Mythological Moon Names Quiz

Can you name the moons by the mythological clues?

created by lanni

Enter a moon name in the box below
Correctly named moon names will show up below
Answers do not have to be guessed in order
The words/phrases in the parentheses in the answers indicate the meaning or common name of the mythological figure/creature, or in some cases, the correct spelling if the name of the moon was altered.

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Clues	Names of Moons	Moon of:
A son of Ares and Aphrodite, he is the personification of terror		Mars
The wolf that chases the chariot of the sun in Norse mythology		Saturn
Polyphemus killed her boyfriend out of jealousy		Neptune
Zeus kidnapped this Trojan prince and made him a cup-bearer to the gods		Jupiter
The ancestor of the Jötuns (giants) in Norse mythology		Saturn
The ferryman of the underworld- that is, if you have the money to pay for your passage		Pluto
The granddaughter of Cronus whose face launched a thousand ships		Saturn
This mischievous fairy from Celtic mythology gives Bottom the head of a donkey		Uranus
An eagle tore apart his liver everyday and it grew back every night to be devoured again the next day		Saturn
The son of Poseidon and Amphitrite, he is the messenger and trumpeter of the sea		Neptune
The unfortunate mother and wife of Oedipus		Jupiter
This son of Hermes was always in love with one nymph or another, but they all rejected him because of his ugliness		Saturn
The personification of horror, from whose name is derived the English word for 'morbid fear'		Mars
The human daughter of Demeter and Poseidon in horse form		Neptune
The goddess of spring and Queen of the Underworld		Jupiter
The Titan who was tricked by Heracles into getting the Apples of Hesperides for him		Saturn

Clues	Names of Moons	Moon of:
The Roman god whose arrows always pierce the heart		Uranus
The nine-headed beast who some think was the guardian of the entrance to the Underworld		Pluto
I'm pretty sure that the gods were mistaken when they thought that she was a good punishment for men		Saturn
The girl who Zeus, in the form of a bull, bore across the ocean to Crete		Jupiter
You may get an answer out of this 'Old Man of the Sea' if you can hold on to him		Neptune
She kept Odysseus prisoner on Ogygia for ten years		Saturn
Poseidon caused her to fall madly in love with a bull who fathered her son the Minotaur		Jupiter
The Norse god of the sea, known for his great parties		Saturn
Zeus turned her into a heifer to try to hide her from Hera... it didn't work		Jupiter
The Goddess of Night who, some say, is the mother of the Fates		Pluto
A nymph whose essence is bound to a source of fresh water		Neptune
The wolf that chases the chariot of the moon across the night sky in Norse mythology		Saturn
Hera turned her into a bear when she saw that Zeus had loved her		Jupiter
He was the god of gates, doorways, beginnings and endings, and the first month of the year is named after him		Saturn
Zeus visited her in the guise of a swan		Jupiter
The perfect example of 'think before you act,' his name means 'afterthought' or 'hindsight'		Saturn

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Mythological Moon Names Quiz

by lanni

Created Sep 29, 2010 in Religion
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	jpahk:	Aug 4th, 2011 at 18:16 GMT		6 points
	lovely and erudite quiz! enjoyed this one immensely.

	IronFirefly:	Aug 4th, 2011 at 19:04 GMT		2 points
	Reminds me of that Solarquest game.

	kokoseattle:	Aug 4th, 2011 at 20:31 GMT		7 points
	Fun, well-informed quiz -- works great as both mythology and science trivia! Not enough people are playing this one!

	Triviaddict:	Aug 5th, 2011 at 15:19 GMT		2 points
	I believe that the creator may have gotten Hydra and Cerberus confused. I'm quite certain that Cerberus was the three-headed dog and guardian of the underworld. Wikipedia confirms that Hydra and Cerberus were siblings, however. http://www.mythicalcreaturesworld.com/greek-mythology/monsters/cerberus-cerberus-the-three-headed-dog-of-hades/

	Nordeck52:	Aug 6th, 2011 at 01:53 GMT		3 points
	@kurokali: Pluto's other two moons were discovered in 2005, a year before it got demoted. A fourth moon was just discovered a few weeks ago and hasn't yet been named.

	Acronicta:	Aug 6th, 2011 at 19:43 GMT		3 points
	A bug: the game does not accept "Iocaste" without the circumflex. Since the quiz asks for the names of the moons, there shouldn't even be one, anyway. Similarly, the Saturn moons are named Skoll and Aegir without Ö and Æ, unlike their mythological counterparts. (Funnily enough, in spite of Sköll given as the right answer, the game does not accept sköll, only skoll!)

	lanni:	Aug 11th, 2011 at 19:28 GMT		4 points
	@Acronicta: I wish I could fix that, but that's the annoying part of having your quiz published--you can't edit it afterwards. I swear that while it was a user created game that it excepted Iocaste, Skoll, and Aegir and many other alternative spellings as well. Now, as a published game for some reason it is not accepting them and I can't fix it. Talk about frustrating. @Triviaddict: I'm talking about the entrance to the underworld, while you are talking about the gate. Some say that the Hydra was guarding the underground passage to get to the underworld. Cerberus guarded the gateway which was only accessible after crossing the Styx.

	historyobsession:	Aug 26th, 2011 at 17:56 GMT		1 point
	The one and only thing I like about Percy Jackson.

	ari18:	Aug 31st, 2011 at 20:36 GMT		2 points
	@Ianni: I hadn't heard the thing about Hydra guarding the passage to the underworld. Do you know which author has that? I'd like to go look.

	Rom:	Oct 8th, 2011 at 17:42 GMT		1 point
	Did anyone else try "Santiago" for the Old Man of the Sea question?

	Beldarius:	Apr 12th, 2012 at 08:29 GMT		2 points
	Hm. Got everything except Galatea, Despina, Naiad and Proteus. (I guess that's what you get for being a mythology geek. ...Didn't even know they named moons after Norse mythology.)

	iglew:	May 14th, 2013 at 09:14 GMT		2 points
	@ari18: You can find the Hydra guarding the gates of hell in book 6 of the Aeneid. As far as I know, this idea is original with Virgil and there is no earlier Greek precedent for it. Virgil was very influential, so the idea spread forward from there.