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Crash Course World Mythology Episode 2: Creation Part 1

Last updated about 4 years ago

11 Nsɛmmisa

Question 1

00:45

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Question 2

01:26

2

Question 3

02:07

2

Question 4

03:24

1

Question 5

03:50

2

Question 6

05:51

2

Question 7

06:11

1

Question 8

08:31

1

Question 9

08:44

2

Question 10

10:12

1

Question 11

11:11

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1.

In Latin, the phrase “ ” is used to describe myths regarding creation as coming out of nothing.

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2.

The best-known version in the West comes from the . In this story, the main character is .

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3.

was part of an interconnected Mediterranean system, and one of its creation myths also posits a universe coming from .

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4.

What is meant by the phrase “chaos”, according to mythologist David Leeming?

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5.

Chaos is what we have a deity or deities roll up and provide .

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6.

If you’re living in an ancient society, and you try to think through something as big as the creation of the universe, you probably turn your thoughts to the vastest things you were aware of: the and the .

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7.

According to theories of , the idea that all life came from the sea is fairly accurate.

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8.

How does creation occur according to the myth from the Maya of Guatemala?

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9.

This myth is similar to the story of Genesis where gives names to all the animals and establishing humanity’s over all non-speaking creatures.

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10.

The also qualifies as a myth because it is a significant story with staying power.

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11.

Like all ex nihilo creation stories, this idea starts in a and gives us an event, one that seems to conjure from , heat from cold.