Deity Trivia Part 2! Join the fun!

[loopy]

Just starting the new thread. :D

[Revelation]

The traditional wife of Yahweh, who is said to manifest in binah on the Tree of Life.

[loopy]

Shekhina?

[Revelation]

I am indeed the Shekinah :)

[Revelation]

I am the Aztec Goddess of Agriculture. I am often depicted as a Dragon.

[Armitage]

Wild guess: Coatlicue?

[Shy Hawk]

I completely agree with armitage...that's a great guess.
Shy Hawk

[Revelation]

I am not Coatlicue. Try again.

[loopy]

Itzpapalotl?

[Revelation]

I am indeed Itzpapalotl.
Bright group!
Either that or you're a bunch of cheaters. ;)

[Shy Hawk]

Darn, I was sure it was Coatlicue too....ah well, next question!
Shy Hawk

[loopy]

Hee...what are you considering "cheating"? I use this game to research more... pantheon.org is my friend. :)

[Shy Hawk]

My friend too...I look at this more of a research game...lol
Shy Hawk

[Amethyst Rose]

Me 3 :) Even though I have been quiet as of late..... I have a database on my website that I scour for information, as well as the Encyclopedia Mythica... This is a wonderful teaching/learning opportunity...

[Revelation]

I am the VouDoun loa, the patroness of Abused Women, the giver of strength, often the patron of lesbians?

[Tigerwallah]

The Encylopedia Mythica is a wonderful thing. With 10,000 names, who could possible remember, or even know, them all. I might be able to get up a list of about 100, after that, I'm lost.

[Betty Ann Bongo]

hey this is a pretty fun game! too bad i dont know the answer to the loa question tho.8O

[loopy]

Betty Ann--neither do I. :D Web searches help though. :)

[loopy]

Revelation-- is it Juno?

[Revelation]

Nay.
I will give you hint: I am a loa, so I belong to the Voodoo pantheon. I have several faces, and each faces has a specific name. For each of my faces, the first part of my name remains the same; it is only my second name that changes.

[loopy]

Erzulie?

"Erzulie in general is the ideal figure of delicate and and alluring womanhood. Her name appears to relate to the Serpent-Goddess Ezi-Aku worshipped in Northern Nigeria. She has many aspects known as "the Erzulies" which, in one way or other, always relate to the loa of love and beauty.
Erzulie La Flambeau burns with the fires of an overwhelming passion. Her rage rips at the fabric of existence. She is the torch that lights the way, burning through resistance. She is the final resting place for all such emotions. In her heart they flower, and in her actions they are spent. She is also the corn mother, and as such she is capable of creating the energy to transform base products into foods.
Erzulie Freda Dahomey is the Erzulie who walks upon or governs air from the sphere of emotions. Here, Erzulie is the virgin, which means she carries within herself a newness or freshness to experience. To be virgin is to be unmarked. In a deep sense, the longing of Erzulie mirrors that of the Visible World for its invisible counterpart and that of the Invisible World for the joys of the physical. "

http://home.snafu.de/marcus/voodoo.html

In case anyone else was interested in reading more. :)

[Shy Hawk]

Hmm...what about Simbi? This is a toughie though!
Shy Hawk

[loopy]

Definitely. I'm not at all familiar with the VooDoo path.

[Shy Hawk]

LOL I should. My mother (and her whole side of the family) practices Santeria. lol I should have a basic understanding of this. However, there are many types of Voudoo..and my grandmother worships some Gods that...uh..well, I don't know anything about their pantheon, let's just say.
Shy Hawk

:D

[Revelation]

I am indeed one of the Erzulies. But which? (I am not any of the Erzulies Loopy mentioned).

[Merrie]

Are you Erzulie Ge-Rouge? ( worth a try.)

[Revelation]

Nope.

[Shy Hawk]

What about Yemalla or Ayza?
Shy Hawk

[Wyrdsister]

*puzzle* *puzzle*

still researching.... (great way to promote learning, Rev! :))

Wyrdsister

[Wyrdsister]

Are you Erzulie Dantor?

[Dagda Moon~Lily]

I just wanted to say, that I was reading through the other Trivia thread, and Yvonne had guessed "Dagda?" ....and that was all of her post....I'm sitting here thinking...."What?" ! LOL ....we all have our days.... ;)

[Revelation]

Yay!
I AM indeed Erzulie Dantor!!

[Merrie]

Just to start it up again...

The roman god of beginnings and entrances, pictured with two opposite faces.
________________________
And for the trivia lovers in here...there's a bit of a riddle competition in Poetry (Celtic_Angel, reanna and I are the only ones playing so far!) come join in and give us a few new ones!

[Armitage]

Janus!
The one who January is named for, too. ^_^

[Merrie]

Yup! Janus it is.

[Armitage]

Okay, let's see....

Japanese twin God and Goddess. She is a destructive sea goddess, he formed the islands.

[Lilu]

Izanagi and Izanami?

[Armitage]

Yupyup. :D

[Lilu]

Cool! So how does this work? Do I have to come up with one now?

[loopy]

Sure. :) There really aren't any rules as of yet. :)

[Lilu]

OK, cool! :)

Here's one:

Egyptian sun god, whose name means "He who comes into existance" Considered a creator god.

[loopy]

Ra?

[Mairwen]

Here's to the Sun God!
Sure is a Fun God!
Ra! Ra! Ra! :D

[Lilu]

Sorry, guess again... :)
Good guess though. hehe

An extra hint is that He's associated with the sunrise (not that I think that helps alot) . I'll be back later with another hint in case this one is a little hard. :)

[loopy]

Hmmm. Kephra?

[Lilu]

Correct!

I actually had the spelling Khepri, but it can also be spelled Khepra or Khepera.

:) You win a cookie ;)

[loopy]

Whoo-hoo! :D

Minor Egyptian God whose name means "That soul"

[Lilu]

Ba-Pef?

[loopy]

yupyup. :D Cookie time!

[Lilu]

hehehe

Cookie!!! (Click Here) (http://www.johndoe.org/undercurrents/graphics/cookie.gif)

OK.......

The name for the seven sisters in Australian Aboriginal myth who make up the Pleiades constellation

[Swanspirit]

Merry Merry ,
Meamei the Seven Sisters :>
Love and Light and Shadows of the Stars
Swannie

Now here is one ........
A Goddess whose name is well known, but whose name can be followed by any of the following, Genetrix, Victix ,Alma, Verticordia,
Erycina, and Felix.

:>

[Tigerwallah]

Is it Venus?

[Swanspirit]

Merry Merry ,
Blessings of the Goddess of the Many Names of Love :>
Your turn .... I do believe.
Love and HUGS
Swannie

[Lilu]

Guess Again Actually, Meamei isn't the answer I had. Sorry.

[Tigerwallah]

What Hindu god is worhipped before all others? He is the remover or obsticles and god of new beginnigs.

[Lilu]

I would say Ganesh (or Ganesha)


And in response to my earlier post, Meamai is partly correct because they are also of Australian Aboriginal Myth, however, I was looking for The Makara. Different tribal myth I guess.

Lilu

[Tigerwallah]

You get a cookie, a big oatmeal raisin cookie with lots of brown sugar and chewy raisins.

[Sarata]

Hi Folks, here's a new one from a new person. He's a Toltec creator Deity, a Lord of the Wild hunt, and his very cool brother got much better press from the Aztec, but this guy is really "Smokin".

[loopy]

Welcome to the game, Sarata!! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D And now that I've abused this poor unsuspecting smilie...

Is it Quetzalcoatl?

[loopy]

Tezcatlipoca? sheepish grin

[Merrie]

Was Huitzilopoctili (probably spelled wrong) Your guy or the brother? I think it was the brother... He was less creative as destructive. Fresh human hearts, that kind of thing. The brother, right?

[Sarata]

Hi Loopy, thanks for the welcome. Guess I better bake up a nice big rich oatmeal cookie for you (Or do you prefer brownies?) Because you got it. Tezcatlipoca it is.

[loopy]

Originally posted by Sarata
Hi Loopy, thanks for the welcome. Guess I better bake up a nice big rich oatmeal cookie for you (Or do you prefer brownies?) Because you got it. Tezcatlipoca it is.

Mmm....brownies.... :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D

[Shy Hawk]

I could use a brownie. Well, I'm sure I COULD pass, but since that isn't happening.
And, cookies all around. I make a mean chocolate chip. :D
Shy Hawk

PS So who's next? I'm up for the next question already.

[Lilu]

I am an Ainu fertility god from Japan.

[Tigerwallah]

From the island of Hokkaido?

[Lilu]

Your turn Tigerwallah :)

[Tigerwallah]

What, once beautiful maiden, was punished by Athena for lying with Poseidon in Athena's temple?

[Lilu]

I'm going to take a guess at Medusa before I go off and research this *grin*

[Shy Hawk]

It is Medusa, I agree.
Shy Hawk

[Tigerwallah]

You're both right. Napoleon Pastry for everyone!!!

[Lilu]

Care to have a go at a clue Sky Hawk, or shall I?
:)

[loopy]

Napoleon Pastries?????!!!! Ack, Tigerwallah, you read my stomache! :D :D Those are my favorites. :D

[Shy Hawk]

By all means Lilu, go ahead. You were first. I just gotta be quicker next time.
And, yes, I'll definately have some pastry! :D :D :D :D
Shy Hawk

[Lilu]

This Egyptian Lord of the Skies is often pictured as a falcon, sometimes bearing a solar disk.

Who is He?

[loopy]

Horus?

Edited to add Horus was identified with Ra, right? so I guess that's two guesses in one. :)

[Lilu]

It was Horus.

:) Your turn!

I'm off to locate my renegade hampster, return him to his cage, feed them both, and then go to bed. Have a great evening!

Lilu

[loopy]

The supreme God of the Kavirondo in Kenya. :)

[Shy Hawk]

Wele
Shy Hawk

[loopy]

Ding ding. :) Cookie time. :)

[Shy Hawk]

Yay! I guess it's my turn.

Here's on of my favorites.
One of the male lovers of Apollo...a Spartan Prince....Good luck.
Shy Hawk

[Lilu]

Hyacinthos?

-Lilu

[Shy Hawk]

Right-o! Good show my lady! Fine job. :D :D :D And, so, you get a cookie.
Shy Hawk

[Lilu]

This is so much fun :)

OK...

I am a polynesian moon Goddess who is the sister of the sun God Maui. I am sometimes called Ina.

[Shy Hawk]

Two other names for her are Rona and Sina?

[Shy Hawk]

In New Zeland called...Marama. It's a confusing one...they mix up their God names.
Shy Hawk

[Lilu]

hehehe, it was a bit of a difficult one...

But you got it, the deity I had in mind was Sina.

Your turn!
Lilu

[Shy Hawk]

An originally West African God. This is a poem about him, rather, a hym to him, fill in the blank. lol...I'm such a dork.
Shy Hawk



(BLANK) kills on the right and destroys on the right.
(BLANK) kills on the left and destroys on the left.
(BLANK) kills suddenly in the house and suddenly in the field.
(BLANK) kills the child with the iron with which it plays.
(BLANK) kills in silence.

(BLANK) kills the thief and the owner of stolen goods.
(BLANK) kills the owner of the house and paints the hearth with his blood.

(BLANK) is the forest god.
He gives all his clothes to the beggars.
He gives one to the woodock--who dyes it in indigo.
He gives one to the coucal--who dyes it in camwood.
He gives one to the cattle egret--who leaves it white.

(BLANK'S) laughter is no joke.
His enemies scatter in all directions.
The butterflies do not have to see the leopard . . .
they scatter in all directions!

Master of iron, chief of robbers,
you have water, but you bathe in blood.
The light shining in your face is not easy to behold.
(BLANK), with the bloody cap, let me see the red of your eye.

(BLANK) is not like pounded yam:
do you think you can knead him in your hand
and eat of him until you are satisfied?
Do you think (BLANK) is something you can throw into your cap
and walk away with it?

(BLANK) is a mad god
who will ask questions after seven hundred and eighty years.
(BLANK) have pity on me:
whether I can reply, or whether I cannot reply:
(BLANK) don't ask me anything!

The lion never allows anybody to play with his cub.
(BLANK) will never allow his child to be punished.
(BLANK) do not reject me!
Does the woman who spins ever reject a spindle?
Does the woman who dyes ever reject a cloth?
Does the eye that sees ever reject a sight?
(BLANK), do not reject me.

[Lilu]

;) Sky Hawk!!! You and I seem to be on a similar wavelength.
I have an idea who it is, but I really should give someone else a chance to guess :) I'll wait a while... hehehe

[Shy Hawk]

Alright, sounds good to me. Besides, most people in the community don't get on till late afternoon or evening.
I happen to like this one a lot, I read it first in my Tenth Grade English book. lol The things people pick up. :D
Shy Hawk

[Lilu]

Is it Ogun?

[Shy Hawk]

You tried to wait, lol.

You are correct. Ogun kills on the right. Good show.
Have a cookie!
Shy Hawk

[Lilu]

Well I waited.... almost 24 hours? ;) hehehe

OK... let me think....

I am an Indonesian goddess of Understanding and Wisdom

[Shy Hawk]

I'll step out of this game for a minute and see if anyone else shows up to play. :D
Shy Hawk

[Mairwen]

When this gets to 100 messages, we'll shut this one down and start another one. Again. :D This has been a lot of fun! :)

[loopy]

Silewe Nazarata?

[Lilu]

Should we start a new thread now Mairwen? While all questions have been answered?

[loopy]

Yay! Cookie for me! Can I have double chocolate? mmm. To go with my lemonade/iced tea mix I have here. Chocolate goes best with lemonade. Seriously. Not just in my mind, either. In reality. :)

[Lilu]

Mmmmmm.... chocolate.....

Are you American? In Australia there is a cookie (biscuit in Australia) company called Arnott's, and they make the BEST cookies! I love their Tim Tams, I finally found a place to order them online in America. They're a little overpriced, but *drool*... :)

Let's start a new thread Loopy! This one must be nearing 100 messages. Your Turn...

[loopy]

American I am. :) Never heard of Arnott's, but we have a Mrs. Fields. :D :D Also deliciously overpriced. (Didja get the pun? 8O)

New thread, here we go! Buzz Lightyear, full speed ahead!