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Irish Myth or Made Up?

15 Questions - Can you tell real Greek myths from plausible fakes?

1. The Dagda owned a cauldron that could never be emptied, and no one who came to it ever left hungry.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

2. Lugh was refused entry to Tara until he could prove he had a skill that nobody there already possessed.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

3. The Morrígan transformed into a salmon, an otter, and a wolf to escape her enemies after the Battle of Mag Tuired.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

4. Cú Chulainn got his name after killing the fierce guard dog of a smith, and offered to take its place.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

5. The Tuatha Dé Danann arrived in Ireland on a great wave summoned by Manannán mac Lir.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

6. Fionn mac Cumhaill gained all the world's knowledge by accidentally burning his thumb while cooking a magical salmon.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

7. Newgrange was built by the Dagda, but his son Aengus Óg tricked him out of it by asking to live there for 'a day and a night.'

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

8. Diarmuid Ua Duibhne had a love spot on his forehead that caused any woman who looked at it to fall helplessly in love with him.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

9. The Children of Lir were transformed into swans by their jealous stepmother and condemned to spend 900 years on the waters of Ireland.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

10. The Lia Fáil — the Stone of Destiny at Tara — would scream aloud beneath the feet of the rightful High King of Ireland.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

11. Cú Chulainn was the son of the god Lugh, who visited his mother in a dream.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

12. After defeating them in battle, the Dagda taught the Fomorians to disguise themselves as hedgehogs so they could hide across Ireland.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

13. The Morrígan offered Cú Chulainn her love during the Táin, and when he refused her, she attacked him three times in animal form.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

14. Tír na nÓg — the Land of Youth — exists somewhere to the west across the sea, and time moves differently there.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

15. The Salmon of Knowledge got its wisdom from eating nine hazelnuts that fell into the Well of Segais.

A) Real Irish Myth

B) Made Up

None

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