, who was stuck with him to the Seat of Oblivion in the underworld until Heracles rescued this figure by ripping his thighs off a chair. This man pushed (*)Â Sciron into a chasm with a turtle. This figure used a pine tree to kill Sinis, and he killed a man who fit people to beds, the bandit Procrustes. This man's father Aegeus killed himself after this man failed to lower black sails after performing his most famous action with the help of Ariadne. For 10 points, name this Athenian king who killed the Minotaur.

 Theseus