European Myth
The structure that Icarus's father was asked to construct and the creature to be housed inside it.
What is a Labyrinth and what is a Minotaur?
The special gift given to humanity in Popol Vuh and the reason why it was taken away.
What is the gift of sight and what is humans were too much like the gods?
This Mesopotamian King is 2/3 God and 1/3 Mortal.
Who is Gilgamesh?
The author of the Annalects.
Who is Confucius?
In Genesis, god floods the earth for this reason.
What is humanity's sinfulness and depravity?
The first mortal woman, created as a punishment- released this into the world.
Who is Pandora and what is everything evil?
The 4 humans in Popol Vuh (3rd attempt at humanity) are made out of this material.
What is cornmeal/maize?
The number of days it took to create the earth and the number of days that God rested in Genesis.
What is 6 days or creation and 1 day of rest?
The author of The Tao Te Ching.
Who is Lao Tzu?
In the Epic of Gilgamesh, this person was the only one to survive the flood.
Who is Utnapishtim?
What is fire and how read and write, to build houses and sailing ships, and to tame wild animals.
The first two attempts at humanity at in Popol Vuh are made out of these materials.
The tree that Adam and Eve ate from even though they were instructed not to.
What is the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil?
The school of Philosophy that the Analects inspired.
What is Confucianism?
In Genesis, this person and his family was the only one chosen to survive the flood.
Who is Noah?
What is swallow them?
This god volunteered to be a sacrifice when his bullies manipulated him in to it?
Who is the Poor God?
The curses/punishments given to Adam, Eve, and the serpent.
What is hard labor for Adam, pain in childbirth for Eve, and crawling on its belly for the serpant?
The school of philosophy that the Tao Te Ching inspired.
What is Taoism?
Utnapishtim's reward/gift from the gods.
What is eternal life?
This Norse god guards this bridge between Asgard and Midgard
Who is Heimdall and what is the The Bifröst?
The act that the Gods had to commit in the Aztec creation myth in order to create the sun.
What is throw themselves into a bonfire?
Gilgamesh reacts to Enkidu's death in this way.
What is total despair, grief, and an existential wrestle with his own mortality?
The Four Noble Truths come from this religion.
What is Buddhism?
These are the two sources from which the flood waters came in Genesis.
What is rain and water pockets beneath earth's surface?