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Japanese Mythology

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who is the head figure head in Shintoism?

a)

Amterasu

b)

Susanoo

c)

Tsukuyomi

d)

Izanagi

2.

What legendary ghost inspired the movie The Ring?

a)

Okiku

b)

Oyuki

c)

Yurei

d)

Teke-Teke

3.

What spirit shows up in the movie Kubo and the Two Strings?

a)

Gashadokuro

b)

Santa Muerte

c)

Holbein

d)

Aka Manto

4.

What yokai earns a tail for every hundred years its alive?

a)

Kitsune

b)

Akabeko

c)

Bakeneko

d)

Kirin

5.

Who is the goddess of birth and death?

a)

Izanami

b)

Ame-no-Uzume

c)

Inari Okamui

d)

Tenjin

6.

Which yokai inspired this costume?

a)

Oni

b)

Fujin

c)

Tanuki

d)

Inugami

7.

Which of these things were used to get Amterasu out of a cave?

a)

A mirror

b)

A dog

c)

A dress

d)

A hairpin

8.

What was the name of the sword pulled out of the 8 headed dragon, Orochi's, tail?

a)

Kusanagi

b)

Izanagi

c)

Miranagi

d)

Nekonagi

9.

What did Susanoo do to get kicked out of Heaven?

a)

Threw a horse and an attendant died

b)

Causing the sun goddess to go into a cave

c)

Letting demons loose

d)

Capturing a sacred dragon

10.

What Yokai is known for freezing lost travelers?

a)

Yuki-onna

b)

Joroguma

c)

Neko-onna

d)

Hone-onna

11.

What is the name of yokai that served Onmyōji?

a)

Shikigami

b)

Pokemon

c)

Shinigami

d)

Shikiomi

12.

What is the name of the giant catfish that causes earthquakes in Shintoism?

a)

Namazu

b)

Namahage

c)

Nue

d)

Ningyo

13.

What yokai could Bendy, from Bendy and the Ink Machine, be classified as?

a)

Suzuri no Tamashii

b)

Kodama

c)

Kiyohime

d)

Kitsune no yomeri

14.

What yokai is said to like cucumbers?

a)

Kappa

b)

Tanuki

c)

Kitsune

d)

Tengu