World Religions: Greek Mythology

3. Messenger of the gods
6. Queen of the gods, goddess of women, marriage, childbirth
8. The Greek name for the famous hero who conducted 12 labors, in order to atone for having killed his family in a rage induced by Hera
9. Titan goddess of fertility and motherhood, mother of the Olympians
11. Older generation of gods, overthrown by Olympians
13. Goddess of the hearth
14. Titan god of time, king of the Titans, father of the Olympians
18. Image A shows a depiction of the goddess ___
19. Part of underworld to which heroes or extraordinary souls were sent; paradise
21. The famous hero who defeated the Minotaur
22. God/personification of the sun
25. Goddess of love and beauty
27. Image D shows the famous hero ___ (hint: whose head is he holding in his hand?)
29. God of music
30. One part of hierarchy in Greek society; would conduct sacrifices, rituals, etc., generally were religious leaders
33. Father of the Titans, god/personification of the sky
34. King of the gods, god of thunder, lightning, winds
35. Mother of the Titans, goddess/personification of the Earth
36. God of war

1. God of wine, fertility
2. Goddess of the harvest, agriculture, and grain, mother of Persephone
4. Image B shows the ___ horse, a "machine of fate" in the famous ___ war
5. God of the sea, horses, earthquakes
7. Goddess of wisdom
10. Goddess of the hunt
11. Part of underworld to which evil souls were sent
12. Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos, the three women who controlled the lives of mortals and gods alike
13. God of the underworld
15. Greek Mythology's religious texts, mode of conveying rules/morality/values and beliefs on existential questions/afterlife/origin story
16. Greek Mythology's models for values/morality, men who accomplished great feats of strength, character, or intelligence, often demigods
17. God of fire, craftsmen
20. Nine goddesses of the arts, including music and storytelling, daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (goddess of memory)
23. Younger generation of gods, includes most popular ones known today
24. Places of service/worship in Greece
25. Part of underworld to which ordinary souls were sent
26. Part of Greek Mythology's origin story, element from which first deities were believed to have risen
28. Image E shows Mount ___, home of the Olympian gods
31. Image F shows a ___, which is an important part of many ancient Greek festivals and rituals
32. Image C shows the remnants of the temple of ___, a place of worship in which the Vestal Virgins maintained the eternal flames of Rome