Mythology Final Exam Vocab Section

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Process where different belief systems merge into a new one with shared attributes.

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syncretism

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A society built around farming and animals?

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agrarian

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Passing down cultural values, beliefs, and history through storytelling?

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oral tradition

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Repeated pattern in stories or character types.

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archetype

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Things existing before Creation in myth?

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primordial

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A character who invents or brings essential aspects of life and culture?

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culture hero

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Term for a religious system centered on one figure?

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cult

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Term for a family of gods in a culture?

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pantheon

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Second force at creation, often with corruption, sometimes as witness?

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demiurge

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Force guiding newly-dead souls to the afterlife

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psychopomp