Purpus Of Myths

Question 1

Purpose of myths

Answer 1

1. A story that people create an order to help explain why things are the way they are.
   2.to teach a lesson or a moral
2. reflect the culture they come from.

Question 2

Types of myths that exists

Answer 2

Origins of the earth
Origins of the humans
Origins of evil
Myths of gods and mortals

Question 3

Sumerian Myth

Answer 3

Creator of the World: Enlil the god of Air
Source of the World: Nammu and Anki

Question 4

Efik Myth

Answer 4

Creator of the World: Abassi

Question 5

Mayan Myth

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Native American Myth

Answer 6

Coyote Steals Fire for the People

Question 7

Beba People Myth

Answer 7

The bat and the sun

Question 8

Greek Afterlife

Answer 8

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- a beautiful paradise
Asphodel Fields- most people end up here because they are neither bad nor good
Fields of Mourning- People who suffered great love ended here
Tartarus- Souls that are especially bad end up here and are punished

Question 9

Egyptian Afterlife

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Common Connections

Answer 10

Souls are led to afterlife by a god
Souls are then judged in some way
There is a place for good souls and a place for bad souls

Question 11

Chinese Afterlife

Answer 11

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

Question 12

Magical earth dirt

Answer 12

Magical earth dirt

Question 13

Name the places you can end up in for Greek after life

Answer 13

Fields of Elysian- a beautiful paradise
Asphodel Fields- most people end up here because they are neither bad nor good
Fields of Mourning- People who suffered great love ended here
Tartarus- Souls that are especially bad end up here and are punished