WS notes Flashcards by Jessie Denning

What are the 7 main groups of mythology?

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

N&S America

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TOM: _______: Gassier’s lute story

Africa

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

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

FE&PI

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TOM: _______: There was a one hundred year flood

FE&PI

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

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

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

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

N&S America

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TOM: _______: The story of Quetzalcoatl

N&S America

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TOM: _______: Ragnorak is the end of the world

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

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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TOM: _______: Brahma created everything from his own body

FE&PI

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

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

Africa

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TOM: _______: Includes the Mother Earth goddess Eriu

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TOM: _______: Puts forth the idea of reincarnation

FE&PI

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

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

Africa

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

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

N&S America

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

N&S America

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

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

Africa

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

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

FE&PI

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

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

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

Africa

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

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

N&S America

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

Enuma elish

The mythogy of Northern Europe is called Norse or ?

Teutonic

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

1-King Arthur | 2-Beowulf

What is the translated name for the Lebor Gahala Erenn?

Irish Book of Conquests

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

The Ramayana

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

Epic of Gilgamesh

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

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

FE&PI

TOM: _______: also called Celtic mythology

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

Cuneiform

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

Tiamet

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

Danu

TOM: _______: associated with Druids and Stonehenge

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

FE&PI

TOM: _______: associated with the Myth of Siguard

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

TOM: _______: also refered to as Germanic mythology

TOM: _______: associated with the Ramayana

FE&PI

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

TOM: _______: emphasized blood sacrifices and often cannibalism

N&S America

TOM: _______: emphasized a belief in reincarnation

FE&PI

TOM: _______: associated with Pontus and Ourea

G/R

TOM: _______: often monotheistic

Africa

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

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

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

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

TOM: _______: associated with the Mahabharata

FE&PI

TOM: _______: associated with Hesiod and Apollodorus

G/R

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

Africa

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

TOM: _______: associated with the hero Siguard

TOM: _______: associated with Lebor Gabala Erenn

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

henotheism

Who was the author of the Ramayana?

Valmiki

Who was the god of the sky in Babylonian mythology?

Anu

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

Valhalla

With which particular country is the Kotan Utunnai associated?

Japan

TOM: _______: associated with the The Great Ennead

TOM: _______: associated with Valhalla and Odin

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

TOM: _______: associated with The Kotan Utannai

FE&PI

TOM: _______: associated with a trickster

Africa

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

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

TOM: _______: associated with The Enuma elish

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

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

FE&PI