Crash Course World Mythology #3: Cosmic Sexy Time, Eggs, Seeds, and Water
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10 questions
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The idea of something growing from a _______ is a logical analogy to _______ , but multiple _______ seem to be fertile.
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When a creator god is alone and presumably male, it suggests a _______ culture since creation occurs without a female presence.
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How is the story of Mbombo’s creation from the Boshongo Bantu people in Africa an example of this?
How is the story of Mbombo’s creation from the Boshongo Bantu people in Africa an example of this?
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Few myths involve more pain than the Greek creation story involving _______ .
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A number of cultures have creation myths that feature something called a _______ .
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In one Indian creation myth, found in the Satapatha Brahmana, the creator god, in this story called Prajapati, forms a cosmic egg after creating _______ . Out of which this egg come various creatures, but most importantly, the _______ and the rest of the _______ .
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There’s an early _______ creation story that’s similar to the one from India, in that it also has an egg.
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Describe the Chinese creation myth which combines the cosmic egg trope with a world-parent myth:
Describe the Chinese creation myth which combines the cosmic egg trope with a world-parent myth:
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World-parent myths are where a creator god brings the universe into being, through actual or metaphorical sexual _______, or as in this case, by being _______ into aspects of the known world.
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Often the world-parent is portrayed as _______ .