Chapter 1
Weather and elemental rulers
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Chapter 2
Guardians of the wild
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Chapter 3
Cosmic creators and sky travelers
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Chapter 4
Spirits of the night and dreams
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YOUR GOAL
Master of Obscure deities and mythical creatures
Ch 1 · Weather and elemental rulers
schopenhauer Basque Weather Goddess Mari
When Mari sits in Anboto, down comes the rain! (let it pour!) / But over in Aloña, drought takes the land! (dry as sand!)
schopenhauer Oya is the powerful Yoruba Orisha of winds, lightning, violent storms, and rebirth.
Fun Fact
Sedna's hair combs: In Inuit myth, because Sedna lacks fingers, sea storms only calm down when a brave shaman travels underwater to comb her tangled hair.
schopenhauer Huixtocihuatl is the Aztec goddess of salt, salt water, and the patron of salt makers.
Glossary
elemental (noun)
A mythical being or spirit believed to inhabit and consist of one of the four physical elements. The Basque goddess Mari governs these natural forces, summoning fierce storms from her cave on Mount Anboto.
A mythical being or spirit believed to inhabit and consist of one of the four physical elements. The Basque goddess Mari governs these natural forces, summoning fierce storms from her cave on Mount Anboto.
Quiz
Which West African river is historically named after the wind and storm Orisha, Oya?
schopenhauer Match Arctic sea creatures to Sedna to discover how Inuit myths explain marine life.
Quiz
Why must an Inuit shaman comb the sea goddess Sedna's hair to calm ocean storms?
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In Aztec mythology, what natural resource did the goddess Huixtocihuatl invent the extraction process for?
Quiz
In which century did chronicles from Kyiv first record the worship of the Slavic wind god Stribog?