Mythology for Hangman ⚡

Clues for every answer

A one-line clue for every answer, easy to hard. They're the same clues the game's 💡 Hint shows, so you can read them out when you run your own game.

Zeus

King of the gods on Mount Olympus in Greek myth, a sky and thunder god whose symbols include the eagle.

Thor

Hammer-wielding god of Norse mythology linked to thunder and storms; a day of the week is named after him.

Apollo

Greek god of light, healing, music, poetry and archery, and the twin brother of the goddess Artemis.

Atlas

In Greek myth, a Titan condemned to hold up the heavens for eternity; the brother of Prometheus.

Medusa

The only mortal one of the three Gorgons in Greek myth, usually described as a woman with living snakes for hair.

Minotaur

Creature of Greek myth with the head of a bull and the body of a man, who lived at the centre of the Labyrinth.

Pegasus

Winged horse of Greek myth, usually shown as a white stallion, who let the hero Bellerophon ride him.

Cyclops

Giant one-eyed creature of Greek myth; the hero Odysseus met one called Polyphemus.

Dragon

Mythical creature found in folklore all over the world, roughly snake-shaped and often with wings and claws.

Titan

Name for any of the older gods who ruled before the Olympians in Greek myth; Hesiod lists twelve, children of Uranus and Gaia.

Oracle

Person thought to give wise counsel or predict the future; in ancient Greece a famous one was at Delphi.

Sphinx

Mythical creature with a human head and a lion's body; in Greek myth she set a riddle for those she met.

Hydra

Serpent-like lake monster of Greek myth with many heads; later stories say two grew back for each one cut off.

Phoenix

Legendary immortal bird linked to the Sun, which gains new life by rising from the ashes of the one before it.

Centaur

Creature of Greek myth with the upper body of a human and the lower body and legs of a horse.

Hermes

Messenger of the gods in Greek myth, who moved quickly between worlds with the help of his winged sandals.

Hades

Greek god of the dead and king of the underworld; his brothers Zeus and Poseidon took the sky and the sea.

Athena

Greek goddess of wisdom, warfare and handicraft; her symbols include owls and olive trees.

Kraken

Legendary giant sea creature, something like an octopus or squid, said to appear in the sea off Norway.

Gorgon

One of three monstrous sisters of Greek myth, Medusa among them, who could turn anyone who looked at them to stone.

Achilles

Greatest Greek warrior of the Trojan War; later legends say his mother dipped him in the river Styx as a baby.

Odysseus

Cunning king of Ithaca in Greek myth, whose journey home after the Trojan War took ten eventful years.

Hercules

Hero of Roman myth, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena, famous for his strength and many adventures.

Poseidon

One of the twelve Olympians in Greek myth, ruling over the sea, storms, earthquakes and horses.

Artemis

Greek goddess of hunting, the wilderness and wild animals, and twin sister of Apollo.

Dionysus

Greek god of wine-making, fruit, festivity and theatre, also known as Bacchus.

Persephone

Daughter of Zeus and Demeter who became queen of the underworld; her return to the surface stands for spring.

Prometheus

Titan in Greek myth who stole fire from the Olympian gods and gave it to humanity.

Narcissus

Handsome youth in Greek myth who fell in love with his own reflection in a pool of water.

Icarus

Son of Daedalus in Greek myth who flew too close to the Sun, so the wax in his wings melted.

Beowulf

Hero of an Old English epic poem who helps a Danish king against the monster Grendel and later fights a dragon.

Loki

Shape-shifting god of Norse mythology, once a salmon and once a fly, and father of the wolf Fenrir.

Valkyrie

In Norse myth, one of a host of female figures who guide souls of the dead to the god Odin's hall.

Odin

Head of the gods in Norse mythology and father of Thor, often described as long-bearded and with only one eye.

Anubis

Ancient Egyptian god of funerary rites and protector of graves, usually shown as a jackal-like canine or a man with a jackal's head.

Chimera

Fire-breathing monster of Greek myth, usually a lion with a goat's head on its back and a snake-headed tail.

Triton

Greek sea god, son of Poseidon, usually shown as a merman and often with a conch shell he blows like a trumpet.

Fenrir

Monstrous wolf of Norse mythology, a child of Loki, whom the gods tied up because of prophecies of trouble.

Aphrodite

Ancient Greek goddess of love and beauty; both Cythera and Cyprus claimed to be her birthplace.

Cerberus

Many-headed dog of Greek myth, usually with three heads, that guards the gates of the underworld.

Epimetheus

Son of Iapetus in Greek myth, seen as foolish, whose name means "afterthought"; Hesiod says he accepted Pandora from the gods.

Ereshkigal

Goddess of the land of the dead in Mesopotamian myth; Sumerian myths call her queen of the underworld.

Gilgamesh

Hero of ancient Mesopotamian myth, possibly a real king of Uruk, whose companion was Enkidu.

Scheherazade

Legendary storyteller of One Thousand and One Nights, who tells King Shahryar linked stories over 1,001 nights.

Quetzalcoatl

Feathered Serpent god of Aztec myth, linked to wind, the planet Venus, knowledge and learning.

Morrigan

Figure from Irish mythology linked with war and fate, who often appears as a crow; her name may mean "great queen".

Cernunnos

Name given to a Celtic god often shown with antlers and crossed legs, linked with wild beasts, especially deer.

Sisyphus

King in Greek myth punished by having to push a huge boulder up a hill, only for it to roll back down every time.

Anansi

Trickster of West African folklore whose name comes from the Akan word for spider; he outwits stronger foes.

Maui

Trickster hero of Polynesian myth, said to have fished up islands with a magical hook and captured the Sun.

Xibalba

The underworld of Maya mythology, roughly "place of fright"; in some areas the Milky Way is its road.

Chalchiuhtlicue

Aztec water goddess, often linked with groundwater and shown with a stream of water flowing from her skirt.

Enkidu

Wild man of Mesopotamian myth who wrestled Gilgamesh, king of Uruk, and then became his friend.

Tiresias

Blind prophet of Apollo in Greek myth, who lived through seven generations in the city of Thebes.

Andromeda

Daughter of Queen Cassiopeia in Greek myth, rescued by the hero Perseus; a constellation is named after her.

Hephaestus

Greek god of blacksmiths, fire and volcanoes, who made all the weapons of the gods on Olympus.

Huitzilopochtli

Aztec war god, seen as the Sun in their myths, and patron god of their capital city, Tenochtitlan.

Yggdrasil

Immense ash tree at the centre of the cosmos in Norse myth; a squirrel called Ratatoskr runs up and down it.

Tezcatlipoca

Aztec god linked with the night sky, hurricanes and obsidian, whose animal counterpart was the jaguar.

Ragnarok

Foretold great battle and disasters in Norse myth, after which the world rises again, cleansed and fertile.