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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
#17251: Feb 11th 2024 at 12:29:38 PM

Nunavut then?

generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
#17252: Feb 11th 2024 at 12:37:46 PM

None of it is one Nunavut.

Round 492

  • If someone heard my story, they’d think from premise alone it was a made up parody of mythology.
    • The myth was not a parody itself.
  • I am a male deity from Native American Mythology.
    • Not a creator or trickster deity.
    • The tribe id not cree, ojibwe, nor any Inuit Mythology, nor Mikmaq, or from the present territories.
  • From Innu Mythology.
    • From part of Newfoundland and Labrador.
    • Not Latin America.
  • Not from Classical mythology or any African mythology.
  • Nothing from the same mythology has been played in this thread before.
  • Not Tshakapesh.
  • HINT: I am associated with Toilet Humour.

Edited by generation81 on Feb 11th 2024 at 3:55:06 PM

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#17253: Feb 11th 2024 at 12:40:31 PM

Newfoundland and Labrador?

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Feb 11th 2024 at 9:40:47 PM

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#17255: Feb 11th 2024 at 12:46:47 PM

Mi'kmaq mythology?

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#17257: Feb 11th 2024 at 12:48:40 PM

Innu myth?

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#17259: Feb 11th 2024 at 12:53:35 PM

Tshakapesh?

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#17261: Feb 11th 2024 at 12:56:06 PM

Matshishkapeu?

generation81 Since: Aug, 2021
#17262: Feb 11th 2024 at 12:58:17 PM

[up] YES


Round 492: Matshishkapeu, Innu Mythology

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matshishkapeu.jpg Matshishkapeu is the spirit of flatulence in Innu Mythology who communicates via letting it rip, and his story sees him curse Kanipinikassikueu (one of the more powerful of Innu myth) for not giving him caribou meat. It’s utterly hilarious in premise, not to mention showing that fart jokes in Canadian media did not begin in the 2000’s despite what Memetic Mutation would imply.

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#17263: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:04:03 PM

Yeah as soon as I saw that he is called "The Farting God" I knew it had to be him.

Round 493

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Feb 11th 2024 at 10:15:05 AM

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#17265: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:09:20 PM

Yes

uncertanSearcher It's always Season of the Witch from Germany Since: Oct, 2017
It's always Season of the Witch
#17267: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:12:10 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
#17270: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:13:53 PM

European

LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Cellbit, a Notpron lover
#17271: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:14:28 PM

Classical Mythology?

Edited by LucasdaKool on Feb 11th 2024 at 1:14:35 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
#17272: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:14:43 PM

No

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
#17275: Feb 11th 2024 at 1:29:41 PM

Round 493: Skadi, Norse Mythology

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f2d56bfef31a1b53902d9efe5e256c3d.jpg

A Jotun that was regarded as a goddess of the hunt, winter and skiing.

Her father Thiazi was one of many Jotun killed by the exploits of the Aesir. When she came to them out for revenge she was convinced to accept reparations from them instead.

One of them was that she got to pick a husband among the gods, but only based on what their feet looked like. So she picked the prettiest pair of feet among them, thinking that they must belong to the handsome Baldur, but ended up with the sea god Njord instead.

Edited by uncertanSearcher on Feb 11th 2024 at 10:30:55 AM


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