Creation Myths Test

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23 questions
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According to Hindu tradition, the world rests on the back of which animal?

Greek Creation Story

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Match the following terms from the Greek creation story.

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Love (has golden wings)
Ouranos/Uranus
The 100-handed, 50-headed monsters
Night/Nyx
The depths of the sea
Titans
Representations of the forces of Nature
Hecatonchires
The Father Sky/Heaven
Pontus
The one-eyed monsters
Eros
A darkness with substance and no light
Gaia (Ge)
Mother Earth
Erebus
The darkness of death
Cyclopes
A dark, abyss-like dungeon
Tartarus
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What did Kronos do to defeat his father?

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Who is the goddess of love and beauty, born from blood and semen mixing with sea foam?

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What did Rhea do to save her infant son, Zeus?

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What cycle reveals itself throughout the Greek creation myth?

Norse Creation Story

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Where do the first people live?

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Which did NOT exist at the beginning?

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Who is the father of all gaints?

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Who is killed to make the world?

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What feeds the eleven rivers?

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Who gave people will?

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Who is NOT a son of Bor?

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When will Surtr leave Muspell?

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The people were made from what?

Crash Course Videos

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Which of the following is an expression of the problem of infinite regress?

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Why did the ancient peoples create myths?

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Which phenomenon is explained in the Demeter myth?

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Why is mythology a complicated area of study? (Select ALL appropriate answers.)

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What archetype can be seen in the relationship between Tiamat and her children in the Babylonian creation myth?

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In the Chinese creation myth, P'an Ku is a...

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When P'an Ku died, what happened?

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Bonus: Draw the world turtle.