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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

generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
#16301: Feb 4th 2024 at 1:27:27 PM

[up]

Scratch that. The Fence Rail Dog?

YES.


Round 468: Fence Rail Dog; Delaware state folklore

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/af8b2e7b5d314947323bc3413e5658c8.png

There are three variants of the origin of this variant of the Black Dog myth from Delaware, though all have in common a death leading to the creation of the Fence Rail Dog, said to race cars and appear after crashes along Highway 12 between the towns of Frederica and Felton. The first has the dog be the vewgeful ghost of a cornered outlaw who commited suicide, the second has it be the ghost of a slaveboy killed by his owner near the sight of Highway 12 where the dog now resides, anfd the dog looks for a place to be buried. The third had it be the ghost of a dog owned by a landlord, both killed by a nasty tenant who fed the landslord to the dog, before being killed at the site of the future highway, the dog killing all those wqho would dar commit bad deeds.

Edited by generation81 on Feb 4th 2024 at 4:53:50 AM

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#16302: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:13:37 PM

Round 469

  • I’m the conceptual predecessor to a far more famous being.
    • That being hasn’t been played yet, but a very similar figure’s been played twice.
  • I’m European.
    • I’m not from Classical Mythology, but my successor is.
    • I’m not from the Balkans, Mycenae, Anatolia, the Middle East or Greek Orthodox Christianity.
  • I’m a deity.
    • I don’t have direct domain over a natural phenomenon.

Edited by Spinosegnosaurus77 on Feb 4th 2024 at 5:48:54 AM

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16306: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:21:18 PM

A creature?

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
Cellbit, a Notpron lover
#16308: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:25:30 PM

Can that “more famous being” be played here too?

Edited by LucasdaKool on Feb 4th 2024 at 2:26:06 AM

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/
Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16311: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:25:46 PM

A god?

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
Cellbit, a Notpron lover
#16313: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:26:54 PM

Has your successor be played before in this thread?

Edited by LucasdaKool on Feb 4th 2024 at 2:27:11 AM

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16314: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:29:11 PM

Mycenaean?

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Feb 4th 2024 at 11:30:54 AM

generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
#16315: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:33:04 PM

Are you from Greek Orthodox Christianity?

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
Ramen Fairy
#16316: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:38:27 PM

[up][up][up] No, but an extremely similar figure’s been played twice.

[up][up] No.

[up] No.

Peace is the only battle worth waging.
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16317: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:42:08 PM

Are you from Anatolia?

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
#16319: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:44:23 PM

From the Balkans?

Edited by generation81 on Feb 4th 2024 at 5:45:04 AM

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
#16321: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:46:43 PM

Are you a deity with domain over a natural phenomenon?

Spinosegnosaurus77 Ramen Fairy from Ontario, Canada Since: May, 2011 Relationship Status: All I Want for Christmas is a Girlfriend
generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
#16323: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:47:32 PM

Do you originate in Middle Eastern culture?

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
#16325: Feb 4th 2024 at 2:51:11 PM

Ìs your successor one of the Olympians?


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