Lunar Gods and Goddesses in Mythology: Part II
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- ABAANGUI
- ALIGNAK
- AVATEA
- AYATA
- BAHLOO
- CHIA
- CONIRAYA
- COYOLXAUHQUI
- FATI
- HANWI
- IGALUK
- KA ATA KILLA
- KIDILI
- LONA
- MAHINA
- MAMA KILLA
- MARAMA
- MAYARI
- MENILY
- METZTLI
- NGALINDI
- TARQIUP INUA
- TECCIZTECATL
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The second part of the 'Lunar Gods and Goddesses in Mythology' puzzle. In mythology, moon gods/goddesses are fairly common. Like solar deities, they are often a personification of the moon or can be an entity that is related to the moon. Often found in ancient religions, there are numerous gods and goddesses that represent the moon and lunar cycle. Hidden in this puzzle are some of those deities. How fast can you find them all?
What the words in this puzzle mean
- ABAANGUI
- A Guaraní figure whose severed nose was thrown into the sky and became the moon.
- ALIGNAK
- An Inuit moon god who governs tides, eclipses and the hunting of sea animals.
- AVATEA
- A Mangaian god of Polynesia, half man and half fish, who is both moon and sun.
- AYATA
- A lunar figure recorded in the moon traditions gathered in this puzzle.
- BAHLOO
- The moon man of Australian Aboriginal tradition, who travels the night sky.
- CHIA
- The Muisca moon goddess of the Colombian highlands, wife of the sun.
- CONIRAYA
- An Andean creator god associated with the moon in Inca-era tradition.
- COYOLXAUHQUI
- The Aztec moon goddess, dismembered by her brother and thrown into the sky.
- FATI
- A Polynesian moon figure, in some tellings the son of a goddess.
- HANWI
- The Lakota moon, who follows the sun through the sky and once shared his lodge.
- IGALUK
- An Inuit moon spirit, closely linked with Alignak in the traditions of the north.
- KA ATA KILLA
- Ka-Ata-Killa, a pre-Inca moon goddess worshipped near Lake Titicaca.
- KIDILI
- An Australian Aboriginal moon man, wounded and turned into the moon.
- LONA
- A Hawaiian moon goddess, remembered in the tale of her mortal husband.
- MAHINA
- The Polynesian word for the moon, used as the name of a moon goddess.
- MAMA KILLA
- The Inca moon goddess and wife of the sun, whose eclipses were mourned publicly.
- MARAMA
- The Māori moon, whose phases marked the fishing and planting calendar.
- MAYARI
- The Tagalog moon goddess of the Philippines, who lost an eye fighting her brother.
- MENILY
- The moon goddess of the Cahuilla people of southern California, who taught them their laws.
- METZTLI
- An Aztec moon deity, named in the same tradition as Coyolxauhqui.
- NGALINDI
- A moon man of Arnhem Land whose waxing and waning retells his wounding and recovery.
- TARQIUP INUA
- A Greenlandic Inuit moon spirit, master of the animals people hunt.
- TECCIZTECATL
- The Aztec god who hesitated at the fire and so became the moon rather than the sun.
Lunar Gods and Goddesses in Mythology: Part II Word Search Answer Key
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