Myth 1-3

The Greek word Mythos means

• fairy tale

• story

• false

• true

Myths have these two qualifying characteristics:

• significance & staying power

• entertainment & significance

• many versions & validity

• validity & staying power

What is an etiological narrative?

• a religious text

• a folklore

• an origin story

• a scientific principle

Ex Nihilo means

• from the water

• end of the world

• out of nothing

• theogony

In mythology, what is chaos?

• everything being crazy

• the condition before creation

• death

• eternal life

In the creation myth from the Kono people of Guinea, the world is made from

• bones

• the sea

• the sky

• mud

What is unique about the Mayan creation myth?

• there are no animals involved

• there is a big bang

• they don't have one

• creation occurred multiple times

The Chinese creation myth of Phan Ku involves which TWO types of creation?

• cosmic egg

• world-parent

• castration

• vomiting

In the Boshongo Bantu creation myth, how does Mbombo create the world?

• sexual reproduction

• castration

• vomiting

• popping out of a cosmic egg

Which of these is a commonality in the Egyptian creation myth, Greek creation of Aphrodite, and also the Satapatha Brahmana?

• castration

• vomiting

• cosmic egg

• creation involving water