Creation Myths Test

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24 questions
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Match the following terms from the Greek creation story.

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
The Father Sky/Heaven
Ouranos/Uranus
The 100-handed, 50-headed monsters
Night/Nyx
The one-eyed monsters
Titans
A darkness with substance and no light
Hecatonchires
Representations of the forces of Nature
Pontus
The darkness of death
Eros
Mother Earth
Gaia (Ge)
Love (has golden wings)
Erebus
The depths of the sea
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?

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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?

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According to ancient Egyptian tradition, how did the the universe begin?

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What are Shu and Tefnet the god and goddess of?

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What problem was caused by Nut and Geb wanting to be together all the time?

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Why did the ancient peoples create myths?

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Which phenomenon is explained in the Demeter myth?

2

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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If you finish early, you can use this question to draw something from one of the creation myths.