Mythology Flashcards
What are the purposes of myths?
1 explain Something that was unknown
2 teach a lesson or moral
3 reflect culture
Types of myths that exist
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
Creator in the Sumerian myth
Creator of the World: Enlil the god of Air
Source of the world in the Sumerian myth
Source of the World: Nammu and Anki
Beba people myth
The Story of Sun and Bat
Beba people myth
The Story of Sun and Bat
Creator-Mayan Myth
Creator of the World: Plumed Serpent and Heart of the Sky
Creator of the world in the efik myth
Creator of the World: Abassi
Native American Myth
Coyote Steals Fire for the People
Greek afterlife steps
Souls are led to the Underworld by the god Hermes
Souls are judged by their actions
Four places a soul could end up
Fields of Elysian GREEK
- a beautiful paradise GREEK
A beautiful paradise GREEK
Fields of Elysian GREEK
Asphodel Fields GREEK
most people end up here because they are neither bad nor good. GREEK
most people end up here because they are neither bad nor good GREEK
Asphodel fields GREEK
Fields of mourning GREEK
People who suffered great love ended here GREEK
People who suffered great love ended here
GREEK
Fields of mourning GREEK
Tartarus GREEK
Souls that are especially bad end up here and are punished GREEEK
Souls that are especially bad end up here and are punished GREEK
Tartarus
Four places a soul could end up GREEK
-Fields of Elysian
-Asphdel Fields
-Fields of mourning
-Tartarus
Egyptian afterlife Steps
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
EGYPTIAN What is the punishment to souls that are judged poorly
THEY ARE EATENNNNNN
EGYPTIAN What is the punishment to souls that are judged poorly
THEY ARE EATENNNNNN
CHINESE steps of the afterlife
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
Souls are escorted by what? CHINESE
Local earth god
CHINESE Silver bridge is ruled by
Jade emperor
Silver bridge what happens to soul
Soul becomes a god
Who rules the gold bridge CHINESE
Buddha
CHINESE What happens to souls that cross the gold bridge
They escape the birth cycle cycle
