Pre-assessment quiz on Mythology and Folklore (enm006)

In Greek mythology, this place is where Zeus' oracle can be found.

• Crete

• Dodona

• Athens

• Delphi

The famous greek hero Odysseus hailed from this kingdom, in which he reached after the trojan wars ten years later.

• Rome

• Crete

• Athens

• Ithaca

This is the infamous dwelling place of the 12 great olympians of the Greek mythology.

• Mt. Mayon

• Mt. Koya-san

• Mt. Olympus

• Mt. Kailasha

In Norse Mythology, this is a fortified home to the Aesir tribe of gods located in the sky

• Mt. Koya-san

• Mt. Olympus

• Asgard

• Athens

This was a city in the region of Asia Minor in modern-day Turkey, which was the setting of one of the most famous events in Greek mythology, the Trojan War.

• Mt. Koya-san

• Ithaca

• Byzantium

• Troy

This was an ancient religious sanctuary dedicated to the Greek god Apollo. This is the seat of that sanctuary which was home to the priestess Pythia, who was famed throughout the ancient world for divining the future and was consulted before all major undertakings.

• Dodona

• Crete

• Delphi

• Athens

This place is considered as the center of Shingon Buddhism, an important Buddhist sect which was introduced to Japan in 805 by Kukai (known as Kobo-daishi), one of Japan’s most significant religious figures. According to japanese myth this is a holy place where China and Japan meet-more so where Buddhism and Shintoism meet.

• Mt. olympus

• Mt.Fuji

• Mt. Koya-san

• Mt. Banahaw

According to Hindu mythology, the god Shiva resides at the peak of this mountain with his wife, Parvati. The mountain represents a pillar of the earth at the centre of a lotus, around which other mountain ranges form the petals.

• Mt. Koya-san

• Mt. Kailash (a)

• Mt. Sinai

• Mt. Olympus

The city's name derives from the goddess of wisdom, Athena, who became the city's patron goddess after a contest with Poseidon. This city is the seat of the famous Parthenon.

• Rome

• Atlanta

• Athens

• Greece

This is originally the name of a mythical mountain believed to be a Taoist paradise. The first to visit this paradise was, according to the legends, King Mu (976-922 BCE) of the Zhou Dynasty. He supposedly discovered there the Jade Palace of the Yellow Emperor, the mythical originator of Chinese culture.

• Mt. Koya-san

• Kunlun Mountains

• HImalayas mountains

• Mt. Fuji