Can you name the Elements named from mythology? by Heresy

Hint	Element	From
Colors		Greek goddess of the rainbow, Iris
Evil spirit		German for goblin or evil spirit
Wealth		Roman god of wealth, Pluto
Sky		God of the sky, first son of Gaia
War		Greek Titan god of warcraft, Pallas
Messenger		Messenger of the Roman gods
Sea		Roman god of the sea, Neptune
AKA Freya		Scandinavian goddess, Vanadis
Earth		Roman mother earth goddess, Tellus
Devil		German for Nick, the devil

Hint	Element	From
A son of Zeus
Moon		Greek goddess of the moon, Selene
Continent&Moon		Greek mythology, Europa
Thunder		God of thunder, Thor
Sun		Greek god of sun, Helios
Queen of Thebes		Greek mythology, Niobe
Fire		Greek son of Titans who brought us fire
First sons
AKA Demeter		Goddess of growing plants, Ceres
Thebes Founder	Goddess of growing plants, Ceres

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Elements named from mythology Quiz

by Heresy

Created Nov 9, 2009 in Science
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	Pyrophorus:	Nov 11th, 2009 at 02:39 GMT	2 points
	Missing iridium (Greek goddess of the rainbow - iridium salts come in many colors - and messenger of the gods), and cobalt (German kobold, sort of like a goblin, but see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobold). Otherwise a good quiz.

	Heresy:	Nov 11th, 2009 at 05:15 GMT	2 points
	Thanks for the help, I've updated the data.

	magister:	Nov 17th, 2009 at 19:00 GMT	2 points
	Wow, this is a really cool quiz!

	Hyperion:	May 19th, 2010 at 03:47 GMT	1 point
	well-researched(considering some of the other mythology-based quizzes on this site), and thought-provoking. Its interesting to ponder the elemental names in light of their spiritual and legendary connections.

	mjenks:	Jun 15th, 2010 at 20:13 GMT	2 points
	Cadmium was named for Cadmus

	Heresy:	Dec 5th, 2010 at 15:39 GMT	1 point
	I've added Cadmium as a bonus. It seems likely that the element was named for cadmeia, greek for earth, but that cadmeia is from Cadmus, legendary founder of Thebes. I don't think the others are one step removed like that, but I could be wrong.

	koopa08:	Feb 24th, 2011 at 02:49 GMT	1 point
	Cool. Very cool.

	sproutcm:	Apr 25th, 2011 at 21:52 GMT	1 point
	See, this doesn't really work. Cerium is named after the asteroid Ceres because they were discovered the same year. The element is not named after the mythological thing directly. Europium is named after Europe which is named after Europa. Palldium is named after Pallas the asteroid which was also discovered the same year. Neptunium is named after the planet, not the god, etc.

	Ryan_T93:	Dec 12th, 2011 at 14:26 GMT	1 point
	would point out that uranus/ouranus was not a son of gaia he was gaias husband and father of the titans. also the titans were not the first sons of the earth those were the hecatonchires and the elder cyclopes.