Deity Trivia Part Four

[Mairwen]

Have at it!! :D

[Lilu]

I am an Egyptian Deity. I am not Osiris, I am however associated with him often because one of my symbols is the same as his crook and flail, and I am an underworld deity. The center of my worship was at Busiris. I am responsible for the rebirth of a person in the afterlife.

Who am I?

[Merrie]

Andjety?

[Lilu]

:) Your turn Merrie!

[Merrie]

The supreme and foremost goddess of the Basque pantheon. She is the goddess of thunder and wind, the
personification of the Earth. The thunder spirit Maju is her consort, and the benign spirit Atarrabi and the evil
spirit Mikelats are her sons. She protects the travelers and the herds, and gives good council to humans.
She rides through the sky on a chariot pulled by four horses, or on a ram. Sometimes she assumes the
shape of a white cloud or a rainbow. **** is represented as a woman with a full moon behind her
head, or in an animal shape. Her symbol is a sickle.

She was christianized as
saint that is invoked for protection against curse and tempests.

[Amethyst Rose]

It's Mari! :D

[Merrie]

Got It!!!!
Chocolate chip cookies for you!!

[Amethyst Rose]

Did you know that Mari is also a Hindu death goddess??


Okay.... my turn now....Might be a tough one....let me know if you need more hints....

This African rain goddess exudes gently with fertility, or fiercely with cleansing, depending on the need. Her power and presence is so impressive that it led H. Rider Haggard to write the novel "She," based on her cult.

[Mairwen]

Originally posted by Amethyst Rose
It's Mari! :D

LMAO! I had to read this twice in order for my blondeness to realize you were meaning the Goddess Mari and not me!

8O8O8O8O

Mari
Who's been photographed with the moon behind her head!:D

[Myst]

Ayesha

[Amethyst Rose]

Nope :)

Here's a hint:

she is also supposed to live on Table Mountain above Cape Town and protect the Xhosa people from the Zulus."

[Amethyst Rose]

Maybe I made this one too hard.... sorry guys....

I'll give you one more try.... here's the complete discription of her:

This goddes is an African rain goddess. she brought the rain to the Lovedu people of the Transvaal in South Africa. she is also supposed to live on Table Mountain above Cape Town and protect the Xhosa people from the Zulus."

[marevard]

Here, I'll give it a whirl
how about - Do

[Amethyst Rose]

Nope.... Maybe if people reseached the novel "She" by H. Rider Haggard to see who he was writing about??

[Amethyst Rose]

By the way. I love finding information about African goddesses/gods because there is no information out there about them. No one knows who they are, or their mythology... and next to no one has bothered writing about them. I like learning about things that other people tend to ignore.....

[Amethyst Rose]

Okay. Sorry for the stumper you guys. Her name is Mujaji. (sorry to anyone who was actually researching this).

Someone else can start another one now. :)

[bloodstone20]

The Mother Goddess of ancient Turkey?

[Merrie]

Aka?

[marevard]

Originally posted by Amethyst Rose
Okay. Sorry for the stumper you guys. Her name is Mujaji. (sorry to anyone who was actually researching this).

Someone else can start another one now. :)

That's o.k. I got to see some great pics of Table Mountain.

[Mairwen]

Cybele.

[bloodstone20]

Aka! Your turn Merrie.

[loopy]

Ha! i'm jumping in out of turn. ;) Sorry.

Now, I haven't been in the game in a while, so I repeat, well... just think of it as reinforcing knowledge. :D:D

What Goddess is the herb mugwort associated with?

:)

[Merrie]

Is it Artemis/diana?

[loopy]

Merrie-- Yup, Artemis! :D

[Merrie]

Hawaiian goddess of plenty, the song and the dance. She is the patroness of the hula-dancers. She is very
popular and her cult include the placing of wreaths in her sacred halau ("temple"). She is married to Lono.

[loopy]

Laka?

[Merrie]

Mmmmm hmmmm. You ask next!!!
After you eat your cookie!!!

[loopy]

Yay, thanks! :D

The Celtic-British Goddess of fertility pictured here. Grr, had to edit, cause the uploaded pic had the NAME of the Goddess :rolleyes: 8O

[loopy]

here. here. :)

[Merrie]

Shiela na gig
The modest goddess...hehe

[loopy]

That's her! :D Your turn! :D

(Hey, next round, wanna recycle some older questions and see if we've retained anything? :D )

[Merrie]

ancient Japan's shaman-Goddess, is credited as being the one to entice the sun
Goddess, Amaterasu Omi Kami, out of the cave where she had hidden. ***** did a bawdy dance making fun of shamanic
ritual. She exposed her breasts, she played with her genitals, amidst the howls of laughter of the deities assembled. So loud and
enticing was the uproar she created that Amaterasu's curiosity go the better of her and she came out from her cave.

[loopy]

Egyptian lion-headed goddess

[Merrie]

Menhit???

[Lilu]

My guess is Sakhmet.

:)

[loopy]

Sakhmet it is! Fudge for you!

:D

[Lilu]

OK...

In the Bible, and especially the Old Testament, this being is some sort of chaos animal in the shape of a crocodile or a serpent.

Who is it?

(hope it's not TOO hard! hehe)

[Merrie]

Leviathan?

[Lilu]

Leviathon it was. Your turn merrie!

[Merrie]

The Japanese Shinto goddess of fertility and food. She was killed by the moon god Tsuki-yumi when she
offended him by vomiting large amounts of food. From her dead body emerged various animals (a horse, an
ox, a silk worm, etc.), as well as rice, beans, etc. Her attributes are often absorbed into those of Inari.

[loopy]

And also... yuck! 8O

[Merrie]

Yep!! And Yuck!
Cookies for loopy...if you can keep them down after that!!! :D

[loopy]

LOL! Normally it'd be a problem, but with cookies... mmm...

Okay, so next:

The Babylonian God of completed construstion.

:)

[Merrie]

Arazu! The construction worker god!

[loopy]

Yup! :D:D Fudge for you! Your turn. :D

[Merrie]

Roman goddess of the hearth.

[Lilu]

Ooh! Ooh! I should know this.... I want to say Hestia, but I think she's Greek... lol

Hmmmmmmmm *wracking brain*

Vesta?

[loopy]

Caca?

[Merrie]

I was actually thinking vesta, but I looked up Caca an, lo and behold...another roman hearth godess!!! Cookies for both of you!
So, then...who goes next??

[loopy]

:) Lilu's not on right now, so I'll take it if that's okay. :)

Egyptian cow Goddess of fertility.

[Lilu]

Do you know HOW MANY cow goddesses Egypt had/has? hehehe

I'm going to guess Bat because she's also associated with fertility.

[loopy]

LOL, nope, I don't know how many cow goddesses Egypt has. :)

Bat was the one I had in mind. :) Cookie for you! :)

[Lilu]

A Polynesian god of the dead.
The last letter in this god's name is "u" :)

[loopy]

Limu?

[Merrie]

Or Rimu????

[Lilu]

LOL I thought I'd actually NARROW it down putting the last letter. *grin* But LIMU was the one I had in mind.

Your turn loopy. :)

[loopy]

:) Kay. :)

Phoenician God of Arts and Crafts.

[Merrie]

Kothar

[loopy]

Yup yup. :D Rock on, Merrie! :D

[Merrie]

The Greek god of shepherds and flocks, who was especially popular in Arcadia. He is a son of the god
Hermes. He was depicted as a satyr with a reed pipe, a shepherd's crook and a branch of pine or crown of
pine needles. He had a wrinkled face with a very prominent chin. On his forehead were two horns and his
body was hairy. He was a swift runner and climbed rocks with ease. He belonged to the retinue of
Dionysus.

he was also a god of fertility, unbridled male sexuality and carnal desire. He chased nymphs through the
forests and mountains in the shape of a goat. He was not very liked by the other Greek gods.

[loopy]

Pan! :D

[Merrie]

Yes!!! He's a favorite of mine. The piper's calling you to join him...er...nevermind.
Your turn!!!!1

[loopy]

The superior Latvian deity, as Zeus is to the Greeks.

[Merrie]

Dievs?

[loopy]

YUP! Your turn. :D:D

[Merrie]

A pair of fertility goddess of Arnhemland in north Australia. These two sisters are
the daughters of Djanngawul, the Aboriginal founder deities. The sisters live at a
waterpool--a sacred place--where they anger the giant rainbow-snake Yurlungur
so that the creature continually swallows and disgorges them. This myth forms
the base of the widely spread initiation rites where 'disgorged' youths assume
their rightful place in the tribes as men.

[Mairwen]

Have I told you guys/gals how much I love these Trivia threads!! Keep it up!!

[loopy]

Wawalag! :D:D

[Merrie]

Yup Yup!!
Go loopy!

[loopy]

:)

The name of eight Egyptian deities who were especially worshipped in Hermopolis in Upper Egypt

[Lilu]

the Ogdoad ???

[loopy]

Yup yup!! :D You're up! :D

[Lilu]

Woo Hoo!!! :D

Hindu God. Son of Shiva. Remover of Obstacles.

[loopy]

Ganesh?

[Lilu]

You got it !!!

Your turn loopy

[loopy]

Aztec God of the winds. :)

[Merrie]

Ehecatl?

[loopy]

Yup yup! Tag! You're it!

:)

[Lilu]

hehe... please tell me it's not Nyx :confused: (it says nyx on the painting)

[Merrie]

Yeah, I know...I was just trying to fix that, and I had to delete the post...sigh. I don't get along well with my computer. Why don't you go next, Lilu?

[Lilu]

:( ooops! SORRY!!! I saw after I posted that you'd edited it... lol
We must have posted at exactly the same time practically. Oops!

OK

Let's see...

The ancient British goddess of healing waters had her special shrine at the spa we call Bath, where her power was strongest. Some scholars say that she was a solar divinity, deriving her name from the word that means "sun" and "eye." This interpretation may account for the perpetual fires at her shrines; the fact that her springs were hot, rather than cold, is additional evidence in favor of considering her a sun goddess.

[loopy]

Sulis?

[Lilu]

Yep yep!!!

Your turn

[loopy]

Yay! Okay, here goes. :)

Chinese Goddess with four heads, twelve eyes, and eight arms. :)

[Merrie]

Dou-mu?

[loopy]

Yup yup! Tag!

:D

[Merrie]

In Zulu tradition, a mythical chameleon that was send by the sky-god to tell humanity they had eternal life.
Because the creature was so slow, humans and other species became mortal after all. The color of a
chameleon changes from green to brown, this because it mourns the fact that he was too slow.

[loopy]

Unwaba? :D

[Merrie]

Yawp!!!
Tag!

[loopy]

Greek Goddess called "The Blooming."

:)

[Myst]

Antheia

[loopy]

Quite correct. :D Tag! You're it! :D

[Myst]

African creator and sky God.

[loopy]

Hmm.. Kaang?

[Myst]

Nope sorry

[loopy]

Yeah, didn't think so... Nzambi?

[Myst]

Sorry wrong again.

Another clue? This God's name is also the name of a rainforest plant that is a natural cleanser, and promotes relaxation and emotional balance...

[Myst]

Ok no one's guessing :(

His "voice is thunder". His wife is NOT Biliku, and he does NOT live in a puddle during good weather.....

[loopy]

You just stumped us! :D

Malanga?

[Myst]

I dunno, never heard of Malanga - it's REALLY close and I'm wondering if that's just another spelling for the name of the guy I'm talking of. Hint : If you search Encyclopedia Mythica you will surely find the guy I mean.

[loopy]

Ooh! Ooh! Kalunga! (?)

[Myst]

That guy's voice isn't thunder :/

[loopy]

Ok. If it's not Mulungu, I give up. :(

[Mairwen]

After this is answered, we need to start a new thread. I like stopping at 100 posts so these things don't become horrid monsters! :D

[Myst]

Originally posted by loopy
Ok. If it's not Mulungu, I give up. :(

It's Mulungu!

TAG you're it :)