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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

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#201: Oct 29th 2023 at 4:23:00 PM

Was that a guess about identity? I am not the Easter Rabbit. (I am not known for having an animal-like form.) But you are so close you are figuratively standing on my foot.

Recap! I've bolded the positive guesses.

Round 5

  • I am surprisingly well-known for somone we barely know anything about.
  • "Associated" is a potentially misleading word. Exact Words apply to all following hints.
  • I am sort of associated with an animal.
    • I have been depicted with a human form.
    • I am not known for having an animal-like form, either entirely or partially.
    • The animal I am associated with is a mammal.
    • The animal I am associated with is not carnivorous.
    • The animal I am associated with is not a reptile.
    • The animal I am associated with is not horned.
    • The animal I am associated with is rabbits.
  • I am a religious character.
    • I am not a saint.
  • A religion I am associated with is monotheistic and Abrahamic.
    • I am not Judaic nor Islamic.
    • I am not found in the Old or New Testament. I do not appear in the Bible.
    • I am not the Whore of Babylon.
    • I am not from the Divine Comedy.
    • There is a sense in which I am "from Christianity" (and am therefore associated with it), but I am not a Christian religious figure.
    • I am not a figure from Gnosticism.
    • I am not part of the Baháʼí Faith.
  • I am from something European.
  • I am associated with a holiday.
    • I am not Santa Claus.
    • I am not the Krampus.
    • I am not associated with a winter holiday.
    • I am associated with Easter.
    • I am not the Easter Rabbit.

  • I am Ēostre, goddess of Spring.

Edited by Noaqiyeum on Oct 29th 2023 at 12:12:12 PM

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Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
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#202: Oct 29th 2023 at 4:26:53 PM

Probably a very big stretch, but Ēostre, the West Germanic spring goddess?

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Oct 29th 2023 at 4:27:21 AM

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#203: Oct 29th 2023 at 4:26:58 PM

Are you Påskkärring, the Swedish Easter Witch?

I got spurs, that jingle-jangle-jingle!
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#204: Oct 29th 2023 at 4:45:07 PM

[up][up] I am Eostre!

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_7769.jpeg

(I was expecting my deliberately odd phrasing of "a religion I am associated with" to suggest that I am associated with more than one religion - two or three, depending on how one counts, half of which didn't actually believe in me. The only evidence of my worship in pre-Christian Europe is a single mention in the 800s by Bede, who does not elaborate on any of my associated iconography or rituals and has been accused of making me up from lazy etymology, but I am worshipped by neopagans using reinterpreted Christian and secular practices on the theory that their origins were erased.)

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Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
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#205: Oct 29th 2023 at 4:47:10 PM

[up] Damn, TBH I wasn't expecting to get it right lmao.

Anyway, give me a moment to think of a new mythological figure and I'll start the next round afterwards.

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Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
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#206: Oct 29th 2023 at 4:56:13 PM

Round 6

  • In some versions, I quit my job after settling down.
  • I'm a Greek deity.
    • I'm not Hades or Heracles.
  • I'm not a man.
  • I'm not Celtic.
  • I'm associated with a religion.
    • It's not Christianity.
  • I'm not associated with fairies.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Oct 29th 2023 at 5:15:50 AM

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Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
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#208: Oct 29th 2023 at 4:57:47 PM

[up] Yup.

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LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#210: Oct 29th 2023 at 4:59:14 PM

[up] Yea.

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#211: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:03:12 PM

Are you associated with fairies?

I got spurs, that jingle-jangle-jingle!
LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
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#212: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:04:10 PM

Associated with any religions?

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
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#213: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:04:58 PM

No and yes if we're counting like dead religions that are now considered myth.

Edited by Cutegirl920fire on Oct 29th 2023 at 5:05:36 AM

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LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
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#214: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:05:35 PM

A Christianity figure?

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/
Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
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#215: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:05:54 PM

[up] Nope.

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#216: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:07:06 PM

Celtic?

I got spurs, that jingle-jangle-jingle!
Noaqiyeum we must dissent (it/they) from across the gulf of space (Time Abyss) Relationship Status: Arm chopping is not a love language!
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#217: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:08:43 PM

Is your mythology from the Mediterranean part of Europe?

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#218: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:09:10 PM

No and yes.

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#219: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:10:06 PM

The Greek Pantheon?

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#220: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:10:30 PM

[up] Indeed!

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#221: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:11:36 PM

Hades?

Orcus on His Throne will always be my pet peeve.
LucasdaKool Cellbit, a Notpron lover from the world of Puzzle Game Since: Sep, 2022
Cellbit, a Notpron lover
#222: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:12:08 PM

Are the Greek gods considered religious characters? Do people still worship them nowadays?

Are you male, or at least often portrayed as one?

https://enigmatics.org/puzzles/
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#223: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:12:15 PM

Heracles?

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Cutegirl920fire Player 222 from the Squid Games (Five Long Years) Relationship Status: Paris holds the key to my heart
Player 222
#224: Oct 29th 2023 at 5:15:18 PM

No to all three.

There are still people that worship the Greek gods. Not as much as back then obviously, but still there.

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