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1
How does Taranis make lightning?
It comes from his horses' hooves
He burps it out of his body
It shoots from his fingertips
It appears in his hand when he holds it up
2
The Partholonians are defeated by the Formorians, giants who are known for
being very short
their long hair that can be used as weapons
having one leg
asking their victims how they would like to be cooked
3
Which Irish age ended in a flood?
3rd
2nd
1st
4th
4
When the Tuatha are run out, they become Otherworld creatures. Who becomes the leprechaun?
Lugh
Taranis
Danu
Nuada
5
He's the "good god"
Lugh
Cernunnos
Sucellus
Daghda
6
Nantosuelta is usually seen carrying a basket of...
apples
severed heads
bloody clothes
potatoes
7
Who is the "Good Striker"?
Daghda
Sucellus
Cernunnos
Belenus
8
Queen Medb fights Ulster because
she wants to conquer the world
she wants a cow
she is in love with Ulster
because Cu Chulainn turned down Morrigan
9
Nuada could not continue to be the king of the Tuatha De Danann because he
lost an arm
slept with his mother
cursed the gods
lost a duel
10
Which one of these things is NOT part of Cu Chulainn's battle rage?
hero's light shines from forehead
grows large
one eye gets big
blood drops from hair
11
When Cu Chulainn proves himself a worthy warrior, Scáthach offers him...
her daughter
her sister (to fight)
immortality
her +3 magic sword
12
Cu Chulainn was named after what animal?
A goat because he loved his pet goat so much
A horse his father loved
A dog because he killed one
A dragon because mythology
13
She is either the rider or the horse.
Brigid
Kernunnos
Nantosuelta
Epona
14
What did the Fir Bolgs create?
beer from ferns
iron spearheads
human beings
faerie magic