Native American Mythology
The creation myth of this people is called the Dine' Bahane.
Who are the "Navajo people?"
According to Ovid, the gods decide to send a flood to destroy humanity because humans are ___________.
What is "sinful?"
The scriptures of the ancient Indian people are called the ______________.
What is the "Vedas?"
This person was killed and dragged around the walls of Troy.
Who is 'Hector?"
This is the key difference between the Norse Gods and the Greek Gods.
What is "the Norse Gods are not immortal?"
The boys in the Zuni emergence myth made __________ from brances of aspen, pine, spruce, and silver spruce.
What are "Prayersticks?"
This specific type of agreement between God and Noah is called a _______________.
What is "covenant?"
To understand Indian mythology, one has to understand this religion.
What is "Hinduism?"
This God or Goddess helped Archilles and fashioned a divine armor for him.
Who is "Hephaestus?"
This is the name of Thor's hammer.
What is the "Mjollnir?"
In the Hopi creation story, the sun and moon are created by _____________.
What is the "Water Spider?"
Although Ovid is retelling myths of the ancient Greeks, this flood story more likely comes from "this place" since it has a history of flooding and Greece did not.
What is "Mesopotamia?"
Name the three Gods that form part of the Hindu trinity.
Who are "Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva?"
The Trojans ignored this person's warning to beware of the Greeks even when they are bearing gifts.
Who is " Laocoon?"
This Norse character told all things in nature to swear an oath not to harm her son Balder.
Who is "Frigga?"
During the ritual in which the Holy People created humans, the ears of the corn wrapped in the buckskin were transformed to living humans via _________________.
What is "the blowing wind."
These two people throw stones behind them which become human beings.
Who are Deucalion and Pyrrha?
This Hindu god is the constructive destroyer a.k.a transformer.
Who is "Shiva?"
She watched her young son thrown over the walls of Troy by the Greeks.
Who is "Andromache?"
The Norse destruction story is collectively called _____________.
What is "Ragnarok?"
This particular theory by Ruth Benedict is important in studying mythology because it means reading mythological texts as part of developing an understanding of a group.
What is Cultural Relativism?
The Priestly writer describes the flood as resulting from the release of the firmament, a giant hemisphere which separated the waters. This type of explanation is called ____________.
What is "cosmology?"
This Goddess is Vishnu's wife (consort).
Who is "Lakshmi?"
This person was Achilles' close friend whose death caused Achilles to stay and fight the Trojans.
Who was " Patroclus?"
These two characters are responsible for the death of Balder.
Who are "Loki and Hod?"