J! Mythology and Religion Flashcards by Jen Kennings

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chief Norse god

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Odin

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Egyptian god of death

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Osiris

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Jewish holiday Esther, hamentaschen, lots, costumes

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Purim

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George Fox founded this

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Quakers

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rival popes in these cities 1300s

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Rome and Avignon

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last king of Troy

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Priam

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Hawaiian volcano goddess

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Pele

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mythic couple separated by the Hellespont

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Hero and Leander

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Methodist founder

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John Wesley

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period when Avignon was the seat of the papacy

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Babylonian Captivity

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tree where Buddha was enlightened

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Bodhi

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Geneva Reformation leader after Luther

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John Calvin

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Virgin Mary’s mother

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St. Anne

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final Norse god battle

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Ragnarok

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where Martin Luther was asked to recant

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Diet of Worms

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day when Mary returned to the temple after Jesus’ birth

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Candlemas

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muse of dance

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Terpsichore

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priest made Boys’ Town/Boys’ Home in Omaha

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Father Flanagan

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___ and the 40 Thieves

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Ali Baba

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Asian/Buddhist temple with towers

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pagoda

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queen who tried to kill Elijah

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Jezebel

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highest-ranking angels with 6 wings

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seraphim

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Saul’s son, David’s friend

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Jonathan

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son of Apollo, god of medicine, snake cult

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Asclepius

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Taoism/Daoism founder

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Lao Tzu

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chained to a rock and rescued by Perseus

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Andromeda

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saint wrote City of God

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St Augustine

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Scottish protestant reformation leader

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John Knox

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where St. Bernadette saw an apparition of Mary in 1858

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Lourdes

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Amritsar holy Sikh site

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Golden Temple

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Trojan king Priam’s children (3)

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Hector, Paris, Cassandra

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Unification Church founder

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Sun Myung Moon

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Norse rainbow bridge connecting Earth and Asgard

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Bifrost

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saint wrote “City of God”

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St. Augustine

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Bishop of Hippo saint

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St. Augustine

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other name for Holy Communion

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Eucharist