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Mythology General Flashcards

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What Mgroup was “The Cradle of Civilization” ?

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Middle Eastern

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What are the 7 main groups of mythology?

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Greek/Roman
Middle Eastern
Far East & Pacific Islands
Northern Europe
British Islands 
North & South America 
Africa
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What Mgroup has the “Enuma elish” ?

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Middle Eastern

Specifically: Babylonian/Sumerian

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What is the oldest recorded literature in the world?

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“The Epic of Gilgamesh” —2500BC

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What Mgroup has both polytheistic gods and zoomorphic gods?

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Middle Eastern

Specifically: Egyptian

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

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Iraq, Iran, & Syria

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What are the two divisions of the Middle Eastern Mgroup?

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Babylonian/Sumerian

Egyptian

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What time are most Babylonian/Sumerian record from?

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700BC

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The “Epic of Gilgamesh” is a _____ story.

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Hero

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

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“The Epic of Gilgamesh”

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

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POETIC Edda

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

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PROSE Edda

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What country are the Poetic and Prose Eddas from?

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Iceland

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Who wrote the Eddas?

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Snorri Sturluson

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What Mgroup do the Eddas belong to?

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Northern Europe

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

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Norse/Teutonic mythology

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What modern countries make up the Northern Europe Mgroup?

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

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

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Northern Europe

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gods in Northern Europe Mgroup have _____ qualities & _____?

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human

weaknesses

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Mythology for the British Islands Mgroup is also called what?

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Germanic/Celtic mythology

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What modern countries make up the Bristish Islands Mgroup?

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

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“Lebor Gabala Erenn” translates to _____.

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“Irish Book of Conquests”

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What is the “Lebor Gabala Erenn” ?

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the folklore/history of Ireland

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23
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What is the earliest existing epic in Germanic literature?

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“Beowulf”

24
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What Mgroup had the stories of King Arthur?

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British Islands

25
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“Lebor Gabala Erenn” is a book of stories for which Mgroup?

A

Bristish Islands

26
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The collection of King Arthur stories is called _____.

A

“La Morte D’Arthur”

27
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What modern countries make up the Far East & Pacific Islands Mgroup?

A

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

28
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What Mgroup does “The Ramayana” belong to?

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Far East & Pacific Islands

29
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Who wrote “The Ramayana” ?

A

Valmiki

30
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What is “The Ramayana” ?

A

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

31
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“The Mahabharata” belongs to which Mgroup?

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Far East & Pacific Islands

32
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What is “The Mahabharata” ?

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

33
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True/False: the gods of Far East & Pacific Islands Mgroup are NOT omnipotent (all-powerful).

A

TRUE

34
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What Mgroup has a belief in reincarnation?

A

Far East & Pacific Islands

35
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The earliest myths for the Far East & Pacific Islands Mgroup are from _____ around _____BC.

A

India

1500

36
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What book in the Far East & Pacific Islands Mgroup is associated with the Japanese?

A

“Kotan Utannai”

37
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The myths from the Chinese of the FE&PI Mgroup are from which dynasty?

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Han Dynasty (from 206BC)

38
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All other works for the Chinese of the FE&PI Mgroup were burned by who?

A

A Chinese emperor

39
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True/False: Polynesian myths for the FE&PI Mgroup vary from island to island such as Maori (New Zealand) to Hawaii.

A

TRUE

40
Q

List some North American tribe examples.

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

41
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List some South American tribes.

A

Aztec, Inca, Trio, Toltec, etc.

42
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Why did the mythology of the Americas Mgroup have hundreds of beliefs & gods/goddesses?

A

It was made from hundreds of tribes/languages.

43
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What Mgroup often had blood sacrifices (animal & human) in their stories?

A

The Americas

44
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What Mgroup commonly had cannibalism in stories?

A

The Americas

45
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The myths of the Americas Mgroup were often _____&_____ myths.

A

Creation & fertility

46
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_____ myths that often included animals such as coyotes, spiders, monkeys, humans, etc. were also common in the Americas Mgroup.

A

Trickster

47
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List some of the countries associated with the Africa Mgroup.

A

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

48
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List some tribes associated with the Africa Mgroup.

A

Ashanti,

49
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What Mgroup was monotheistic?

A

Africa

50
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What Mgroup is henotheistic?

A

Africa

51
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What does henotheistic mean?

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

52
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In the Africa Mgroup, gods _______ humans generally but are usually _______ with them.

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Ignore; dissatisfied

53
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What Mgroup has “ancestral spirits”?

A

Africa

54
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What does it mean to believe in ancestral spirits?

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Believe that soul lives on after death.

55
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I’m the Africa Mgroup ______ do NOT normally interact with humans but _______ DO.

A

gods; ancestral spirits

56
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In what Mgroup did humans build “ladder” to Heaven (not successfully)?

A

Africa

57
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______ are messengers to the gods; messages are usually misunderstood (in the Africa Mgroup)

A

Animals

58
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Elephants appear in many stories in what Mgroup?

A

Africa

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