Expert mythology quiz: Dionysus, the Fates, Ragnarök and Heracles
Dionysus's mother, the Fate who cuts life's thread, Odin's end at Ragnarök, Egypt's divine scribe and Heracles' first labour. Expert, 10 questions.
Gods, heroes and legends of the world
Zeus and the Olympian gods, Theseus facing the Minotaur, Odin and Thor among the Vikings, Isis, Osiris and Anubis along the Nile: mythology gathers stories that shaped literature, art and even everyday language (an odyssey, an Achilles' heel, Pandora's box). This theme moves through Greek, Roman, Norse and Egyptian myths, with their heroes, monsters and great epics such as the Iliad and the Odyssey.
You can test what you know about divine family trees, the twelve labours of Heracles, the links between Greek and Roman gods, or the symbols tied to each deity. Every mythology quiz is free, with five difficulty levels from very easy to expert, and a short explanation after each answer so the details stay with you.
Dionysus's mother, the Fate who cuts life's thread, Odin's end at Ragnarök, Egypt's divine scribe and Heracles' first labour. Expert, 10 questions.
Hermes's mother, Athena's unusual birth, Odin's eight-legged horse, an Egyptian goddess of love and Orpheus in the Underworld. Hard, 10 questions.
Who beat Medusa and the Minotaur, what Valhalla was, Jason's ship and the Titan who gave fire to humans. An intermediate, free mythology quiz.
Who rules the dead, who is the Norse All-Father, which god embodies the Egyptian sun, and who is the goddess of love or the Roman war god? Easy, free.
The king of the Greek gods, the ruler of the sea, a Roman counterpart, a Norse hammer-wielder and an Egyptian god of embalming. Very easy, free.
Odin is the chief of the Aesir gods, linked with wisdom, war, poetry and magic. He gave up an eye to drink from Mimir's well and gain knowledge. He is accompanied by the ravens Huginn and Muninn and the eight-legged horse Sleipnir, and he welcomes part of the warriors slain in battle to Valhalla.
The Minotaur, half man and half bull, was kept in the Labyrinth that Daedalus built for King Minos of Crete. The Athenian hero Theseus killed it with the help of Ariadne, who gave him a thread so he could find his way back out of the maze.
Anubis, shown with the head of a jackal, is the god of embalming and the protector of the dead in the afterlife. Osiris rules the realm of the dead: at the judgment, the heart of the deceased is weighed against the feather of Ma'at, goddess of truth and order.