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1
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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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TOM: _______: Viracocha from the Tiahuanaco culture

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N&S America

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3
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TOM: _______: Gassier’s lute story

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Africa

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4
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TOM: _______: Humans were created from Kingu’s blood

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ME

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5
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TOM: _______: The Treta, Dvapara, and Kali Yugas are important

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FE&PI

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TOM: _______: There was a one hundred year flood

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FE&PI

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TOM: _______: Ginnungagap, Muspelheim, and NIflheim are named

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NE

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TOM: _______: In a story similar to the Cronus and Uranus story, Ea defeats Apsu

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ME

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TOM: _______: There is an explanation for why the sun travels quickly across the sky

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NE

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10
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TOM: _______: Manco Copa and Mama Ocllo Huaco are important

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N&S America

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TOM: _______: The story of Quetzalcoatl

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N&S America

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12
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TOM: _______: Ragnorak is the end of the world

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NE

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13
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TOM: _______: There is a weaving contest and a chameleon is the judge

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Africa

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TOM: _______: The god Dagda has the Cauldron of Plenty which feeds every person exactly what he or she deserves

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BI

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15
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TOM: _______: Brahma created everything from his own body

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FE&PI

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16
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TOM: _______: The ages of humans: 1st race of Ladhra, 2nd race of Partholon, 3rd race of Nemed

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BI

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17
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TOM: _______: Mjollner is the name of a famous hammer

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NE

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18
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TOM: _______: King Nuado had to give up his throne because he lost his arm in battle, but the arm was later restored so he got his throne back

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BI

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TOM: _______: Obatala created earth and humans (some of whom were deformed because he drank wine while creating them)

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Africa

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TOM: _______: Includes the Mother Earth goddess Eriu

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BI

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21
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TOM: _______: Puts forth the idea of reincarnation

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FE&PI

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22
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TOM: _______: There is a war between a creator (Tiamet) and her offspring (Marduk) - similar to the Titanomachia

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ME

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23
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TOM: _______: Includes magic (red paste on lips as protection), the Tablet of Destinies, and a band of eleven demons

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ME

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24
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TOM: _______: gods create a gold chain to reach from the heavens to the waters below

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Africa

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TOM: _______: Humans are created from the armpit sweat of Ymir

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NE

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26
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TOM: _______: Ayar Cachi, Ayar Ucho, and Ayar Manco establish the city of Cuzco

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N&S America

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TOM: _______: A goddess, Coatlicue “sweeps” the heavens twice a day, causing both day and night

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N&S America

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TOM: _______: A race of giants called the Fomorians are the enemy

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BI

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29
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TOM: _______: The great goddess is Mawu; her sons are Sagbata and Sogbo

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Africa

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30
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TOM: _______: A cow named Audhumla licked a salty block of ice and created the gods

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NE

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TOM: _______: Each great age is 4,320,000 years, and the ages that make it up last for 1,728,000 years

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FE&PI

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32
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TOM: _______: A year-end festival on the night before Samain is what we now celebrate as Halloween

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BI

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33
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TOM: _______: Includes a story of a roadway, that humans see as a rainbow, between Asgard and the earth

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NE

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34
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TOM: _______: The hundreds of Yoruba gods take human form and enjoy spending time with the humans

35
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TOM: _______: Includes explanations for hurricanes, cyclones, and the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers

36
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TOM: _______: A god’s enemy/alter ego caused humans to sing themselves to death

A

N&S America

37
Q

What is the main creation epic for the Babylonian/Sumerian culture (ME Mgroup)?

A

Enuma elish

38
Q

The mythogy of Northern Europe is called Norse or ?

39
Q

Name one of two heroes found in the British Isles’ mythology:

A

1-King Arthur

2-Beowulf

40
Q

What is the translated name for the Lebor Gahala Erenn?

A

Irish Book of Conquests

41
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What is the name of the creation myth for Hindu mythology?

A

The Ramayana

42
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What is the title of the oldest recorded literature in the world?

A

Epic of Gilgamesh

43
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TOM: _______: associated with Ra, Osiris, and Isis

44
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TOM: _______: associated with Indra, Vishnu, and Brahma

45
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TOM: _______: also called Celtic mythology

46
Q

The writings for the Babylonian and Sumerian mythologies were found in a style called ?

47
Q

What is the name of the Mother Earth goddess for Middle Eastern mythology?

48
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What is the Mother Earth goddess for the British Isles mythology ?

49
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TOM: _______: associated with Druids and Stonehenge

50
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TOM: _______: associated with New Zealand, India, and the Polynesian Islands

51
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TOM: _______: associated with the Myth of Siguard

52
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TOM: _______: associated with Ra, Shu, and Tefnut

53
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TOM: _______: also refered to as Germanic mythology

54
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TOM: _______: associated with the Ramayana

55
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TOM: _______: associated with the Prose Edda (Younger Edda) and the Poetic Edda (Elder Edda)

56
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TOM: _______: emphasized blood sacrifices and often cannibalism

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N&S America

57
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TOM: _______: emphasized a belief in reincarnation

58
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TOM: _______: associated with Pontus and Ourea

59
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TOM: _______: often monotheistic

60
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TOM: _______: associated with the oldest recorded literature in the world

61
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TOM: _______: associated with Loki, Balder, and Odin

62
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TOM: _______: was found in Southwest Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Wales, and Scotland

63
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TOM: _______: includes some gods/goddesses who are zoomorphic

64
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TOM: _______: associated with the Mahabharata

65
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TOM: _______: associated with Hesiod and Apollodorus

66
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TOM: _______: includes stories from the Yoruba and Bantu tribes

67
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TOM: _______: associated with Marduk, Ea, and Tiamet

68
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TOM: _______: associated with the hero Siguard

69
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TOM: _______: associated with Lebor Gabala Erenn

70
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What word associated with African mythology means that the tribes recognized that other tribes worshipped gods different from their own?

A

henotheism

71
Q

Who was the author of the Ramayana?

72
Q

Who was the god of the sky in Babylonian mythology?

73
Q

What was the name of Odin’s hall that was located in Asgard?

74
Q

With which particular country is the Kotan Utunnai associated?

75
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TOM: _______: associated with the The Great Ennead

76
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TOM: _______: associated with Valhalla and Odin

77
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TOM: _______: associated with the heroes Beowulf and King Arthur

78
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TOM: _______: associated with The Kotan Utannai

79
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TOM: _______: associated with a trickster

80
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TOM: _______: associated with the gods/goddesses Apsu, Anu, and Tiamet

81
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TOM: _______: associated with the gods/goddesses Dagda, Danu, and Lug

82
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TOM: _______: associated with The Enuma elish

83
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TOM: _______: associated with the gods/goddesses Frigg, Balder, and Loki

84
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TOM: _______: associated with the gods/goddesses Brahma and Shiva

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