The Lair behind the Mirror

Quiz - "Who am I ?"

( link to the correct answers at the bottom of the page )

1.

I am immortal but (originally) no goddess.

I have a father but no mother.

I developed out of the essence of pity.

I have 108 names and my colors are white, green, yellow, blue and red.

Who am I ?

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2.

I can be the beginning of everything, but also the end.

My brother is my husband, but the father of my son is my sister's brother and husband.

My husband killed the father of my son,

together with my sister I look after the dead body of my son's father, till his rebirth.

Who am I ?

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3.

I am a god, but I'm not immortal.

I know the end of days, but fate lies not in my hands.

My name lives on in the middle of the week.

Though I am a god of battlefields, I won't survive the last of wars.

Who am I ?

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4.

Once I was good, now I am evil.

I am not a god (say poeple), I am more or less a god's worst foe.

I was kicked from above and fell to the earth like an arrow.

Who am I ?

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5.

I have a father but no mother.

I'm the goddess of war but also of peace.

I fight side by side with men, but no man will ever get me.

I am the inventor of the alphabet, that for the goddess of wisdom.

Who am I ?

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6.

I am the highest of gods, the father of wisdom.

My mother names our godly family.

My love is also my foe.

My place of worship is the green island.

Who am I ?

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7.

I'm the mother of mortal kings, though I don't give birth to them.

People imagine me with a human body, sometimes carrying a child.

My sculptured images were misused by the bringers of the other religion.

Who am I ?

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8.
I am the god of light, the god of law and judgement.
I am the one being able to see your future,
the one god of oracles.
My sister is a hunter,
my father's wife is not my mother,
but my mother is hunted by this wife.
Who am I ?

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9.
I am the god of caravans, the bringer of natural hazards.
my sister is my wife, my brother my enemy,
the jackal is my image, the desert my home.
I bring death and destruction but also light!
Who am I ?

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10.
I am the world's three faces.
I'm luna, huntress and lady death.
My mother is a star, my father NO god.
My names are "visitor" and "three path".
I carry snakes, but not in my hands.
Who am I ?

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11.
I am a god of beauty and fairness.
I am not immortal, but I am the god of rebirth.
Light will leave the earth when I die, say people,
and my death is the beginning of the end.
When I come back after the end of days,
I will be accompagned by the the god who killed me,
but isn't my murderer.
Who am I ?

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12.
I am a goddess of love, but also of war.
I've magical powers, I am able to fly.
My father lives in the water and my mother is not of godly race.
My brother is my husband and the father of gods my lover.
The cat is my animal, a necklace my attribute.
Who am I ?

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13.
I'm not well known, but my name will never be forgotten.
My father is a king, my son the judge of death
My lover is the mightiest of gods,
though I never saw the real of him, I know his identity
You can read my name on every map.
Who am I ?

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