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139 free Mythology trivia questions with answers — history quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
100 free mythology trivia questions with answers. From the thunderbolts of Zeus to the wisdom of Odin, mythology has captivated humanity for millennia. This quiz spans the great mythological traditions of the world — Greek Olympians, Norse warriors, Egyptian gods of the afterlife, Hindu epics, and beyond. Whether you know your Minotaurs from your Chimeras or your Ragnarok from your Ramayana, these 139 questions will put your mythological knowledge to the ultimate test.
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Q 01In Norse mythology, what kind of birds are Huginn and Muninn, who perch on Odin's shoulders?
Ravens
Huginn and Muninn are ravens; Odin sends them out over the world each day and they return to whisper what they have seen. Their names mean roughly 'thought' and 'memory'.
Q 02What creature did Theseus slay in the labyrinth of Crete?
Minotaur
Theseus killed the Minotaur, the bull-headed monster confined in the labyrinth at Knossos, and found his way out by following the thread Ariadne had given him.
Q 03According to Greek myth, what was released when Pandora opened her box (actually a jar)?
All the world's evils
Opening the jar released all the world's evils, toil, sickness and sorrow, upon humankind; only Hope stayed inside. The container was a pithos, and 'box' comes from a sixteenth-century mistranslation.
Q 04Which Greek musician lost Eurydice a second time by looking back on the way out of the underworld?
Orpheus
Orpheus charmed the rulers of the dead into releasing Eurydice on condition that he not look back before reaching daylight; he turned too soon and lost her for good.
Q 05What was the name of the Trojan prince whose elopement with Helen sparked the Trojan War?
Paris
Paris, also called Alexander, carried Helen off from Sparta to Troy; in later tradition his arrow, guided by Apollo, killed Achilles.
Q 06How many heads did the serpent Yamata no Orochi of Japanese mythology have?
Eight
Yamata no Orochi had eight heads and eight tails; the storm god got it drunk on sake, hacked it apart, and found the sword Kusanagi inside one tail.
Q 07Which ancient Egyptian god was represented as a crocodile or a man with a crocodile's head?
Sobek
Mummified crocodiles were kept as cult images at Sobek's temples, most famously at Kom Ombo and in the Faiyum.
Q 08According to Roman mythology, who were the twin brothers raised by a she-wolf who founded Rome?
Romulus and Remus
Romulus and Remus were twin sons of Mars, suckled by a she-wolf (lupa) after being abandoned. Romulus killed Remus in a dispute and founded Rome in 753 BC.
Q 09What is the name of the Norse god of thunder who wields the hammer Mjolnir?
Thor
Thursday takes its name from him: Old English Thunor gives 'Thunor's day'.
Q 10Which Trojan prince, eldest son of Priam, was killed in single combat by Achilles?
Hector
Hector, Troy's champion, was killed by Achilles to avenge Patroclus; Achilles dragged his body behind his chariot for days until Priam came to ransom it.
Q 11Which Hindu god, "The Preserver", has ten primary avatars including Rama and Krishna?
Vishnu
Vishnu's ten avatars, the Dashavatara, begin with a fish (Matsya) and a tortoise (Kurma) and end with Kalki, who is yet to come.
Q 12What is the name of the Norse end-of-the-world event where gods and giants fight a final battle?
Ragnarok
Ragnarok is the Norse doom of the gods, in which Odin, Thor and Freyr all fall; the world sinks beneath the sea, then rises again green and is repopulated by two human survivors.
Q 13Which Greek hero's long journey home after the Trojan War is told in Homer's epic?
Odysseus
Odysseus, called Ulysses by the Romans, takes ten years to reach Ithaca in the Odyssey, facing the Cyclops Polyphemus, the Sirens and the sorceress Circe on the way.
Q 21In Chinese legend, the Monkey King Sun Wukong is born from what?
A stone
Sun Wukong hatches from a magic stone egg on the Mountain of Flowers and Fruit; he later steals the peaches of immortality and is pinned under a mountain by the Buddha.
Q 22Which Greek Titan was condemned to hold up the sky on his shoulders for eternity?
Atlas
Atlas is often shown carrying a globe, but the early poets describe him bearing the heavens themselves; the Atlas Mountains in North Africa carry his name.
Q 23In Norse mythology, what did Odin sacrifice to gain wisdom from the Well of Mimir?
His eye
Odin gave his eye for a single drink, which is why he is pictured one-eyed; he also hung from the world tree for nine nights to learn the runes.
Q 14Which Egyptian god was murdered by his brother, then restored to life to rule the underworld?
Osiris
Osiris was killed and dismembered by his jealous brother; his sister-wife gathered the pieces and revived him, and he became ruler and judge of the dead.
Q 15What mythological bird cyclically burns itself to death and is reborn from its own ashes?
Phoenix
The Phoenix originates from Greek mythology (and has parallels in Egyptian and Chinese myths). It dies in flames and is reborn, symbolizing renewal and immortality.
Q 16In Greek mythology, which snake-haired Gorgon petrified anyone who looked upon her?
Medusa
Medusa, the only mortal Gorgon, was beheaded by a hero who watched her reflection in a polished shield; her severed head kept its petrifying power and was set on Athena's aegis.
Q 17Which two-faced Roman god of beginnings and doorways gave his name to a month of the year?
Janus
Janus, shown with two faces looking forward and back, gave his name to January; the doors of his shrine in the Forum stood open in wartime and were shut only in peace.
Q 18In Norse mythology, what name is given to the warriors who died in battle and dwell in Valhalla?
Einherjar
The Einherjar, chosen by the Valkyries, fight each day in Valhalla and feast each night on the boar Sæhrímnir, which is cooked and comes back to life the next day.
Q 19In Japanese mythology, who is the sun goddess and ancestor of the Imperial line?
Amaterasu
Amaterasu, the sun goddess enshrined at Ise, hid in a cave after her brother's rampage, darkening the world until the gods lured her out with a mirror and a dance.
Q 20Which Hindu epic tells of a prince's quest to rescue Sita from the demon king Ravana?
Ramayana
The Ramayana, traditionally credited to the sage Valmiki, follows Rama through a fourteen-year exile before he returns to be crowned in Ayodhya.
Q 24Which mythological creature has the head of an eagle and the body of a lion?
Griffin
The Griffin (or Gryphon) combines the eagle — king of birds — with the lion — king of beasts. It appears in ancient Greek, Persian, and Egyptian art and symbolizes divine power.
Q 25In the ancient Egyptian judgment of the dead, which organ was weighed against a feather?
The heart
A heart lighter than the feather meant a virtuous life and passage into the afterlife; a heavier one was swallowed by a crocodile-headed devourer.
Q 26Which river bounds the Greek underworld and was the one the gods swore their most solemn oaths by?
Styx
The Styx, Homer's 'dread river of oath', bound even the gods: Hesiod says a god who swore falsely by its water lay breathless for a full year.
Q 27Who is the Norse god of mischief known for shape-shifting and causing trouble among the gods?
Loki
Loki shifts into a mare, a salmon, a fly and an old woman; as a mare he even gave birth to Odin's eight-legged horse.
Q 28The Greek hero Achilles was invulnerable except for what part of his body?
His heel
The heel story is a late addition; Homer never mentions it. It gives us both 'Achilles heel' and the name of the Achilles tendon.
Q 29The Hindu epic Mahabharata centres on which war of succession between two groups of princely cousins?
Kurukshetra War
The Mahabharata climaxes in the eighteen-day Kurukshetra War between the Pandavas and their Kaurava cousins; the Bhagavad Gita is Krishna's counsel to Arjuna just before it begins.
Q 30What does the name of the Irish Otherworld Tír na nÓg literally mean?
Land of the Young
Tír na nÓg means 'Land of the Young', an Otherworld where no one ages; Oisín spent three hundred years there and crumbled to dust when he touched Irish soil again.