Archetypes and Duality
Patterns that repeat throughout different myths throughout the world are...
Archetypes
What is the name of a common Chinese symbol that shows light and dark as opposing, but connected forces?
Yin and Yang
A common hierarchical system found in Native American myths is that animals are ------ than humans
Equal to or more powerful than
What is the name of the Yoruba Creation Myth?
The Golden Chain Myth
What is the name of the trickster in Pacific Islander mythology?
Maui
The hierarchy between men and women in mythology is an example of...
Duality
How did P'an Ku separate the heavens and the earth?
By pushing the sky and earth apart and holding up the sky
In the Navajo Emergence Myth, what is the only living creature in the first world?
Insects and other crawling creatures
The orisha who created the land and human beings is named...
Obatala
Hindu mythology is considered living because...
Many living people still believe in the truth of these stories
Which archetype is considered both a creator and a destroyer of life?
The great goddess
Nu Kua created humans two different ways. Name one of the two.
Possible answers
-Sculpting them lovingly from clay
-Shaking drops of clay out of a rope
In the Navajo Emergence myth, human beings first live in...and all worlds after
The third, yellow world
The Yoruba creation myth is most similar to which of the four types of creation myth that we learned about?
Earth Diver
In Hindu mythology, the preserver is known as... while the destroyer is known as...
Vishnu and Shiva
The four psychological archetypes we learned about are...
Self, anima/animus, persona, and shadow
______ created all that was "dark and heavy." ______ created all that was "light and bright."
Yin/Yang
How is death created in the Iroquois, Earth Diver myth?
When Good Twin kills Evil Twin, his spirit then collects the souls of the dead
How did the orisha receive their powers?
Orunmila rained powers from the sky. The orisha were responsible for retrieving them.
The best example of the shadow archetype from Moana is...
Te Ka
What trickster did we read about from Native American mythologies?
Coyote
What did Chi Li use to distract the Yung Serpent before killing it?
Rice balls and a serpent hound
When translated, evil twin's name means...
Like Flint
The heavenly world in Yoruba mythology is known as ________. The tangible world is known as ________.
Heavenly world: Orun
Tangible world: Aye
Two well known epic poems from Hindu mythology are known as...
The Ramayana and the Mahabharata