creation myth 1

Which goddess sprung fully formed from her father's forehead?

• Athena

• Tiamat

• Aphrodite

• Eve

A ______________ version of a myth is one that is rewritten by an individual who uses it to express personal perspectives and experiences.

• Working

• Rationalized

• Literary

• Popular

According to Hesiod, "Chaos was first of all, but next appeared . . . "

• Tartarus

• Night

• Day

• Earth

The term for a deity who is involved with human life is:

• Transcendent

• Immanent

• Paratactic

• Anthropomorphic

In Enuma Elish, human beings are created primarily to 

• be caretakers of the newly created earth

• worship Marduk as their creator and lord

• become caretakers for all of the gods' temples

• demonstrate Marduk's mighty power

demonstrate Marduk's mighty power

• God creates human only reluctantly

• there is no account of God's creating humans

• God creates Adam, and then Eve from Adam

• God creates male and female humans simultaneously

Tiamat set out to destroy her grandchildren because

• they were too noisy/loud

• avenge Apsu

• Adopted evil for the gods who begot them

• she was murderous

The fact that Snorri presents six different creation stories without much logical connection is an example of

• rationalization

• syntactical composition

• parataxis

• immanence

At Ragnarok, Fenrir the wolf will devour:

• Odin

• Thor

• Midgard Serpent

• Tyr

The Greeks blamed ________________ for the existence of evil and illness on earth.

• Pandora

• Hera

• Epimetheus

• Persephone