LA Mythology Quiz
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Yusan | Apache God: Yusan was the main god of the apache Indians. He was called "The Creator of everything." He belonged to a group of spirits called the Di-yin. He was the most powerful of them the creator of everything good and bad. |
| Tobadzistsini | Apache God: Tobadzistsini was the Apache god of war. He had a brother named Nayenezgani. They were not alike, and did not get along very well. Tobadzistsini was brave and courageous while Nayenezgani was a coward. |
| Ga'ns | Apache God: Ga'ns (created by Yusen) were protective mountain spirits. There were many of them. They live in caves and are called upon for healing purposes. |
| Coyote | Apache God: The coyote was a god of tricks and deception. He created the milky way and also taught humans how to make babies. His advice brings both disaster and prosperity for the Indians, as well as intriguing them. |
| Old Man | Blackfoot God: AKA Naapi, trickster, troublemaker and sometimes foolish, responsible for shaping the world, created most of mankind, known for his personality being the chief and the god of world. |
| Apistotoki | Blackfoot God: Name means creator, God or great spirit, he is a spirit and has no human traits, character isn't personified in stories, god of creation, power of creating things. |
| Blood-Clot Boy | Blackfoot God: AKA Katoyis, slays monsters and evil people in the Blackfoot world, adventurer/explorer, known for being courageous and fearless. |
| Star Boy | Blackfoot God: His powers are magical, son of feather woman, banished with his mother, god of magic, known for being exiled and magical |
| Ra | Egyptian God: Believed to have created everything, sun god, self created, represented with a scarab, |
| Nut | Egyptian Goddess: Grandaughter of Ra, wife and brother of Geb, queen of egypt and gave birth to six gods, god of sky, ability to manipulate sky phenomena |
| Geb | Egyptian God: Son of Shu and Tefnut, king and husband and brother of nut, god of earth, power to create earthquakes, mountains, and vegetation |
| Set | Egyptian God: Son of nut and Geb, ruler of the underworld, and a powerful ally of Ra, god of storms, deserts and chaos and the underworld, powers: battle can create storms and deserts on command, creates oases help people get from the upperworld to the underworld |
| Chaac | Mayan God: God of rain, thunder, lightning and storms, controls the weather and ensures crop growth, portrayed carrying an axe or with snakes |
| Itzamna | Mayan God: Ruler of gods, god of maize, writing and arts, has super strength and can tap into and manipulate mystical energies formed the writing system, resides in the sky, and rules heaven, day and night |
| Ix Chel | Mayan Goddess: Goddess of earth and moon AKA lady of the rainbow, she has healing powers, known for her famous myth, relationship with the sun, her beauty, and known as the mother of all dieties |
| Yum Cimil | Mayan God: AKA Ah Puch, god of underworld and death, powers are strength gained by human sacrifice, can reanimate, and can control corpses, known for skeletal body and decomposing body, collar with eyeless sockets= a typical symbol of the underworld |
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