Mythology!!! Flashcards
(20 cards)
What are the purposes of myths?
1) A story that people create in order to help explain why things are the way they are
2) Teach a lesson or a moral
3) Reflect the culture they come from
Types of myths that exist
1) Origins of the Earth
2) Origins of Humans
3) Origin of Evil
4) Myths about Gods and Mortals
In Sumerian Myth who is the created of the world?
Enlil the god of air
Efik myth
1) who was the creator of the world
1) Abassi
Mayan myth
1) who is the creator of the world
1) Plumed Serpent and Heart of the Sky
What happens in the Native American myth?
1) The coyote steals fire for the people.
1) What is the story of Beba people myth?
1) The story of sun and bat
Who leads people to the underworld in Greek afterlife?
The god Hermes
What are the 4 places a soul could end up in Greek afterlife?
1) Fields of Elysian
2) Aspholde Fields
3) Fields of Mourning
4)Tartarus
What is the description of the Fields of Elysian?
It is a beautiful paradise.
How do you go to the Aspholde Fields?
Most people end up in the Aspholde fields because they are neither good or bad.
How do you end up in the Fields of Mourning?
Most people suffered great love ended up in the fields of Mourning.
How do you end up in Tartarus?
Souls that are especially bad end up here and are punished.
Which god lead people into the Egyptian Afterlife?
Anubis
What happens if they pass the test?
What are the first 3 steps to the Chinese afterlife?
1) Souls are escorted by local Earth god
2) Souls are then judged according to actions
3) Good souls get to choose either Golden Bridge or Silver Bridge
What are steps 4,5,and 6 in the Chinese afterlife?
1) Golden Bridge is ruled by Buddha and soul escapes from rebirth cycle
2) Silver Bridge is ruled by Jade Emperor and soul becomes a god
3) Bad souls go to be punished and are eventually reincarnated
Some common connections with all of the afterlife’s?
1) souls are led to afterlife by a god
2) souls are then judged in some way
3) there is a place for good souls and bad souls
In the Sumerian myth who is the source of the world?
Nammu and Anki
In the Sumerian myth who is the source of the world?
Nammu and Anki
