CLT3378 01 Ancient Mythology East and West Spring 2015 II Review Questions The following questions are meant to aid you in thinking about the material for the exam 1 Compare the stories of the heroes Gilgamesh Buluqiya and Beowulf o Buluqiya and Gilgamesh Both have friends who die Buluqiya searches from ring ticket to fountain of life gets immortality Gilgamesh searches for immortality best things humans can hope for is metaphorical immortality Buluqiya has to cross 7 seas Gilgamesh the edge of the earth Have a tree guarding giant Gilgamesh sees light at the end of darkness gemstones Buliqiya sees a landscape full of gemstones Both have to go to and underworld type of places Gilgamesh mt mashu upnatpistum Buliqiya queen yamlinka underground realm Tyringto get a magic plant Queen Yamlika in the tale of buluquya can be seen as a combination of two character from the epic of Gilgamesh Answer Siduri utnapisthim Siduri female figure who gave directions tells Gilgamesh find Ursinabi Utnapistim give hero magic plant How is each hero both similar to and different from each of the other heroes o Gilgamesh created by Belit ili o Buluqiya Bilgames Sumerian o Beowulf Geat goes to Danes Helping out Hrothgar What is the relationship between each of these heroes and their respective second selves o Gilgamesh Enkidu is like him just as strong and friends o Buliqiya Affan is guide o Beowulf Wiglaf helps bewulf What happens to the hero and what happens to the second self in each story o Gilgamesh Gilgamesh and Enkidu both die Enkidu becomes more civil and Gilgamesh becomes more animalistic o Buliqiya Affan dies from taking ring o Beowulf Both die What is each hero seeking o Gilgamesh immortality o Buuqiya search for ring become god like o Beowulf kill Grendel How is each hero s search different o Gilgamesh search for Utnapishtim has to fight humbaba and bull of heaven Ishtar wants his dick Mashu guarded by scorpion men Urshanabi ferryman across sea Wife of utnapishtom says plant restores youth o Buuqiya Isle of Seven Seas Get Affan as guide Gets plants not ring Isle of first sea covered with gemstones Fruit tree guarded by giant Tomb of Sulaiman Affan takes ring from body Buliqiya protects with spell Affan turns into dust o Bewoulf Grendel Grendel s mother dragon What is the personality of each hero o Gilgamesh arrogant o Buluqiya determined o Beowulf couragous What is the role of the gods in each of the hero stories Gilgamesh Buluqiya and Beowulf o Gilgamesh mortal humans o Buluqiya mortal humans o Beowulf praise after death o Gilgamesh dies o Buluqiya Affan dies o Beowulf dies What effect do the actions of the gods have on the lives of the heroes in question How does the monotheism Islam of the author of the Tale of Buluqiya affect the way that author portrays the involvement of the gods or lack thereof in his work o Buluqiya No help from gods How does the monotheism Christianity of the author of Beowulf affect the way that author portrays the involvement of the gods or lack thereof in his work o Beowulf no help from gods Distinguish between the events of the Tale of Buluqiya which we did read and the events of the frame narrative of the Thousand and One Nights which we did NOT read the frame narrative features Shahriar and Scheherazade o The Thousand and One Nights frame narrative Shahriar s The sultan s wife comits adultery Killed Then Shahriar marries virgin fucks her and kills her Viziers daughter Scheherazed volunteers to marry to stop murders Tells only part of story to stay alive Sultan humanized and pardoms Scheherazade Compare the beginning of creation in Vedic Norse and Egyptian accounts 2 3 4 o Vedic account primordial waters Creator god arises from primordial waters Creates waters Seperates earth and sky Creates earth and sky Purusha cosmic giant Dismembered by creater god Creates earth sky gods humans animals Aditi female creative force gives birth to earth which bears sky Sun found in water o Norse account in the beginning the void ginnungagap Niflheim cold in north Muspell fiery in south Ymir s body sky skull earth flesh mountains bones sea blood eyelashes fortress around Midgard Midgard middle enclosure humans Asgard sir enclosure Utgard outer enclosure giants IX Odin brothers create humans from trees ask ash Embla elm create Asgard home of sir o Egyptian Account Sun and creation Re creatr god Re s eye humans Heliopolitan In the beginning nu nun Waters of chaos Mound rises from water Atum the all creation himself appears on mount He produced shu god of air tefnut goddess of moister Shu and tefnut mate Geb earth god Nut sky goddess Memphite Creation Ptah craftsman god Creates world through heart and tongue What is the first element of the cosmos water or something else in these What are the different processes that are used to bring about the creation of the accounts What is its significance o Vedic primordial water o Norse the void ginnungagap empty space o Egyptian waters of chaos Ptah creates world world o Is there a god or gods in charge of initiating creation o Vedic yes creates water o Norse nah The void o Egyptian Atum Creates Ptah creates creation How are they different o Similar different ways of creation o Different Norse no god creates How are these accounts similar in terms of their descriptions of the processes of 5 Compare and contrast myths about and ideas about the afterlife in Vedic Norse Egyptian and Mesopotamian accounts o Vedic o Norse Valhalla and Hel o Egyptian o Mesopotamian What happens to a person in these cultures once that person dies o Vedic Three Days after soma after cremation fire burns for 3 days because it would take your soul 3days to reach afterlife Some offered after the 3 days Soul travels path to death realm o Norse Valhalla if warrior died in battle Valkries would escort them to Valhalla and await Ragnarok Hel for souls not wariors o Egyptian fate determined o Mesopotamian demons gallas drag spirits gidim down To where does the soul of the deceased go o Vedic death realm in heavan o Norse Valhalla hall in asgard Hel Underworld realm below Asgard Midgard o Egyptian maybe duat egyptian underworld o Mesopotamian underworld Kurnugi land of no return Is there more than one possible place to which a soul may go o Vedic just death realm o Norse Vallhalla and Hel o Egyptian yes duat or cease to exist o Mesopotamian no What does the soul need to do if anything to reach its destination in the afterlife o Vedic pass two dogs 4 eyed o Norse Valhalla
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