Mythological Character Game - BellaOnline Forums

I will name the first character and you take the last letter to be the beginning letter of another character. OK?

Pegasus

next: 'S'

Siren

next: 'N'

Neptune

next: 'E'

Eros

Selene - daughter of Hyperion (second generation Titan)

next: E

E
Elli - Norse Goddess of Old Age

next: 'I'

Another "E" LOL!!!

Emer (wife of Cuchulainn)

Hmmmm....looks like we will end up with a lot of E's and S's.

How about if we are allowed to use either the first or last letter? Or any letter within the name? Comments?

HA HA... ya snuck in there just before I did LOL!!!

So, an "I"

I'll have to think about that one.

HA HA... I don't mind doing just the last letter Phyllis.

Beetle just happened to get a post in while I was pondering LOL!!

Isolt, as in Tristen and Isolt

Next: "T"

T
Thor - Thunder God

next: 'R' or whatever - suggest we try to play out the last letter rule

OK, that is cool.

R
Rhea - daughter of Gaius and Uranus

next: A

Arianrhod

(A Welsh Goddess)

D
Dianna

A
Aphrodite

E?

Erato

The must of poetry

Next: "O"

Odin - Chief Norse God

next: 'N'

Nessus
The centaur who was instrumental in bringing about the death of Heracles

next: S

Saturn

An Italian deity for agriculture

Next is N

Sybil

Next: "L"

NOTT - Norse night goddess

next: 'T'

<played off of Vince's Saturn>

T

Thor

next : R

RAN - Norse Goddess of Storms

next: 'N'

N
Nereids - sea nymphs.

next: S or D

D
Demeter - Greek Goddess of Wisdom

next: 'R'

R
Romulus - son of Rhea Silvia and Mars

next: S

S
Selene - Greek Goddess of Marriage and Birth

next: 'E'

E
Epigoni
They were descendants of the Seven against Thebes.

next: 'I'

I
Icaunus - Celtic river god

next: 'S'

Serena

Next "A"

Actaeon - son of Aristaeus and Autonoe and a member Cadmus family

next: 'N'

Neptune
Next:E

Eurybia - She was the offspring of Pontus and Gaia,

next: 'A'

Aminth - Etruscan winged deity

next: 'H'

Hyperion - Titan sun god

next: 'N'

Nyx - Greek Goddess of Night

next: 'X'

Xylomancy Diviner - one who uses burning wood for divination

next: 'Y' or 'R'

Rhea - Greek Titan

next: 'A'

A
Admetus - one of the Argonauts.

next: 'S'

S
Sagaritis - Greek Nymph

next: 'S'

S
Saturn - Italian agricultural deity

next: 'N'

N
Niobe - daughter of Tantalus, the queen of Thebes, & wife of King Amphion

Eunomia - one of the seasons
Daughter of Zeus and Themis

next: 'A'

Aine - a Celtic Goddess

Now, 'E' again LOL!!!

Electra
One of the Pleiades (daughters of Atlas and Pleione)

next: 'A'

Electra

Arachne - who became so boastful about her beautiful weaving that she offended a goddess and was turned into a spider.

E again

Eos
This daughter of Hyperion and Theia was goddess of the dawn

next: 'S'

Eos

Sabrina - Celtic goddess of the River Severn

Next letter: A

Actaeon
He is the son of Aristaeus and Autonoe and a member of the ill-fated family line of Cadmus

next: N

N
Njord - Norse God of the sea, wind and fire.

next: 'D'

D
Dioscuri
This is the name for Castor and Polydeuces -- sons of Leda said to have been fathered by Zeus

Next: 'I'

Icarus

Next - S once again

Styx goddess of the underworld - next one X

X
Xtabay - Mayan goddesses of Seduction

next: 'Y'

Actaeon

Njord
A Norse sea god, also the father of Freya who was goddess of sex, beauty, war and whathaveyou. She's often shown in a chariot pulled by cats. Now there's a neat trick.

Next: D

Whoops! Sorry! I managed to miss a page, which I only saw when I submitted, so my Njord --> D is not only w-a-a-y off, but I see was already used!

Back on track. (I hope)

Xtabay

Ymir
In Norse mythology the progenitor of the frost giants.

Next: R

R
Rhea - Greek goddess of Fertility

next: 'A'

R
Remus, twin of Romulus.
They established the city of Rome.

next: 'S'

S
Suadela - Roman goddess of Persuasion in Love/Romance/Seduction

next: 'A'

A
Achelous
A river god who fought unsuccessfully with Heracles for Deianira, he is the source of the cornucopia.

next: 'S'

S
Susanowa - God of the winds, storms, ocean and snakes in Shinto mythology

next: 'A'

Susanowa - God of the winds, storms, ocean and snakes in Shinto mythology

next: 'A'

Andromeda
Daughter of Cassiopeia, she was chained to a rock as a sacrifice, but saved by Perseus. They're all in the sky now.

next: another "A"

A
Aether
The offspring of Erebus and Nyx, he is the personification of the bright, upper atmosphere.

next: 'R'

R
Rhadamanthus - One of three judges of dead in Hades; son of Zeus & Europa

next: 'S'

Rhadamanthus

next: 'S'

Sisyphus, the king who was punished by having to roll a boulder up a hill each day only to watch it roll down again.

next: "S"

S
Sciron - A robber; forced strangers to wash his feet, then hurled them into sea where tortoise devoured them; slain by Theseus.

next: 'N'

N
Nycteis
Wife of Polydorus and the mother of Labdacus

S
Sileni - woodland deities similar to satyrs

next: 'I'

I
Iannic-ann-ï¿½d (Little John of the shore) in Breton myths, are said to be the lost souls of those drowned at sea and never recovered.

next: 'D'

D
Diomedes - Owner of man-eating horses, which Hercules carried off, as the ninth labor.

next: 'S'

S
Sasquatch - mythological creature of the Pacific Northwest

next: 'H'

Sasquatch

Haumea - Hawaiian goddess of fertility & childbirth - a dwarf planet way out beyond Pluto is named for her.

Next: "A"

A
Acheron - One of several Underworld Rivers

next: 'N'

N
Nidhogg - Norse evil serpent that eternally attacks Yggdrasil, the world tree.

next: 'G'

Acheron

Niflheim - A Norse hell

Next: "M"

M
Minotaur - Greek, A man-eating monster with the head of a bull and the body of a man

next: 'R'

R
Ratu-Mai-Mbula - Fijian God of Fertility

next: 'A'

A
Argus - Greek 100-eyed giant

next: 'S'

Argus

Sybil - ancient prophetess

Next: "L"

L

Laius - Father of Oedipus, by whom he was slain

next: 'S' again

S
Sleipnir - the Norse swift eight-legged horse ridden by Odin

next: 'R'

uh oh, I didn't notice that we were going in reverse, so here's my new answer

R - Romulus - one of the twins who founded Rome

next letter Q

Nancy Welker
BellaOnline Yoga Editor

Hi Nancy! It's the last letter of the previous name, though I can see the pattern you noticed.

Romulus

Sedna
Innuit goddess of sea animals. In astronomy, a trans-Neptunian object has been named for her.

Next: "A"

A
Adlet -
In the Alaskan Inuit myth, the Adlet is a bloodthirsty canine, resembling a wolf.

next: 'T'

Adlet

Tuoni - the Finnish god of the underworld

next: I

I
Imugi - A close relative to the dragon, native Korean mythological creature.

next: 'I'

Ilmarinen - smith and inventor from the Kalevala

Next: "N"

Nagual

Personal guardian spirits believed by some Mesoamerican Indians to reside in an animal, such as a deer, jaguar, or bird.

next: 'L'

Loviatar - daughter of Tuoni Finnish god of the underworld. Her nine sons were the "nine diseases."

Next: R

Rama - next one A

For me Rama also links to Arthur C Clarke's books...

Afanc
Mythical creature that lives in lakes - Welsh

next: 'C'

Afanc

Cwn Annwn - the ghostly hounds of the otherworld in Welsh mythology, NOT associated with Hell or a realm of the dead.

Next: N

I'll throw in a quirk on this one...

Nyx - Greek Goddess of night

next: 'X'

X
Xolotl
horrible Underworld dog of Mexican mythology

next: 'L'

L
Lucina - Roman goddess of childbirth

next: 'A'

Arianrhod - a Celtic goddess and later a character in the Mabinogi

Next: D

Dido - Queen of Carthage

next: 'O'

O
Opinicus
British scavenger of the famously known griffin species.

next: 'S'

S
Sphinx - Monster of Thebes; killed those who could not answer her riddle; slain by Oedipus.

next: 'X'

Back to the Aztecs for

Xipetotec

Next: C

Charon - Boatman on Styx; son of Erebus

next: 'N'

Neck - a water sprite

Next: K

Kachina - Southwestern US spirit being

next: 'A'

Annapurna, Hindu goddess of food and cooking.

Next A

Andromache - Wife of Hector

next: 'E'

E
Elf

next: 'F'

Elf

Fafnir - who guarded a hoard of gold in Norse mythology.

Next: R

Rhadamanthus - 1 of 3 judges of dead in Hades; son of Zeus & Europa

next: 'S'

Seithenyn - in Welsh legend, he was drunk when in charge of the sea defences of Cantre'r Gwaelod and the sea overran the cantref.

Next: N

Nestor - King of Pylos

next: 'R'

Revontulet - The Finnish name for the Northern Lights. It means foxfire (or perhaps firefox) and one legend is that they are caused by the friction of the magic fox as it drags its tail across the snow.

Next: T

Lovely one Mona - thanks for the explanation.

T - Titans (Greek gods). 3 of them were also Ts -

Tethys
Theia and
Themis.

Next: U

Taking the N from Titan . . .

Na Fir Chlis. This is for Asha. It's the Scots Gaelic for the Northern Lights. It means "the nimble men," sometimes called the merry dancers - subjects of traditional tales and legends.

Next: S

S
Skinwalker - (also known as shape shifter) is a person who is able to transform themselves into any animals in some beliefs and only one particular animal in others.

next: 'R'

Rama - Hindu God (or if you're a SF fan Arthur C Clarke's big spaceship).

Next: 'A'

Aeetes - King of Colchis; keeper of Golden Fleece

next: 'S'

S
Syragh - Tulpa-like expression of the human soul, forged by rituals and meditation.

next: H

H
Hades - Abode of dead, ruled by Pluto

<oops - almost forgot this>

next: 'S'

Hephaestus - Greek god. I came across his story in the childrens book The God Beneath The Sea by Leon Garfield and Edward Blishen.

S
Selkie - legendary creatures from Irish and Scottish mythology. Seals that can transform into humans.

next: E

E
Elysium - Abode of blessed dead

next: 'M'

Maya (Hindu goddess)

Herne the Hunter - a ghost of a man with antlers, associated with Windsor Forest. (I don't know if the Queen has ever seen him!)

I guess next could be either E or R, depending on you interpret it.

Raven Mocker - evil being from Cherokee mythology who robs sick & dying of their lives

next: 'R'

Raven, a trickster in many Native American myths.

next: 'N'

Nereid(s) - Sea nymphs

next: 'D'

Doppelgï¿½nger - A ghostly ï¿½ in some cases, the physical ï¿½ double of a living person

next: 'R'

R
Ra - Egyptian Sun God

next: 'A'

A
Afanc - a creature from Welsh mythology that lives in lakes

next: 'C'

C
Cyclops

next: 'S'

S
Shenlong (spirit dragon) is a spiritual dragon from Chinese mythology that controls wind and rain.

next: 'G'

Ganesh - elephant headed god

Next H

Hermes - the Messenger God

next: 'S'

The Sidhe - supernatural race of Irish mythology.

Next: E

E
Engkanto - Fairies in The Philippines; environmental spirits that have the ability to appear in human form

next: 'O'

O
Ogre Shrek

next: 'K'

K
Kamohoalii - Hawaiian Shark God

next: 'I'

Ing - Norse fertility god

Next: G

G
Gaea - Goddess of the Earth; mother of Titans

next: 'A'

A
Ankou - In Celtic folklore of Brittany, the Ankou is a death omen that collects the souls of the dead.

next: 'U'

Ukko - sky god & premier god of Finnish mythology

Next: O

Orion - the Hunter

next: 'N'

Nannar - patron Moon god of Ur

Next: R

R
Roustem - Chinese God of Silk

next: 'M'

Midgard - the domain of humans in Norse mythology

Next: D

Dedun - Egyptian God of Wealth & Incense

next: 'N'

Nagual - personal guardian spirits believed by some Mesoamerican Indians to reside in an animal, such as a deer, jaguar, or bird.

next: 'L'

Lleu Llaw Gyffes - a hero from Welsh mythology, probably derived from an ancient Celtic god.

Next: S

Shilup Chito - Choctaw name for the Great Spirit

next: 'O'

O
Odin - Norse god

next: 'N'

N
Nigsillik - Inuit Sky God

next: 'K'

K
Keythong - a male griffin

next: 'G'

G
Glooskap - Algonquin Creator of the sun, moon, plants, animals, and people

next: 'P'

P
Pwyll, Lord of Dyfed in the Welsh Mabinogi, friend of the lord of Annwn the underworld

next: L

(though, strictly speaking, it should be "ll" which is a letter in Welsh)

L
Leprechaun

next: 'N'

N
Nokomis - Algonquin Goddess of the Earth

next: 'S'

S
Spider Woman - myth from many Native American tribes

next: 'N'

N
Nanook - Inuit Bear God of Hunting

next: 'K'

K
Kanati - The Lucky Hunter, husband of Grandmother Corn and one of the Thunder Twins in Native American mythology

next: 'I'

I
Icarus - Son of Daedalus; flew too near sun with wax-attached wings and fell to his death in the sea

next: 'S'

Those who wear wax wings....

S
Syragh - from ancient Roman Urdu poetry, an angelic, or light-based being, and an opposing force to evil or dark spirits.

next: 'H'

H
Heammawihio - Cheyenne Great Spirit & Creator

next: 'O' - almost forgot this...

O
Old Man Coyote - ubiquitous Trickster God and Cultural Hero of Native American mythology

next: 'E'

E
Eteocles - Son of Oedipus

next: 'S'

S
Siren - Sea Nymph

next: 'N'

N
Nanahuatzin - Aztec Father of the Sun & God of Courage/Bravery

next: 'N'

N
Nagaitcho - Creator

next: 'O'

O
Ometeotl - Aztec Supreme God

next: "L"

L
Lilith

next: 'H'

H
Huehuecoyotl - Aztec God of Mischief-Making

<think I might have some genes of this one...>

next: 'L'

Lempo - demon in Finnish mythology

Next: O

Ometecutli - Aztec God of Fire

next: 'I'

I
Imugi - A close relative to the dragon (Korean)

I
Istra - Greek Goddess of Psyche

next: 'A'

A
Aswang - is a ghoul in Filipino myth

next: 'G'

G
Graeae - Sentinels for the Gorgons

next: 'E'

E
Elf

next: 'F'

F
Favonius - West Wind (Roman)

next: 'S'

S
Sidhe - Ireland, Banshee (Shidhe of the Fairy Mounds)

next: 'E'

S
Epimetheus - One of the Titans

next: 'S'

S

Suonetar - Finnish goddess of veins and arteries - seemed appropriate since I have a class studying the circulatory system, but never thought there were special gods involved. Wonder if the other parts of the system have their own deities.

next: R

R
Rhadamanthus - son of Zues

next: 'S'

S
Sedna - Inuit Goddess of the Creatures of the Sea

next: 'A'

A
Aphrodite

next: 'E'

There's a Kuiper Belt object named after Sedna.

Elux Lucis, this is an Egyptian Mythological Character and the meaning is Dragon of light.

next: 's'

S
Shakuru - Pawnee Sun God

next: 'U'

U

Ulgan - Central Asian creator deity

Next: N

N
Nyx - Greek Goddess of Night

next: 'X'

X
Xolotl - A horrible underworld dog of Mexican mythology

next: 'L'

L
Lares - Roman ancestral spirits protecting descendants & homes

next: 'S'

S
Symplegades - These were two rocks near the western end of the Black Sea that clashed together periodically, smashing whatever happened to be between them. Jason and the Argonauts were the first to successfully pass between the rocks.

next: 'S'

S
Sequinet - Inuit God of the Sun

next: 'T'

T

Tangata-Manu: birdman deity of Easter Island

Next: U

U
Ulysses - the Latin name for Odysseus

next: 'S'

S
Satyr - companions of Pan and Dionysus

next: 'R'

R
Rhadamanthus - One of 3 judges of dead in Hades

next: 'S'

S
Sciron -

A brigand who terrorized those who journeyed on the path that ran past Megara to Athens, he forced passersby to wash his feet, but when they stooped over, he kicked them over a cliff into the sea where a huge turtle devoured them.

next: 'N'

N

Naiad - water nymph (Greek)

Next: D

D
Demeter - "grain mother,"
This daughter of Cronus and Rhea was one of the twelve Olympians-goddess of grain and the earth's fertility.

next: 'R'

R
Raiden - Japanese God of Lightning

next: 'N'

N
Naiad - Greek nymphs of fountains

next: 'D'

D
Dubdo - Zapotec God of Corn; also gives his name to the fifth day of the Mayan nine-day week

next: 'O'

O
Odin - Supreme god of the Vikings

next: 'N'

N
Namazu - In Japanese Mythology, a giant catfish that causes earthquakes

next: 'U'

U
Unicorn

next: 'N'

Nammu Sumerian goddess

Next "U"

Umi-nyobo - Japanese Mythology, Female Sea Monster who Steals Fish

next: 'O'

O
Otus and Ephialtes
These gigantic twins tried to depose Zeus by piling Mount Ossa on top of Mount Olympus, and Mount Pelion on top of Mount Ossa. Zeus defeated them with the help of Apollo.

next: 'S'

Semara - SE-Asian God of Love

next:'A'

A
Apollo

next: 'O'

O
Oceanus - Titan God of the Earth

next: 'S'

S
Sandman - to help lull children to sleep

next: 'N'

N
Nagual - Mesoamerican Human-Animal Shapeshifter

next: 'L'

L
Leda - The wife of Tyndareus, king of Sparta

next: 'A'

A
Abassy - Yakut demons from the underworld that have teeth of iron & travel in packs of seven

next: 'Y'

Y
Yurei - "faint soul" synonymous with ghosts of Western culture. Thought to be people dying without proper burial rights or with some task on Earth still undone.

next: 'I'

I
Ibong Adarna - Philippine mythological bird that changes color each time it finishes a song

next: 'A'

A
Afanc - dwarfish Welsh creature that lives in lakes

next: 'C'

C
Cacus - Roman Fire-Breathing Giant

next: 'S'

S
Saturn - An Italian agricultural deity who became identified with Cronus, his festival, the Saturnalia, was originally celebrated on December 17.

next: 'N'

N
Nawao - Savage Humanoid in Hawaiian Legends

next: 'O'

O
Osiris - Egyptian god of the underworld/death

Next "S"

S
Samebito - Japanese Shark-man Servant of the Dragon King of the Sea

O
Odin - Norse god of magick

N
Nuno - Malevolent Little People in Philippine legends

next: 'O'

O
Orestes - "mountain dweller."
The son of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

next: 'S'

S
Sigbin - Philippine Goat-like Vampire

next: 'N'

N
Ningyo - Japanese water fairy who cries tears of pearls.

next: 'O'

O
Ogre - Medieval folklore; Large, grotesque humanoid

next: 'E'

E
Elders - Elder gods of the mythological pantheons

next: 'S'

S
Svartalfar - Norse Cavern Spirits

next: 'R'

R
Reaper - supernatural creature that aids in the process of transporting souls from the physical world into the spiritual world

next: 'R'

R
Rong - Vietnamese Dragon

next: 'G'

G
Grant - Celtic creature, small horse, shy and lives in the deep forests

next: 'T'

T
Thunderbird - Native American Lightning Spirit

next: 'D'

D
Diana - Italian goddess concerned with the affairs of women

next: 'A'

A
Agloolik - Inuit Ice Spirit that aids hunters & fishermen

next: 'K'

K
Kampe - winged monstrous creature with serpentine upper body and dragon lower body.

next: 'E'

E
Epimeliad ï¿½ Greek; Apple Tree Nymph

next: 'D'

D
dobhar-chu - water hound/otter-serpentine creature, an old Irish cryptid, lives in lakes

next: 'U'

U
Upinis - Lithuanian River Spirit

next: 'S'

S
satyr - Greek, a troop of male companions of Pan and Dionysus

next: 'R'

R
Romulus and Remus, twins who are said to have fathered ancient Rome.

S
Seko - Japanese Water Spirit

O
Odin - Norse god of the Vikings

next: N

N
Nascakiyel - Tlingit Supreme God & Judge of the Dead

<oops> next: 'L'

L
Loki - seductively handsome Norse god of mischief and chaos.

next: 'I'

I
Ixcuina - Aztec Goddess of Carnality, Prostitutes, & Adulterers

next: 'A'

A
Adonis - Aphrodite's lover

next: S

Santa Claus?

(S is a hard one not many mythological characters begin with S)

Next S!

Sisyphus - tragic figure in Greek mythology doomed eternally to roll a boulder up a hill in Tartarus.

Next S

S
Saghalie Tyee - Chinook Supreme God

next: 'E'

E
Electra - daughter of Agamemnon and Clytemnestra

next: A

A
Asgaya Gigagei - Cherokee God of Thunder

next: 'I'

I
Ibis (Egypt) - Bird that was sacred to Isis.

next: S

S
Soucouyant - Vampiric hag in Trinidad/Tobago who takes the form of a fireball at night

next: 'T'

T
Thor

next: R

R
Rephaite - Jewish Giant

next: 'E'

E
Eros

next: S

S
Saci - Brazilian One-Legged Nature-Spirit

next: 'I'

I
Ismene - Daughter of Oedipus and Jocasta

next: E

E
Eurynomos - Greek carrion-eater in the underworld

next: 'S'

S
Sleipnir (Norse) - eight-legged horse ridden by Odin

next: R

R
Rusalka - Slavic Female Water Spirit

next: 'A'

A
Atlas - Greek. The primordial Titan who supported the heavens.

next: S

S
Sphinx - Winged lion with a human head

next: 'X'

X
Xanthus (or Xanthos) - Greek. Achilles' horse

next: S

S
Succubus - Female night-demon

next: 'S'

S
Sterope - One of the Pleiades (daughters of Atlas and Pleione)

next: E

E
Epimeliad - Greek Apple Tree Nymph

next: 'D'

D
Diomedes - one of the leading Greeks in the Trojan War

next: S

S
Sylph - Air elemental

next: 'H'

H
Hector - Son of Priam and Hecuba, he was the Trojans' greatest warrior.

next: R

R
Rougarou - Human-wolf shapeshifter

next: 'U'

U
Uranus - husband of Gaia and father of the twelve Titans

next: S

S
Sciron - A robber; forced strangers to wash his feet, then hurled them into sea where tortoise devoured them; slain by Theseus

<oops> next: 'N'

N
Neptune

next: E

E
Ekek - Philippine Flesh-Eating, Winged Humanoids

next: 'K'

K
Kobold - Germany - A similar household spirit to the brownie and, also, a gnome that inhabits underground places.

next: D

D
Dragon - surprised that I don't recall this one listed yet. If so, then my age is showing.

next: 'N'

Hmmm...I do not remember dragon being used yet either. Isn't old age wonderful?!!! Gives us an excuse to mentally wander. Don't worry, Beetle -- you are still young from my POV.

N
Narcissus - son of the river god Cephisus and the nymph Liriope

next: S

S
Spearfinger: Cherokee legendary witch; had a finger that looked like a spear

next: 'R'

Ouch! Wouldn't want to get too close to that.

R
Rasputen - Bog monster

next: N

N
Nix - German Female Water Spirit

next: 'X'

X
Xanthus - (Greek) Achilles' horse, and brother of Achilles' other horse, Balios. (did I use this one already?)

next: S

< Who cares? Noty many X's to play with >

S
Sluagh - Restless Ghost in Ireland

next: 'H'

H
Hydra - one of the most hideous creatures of Greek mythology, the nine-headed hydra. For each head that was cut off, the monster grew two new ones. (So if it had nine, one cut off and two new ones grew... how many would it have if one head was cut off each day for one week? hmmm...something to ponder...)

next: A

A
Amymone - a daughter of Danaus

next: 'E'

E
Earth Dragon (or The Ti Lung( - ancient Celtic dragon

N
Nessus - Centaur killed by Hercules

next: 'S'

Nammu (Sumerian sea/creation goddess)

Next U

S
Shen Lung (Rain Dragon)

next: G

G
Gemini - twin brothers Castor & Pollux in Greek mythology

I
Ichneumon (Egypt) - A type of mongoose venerated by ancient Egyptians (called "Pharaoh's rat" because it fed on vermin,

next: N

N
Nestor - King of Pylos. He became king after Hercules killed his father & siblings.

next: 'R'

R
Rhadamanthus - A son of Zeus and Europa, he was driven from Crete by his brother Minos

next: S

S
Stymphalian Birds - man-eating birds with beaks of bronze & sharp metallic feathers. They were defeated as the Sixth Labor of Hercules.

next: 'S'

S
Seasons - Children of Zeus and Themis.

next: S (sorry)

S
Scamander - Greek River God

next: 'R'

R
Ratatoskr - (Norse), a squirrel who runs up and down the world tree Yggdrasil

next: 'R'

R
Rougarou - Human-wolf shapeshifter of French-American legends

next: 'U'

U
Unicorn - the fabled and beautiful creature known worldwide

next: N

N
Niobe - Daughter of Tantalus

next: 'E'

Well...hello, Beetle. This is a surprise to see you here on a Sunday eve. I like your Avatar! Did you create that? It is beautiful.

E
Epigoni - They were descendants of the Seven against Thebes

next: I

Indra - Hindu god of war, storms and rain

Next A

A
Aï¿½rope - daughter of Catreus, king of Crete.

next: E

E
Ehecatl - Aztec God of the Wind

next: 'L'

Lakshmi - Hindu goddess of wealth

Next I

I
Ixtlilton - Aztec God of Healing, Feasting & Games

next: 'N'

Njord - Norse god of the sea

Next D

D
Dione - Goddess of the Oracle of Dodona

next: 'E'

E
Eunomia - daughter of Zeus and Themis, she was one of the Seasons

next: A

A
Ananke - Goddess of Inevitability, Compulsion & Necessity

next: 'E' - again?

E
Erinyes
These were fierce, winged spirits who avenged wrongs against blood relatives, often by driving the criminals mad. They formed from the drops of blood of Uranus who was killed by his sons. (Greek)

next: S

S
Silenus - companion & tutor to Dionysus, the wine god

next: 'S'

S
Sinon
A clever liar who was left behind by the Greeks to convince the Trojans to bring the wooden horse inside their city.

next: N

Nanse - Sumerian fertility goddess

Next E

E
Endymion - Mortal loved by Selene,Goddess of the Moon

next: 'N'

N
Neptune - Roman sea god

next: E

E

Europa - A Phoenician princess abducted to Crete by Zeus

next: P

Next should be 'A'. We take the last letter of the name to begin the next name. Thanks for joining us, Francine. It is good to have you here.

A
Adonis

next: S

Oops sorry, never played this game before.

S

Sisyphus

Greek mythology - had to keep rolling a boulder up a hill for eternity

Next: S

Is Indian mythology allowed?

S
Saturn - Italian agricultural deity

next: N

N

Narcissus ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½ï¿½Greek mythology

The ï¿½beautifulï¿½ young man who, to the exclusion of all else, fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water

Next: S

S

Shiva, mythological Indian God. The destroyer of the ego and instigator of change.

Next letter: A

A
Actaeon - The Hunter; surprised Artemis bathing & was changed by her to stag; and then killed by his dogs

next: 'N'

N
Nordic goddess Heimdallr - World-brightener

Next: R

R
Rougarou - Human-wolf shapeshifter (Cajun)

next: 'U'

U
Uranus or Ouranos, "sky" - father of the twelve Titans

next: S

S
Shotokunungwa - Hopi God of Sky, Lightning, War, The Hunt, and Fertility

next: 'A'

A
Ant People - the ones who saved the Hopi peoples when the second world was destroyed

next: E

E
Elbow Witch ï¿½ Hags with awls in their elbows (Ojibwa)

<sounds pretty gnarly.>

next: 'H'

H

Greek god Hermes, son of Zeus. Messenger of the gods, his Roman name is Mercury. God of shepherds, travellers, merchants, commerce and thievesï¿½ï¿½..because he was a master thief himself.

Next letter: S

Signy

Aww... I get to play on a 'Y'

Y
Yakwawiak - Lenape/Mohican monstrous, man-eating creatures

next: 'K'

Kerberos

S
Squannit - Algonquian legends; wife of the culture hero Moshup

next: 'T'

Theseus

S
Stuwi - female trickster character of loose morals and poor manners who features in many jokes and stories told among Arikara men (South Dakota)

next: 'I'

Io
Hera turns Io into a cow because Zeus is in love with her.

O
Odzihozo - Abenaki mythological being who created himself from nothing and formed Lake Champlain and the surrounding landscape

next: 'O'

Otus
Twin to Ephialtes, considers himself better than the gods and eventually dies after he and his twin throw spears at each other.

Snug
Of A Midsummer's Night Dream, he plays the lion in "Pyramus and Thisbe".

Next: G

Gaea

Astarte

Ea
The Babylonian god Ea is the son of Anu and husband of Damkina, father of Marduk, god of wisdom, arts and crafts.

A
Apollo

next: 'O'

Osiris

Sitconski - Assiniboine trickster figure

Icarus
Son of Daedalus, Icarus escapes from the Labyrinth on a pair of home-made wings. Unfortunately, he flies too high to the sun, the wings melts, and the boy plummets to his death.

S
Sibu - Coasta Rican tribal benign demigod who creates the earth, adapts it for human use, and teaches the people the arts of civilization

next: 'U'

Unut
Unut was an old prehistoric deity originally in form of a snake called The Swift One.

T
Tivaci - the Wolf; the wise older brother of Coyote in Colorado River tribe myths

next: 'I'

Imhotep

P
Pomola - a bird spirit that lived on Mt Katahdin & made cold weather, in Penobscot folklore

next: 'A'

Aphrodite

E
Ekeko - Aymara (Titicaca lake tribe) trickster hero and god of fertility, luck, and wealth

Osiris
Osiris was king of the underworld and originally a god of agriculture and nature.

S
Sandraudiga - Germanic goddess

Ahy
Ahy was the god and protector of music.

Y
Yunwi-Tsunsdi - Cherokee legend of a race of small humanoid nature spirits (English: "dwarves" or "fairies")

Isis
Isis stood for motherhood, love, magic, children, medicine and peace.

S
Seuku (the Wanderer) - Alsea (Western Oregon tribe) trickster who underwent transformation as a whale and afterwards became a mighty monster-slayer

next: 'U'

Urthekau
Urthekau was the lion headed goddess.

Uranus - father of the Titans

Silenus - a satyr and tutor to the wine god Dionysus

Sobek
Sobek was a crocodile god from Faiyum who was born from the watery chaos when the world was created.

K
Kuekuatsheu - the Innu (Eastern Canada) Wolverine, a conniving trickster

Unut
Unut was an old prehistoric deity originally in form of a snake called The Swift One.

Thunderbird

Djed
Djed was the oldest symbol of the four pillars of Osiris and had a deep religious meaning to the Egyptians.

Daedalus

Selene - daughter of the Titan Hyperion

next: E

Eros

Semele

next: 'E'

Epimetheus

Starkad

Dagon
Chief god of the Philistines.

N
Nanabozho - culture hero of the Anishinaabe

Osiris

Sun Wukong (Chinese: the Monkey King)

Geb

Bakeneko - Japanese shape-shifting cat

Odin

Noppera-bo

Orgelmir

Raijin - Japanese God of Thunder

Njord

Datsue-ba - Japanese; An old woman in the underworld who steals clothes from the souls of the dead

Artemis

Squannit - wife of the Algonquian culture hero, Moshup

Tlaloc
The god of rain, lightning and thunder.