Creator Gods
Themes of Creation
How We're Made!
Name that Myth
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100
This Norse god and his two brothers created humans out of the Ash and Elm trees.
Who is Odin?
100
A deity typically associated with land, fertility, serpents, and creation.
What is a Mother Goddess?
100
In China, Nua Kua the mother goddess created regular humans from mud, and Aristocrats from this material.
What is Yellow Clay?
100
In this myth, the Olympian Zeus overthrows his father Cronos as King of the Heavens
What is Hesiod's Theogony?
100
This Indian Mother Goddess was birthed by and gave birth to her son at the same time.
Who is Aditi?
200
This Mesopotamian Mother Goddess did not care that her children were noisy and disturbing her sleep.
Who is Tiamat?
200
The order of creation of land, sea, and sky shared by Yoruba and Iroquois cultures.
What is Water Before Land?
200
In this Navajo tale, First Man and First Woman are formed from this material.
What is White and Yellow Corn?
200
In this culture's creation myths, the god Oduduwa forms the earth with a bag of sand, a five toed hen, five chameleons, and five-hundred chains.
What is the Yoruba culture?
200
This Mesopotamian creator god defeated Tiamat, goddess of the salt waters.
Who is Marduk?
300
This Chinese deity of creation is distinguished by the following aspects: Bright, hot, dry, light-weight, male.
What is Yang?
300
When natural phenomena (i.e. mountains) are made through the act of dismemberment. Shared in Mesopotamian and Greek creation myths.
What is Creation from the Bodies of Deities?
300
In the Popul Vuh the first humans were made from this material, but were too weak and could speak, but not think.
What is Mud?
300
In this myth, a council of gods creates humans from mud, wood, and cornmeal.
What is the Popul Vuh?
300
This Chinese deity was born in a cosmic egg and his body was used to create the world.
Who is P'an Ku?
400
These Iroquois gods each took one half of the world to create in as they wished and then had a race to settle which would be allowed to live.
Who are Good Twin and Evil Twin?
400
The result of insulting a deity, performing a ritual incorrectly, or not following the rules. Shared across Roman and Inca creation myths.
What is Punishment?
400
In Mesopotamian myth, human beings were created by Marduk out of this material.
What is the Blood and Bones of Quingu?
400
In this myth, a Chinese Mother goddess makes humans from yellow clay and mud.
What is Nu Kua, the Mother Creator?
400
This Inca creator god spoke human beings into existence.
Who is Viracocha?
500
This Yoruba god got drunk on palm wine before creating humans.
Who is Obatala?
500
Both Maya and Greek creation tales share this theme, frequently associated with punishment and warfare amongst the gods.
What is Violence?
500
In Hindu tradition, the Servant Caste was created from the feet of this deity.
Who is Purusha?
500
In this myth, King Gylfe travels in search of the home of the gods and knowledge of how the world was created.
What is the Prose Edda?
500
This Iroquois myth explains the origins of the Earth upon the back of a great turtle.
What is The Woman who Fell from the Sky?