Myth Crash Course 1 & 2

Mythos is Greek for

• religion

• truth

• story

• folk

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Folklorists believe that proper myths only deal with

• gods and goddesses

• chaos

• fear

• creation of the world or universe

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Two characteristics of true myths are

• significance & staying power

• interpretation & significance

• staying power & credibility

• credibility & validity

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An Etiological Narrative is a(n)

• retelling of a myth

• origin story

• scientific myth

• animal story

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Ex Nihilo means

• previously negative

• no longer associated with death

• out of nothing

• from water

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In mythology, Chaos is

• primeval water

• the condition before creation

• when the gods are fighting

• from death

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According to the Kono myth of creation (Sa & the mud sea), what is the only constant in life?

• god

• mud

• truth

• death

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Which of these is NOT true of the Popul Vuh?

• The maker and the feathered serpent work together to create the world

• Creation occurs 4 times

• the first animals could speak

• The maker & serpent SPOKE the world into existence

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Which exists first in the Egyptian creation myth?

• man

• woman

• water

• sun

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Which two elements come together to form the world in the Popul Vuh?

• the land and sea

• heaven and hell

• male and female

• sea and sky

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