Since civilisation began, mankind has sought answers to questions such as these: "How did we get here? What is the Sun and why does it rise every morning? Why do we have seasons? Where do we go after death?" Before scientific experiment and reasoning, stories were told which explained the world. These grew into rituals and religions, and over time each culture developed its own variation – its own gods and heroes - its own mythology.
You can be certain that Odin was a god, but of which culture’s mythology was he a part - Celtic, Greek, Norse, Roman, Egyptian? No doubt you remember stories about mythical gods, great men and supernatural beings but how clear are you about their names and their place within the hierarchy? Is your knowledge of myth Herculean? Well, you can find out in our two quizzes on mythology, of which this is the first.
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Sol was also a Roman Sun god
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Mercury was the Roman messenger of the gods - the Greek equivalent was Hermes
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Valhalla was an enormous hall. It was ruled over by the chief god Odin
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Apollonius, a 3rd century BC scholar of Rhodes, preserved a full account of the task
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Persephone was the Greek goddess of vegetation and is identified with the Roman goddess Proserpina
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Brythonic comes from the Welsh word Brython, meaning a Briton rather than an Anglo-Saxon (English) or a Gael (Irish/Scottish)
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Pegasus was a winged horse
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The Anglo-Saxons called Odin Woden and it is from this name that Wednesday is derived
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Scamander was angry because his waters were polluted by the blood of all the men Achilles had killed in battle
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The Minotaur was slain by Theseus in Crete
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