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What are the purposes of myths?

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1 explain Something that was unknown
2 teach a lesson or moral
3 reflect culture

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Types of myths that exist

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Origins of the Earth
How was the earth made
Origins of Humans
How humans were made
Origin of Evil
Where does evil come from
Myths about Gods and Mortals
Relationships between gods and mortals

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Creator in the Sumerian myth

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Creator of the World: Enlil the god of Air

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Source of the world in the Sumerian myth

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Source of the World: Nammu and Anki

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Beba people myth

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The Story of Sun and Bat

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Beba people myth

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The Story of Sun and Bat

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Creator-Mayan Myth

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Creator of the World: Plumed Serpent and Heart of the Sky

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Creator of the world in the efik myth

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Creator of the World: Abassi

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Native American Myth

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Coyote Steals Fire for the People

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Greek afterlife steps

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Souls are led to the Underworld by the god Hermes
Souls are judged by their actions
Four places a soul could end up

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Fields of Elysian GREEK

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  • a beautiful paradise GREEK
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A beautiful paradise GREEK

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Fields of Elysian GREEK

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Asphodel Fields GREEK

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most people end up here because they are neither bad nor good. GREEK

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most people end up here because they are neither bad nor good GREEK

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Asphodel fields GREEK

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Fields of mourning GREEK

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People who suffered great love ended here GREEK

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People who suffered great love ended here
GREEK

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Fields of mourning GREEK

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Tartarus GREEK

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Souls that are especially bad end up here and are punished GREEEK

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Souls that are especially bad end up here and are punished GREEK

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Tartarus

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Four places a soul could end up GREEK

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-Fields of Elysian
-Asphdel Fields
-Fields of mourning
-Tartarus

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Egyptian afterlife Steps

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Souls are led to Underworld by the god Anubis
Souls then are judged
Negative Confession
For example- I did NOT steal.
Weighing of heart against Feather of Truth
If the souls are judged poorly, souls are eaten as punishment
If souls pass the tests, they are admitted to paradise
World has no diseases and they are able to grant wishes to living

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EGYPTIAN What is the punishment to souls that are judged poorly

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THEY ARE EATENNNNNN

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EGYPTIAN What is the punishment to souls that are judged poorly

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THEY ARE EATENNNNNN

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CHINESE steps of the afterlife

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Souls are escorted by local Earth god
Souls are then judged according to actions
Good souls get to choose either Golden Bridge or Silver Bridge
Golden Bridge is ruled by Buddha and soul escapes from rebirth cycle
Silver Bridge is ruled by Jade Emperor and soul becomes a god
Bad souls go to be punished and are eventually reincarnated

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Souls are escorted by what? CHINESE

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Local earth god

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CHINESE Silver bridge is ruled by

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Jade emperor

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Silver bridge what happens to soul

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Soul becomes a god

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Who rules the gold bridge CHINESE

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Buddha

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CHINESE What happens to souls that cross the gold bridge

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They escape the birth cycle cycle

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