Quizbowl Misc. Myths and Gods I

Gilgamesh

Mesopotamian

Enkidu

Mesopotamian

Ishtar

Mesopotamian

Marduk

Babylonian

Gods called Kami

Shinto

Amateratsu

Shinto

Izanagi

Shinto

Susanoo-no-Mikoto

Shinto

Setanta

Irish

Finn McCool

Irish

Paul Bunyan

American

Yi

Chinese

Half-snake female created mankind from clay

Chinese

Herder crosses magpie bridge annually

Chinese

Pele

Polynesian

Maui

Polynesian

Dresden Codex

Mayan

Itzamna

Mayan

Gods K and L

Mayan

Sun god Inti

Incan

Mama Quilla

Incan

“Mother tree” goddess

Incan

Viracocha

Incan

Wagyl

Aboriginal

Spirits created songlines

Aboriginal

Baiame

Aboriginal

Coyote

Native

Siegfried

German

Uruk

Gilgamesh

Slew Humabba

Gilgamesh

Enkidu assissted

Gilgamesh

Spurned Ishtar

Gilgamesh

Friend killed Bull of Heaven

Gilgamesh

Decaying bread = not awake for 7 nights

Gilgamesh

Allowed into temple by 2 scorpions

Gilgamesh

Waters of Death

Gilgamesh

Stone Things

Gilgamesh

Road of the Sun

Gilgamesh

Slayed Gugalanna

Gilgamesh

Mount Mashu

Gilgamesh

Dreams of fire-breathing eagle

Gilgamesh

throws a bull’s severed leg at a fertility goddess

Enkidu

prostitute Shamhat

Enkidu

“let the battle mace return to your side”

Enkidu

yells at a door

Enkidu

Mesopotamian goddess of fertility, love, and war

Ishtar

Father Anu

Ishtar

Lover Tammuz

Ishtar

Water of life stolen from sister to revive

Ishtar

Namtar cursed w/ 60 diseases

Ishtar

Turned all water to blood out of fury

Ishtar

r*ped by partially blind gardner

Ishtar

Nurses willow tree to be throne

Ishtar

Center at Erech

Ishtar

known as Bel

Marduk

Created Tigris and Euphrates

Marduk

Fought against Kingu

Marduk

Son of Ea

Marduk

Esagila Temple

Marduk

Slayed Tiamat

Marduk

Stole the Tablets of Destiny

Marduk

Father of Nabu

Marduk

Tamed the sirrush or mushussu

Marduk

Silenced 4 directional winds

Marduk

mansion E-Shara

Marduk

Navigates w/ star Nibiru

Marduk

Made garment disappear at feast of Anshar

Marduk

Japanese sun goddess

Amateratsu

sister of Susano’o

Amateratsu

had flayed, dead horse thrown at by brother

Amateratsu

Born from fathers left eye

Amateratsu

Kusanagi

Amateratsu

three gifts to grandson

Amateratsu

shrine rebuilt every twenty years

Amateratsu

chewed up three pieces of sword

Amateratsu

created agriculture thru eating silkworms

Amateratsu

mirror Yata no Kagami

Amateratsu

Father banished brother from heaven twice

Amateratsu

Husband killed goddess of sustenance

Amateratsu

Created all gods when he took garments off to bath

Shinto

Killed Orochi

Susanoo-no-Mikoto

Gae Bolg spear

Setanta

Fought Queen Medb

Setanta

taught by Scathach

Setanta

sister Aife

Setanta

Skill at hurling

Setanta

“Warp spasms”

Setanta

Hound of Ulster

Setanta

Won bet by allowing himself to be beheaded

Setanta

Son of Lugh

Setanta

Cooked Salmon of Knowledge

Finn McCool

Father of Oisin

Finn McCool

Resisted Harp of Aileen

Finn McCool

Raised Midac

Finn McCool

Husband of Sadvuh

Finn McCool

druid Fear Doirich turned wife into deer

Finn McCool

Dressed up as baby to avoid fighting giant

Finn McCool

Stabbed himself w/ spear in forehead to stay awake

Finn McCool

Hounds Bran and Sceolan

Finn McCool

delivered by a team of five storks

Paul Bunyan