Norse
Who is the king of the Norse gods?
Odin
Who is the father god of Egyptian Mythology?
Ra
What god is the god of the sea?
Poseidon
What is the common beginning among all of the creation myths we studied?
All come from nothing/blackness/chaos
What is Zeus's punishment of Sisyphus for escaping from death (twice!)?
Push a boulder up hill over and over, forever
Who is the Trickster god in Norse mythology?
Loki
Who is the fertility goddess in Egyptian mythology?
Isis
Who is the god of theater and wine?
Dionysus
In Norse mythology, where does the first being come from?
The melting ice
What happens to Egyptians who die with a heart heavier than a feather?
They no longer exist
Who is the first being created in Norse Mythology?
Ymir, the Giant
Why does Osiris have green/blue skin?
Because he died and became god of the Underworld
Who did Zeus and the gods defeat to become the leaders of the Universe?
Cronos and The Titans
What are the first two beings in Greek mythology?
Gaia (the Earth) and Eros (love)
What happens when Egyptians pass all of the tests of the underworld?
They go to the Valley of Reeds
What animal licked the salty ice to uncover Buri, the grandfather of the gods as well as Odin and his brothers?
Why does Ra ride his boat across the sky?
To explain the sun rising and setting
Pandora's Box releases all of the evil into the world. What positive thing does Pandora's Box release into the world?
Hope
What is the first god created in Egyptian Mythology?
Ra, who comes from a primeval mound as a lotus flower
How does Loki get punished for fooling the Dwarves into making gifts for the gods?
They sew up his lips so he can't trick others again
What do the gifts the Dwarves give the gods say about the Norse culture?
They are very warlike (spears, hammers, chariots)
How does Ra represent the Egyptian geography and climate?
Egypt is hot and mostly desert making the Sun very powerful for Egyptians
Why is sacrificing to the altar of Poseidon so important to the Greek people?
They are fishermen and seafaring people who live on islands
Why did Cronos eat all of his children?
He didn't want them to defeat him as prophesised
How does Odin gain the wisdom to dispense justice?
He plucks out his eye and drinks from the well of knowledge