Myths Test Flashcards
Purpose of myths
The story that people created in order to help explain why things are the way they are.
Teach a lesson or a moral.
Reflect the culture they come from.
Types of myths 1
Origins of earth
How earth was made
Types of myths 2
Origin of humans
How humans were made
Types of myth 3
Origin of evil
Where does evil come from?
Types of myths 4
Myths about gods and mortals
Relationships between gods and mortals
Sumerian myth
Creator of the world: Enlil the god of air
Source of the world: Nammu and Anki
Efik myth
Creator of the world: Abassi
Mayan myth
Creator of the world: plumed serpent, and heart of the sky
Native American myth
Coyote steals fire for the people
Beba people myth
The story of sun and bat
Greek afterlife
Souls are led to the underworld by the god Hermes souls are then judged by their actions for places, a end up fields
Egyptian afterlife
souls are led to the underworld by the god Anubis souls are then judged negative confessions for example, I did not steal weighing of heart against feather of truth if the souls are judged, poorly souls are eaten, eaten as punishment if the souls passed the test they are admitted to Paradise world has no diseases and they are able to grant wishes
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Greek afterlife fields
Elysian /a beautiful paradise asphodel fields/most people end up here because they are neither bad nor good fields of morning/people who suffered great love and did here tartarus/souls that are especially bad and end up here and are punished
Chinese 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
