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1. Ixchel was a goddess who took different shapes. As a serpent crone, she represented healing and the giving of water. As a young moon goddess, she held a rabbit and aided women with fertility and childbirth. As a mother weaver, mythology states she helped create the universe. To which culture did she belong?
2. Hel, a goddess from Norse mythology, rules over the underworld. She is the daughter of Loki and is responsible for judging souls and placing them in the appropriate level of her realm. A grim figure, she is also said to be riding at the helm of a ship at the end of the world. From what is the ship made?
3. Tefnut was the Egyptian goddess of moisture, including dew and rain. She was the daughter of Ra and was married to her twin brother. The Egyptian mythology places her as part of the creation of humans and deserts. She is normally depicted as a human body with the head of what animal?
4. Louhi, also known as Loviatar, was a wicked queen from Finnish mythology. She was responsible for many things such as the destruction of the magic Sampo mill, the hiding of the sun and moon, and setting people on impossible tasks. However, she is best known as the mother of what?
5. Lieu Hanh, of Vietnamese mythology, is the daughter of the Jade Emperor, who is a supreme deity in Taoism. She was expelled from the heavens and spent many reincarnations on earth where she both aided and punished people. She became a symbol to many women and a cult grew up around her worship. Her initial crime to the gods was to break a bowl. From what was it made?
6. Mami Wata, meaning "Mother Water", is an African mythological mermaid. She is usually depicted as half human and half fish and is beautiful. She wears nice clothing and decorative jewelry. She can bestow happiness and peace upon people. Besides carrying a mirror and comb, what animal is she usually holding?
7. Amaterasu was a deity within the Shinto religion of Japan. Japanese emperors are said to all be her descendants. Together with her brothers, she reigned peacefully until one of her siblings angered her by throwing a flayed horse into her weaving room. In retaliation, she shut herself in a cave and had to be coaxed out. Of what was she the mythological goddess?
8. Anat is a virgin war goddess from the Middle East, specifically the West Semitic cultures. She is ferocious in battle and her myths even moved into the Egyptian dynasties. Before each fight, she put henna on her skin and dressed herself in robes made of murex dye from a rare sea snail. What royal color was this?
9. Mazu was a Chinese girl who, after death, went on to become a patron saint of seafarers. She is known to be kind and generous and wears a dress of red to help sailors see her and to guide them home. She is also a protector of these seafarers against what?
10. Tiamat was a Babylonian goddess of saltwater. According to myth, she and her husband Apsu helped create the world and many of its components. When she died in battle, her body became the earth and sky, her tears became the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, and her tail became a galaxy. During the battle, what did she create and unleash upon the land?
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