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Creature Battle A creature of myth blocks your path — the Minotaur, Fenrir, Ammit, the Sphinx. Every right answer lands a blow; understand it, and it falls.
Pantheon Explorer Tap a god to see who they came from and who they rule beside — the family tree of Greek, Norse, and Egyptian myth lights up.
Predict the Next Beat Read a myth’s opening beats and predict what the hero’s journey demands next — then see the structural stage.
Adventure Map A path through all 16 kits — clear each stop, then move on. All activities
Explore the myths
Creature Battle Face a creature of legend — every right answer lands a blow. Pantheon Explorer Light up the family tree of the gods, then test yourself in the Lineage Challenge. Which God Am I? Clue by clue, rule out every god the clue eliminates — then name the one who is left. Story Lab Map a myth onto the hero’s journey and sort myths by the deep patterns they share across cultures. Predict the Next Beat Predict the next stage of the journey — reading the pattern first makes story shape click.
Learn & practice
World Mythology kits 16 kits across Greek, Norse, Egyptian and world myth — a hint whenever you get stuck. Mixed Practice A short round shuffling questions from the kits you have played — spaced out so it sticks. MythForge Sprint Race your OWN best on what you already know. Timer optional, no penalty for a miss. Trick Questions Brain-teasers with a twist — spot why the obvious answer is a trap. Teach the Cast Teach a myth to a cast member still learning it — teaching makes it stick. Progress Your levels, streak, and how each mythology is coming along — saved on this device. Progress report For grown-ups — a private on-device snapshot mapped to the skill areas. Export a CSV or print.
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World Mythology — 16 kits
Kit 1: What Are Myths & Legends? Foundations · 25 questions Kit 2: Creation Stories Creation Stories · 25 questions Kit 3: Hero's Journey Hero's Journey · 25 questions Kit 4: Trickster Tales Trickster Tales · 25 questions Kit 5: Greek & Roman Mythology Greek & Roman · 25 questions Kit 6: Norse & Celtic Mythology Norse & Celtic · 25 questions Kit 7: Egyptian and Mesopotamian Mythology Egyptian & Mesopotamian · 25 questions Kit 8: World Mythology Connections & Comparisons World Connections · 25 questions Kit 9: Asian Mythology Asian Mythology · 25 questions Kit 10: African and Indigenous Mythology African & Indigenous · 25 questions Kit 11: Mythology in Modern Media Myth in the Modern World · 25 questions Kit 12: Comparative Mythology and Archetypes Comparative & Archetypes · 25 questions Kit 13: Cross-Topic Connections World Connections · 25 questions Kit 14: Real-World Applications Myth in the Modern World · 25 questions Kit 15: Misconceptions & Reasoning Foundations · 25 questions Kit 16: Advanced Synthesis Foundations · 25 questions
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Meet the cast — the characters who teach this
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Trickster The boundary-crosser who teaches through inversion. Recurs across nearly all traditions (Anansi, Coyote, Loki, Hermes, Maui, Ijapa). -
Hero-King The reluctant ruler called to a journey (Campbell's central figure: Gilgamesh, Odysseus, Arjuna, Beowulf, Cuchulain). -
Devouring-Mother The dark-creator / death-and-renewal force (post-Jungian; surfaces as Kali-aspect / Hel / Coatlicue / Hecate). **High trauma load.** -
Wise-Elder The mentor-figure who knows the path but cannot walk it for the hero (Athena, Odin-as-wanderer, Krishna-as-advisor). -
Threshold-Guardian The figure that tests whether the hero is ready to cross (Sphinx, Cerberus, the dragon at the gate, the riddling stranger). -
Shadow The repressed-self / dark-mirror (Jungian core archetype; surfaces as the hero's nemesis-who-is-also-them: Loki/Baldr, Set/Osiris, Cain/Abel framings). -
Anima/Animus (paired) The complementary-other-self (Jungian); represented as a pair-character that always appears together, embodying the inner-other-gendered-self pattern that surfaces across many t... -
Wanderer The journeyer-without-fixed-home who carries stories between cultures (Odysseus-after-Ithaca, the wandering Jew, the diaspora-keeper figure). -
Child-Divinity The newborn-with-power archetype (infant Krishna, baby Hermes, child Horus, divine-child motif). -
Sacrificial-Lamb The figure whose loss enables renewal (cross-traditional: dying-and-rising deities, scapegoat figures, voluntary-sacrifice motif). -
Warrior The conflict-pattern-bearer (Ares, Tyr, Sekhmet-aspect, the warrior-figure across many traditions). -
Lover The relational-bond-bearer (Aphrodite-aspect, the romantic-mythic pair, the bond-that-shapes-the-world archetype). -
Sovereign The cosmic-order-keeper archetype (Zeus-aspect, Odin-as-ruler, Ra-as-cosmic-king, Quetzalcoatl-aspect). -
Magician The transformation-bearer (Hermes-Trismegistus, Tezcatlipoca-aspect, Merlin, the alchemist-figure, the shape-shifter pattern).
Ensemble stories — the cast together