Mythology General

Question 0

What Mgroup was “The Cradle of Civilization” ?

Answer 0

Middle Eastern

Question 1

What are the 7 main groups of mythology?

Answer 1

Greek/Roman
Middle Eastern
Far East & Pacific Islands
Northern Europe
British Islands 
North & South America 
Africa

Question 2

What Mgroup has the “Enuma elish” ?

Answer 2

Middle Eastern

Specifically: Babylonian/Sumerian

Question 3

What is the oldest recorded literature in the world?

Answer 3

“The Epic of Gilgamesh” —2500BC

Question 4

What Mgroup has both polytheistic gods and zoomorphic gods?

Answer 4

Middle Eastern

Specifically: Egyptian

Question 5

The Middle Eastern Mgroup is considered to consist of which modern countries?

Answer 5

Iraq, Iran, & Syria

Question 6

What are the two divisions of the Middle Eastern Mgroup?

Answer 6

Babylonian/Sumerian

Egyptian

Question 7

What time are most Babylonian/Sumerian record from?

Answer 7

700BC

Question 8

The “Epic of Gilgamesh” is a _____ story.

Answer 8

Hero

Question 9

What story from Babylonia/Sumerian was written on clay tablets from the library of Assyrian King Ashurbanipal?

Answer 9

“The Epic of Gilgamesh”

Question 10

What Edda is referred to as the “Elder Edda” ?

Answer 10

POETIC Edda

Question 11

What Edda is referred to as the “Younger Edda” ?

Answer 11

PROSE Edda

Question 12

What country are the Poetic and Prose Eddas from?

Answer 12

Iceland

Question 13

Who wrote the Eddas?

Answer 13

Snorri Sturluson

Question 14

What Mgroup do the Eddas belong to?

Answer 14

Northern Europe

Question 15

The mythology from the Northern Europe Mgroup is also referred to as _____?

Answer 15

Norse/Teutonic mythology

Question 16

What modern countries make up the Northern Europe Mgroup?

Answer 16

Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, & some England

Question 17

The “Myth of Siguard” is what Mgroup’s hero story (similar to Iliad)?

Answer 17

Northern Europe

Question 18

gods in Northern Europe Mgroup have _____ qualities & _____?

Answer 18

human

weaknesses

Question 19

Mythology for the British Islands Mgroup is also called what?

Answer 19

Germanic/Celtic mythology

Question 20

What modern countries make up the Bristish Islands Mgroup?

Answer 20

Southwest Germany, Britain, Wales, Ireland, Scotland, & some France

Question 21

“Lebor Gabala Erenn” translates to _____.

Answer 21

“Irish Book of Conquests”

Question 22

What is the “Lebor Gabala Erenn” ?

Answer 22

the folklore/history of Ireland

Question 23

What is the earliest existing epic in Germanic literature?

Answer 23

“Beowulf”

Question 24

What Mgroup had the stories of King Arthur?

Answer 24

British Islands

Question 25

"Lebor Gabala Erenn" is a book of stories for which Mgroup?

Answer 25

Bristish Islands

Question 26

The collection of King Arthur stories is called _____.

Answer 26

"La Morte D'Arthur"

Question 27

What modern countries make up the Far East & Pacific Islands Mgroup?

Answer 27

India, China, Japan, Polynesian Islands, New Zealand, Tahiti

Question 28

What Mgroup does "The Ramayana" belong to?

Answer 28

Far East & Pacific Islands

Question 29

Who wrote "The Ramayana" ?

Answer 29

Valmiki

Question 30

What is "The Ramayana" ?

Answer 30

a CREATION hero story from about 200-100BC; Hindu

Question 31

"The Mahabharata" belongs to which Mgroup?

Answer 31

Far East & Pacific Islands

Question 32

What is "The Mahabharata" ?

Answer 32

an epic poem written about Hinduism & Philosophy *more than 78,000 verses = one of longest epic poems written in the world

Question 33

True/False: the gods of Far East & Pacific Islands Mgroup are NOT omnipotent (all-powerful).

Answer 33

TRUE

Question 34

What Mgroup has a belief in reincarnation?

Answer 34

Far East & Pacific Islands

Question 35

The earliest myths for the Far East & Pacific Islands Mgroup are from _____ around _____BC.

Answer 35

India | 1500

Question 36

What book in the Far East & Pacific Islands Mgroup is associated with the Japanese?

Answer 36

"Kotan Utannai"

Question 37

The myths from the Chinese of the FE&PI Mgroup are from which dynasty?

Answer 37

Han Dynasty (from 206BC)

Question 38

All other works for the Chinese of the FE&PI Mgroup were burned by who?

Answer 38

A Chinese emperor

Question 39

True/False: Polynesian myths for the FE&PI Mgroup vary from island to island such as Maori (New Zealand) to Hawaii.

Answer 39

TRUE

Question 40

List some North American tribe examples.

Answer 40

Navajo, Iroquois, Seneca, Choctaw, Apache, Cherokee, Pawnee, Sioux, etc.

Question 41

List some South American tribes.

Answer 41

Aztec, Inca, Trio, Toltec, etc.

Question 42

Why did the mythology of the Americas Mgroup have hundreds of beliefs & gods/goddesses?

Answer 42

It was made from hundreds of tribes/languages.

Question 43

What Mgroup often had blood sacrifices (animal & human) in their stories?

Answer 43

The Americas

Question 44

What Mgroup commonly had cannibalism in stories?

Answer 44

The Americas

Question 45

The myths of the Americas Mgroup were often _____&_____ myths.

Answer 45

Creation & fertility

Question 46

_____ myths that often included animals such as coyotes, spiders, monkeys, humans, etc. were also common in the Americas Mgroup.

Answer 46

Trickster

Question 47

List some of the countries associated with the Africa Mgroup.

Answer 47

Congo, Ethiopa, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, etc.

Question 48

List some tribes associated with the Africa Mgroup.

Answer 48

Ashanti,

Question 49

What Mgroup was monotheistic?

Answer 49

Africa

Question 50

What Mgroup is henotheistic?

Answer 50

Africa

Question 51

What does henotheistic mean?

Answer 51

Belief in one God but acknowledging that there may be others.

Question 52

In the Africa Mgroup, gods _______ humans generally but are usually _______ with them.

Answer 52

Ignore; dissatisfied

Question 53

What Mgroup has "ancestral spirits"?

Answer 53

Africa

Question 54

What does it mean to believe in ancestral spirits?

Answer 54

Believe that soul lives on after death.

Question 55

I'm the Africa Mgroup ______ do NOT normally interact with humans but _______ DO.

Answer 55

gods; ancestral spirits

Question 56

In what Mgroup did humans build "ladder" to Heaven (not successfully)?

Answer 56

Africa

Question 57

______ are messengers to the gods; messages are usually misunderstood (in the Africa Mgroup)

Answer 57

Animals

Question 58

Elephants appear in many stories in what Mgroup?

Answer 58

Africa