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At this point, character guessing games for various companies have become commonplace. However, how about we step backwards in time to guess characters from hearsay and legend? The rules basically follow any other forum game of its type.

  • They can come from any source rooted in mythology, folklore, or religion.
  • If a mythology source is played in one round, it is allowed to be played in the next round.
  • The current descriptor must post a recap of the progress for every new page, and edit that post accordingly with the progress in the page.
  • A player may declare a stump after 24 hours has passed from the last question and its answer. If this happens, the current descriptor reveals their character, and the next round goes to the stumped player.
  • If a question needs to be replaced because it has already been answered, please do not erase the question. Just add the new question below it. In fact, the act of completely erasing a question is frowned upon.
  • If you're adding a clue, please keep it related on a mythological basis, as detailed below.

What counts as "mythological"?

  • The character in question must be one who is rooted in legend. Be it a Greek pantheon creature, a Yōkai, any sort of Norse, Aztec, or Egyptian deity, so on and so forth.
    • Human characters are fair game, so long as they're firmly rooted in legend and don't have a recorded real-life history to them. (Meaning Jack the Ripper does not qualify)
    • The character doesn't necessarily have to be a named character. It can be a species that's played as the round's character, so long as said species is mythological.
    • Rule of thumb regarding Greek and Roman mythology. Roman mythological characters can qualify, if, and only if, they're distinct enough to be considered their own entities, such as fauns in comparison to satyrs. Otherwise, stick to the Greek pantheon as much as possible. (Meaning that Aphrodite qualifies, but not Venus, and other examples of the like)
    • In regards to Classical Mythology and Chinese Mythology, even though The Iliad, The Odyssey, and the Four Great Novels (Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Water Margin, Journey to the West, and Dream of the Red Chamber) are literary novels with designated authors, character from them still qualify due to the fact that they're considered extensions of Greek and Chinese Mythology, as opposed to byproducts of them.
    • Folklore characters qualify, due to the fact that they're passed around via word of mouth rather than being historically known. The types of folklore characters can vary in their physiology, but this means that characters such as the Nuckelavee, Robin Hood, the Chupacabra, Bigfoot, the Loch Ness Monster, the Hopkinsville Goblin, Banshees, and others like them are valid.
    • Thanks to their fantastical origins, fairytale characters can be played, including those from well-known authors such as Hans Christian Andersen, The Brothers Grimm, Lewis Carroll, and Carlo Collod, or fairytale anthologies such as the Arabian Nights. This also applies to characters from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballets, due to the fact that a majority of his ballets are adaptations of fairytales with their own additives and touch-ups.
    • Due to the fact that religious sources can be conflicting when put up against each other, religious characters are considered fair game for this list, meaning anything from Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, Gnosticism, and Buddhism can be played.
    • Even though it's more recent than most examples here, H. P. Lovecraft's creations are valid entries for this game, so anything from the Cthulhu Mythos can be played.
    • However, despite them being mythological in nature, Creepypasta characters are not eligible for this game, as their portrayals are too modernized to be anything considered legendary, and many of them are derivative of preexisting properties in the first place. Unfortunately, this means even more original Creepypasta characters, such as Slender Man and Zalgo are not able to be played.

If there's any questions or further suggestions, let me know!


A complete list of past rounds can be found here.

Edited by RWBYraikou888 on Nov 11th 2023 at 3:18:56 PM

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#40802: Jul 27th 2024 at 12:22:57 PM

Ding ding ding!

Round 1158

  • I complete the new largest set to date.
    • The set is from Smite.
    • The set is larger then the Monsters of the Mind trading card series.
    • The set features characters from multiple mythologies.
  • A deity.
  • From Classical Mythology.
  • Not Martichoras.

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Jul 27th 2024 at 9:26:12 PM

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#40804: Jul 27th 2024 at 12:25:22 PM

No, I count him as just a Manticore (Round 103) for this since he is otherwise an OC.

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Jul 27th 2024 at 9:25:42 PM

LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Cellbit, a Notpron lover
#40805: Jul 27th 2024 at 12:25:58 PM

One of the 130 (or more) Smite gods?

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#40808: Jul 27th 2024 at 12:37:05 PM

Or rather since we usually go with the Greek names around here:

Round 1158: Enyo, Classical Mythology

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bellona.jpg

At last all have gathered in the Battleground of the Gods.

Every single of the in total 131 characters playable in Smite or currently announced for Smite 2 have now been played!

    A divine list 

Round 1: Izanami

Round 14: Maui

Round 16: Camazotz

Round 17: Ishtar

Round 18: Medusa

Round 23: Hera

Round 25: Mercury (as Hermes)

Round 26: Hou Yi

Round 27: Chang‘e

Round 28: Jormungandr

Round 40: Cerberus

Round 51: Cu Chulainn

Round 61: Anubis

Round 74: Baron Samedi

Round 80: Hun Batz

Round 81: Discordia (as Eris)

Round 82: Surtr

Round 90: Eset (as Isis)

Round 94: Nox (as Nyx)

Round 96: Thoth

Round 97: Ah Puch

Round 103: Mantichorias (as Manticore)

Round 108: Thanatos

Round 110: Loki

Round 113: Ymir

Round 123: Bacchus (as Dionysus)

Round 129: Ah Muzen Cab

Round 163: Aphrodite

Round 170: Awilix

Round 177: Ullr

Round 178: Cabrakan

Round 179: Nut

Round 185: Thor

Round 189: Achilles

Round 190: Kunbhakarna

Round 197: Poseidon

Round 198: Cernunnos

Round 209: Sun Wukong

Round 216: Ra

Round 221: Athena

Round 232: Amaterasu

Round 233: Baba Yaga

Round 244: Gilgamesh

Round 254: Ratatoskr

Round 258: Apollo

Round 265: Tiamat

Round 267: Kali

Round 275: Lancelot

Round 306: Freya

Round 307: Janus

Round 317: Mulan

Round 334: Set

Round 336: Ares

Round 354: Chernobog

Round 361: Scylla (with Charybdis)

Round 361: Charybdis (with Scylla)

Round 372: Odin

Round 382: Bake Kujira

Round 394: Pele

Round 401: Sobek

Round 407: Yemoja

Round 416: Cthulhu

Round 420: Shiva

Round 423: Hades

Round 429: Khepri

Round 437: Nemesis

Round 463: Ganesha

Round 487: Hecate (Smite 2 exclusive)

Round 493: Skadi

Round 524: Zeus

Round 540: Ravana

Round 548: Tsukuyomi

Round 554: Artemis

Round 561: Tyr

Round 563: Vulcan (as Hephaestus)

Round 574: Ne Zha

Round 586: Heimdallr

Round 655: Horus

Round 659: King Arthur

Round 679: Hercules (as Heracles)

Round 706: Fenrir

Round 719: Susano

Round 761: Bastet

Round 785: Maman Brigitte

Round 813: Morrigan

Round 819: Xbalanque

Round 840: Zhong Kui

Round 870: Vamana

Round 899: Morgan le Fay

Round 901: Chronos

Round 929: Osiris

Round 932: Raijin (with Fujin)

Round 942: Jing Wei

Round 955: Serqet

Round 970: Xing Tian

Round 980: Cliodhna

Round 989: Yu Huang (as Jade Emperor)

Round 997: Ixchel

Round 1017: Arachne

Round 1019: Bakasura

Round 1025: Ao Guang

Round 1029: Persephone

Round 1032: Geb

Round 1034: Danzaburou

Round 1038: Nike

Round 1041: Sol

Round 1043: Chaac

Round 1051: Da Ji

Round 1053: Chiron

Round 1064: Olorun

Round 1071: Guan Yu

Round 1073: Cupid (as Eros)

Round 1076: Rama

Round 1081: Sylvanus

Round 1086: Merlin

Round 1093: Atlas

Round 1095: Erlang Shen

Round 1097: Neith

Round 1105: Kuzenbo

Round 1118: Artio

Round 1123: Kukulkan

Round 1128: Fafnir

Round 1130: He Bo

Round 1135: Terra (as Gaia)

Round 1137: Agni

Round 1144: Anhur

Round 1147: Nu Wa

Round 1150: Hel

Round 1153: Charon

Round 1156: Hachiman

Round 1158: Bellona (as Enyo)

Ironically I got the idea to do this literally seconds after I made a post about how the Monsters of the Mind cards will probably never be topped in terms of members in a set.

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Jul 27th 2024 at 9:38:15 PM

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#40809: Jul 27th 2024 at 12:54:18 PM

Round 1,159

  • Despite being the Big Bad of my source material, I haven’t been played yet.
  • Persian/Iranian.

Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Jul 27th 2024 at 4:14:27 AM

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
RWBYraikou888 The Undercover Troper from The Kingdom of Atlas Since: Aug, 2020 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#40825: Jul 27th 2024 at 1:17:41 PM

Round 1,159: Ahriman (Zoroastrianism)

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_8289.jpeg

The ultimate evil, Ahriman stands in contrast to his good brother Ahura Mazda.

Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Jul 27th 2024 at 4:18:19 AM

Peace is the only battle worth waging.

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