Creation myths

In the myth you read in the beginning there was...

• Water

• Nothingness

• Darkness

• An egg

In the myth you read, humans were made out of...

• Mud

• Clay

• A god gave birth to them

• Other

• My myth talked about the creation of other things, but not of humans.

In the myth you read, the earth was created...

• By a god/goddess

• From the body of a mythical creature

• The earth is a living mythical creature/god/goddess

• Other

What, according to the Greeks, existed before everything else?

• Titans

• Gaea

• Eros

• Chaos

Who did Gaea have monstrous children with?

• Uranus

• Cronus

• Zeus

• Tartarus

Gaea represents

• Earth

• The sea

• The skies

• Space

What is one of the purposes of a myth?

• to make people laugh

• to make people cry

• to explain a natural occurrence or phenomenon

• to sell lots of copies and make money.

What is another purpose for a myth?

• to explain the creation of the world or universe

• to tell a funny story about animals and people

• to scare readers

• to convince people of one specific belief

True or false:

Myths in some form exist in many different cultures around the world.

• true

• false

True or false:

Only one type of myth exists for one genre. For example, there is only one creation myth shared by all cultures.

• true

• false