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1. This ancient Greek tale tells of a son who exacts revenge after becoming enraged upon finding out that his mother, Hera, had rejected him at birth. So he crafts a magical golden chair of exquisite beauty and sends it to Olympus as a gift to her. She sees it and at once gleefully hops into the seat. Invisible chains then bind her to the chair and, unable to move, she cries out, but her fellow gods are unable to assist. Only her son can remove the chains. Who is he?
2. This ancient Egyptian all-powerful god exacted revenge against man. Re was the first of their gods to emerge. After creating the lesser gods, earth and man, he took the form of man and became the first pharaoh, ruling for thousands of years. In time his mortal form grew old and men began to mock him, and disobey his laws. So he created a daughter, from the glance of his eye, to judge man. What was her name?
3. This ancient Canaanite (or Ugaritic) goddess exacted revenge for the slaying of her brother and lover, the god Ba'al. Upon finding his body, she buried it with great mourning. Then after locating Mot - who had defeated Ba'al after Ba'al challenged him - she exacted her revenge. Who was she?
4. In this Hindu myth, revenge is exacted through a game of dice. A prince named Duryodhana is jealous of the Pandavas, five princes who rule a nearby kingdom. And after being humiliated, he decides enough is enough and he rigs a game of dice and challenges them. Within the game the Pandavas lose all their wealth and empire, and finally their freedom, till they have only one thing left to bet: their shared wife, whose beauty surpasses all others. She is bet and lost, and the jealous prince forces his new properties to disrobe, including her, to shame them. What was her name?
5. This Mayan myth tells of two sons who exact revenge via ballgame (tlatchtli). In the game they defeat the murderers of their father, the Lords of the Underworld. The Lords are shamed by their defeat and kill them, but they are reborn. They come back as beggars and perform magical feats before the Lords, by which they force a confession of their crimes and the Lords are punished. Who are they?
6. This Greek myth tells of a son who exacted revenge by castrating his father, at the behest of his mother, with a giant stone sickle. Later, he got a taste of his own medicine when he was overthrown by his son.
7. The Old Testament tells of revenge being exacted against a Canaanite man, who saw a young, beautiful girl, Dinah, and proceeded to abduct and rape her. But afterwards he fell in love and kept her, and he and his father pleaded with her father to allow the marriage, no matter what the dowry cost. Dinah's brothers, Simeon and Levi, heard about the incident and came upon their city suddenly, killing every male and taking back their sister. Who was the Canaanite?
8. This Arthurian myth tells of Arthur's half-sister, Morgan La-fey, who exacted revenge against Arthur through love. She was convinced that Arthur had caused her father's death (she and Arthur shared the same mother). A young knight fell in love with her and she tricked him into dueling Arthur. She stole Excalibur for her knight to use and produced a replica for Arthur. The two fought, but before the deathblow, they discovered each other's identities. Who was the love-sick knight?
9. This Hopi Native American myth describes revenge exacted through shape-shifting. Two young maidens were good friends, but when they fell in love with the same man, they became rivals for his attentions. One maiden knew magic and turned the other into a coyote, and reveled in her victory. Driven from home, hunters found her, crying, and took pity. The hunters' grandmother healed her. Then the maiden, with the help of the kind grandmother, obtained her revenge by turning the other maiden into a snake, who was subsequently squashed by her own parents. What is the name of this myth?
10. This Japanese Shinto myth tells of the revenge exacted between the two first deities. The two were married and the wife died during childbirth and descended to Yomi (Shinto underworld). Her husband followed her there, but she had already become one with the underworld. He pleaded with her to follow him home, but later while she slept he saw her rotting flesh through the shadows and fled in fear. She awoke and gave chase. He escaped back to the living and blocked the entrance to Yomi. For this she vowed to kill a thousand people a day. What was their names?
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