Beasts of Myth Trivia

1. One of the best known creatures in classical mythology is this white stallion with wings that ultimately became a constellation. What is its name?

From Quiz Fantastic Beasts That You Can't Find, Part III

Answer: Pegasus

Sired by Poseidon and foaled by Medusa, Pegasus brought thunderbolts to Zeus. Captured by the Greek hero Bellerophon with the help of Athena, he permitted Bellerophon to ride him to defeat the Chimera. Ultimately, Zeus transformed him into the constellation Pegasus.

From Quiz Fantastic Beasts That You Can't Find, Part II

Answer: Centaur

In classical myth, centaurs are often considered as powerful, untamed creatures. In one myth, for instance, Caeneus, a Lapith hero invulnerable to traditional weapons, was beaten into the ground by centaurs using tree branches and rocks.

From Quiz Fantastic Beasts That You Can't Find

Answer: Cerberus

Cerberus ate only live meat. That allowed him to admit dead spirits to enter (but not leave) the underworld, and to prevent live beings from entering. As his twelfth labor, Hercules was assigned to capture Cerberus. He did so, and brought the dog to the surface. However, Cerberus soon escaped and returned to his guard duty.

From Quiz Mermaids and Mermen

Answer: Mermaids are closer to fish while Sirens are closer to birds

Sirens are often incorrectly depicted with scales and fish tails, especially in modern interpretations. However, Sirens, which are of Greek origin, are described as having wings in Homer's "Odyssey". Homer also says that Sirens, although they lived near the sea and lured sailors, are not sea creatures. Mermaids, however, are significantly more fishlike with their scaled tails and aquatic habitat.

From Quiz Magical Beasts and How to Assemble Them

Answer: chimera

The chimera is a basic creation, so much so that 'chimera' can be used to refer to anything with grossly disparate parts. The original Greek conjuration of a chimera was nothing fancy, merely a goat's head combined with a lion that had a snake for a tail. Oh, and it breathes fire. Though the goat's head sprang from the middle of the original chimera, modern conjurations of this monster prefer bringing both main heads to its front. They're not always picky about what types of heads they use either!

From Quiz Mythological Mish-Mash

Answer: selkie

Known as "Seal Women", selkies could shed their seal-skins and emerge on land as humans. They took a big risk doing this, as they would have to leave their skins on the beach. If a human found the skins and hid them, the selkies would be forced to remain in their human forms until they found their lost skins. Found in Greek mythology, Empousai were female vampires. Mantine and Golurk are Pokémon characters.

From Quiz A Blind Eye

Answer: Much spoken of

The name "Polyphemus" also stands for famous. Very appropriate name - he has appeared in Homer's "Odyssey", Virgil's "Aeneid", and Ovid's "Metamorphoses", as well as Renaissance paintings. The title of "Storm giant" goes to the terrible monster, Typhon.

From Quiz The Cockatrice Compendium

Answer: Rooster

Pliny the Elder describes them as very small, perhaps 12 inches long.

From Quiz Centaur's In Charge

Answer: Horse

The centaur is a creature that has the upper body and torso of a human and the body of a horse. The Minotaur is the half-human half-bull. A half-human half-goat creature is known as a satyr. Finally, the half-human half-donkey is known as an onocentaur.

From Quiz This Little Piggy

Answer: Hawaii

Kamapua'a is one of many "Trickster" gods in world mythology. He is associated with fertility.

From Quiz Unleash the Kraken!

Answer: Northern waters between Norway and Greenland

The Kraken was a creature of Norse mythology and legend. It was believed to live off the coasts of Iceland, Norway and Greenland, and it would generally stay on the sea floor, surrounded by schools of fish.

From Quiz Legends In The Mythical World

Answer: Chupacabra

Chupacabras prey mainly on goats, sheep, and other small livestock. The creature allegedly was first sighted in Puerto Rico in the early 90s, but in the last few years, sightings have been claimed nearly all over the world. Recently there have been a few sightings in Texas, but when the farmers have killed them and had the bodies analyzed, their DNA turned out to be of coyotes with severe cases of mange.

From Quiz Mythical Creatures

Answer: Monkey King

According to Chinese legend, the Monkey King had the ability to transform himself into many forms. He had learned his skills as the student of a Taoist priest. After he lost a bet with Buddha, the Monkey King was imprisoned under a mountain for 500 years. The novel "The Journey to the West" describes the Monkey King's adventures.

From Quiz Mythological Monsters

Answer: Gryphon

A Gryphon is a combination of the king of the jungle (lion) and king of the sky (eagle). You can see why the Greeks looked up to these guys, and made statues of them to ornament so many of their buildings.

From Quiz Werewolves With Depression

Answer: Cheeroonear

The arms of this beast were said to be longer than its entire body, and so would drag along behind it as it went from town to town, draining water pools and eating local children. Cheeroonear also had command of a pack of vicious dogs, which were eventually killed, as was their master, by hunters whom they had previously threatened.

From Quiz Fluttering by a Folktale

Answer: Psyche

Psyche was a beautiful maiden whom Cupid fell in love with after striking himself with his own arrow. The two married, but Cupid hid himself from sight so that his mother, Venus, would not find out about the marriage, as she hated Psyche. The links between the life of a butterfly and Psyche are the emptiness in Psyche's life before marriage (caterpillar stage), Psyche's grief after losing her husband (chrysalis stage), and finally regaining her husband and becoming immortal (emergence from chrysalis into her new life). For more information on the story of Psyche, please take my quiz "Psyche - the Second Curious Woman".

From Quiz Not Birds, Not Planes, Just Flies in Mythology!

Answer: Pegasus

Although Pegasus was bitten, this was only intended as punishment for Bellerophon, who had become too proud of his achievements. Once bitten, Pegasus threw Bellerophon and his fall caused him to become blind and lame. Although a great warrior himself, many of Bellerophon's conquests were successful due the winged horse, Pegasus. Pegasus was born from the blood of Medusa. The golden bridle given to Bellerophon by Athena allowed him to ride Pegasus. Together, they defeated the Chimera - a challenge set by King Iobates.

From Quiz Stinging Tales From Around the Globe

Answer: Rhoecus demanded it

It was said that dryads (wood nymphs) perished with the trees, and so this particular dryad's life was saved by Rhoecus, who ordered his men to prop up a dying oak. The dryad told Rhoecus that she would grant him one request. He boldly requested her love. She told him that she would send a bee as her messenger to tell him when she was ready to embrace him. However, Rhoecus forgot about the bee's significance and brushed it away when it did appear. This ignorance was then punished by the dryad, who blinded Rhoecus.

From Quiz The Zombie In Folklore

Answer: A re-animated corpse

According to folklore a zombie is a corpse re-animated by a sorcerer, either by use of a spell or a potion. Whilst giving the appearance of life it is still dead, and has no reason or intellect. Villagers lived in dread of zombies, and of being turned into zombies. It has been proposed that, in reality, the zombie was more likely to be someone who had been drugged with a potion that gave the appearance of death, was then buried alive and dug up very shortly thereafter to give the appearance of an animated corpse. Continued administration of the drug ensured that the zombie stayed "senseless". Eventually it wastes away and dies again, although this can take some years.

From Quiz Mythological Horses

Answer: Unicorn

The Unicorn Tapestries, also known as The Hunt of the Unicorn, are, as stated, seven tapestries in a sequence that depict the hunt, capture and killing of a unicorn. Interestingly, the final tapestry depicts the unicorn alive and in captivity.

From Quiz The Phoenix

Answer: Amun-Ra

Amun-Ra, otherwise known as Ra, was god of the sun and the Egyptians' most important god. They associated the phoenix with Ra because the phoenix is a symbol of the rising sun, and Ra is the god of the sun. Anubis, Horus and Baset are all other Egyptian gods. (Baset is more commonly known as Bast.)

From Quiz Birds in Mythology

Answer: Horus

Horus was one of the major gods of Egyptian mythology. He was also the god who defeated Seth the God of Evil. It is Horus's eye portrayed in the famous Egyptian eye symbol.

From Quiz Mythological creatures

Answer: Unicorn

The unicorn was probably most sought after because of the horn. It is said that the horn was good luck.

From Quiz Noble Steeds VI: Fabulous

Answer: Hippocampos

Hippocampos (which remains the modern Greek word for 'sea-horse') was a horse with the tail of a fish instead of its hindquarters and back legs.

From Quiz Monsters and Beasts of Legend

Answer: Pegasus

There is only one Pegasus of course.

From Quiz Mythical Creatures, Demons, and Fairies

Answer: kappa

The only way to escape a Kappa is to bow, so that the liquid spills out out from the top of its head.

From Quiz Myths- Gods and Animals

Answer: wolf & she-wolf & she wolf & shewolf

Their father was Mars, the God of War.

From Quiz My Favorite Monsters

Answer: Bennu

The Bennu bird is an Egyptian equivalent of the phoenix.

From Quiz Werewolves and Other Werecreatures

Answer: Lycanthrope

From 'lycos'- wolf and 'anthropos'-man.

From Quiz World Myth and Animals

Answer: Buddha

Buddha was the founder of the Buddhist religion, an offshoot of Hinduism. His famous white horse, whose name is spelled in a variety of ways in Western sources, is depicted with him in Buddhist art.

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