Goddesses
Greek goddess of the harvest
Demeter
This element of a wedding ceremony (think 3-tiers, with a topper) originated in ancient Rome, where it would be cracked over the bride's head to ensure luck and fertility.
Wedding cake
On what street is Bethel United Methodist Church in Lewes?
(West) Fourth Street
By Shakespeare:
Shall I compare thee to a _____?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.
summer's day
Greek goddess of victory (think "swoosh" in a modern-day brand)
In art history dating as far back as the 1600s, the depiction of *this smallish cute animal* in a work of wedding portraiture, for instance, suggested the newlywed couple’s hope for children. When shown in a landscape painting composition, ____ demonstrate a desire for a homestead to be blessed with children and for prosperity to overtake the owner’s land with blooming flowers and sprouting crops.
rabbits/bunnies
The beginning of Methodism was a group of four who called themselves the “holy club” at this prestigious British school.
Oxford
By Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and ___
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
height
In Ancient Aztec culture, Coyolxauhqui was the goddess of the:
a) moon
b) sun
c) earth
According to Mexica/Aztec mythology, Coyolxauhqui was the leader of her 400 brothers. She was the daughter of Coatlicue, "the one with the serpent skirt," and the sister of Huitzilopochtli, "the left-handed or southern hummingbird," the Mexica/Aztec god of war and main deity who would lead the Mexica people to Tenochtitlan, the promised land.
a) moon
frog
John Wesley coined a common saying. Over the years, he had serious theological differences with another popular pastor named George Whitefield. Though they both argued passionately, Wesley reflected on these differences in a memorial sermon for Whitefield by saying: “There are many doctrines of a less essential nature. … In these, we may think and let think; we may _____.’”
agree to disagree
The world's oldest love poem is The Love Song for Shu-Sin (c. 2000 BCE) composed in ancient ____ (think Fertile Crescent) for use in part of the sacred rites of fertility.
Mesopotamia
According to Native American traditions, the Sun and _____ willed all of the aspects of the world into being. Traditionally, *she* taught the Hopi how to spin and weave cotton. In many stories, *she* assists twin heroes in their adventures, makes medicine and magic, and gives advice. She is an underground spirit being of great power who is friendly to man. She provides corn and sometimes rain.
a) White Bead Woman
b) Spider Mother
c) Turkey Tailfeather Woman
d) White Buffalo Calf WomanSpider Woman (The Osage viewed the world of the living as a snare or trap, associated with the spider’s web and the surface of the earth. The spider is therefore symbolic of the holding or continuing of this life, which is released at death. The Osage custom of tattooing spiders on women’s hands continued until about A.D. 1900, and by 1960 there was only one surviving woman to have been tattooed in this ceremony.)
This tall flower traditionally symbolizes fertility.
Orchid
Also like other Protestant churches, Methodism traces its roots to Roman Catholicism. Methodists still accept the traditional statements of faith of the ancient Roman Catholic Church. They also accept two of the sacraments, or rituals, of the church. Which two?
Baptism and Holy Communion
"Cheek to Cheek" was written by this man, who also wrote "Putting on the Ritz" (His last name is a place in Germany)
Irving Berlin.
Jiutian Xuannu is the Chinese goddess of military and justice; who is the goddess of the sun?
a) Su Nu
b) Ma Gu
c) Xi He
d) Bixia Yuanjun
c) Xi He
To some tribes, this slow animal represents healing, wisdom, spirituality, health, and fertility. Some Native Americans believe that it contributed to creation because the it dove into the primeval waters to retrieve mud to create Mother Earth.
Turtle
What four elements of guidance to draw from are in the Methodist Quadrilateral?
Scripture, Tradition, Reason, and Experience (the personal experience of God's grace in their lives)
Woah, my love, my darling
I've hungered for your touch
A long, lonely time
And time goes by so slowly
And time can do so much
Are you still mine?
In what decade did the Righteous Brothers start performing?
1960s