CLT3378-08 Exam One Study GuideCultures We Have StudiedGreekRomanMesopotamian (Sumerians, Babylonians)Hebrew (Israelites)Egyptian (Memphites and Heliopolitans)VedicNorse (Scandinavians)Terms: be able to identify and define each of the following terms. Be sure you know what culture and/or work they are associated with. polytheism anthropomorphismbinaturalismsyncretismspheres of influenceparthenogenesisetiologyTitanomachyFive Races of Mantricksterculture heromisogynyFour Ages of ManGigantomachyBabylonian CaptivitymonolatrymonotheismfirmamentanthropocentriccosmocentricGarden of EdenTanakhThe TorahPharaohanthropomorphictheriomorphictherianthropicEnneadcuneiformreincarnationhenotheismtrimurtiGylfaginningValhallaAsgardMidgardUtgardYggdrasillMjollnirGinnungagapNiflheimMuspellBifrost BridgeGleipnirRagnarokXeniaMt. ParnassuscoracleMt. NimushMt. AraratberitEx Nihilodivine logosImportant Characters: be able to identify and articulate the significance of each character, as well as their role in the myth and why they are important.TitansCyclopesHundred-handersChaosGaiaTartarosErosOuranosCronosRheaZeusMetisTyphoeusPandoraPrometheusEpimetheusTiamatApsuEaAnuMardukKingu/QinguYaweh‘elohimAdam and EveHorusRe/RaApophisHathorSekhmetAtumPtahGebNutShuTefnutAgniSomaIndraPrajapatiThe Golden EmbryoPurushaÆsirVanirGiantsOdinSleipnirValkyriesThorLokiFenrirJormungand (Midgard Serpent)HelGylfi/GangleriYmirAsk and EmblaBaldrLycaonJupiter (Zeus)Neptune (Poseidon)DeucalionPyrrhaThemisAtrahasisEllilEnki/EaMami/NintuIlawelaUtnapishtimIshtarNoahWorks: know the culture to which each belongs and any agenda they may have had which accounts for their version of the myth as we read and analyzed it.TheogonyWorks and DaysMetamorphosesEnuma ElishGenesisRig VedaProse EddaAtrahasisEpic of GilgameshAuthors: be able to identify characters, story elements and assign the work to the appropriate culture as we discussed it in class.HesiodOvidSnorri SturlusunShort and Long Answer: Topics to Think AboutEtiologiesDifferences and similarities between creation mythsDifferences and similarities between flood mythsOrder vs. ChaosSuccessionTricksters (or Culture Heroes) and the roles they play in creation and destructionFormat of ExamPart 1: Fill in the Blank, 10 questions (2 points each, 20 points total)Part 2: Identification, 5 out of 10 questions (4 points each, 20 points total)Part 3: Short Answer, 4 out of 6 questions (10 points each, 40 points total)Part 4: Long Answer, 1 out of 2 questions (20 points
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