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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

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16551: Feb 6th 2024 at 8:36:54 AM

Is your story found in Treasury of Magical Tales From Around the World?

LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Cellbit, a Notpron lover
#16552: Feb 6th 2024 at 10:29:01 AM

Does the Looney Tunes short features a frog?

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16554: Feb 6th 2024 at 12:26:25 PM

Was the short released after 1950?

generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
#16556: Feb 6th 2024 at 12:30:37 PM

Round 473

  • I’ve got ties to Chuck Jones and Roald Dahl.
    • Just those two for this case.
    • I have links to cartoons.
      • Mostly drawings/illustrations.
    • neither created a work which featured me.
    • Connection is not appearence or personality.
    • connection to the artists is not something deeper than just being an anthropomorphic tortoise.
    • HINT: The Chuck Jones connection can be found on One Froggy Evening's YMMV page, as well as the story's name.
      • Short released after 1950.
  • I am a Tortoise.
  • I am from a folkltale from Ghana.
    • Not Nigerian.
  • Not from the Americas or Asia.
  • Not a Gremlin.
  • Not a god.
  • My talent are not to do with drawing or bringing them to life.
  • I am not a living cartoon nor human.
  • I did not appear in a cartoon show nor comic strip.
  • I have no name beyond my species name.
  • Not Ele.
  • Not Klo.
  • Not from The Tortoise and the One Legged Man nor "The Tortoise and the Spider".
  • Not The Trickster.
  • A race is not in the story.
  • Story is not in Treasury of Magical Tales From Around the World

Edited by generation81 on Feb 6th 2024 at 3:42:00 PM

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16557: Feb 6th 2024 at 12:40:43 PM

Is the short One Froggy Evening?

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Feb 6th 2024 at 9:40:49 PM

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16559: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:05:13 PM

Alright, so it's the tortoise from The Hunter and the Tortoise then?

generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
#16560: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:12:35 PM

YES


Round 473: The Singing Tortoise; The Hunter and the Tortoise, from Ghanan Mythology

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_01_23_193058.png

The story of the exploited tortoise who could sing to a hunter but not around others is very similar to the classic Chuck Jones-irected short One Froggy Evening (as noted on its YMMV page - I evcen thought it was directly inspired by the former story). Slightly more directly, it was included in the book The Singing Tortoise: And Other Animal Folktales illustrated by Quentin Blake, Dahl’s longtime collaborator (though Dahl didn’t write the book itself). The pic is from the book itself.

Edited by generation81 on Feb 6th 2024 at 4:13:59 AM

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16561: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:21:02 PM

Phew, finally found it.

Round 474

  • A Historical Domain Character.
    • Listed somewhere in one of the subpages.
    • My historical counterpart is not famous for fighting in a war.
  • Male.
  • From Europe.
    • From a type of literature.
    • Not a national epic.

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Feb 6th 2024 at 10:56:54 AM

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16563: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:40:29 PM

No

LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16565: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:47:03 PM

Yes

LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16567: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:48:50 PM

Yes

LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Cellbit, a Notpron lover
#16568: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:51:33 PM

Was you/your real life version famous for fighting in a war?

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16569: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:52:07 PM

No

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16571: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:53:01 PM

Yes, from a type of literature.

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16573: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:54:23 PM

No

LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Cellbit, a Notpron lover
#16574: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:55:07 PM

Is your historical counterpart male?

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/
uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#16575: Feb 6th 2024 at 1:56:40 PM

Yes and by extension so am I.


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