Come ye denizens of Olympus and Valhalla!
Gather here ye Sphinxes and Akh'luts!
Sally forth Oh, Elves and Menehune!
Hark these tales of Thor and Ishtar!
This cache is no myth! It is very real, but the posted coordinates are a bit of folklore. These coordinates are near main parking for Columbia Creek Park, and not too far from the cache. To get the real coordinates, use your extensive knowledge of ancient cultures and their oral story telling traditions (or your ability to search the internet) to complete the Word Game Puzzle below. With that completed, you'll take a short walk along the creek, then look for a decon container. This cache begins filled with many little toy dragons, along with the log sheet. Enjoy!
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Note: Where a character appears in parentheses, it denotes that actual letter within a word
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SEA GODS AND GODDESSES
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Greek
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X4 E3 N2 D2 U4 C2 Z1 R2
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Hindu
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U2 J4 D3 H1 A1 H2
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Norse
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Inuit
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Maori
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LOCATION NAMESAKES
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Etheric Plane at N28°55.9 E099°48.0 (China)
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S2 E1 H2 I4 Y4 J4 K4 H2, T4 B4 E2 I3 A2 J4 R2
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Home for Souls of the Virtuous at N3° E155° (Mars!)
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Y3 I2 (Y) S1 G3 M3 G2 X4 K4 H2 W2 R4 J1 F2 J4
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Palace of Kublai at N40°40.0 W111°54.7 (USA)
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S4 J4 W2 H2 O3 H1, M3 J3 H2 U1
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Arthur's Resting Place at S38°05.0 E144°26.0 (Australia)
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H2 C4 J4 K4 B1 A1, P2 B4 E2 D1 M2 R3 R4 H2
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Lake of Fire and Brimstone at N42°26.1 W083°59.1 (USA)
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M4 Q2 I2 K4, G2 B4 E2 W3 R4 H3 J4 A1
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TERRIFYING CROSS-BREEDS
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Persian tiger-scorpion
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G2 H2 A1 T1 H4 G4 L1 N3 X1
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English chicken-serpent
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German mer-person
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Greek eagle-lion
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Central European canine-man
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X2 S3 R3 F4 K1 L3 I2 A4
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OH, SO MANY E's! (nothing to do with mythology - the puzzle just needed a lot of E's)
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Golf course expert
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H3 L2 C3 D4 A1 U3 Z4 K2 Y2 X4 O4 X3
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Long lonely winter
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M1 O2 T3 X4 Y1 C1 D2 F3 B3 T2
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Salad bar plexi-glass
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Q4 R2 F4 W1 J2 N1 O1 A2 H2 V1 O3
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Already sugary
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X4 V1 V2 T4 K1 P4 Z3 L4 Q1 R2 F3 C2
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Optional: Since it was rather difficult to format this puzzle using mark-down/ RTE, I have also made a printer-friendly, PDF version at my personal web-site. Alert: You are about to download a file that contains details helpful to find this geocache. As the geocache owner, I ensure that this file is safe to download. It has not been checked by Geocaching HQ or by the reviewer. Download this file at your own risk. mythology_puzzle_grid.pdf (about 144K, takes two pages to print),
The main parking area for Columbia Creek Park is open seasonally, but in the off-season you can park next to the fence along Curtice Road. In fact, this may be closer parking overall. Cache may be slighlty more challenging in summer, when the tall grasses and thorny plants are up.
Good Luck and Happy Caching!