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English-myths

QuestionAnswer
Name four myths where there is an all powerful creator Genesis, Apache, Egyptian, African Bushmen, Aborigine
Name two myths where there is a dual god Aztec, Egypt
Name six myths that have the creation of rivers and streams? Cherokee, Tlingit, Genesis, Norse, Aborigine, Apache
Name myths refer to the placement of the sun, moon, and stars? almost all of them
Name two myths that talk about of the separation of day and night? Genesis, Dreamtime
Name three myths where the number 7 is important Cherokee, Genesis, Muddle-Thick
How many days did it take God to create the world in Genesis? 6 days
What is cosmology? It is the study of the origin of the universe
Which myths do you think are sexist and why? Genesis- Eve gets blame for eating fruit and women are created from the rib of a man. Yin-Yang- Yin is represented as a cold, dark, feminine passage, while Yang is represented as warm, sunny, masculine passage.
Name three myths where the four directions are important? Aztec, Cherokee, Apache
Name three myths where birds are important? Huron, Tlingit, Cherokee
Name a myth and how the geography or topography of the region is created Cherokee- the buzzard flapped his wings to close to the ground creating mountains in Cherokee country
Name five myths where they specifically mention the underworld? Aztec, African Bushmen, Norse, Dreamtime, Cherokee, Japan
Name three myths where the sun is of great importance? Aborigine, Inca, Aztec, Dreamtime
Which myth do you like best and why? I liked the Cherokee creation myth the best, because it did not spend a lot of time focusing on the creation of humans, rather it spent more time on the sun and the Earth. Also it told a lot about how many things came to be
Name three myths where they mention the end of the world? Aztec, Norse, Cherokee
Name four myths that have divine twins? Inca, Huron, Iroquois, Egypt, Yin-Yang
Name a myth that mentions nocturnal animals? Cherokee
Name two myths that have humans disobeying? Genesis, African Bushmen, Aborigine
Name two myths that have floating islands? Cherokee, Iroquois, Japan, Huron, Norse
Name four myths that have sky vaults in them? Cherokee, Genesis, Yin-Yang, Apache
Offer an explanation for why there are different Chinese myths It is very big, its old and its diverse
What is one myth where they nickname their gods? Maori
Name five myths where trees are important? Iroquois, Cherokee, Genesis, Norse, African Bushmen
Which two myths build Earth on a turtle's back? Iroquois, Huron
Name four origin myths where the Earth is flat Norse, Cherokee, Apache, Japan
What do all myths have in common? they explain the creation of things and how things came to be
Which two myths have the creation of different kinds of people? Tlingit, Nu Gua
In which region of the world do the origin myths describe animals as the creators of the world? North America
Which myth sounds closest to the Big Bang Theory and why? Apache, because Creator appeared out of darkness, which was how the big bang happened. Also the first thing he created was the sun rather than the earth. and then the Earth was created later.
Which three myths have floods? Aztec, Apache, Norse,
In which five myths was there darkness in the beginning? Apache, Aztec, Maori, Egyptian, Norse
In which myths were things created by singing Apache, Dreamtime,
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