Attempt our mythology and folklore quiz! Test how well versed you are in your mythology!
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Q1.X was the son of Laius and Jocasta, king and queen of Thebes. After having been married some time without children, Laius consulted the Oracle of Apollo at Delphi. The Oracle prophesied that any son born to Laius would kill him. In an attempt to prevent this prophecy's fulfillment, when Jocasta indeed bore a son, Laius had his ankles pierced and tethered together so that he could not crawl; Jocasta then gave the boy to a servant to abandon ("expose") on the nearby mountain. However, rather than leave the child to die of exposure, as Laius intended, the sympathetic servant passed the baby onto a shepherd from Corinth and then to another shepherd.Identify X.
Q2.X is the child of Zeus and Semele,a mortal.When Hera got to know of this she told Semele that it could never be Zeus,and planted seeds of doubt in her mind.Semele then persuaded Zeus to show himself as a god until he agreed.Zeus told she will perish if he shows his true form, thus Semele dies.Zeus somehow saves the foetal X and puts him in his thigh.Thus, X's name comes from "the god with two mothers".Identify X.
Q3.X is also called 'abhra-Matanga'; 'Naga-malla'; and 'Arkasodara', meaning "brother of the sun".'Abharamu' wife of X. X is also the third son of Kashyap and Kadru. In the Mahabharata he is listed as a great serpent.Identify X.
Q4.X was a self-created being said to have played a role in the creation of the world. It was said to be the ba(personality) of Ra and enabled the creative actions of Atum.It was said to have flown over the waters of Nun that existed before creation, landing on a rock and issuing a call that determined the nature of creation. It was also a symbol of rebirth and was therefore associated with Osiris.How do we commonly know it?
Q5.When Rama had to invade Lanka , he was advised to pray to goddess Durga.Durga told him that she can help him beat Ravana only if there was a man who performed the yagna, had in his entire life done puja three times a day.Rama went in search of people everywhere, but there was not one priest or person who had followed this.Finally, he asked Durga for help.Which well known Hindu-mythology character did Durga name?
Q6.It was in the place where the temple is located that the kauravas divided their arms before the great battle.X had come here and attained moksha receiving his blessings from Lord Shiva thus a temple situated here is dedicated to this famous person.Identify X.
Q7.Easiest one-
What is being depicted in this particular picture?
Q8.X is a river that flows on the western coast of Turkey.It has been worshipped over the years as a harbinger of prosperity.A large number of reserves of gold are found in this river which accounts from the world famous myth of Y who helped the tired Silenus and was rewarded.Identify X and Y.
Q9.X has a group of red snakes instead of hair.She is a gorgon and one of the most vicious female demons.She has hands made of brass and sharp fangs.She was cursed by Athena and she was born in the caverns beneath Mount Olympus to Phorcys and Ceto.
Q10.X was the first human woman created by the deities, specifically by Hephaestus and Athena on the instructions of Zeus.Zeus ordered Hephaestus to mold her out of earth as part of the punishment of humanity for Prometheus' theft of the secret of fire.Identify X.
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