Background On Myth
What modern country/region did the Mayans live in?
Guatemala and Yucatan Peninsula
Around what year was the Popol Vuh created?
1555 (mid 1500s)
What is the name of the group of beings that were hiding in the water, before there was anything?
The Creators
Where is the epic "Enuma Elish" from
Babylon or modern day Iraq
What is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events?
Myth/folklore/fable
What country conquered the Mayans in the 1500's?
Spain
In what year did modern-day Americans think the Earth would end, based on the Mayan Calender?
2012
What is the correct order that the Creators made everything?
1) Earth/soil/mountains/trees/land
2) Deer/birds/animals
3) Humans/people/first fathers
4) Sun/light
Name the Egyptian god of the underworld
Osiris
What country/region/mythology does the god Zeus come from?
Greek
What epic is "The Creation" part of?
The Popol Vuh
What are some areas of study that the ancient Mayans studied?
Astronomy, pyramid building, mathematics, and hieroglyphics. (will accept at least 2 of these for full points)
What items did the Creators try to make beings from to worship and praise them?
First mud, then wood, finally corn/cornmeal dough
Name three ways of creation
Creation from dimemberment
Creation from divine emission
Sacrifice
Emergence
awakening
Conjunction of Primal Elements
What is the name of the two epics that were written by Homer?
The Illiad and The Odyssey
Who is the author of the Popol Vuh?
The author is anonymous
What religion heavily influenced the Popol Vuh, and where did that religion come from?
Christianity, Spanish missionaries from Spain/Europe
What four animals approached the Creators and told them to use corn?
The mountain cat, coyote, crow, and small parrot
Name 3 Middle Eastern myths.
Enuma Elish
Osiris, Isis and Horus
Gilgamesh
What mythological beast has the head of a man, the body of a lion, and the tail and feet of a dragon?
A Manticore
After disappearing for 150 years, where was the Spanish manuscript of the Popol Vuh found?
Library of the University of San Carlos in Guatemala City
What is the famous Mayan temples name, and what does it translate to?
KuKulkan, "The feathered serpent god"
What did the Creators do to the first fathers after they created them?
Decided they were too perfect, blew fog into their eyes to limit how far they can see, and to limit their knowledge
Who is the sky father in Norse Mythology
Odin
According to legend, what Hindu god died as Achilles did from an arrow shot into his heel?
Krishna