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Mythology 350
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Undergraduate 3
10/16/2011

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Muses
Definition
Greek authors pray to these daughters of Zeus for inspiration
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Hesiod's Chaos
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A gap or void
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Earth (Hesiod's)
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Gaia
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Heaven (Hesiod's)
Definition
Ouranos
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Parents of Zeus
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Kronos & Rhea
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Parents of 100-armed creatures
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Ouranos & Gaia
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Cut off his father's genitals
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Kronos
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Born from the blood of the genitals
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Aphrodite
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One-eyed creatures
Definition
Cyclopes
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metaphysics
Definition
This part of philosophy goes beyond physics to study the nature and meaning of human life
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aetiology
Definition
Explaining the origin or cause of a custom or a fact of the physical universe
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paratactic storytelling
Definition
Ideas, one after the other, without showing the temporal or logical connections between them.
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syntactic storytelling
Definition
Includes logical connections and temporal indicators
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Nkuba
Definition
God of lightening (Mwindo)
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Tubondo
Definition
Mwindo's village
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Shenwindo
Definition
Mwindo's father
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Musia
Definition
A god of the underworld (Mwindo)
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Iyangura
Definition
Mwindo's aunt
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Kahindo
Definition
Spirit of good fortune and daughter of Musia
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Nyamwindo
Definition
Mwindo's mother
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Sheburungu
Definition
The creator god
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Dragon
Definition
Killed by Mwindo
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Mukiti
Definition
Water serpent
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The suppliants come to Oedipus because
Definition
there is a plague in the city
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Who consults the oracle of Apollo at Delphi?
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Kreon
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Who is the blind prophet?
Definition
Teiresias
Term
Oedipus accuses who and who of conspiring against him?
Definition
Kreon and Teiresias
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Oedipus promises what to the murderer of Laios?
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Exile
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Who first put the clues together and realized that Oedipus killed Laios
Definition
Jocasta
Term
Oedipus left Corinth because
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He was exiled
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After Oedipus' crimes are revealed, the Chorus
Definition
feels sympathy for him
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Kausalya (Ramayana)
Definition
mother of Rama
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Lakshmana
Definition
was the brother who lived in the forest with Rama
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Jatayu
Definition
was the eagle who watched over Sita
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Ravana
Definition
kidnapped Sita
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Hanuman
Definition
was the first person to find and speak to Sita
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A signet ring
Definition
was the sign Rama sent to convince Sita that he had sent a representative to find her.
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Kaikey
Definition
was the wife of Dasaratha who made him keep two promises
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Lanka
Definition
was the city in which Sita was held and from which she was rescued.
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Ayodhya
Definition
was the city ruled by Dasaratha and, later, his sons
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Bharata
Definition
ruled while Rama was in exile in the forest
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Why did the gods create Enkidu?
Definition
Gilgamesh was abusing his power as king and needed an equal
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Enkidu was "civilized" by
Definition
the harlot
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When Gilgamesh dreamed of the meteor falling down from heaven, he went to who?
Definition
Ninsun
Term
After befriending Enkidu, Gilgamesh's first quest is to
Definition
Kill Humbaba
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Gilgamesh refuses the advances of
Definition
Ishtar
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As Enkidu lies dying, he curses
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The people and things that led him away from being a child
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After Enkidu's death, Gilgamesh seeks
Definition
Utnapishtim
Term
Who warns Utnapishtim of the flood by speaking to his house?
Definition
Ea
Term
Even though Gilgamesh fails at his quest to remain awake, Utnapishtim gives him
Definition
The secret of where to find the plant of youth
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Gilgamesh is mortal because he is
Definition
1/3 Man
Term
Deucalion and Pyrrha seek the oracle of
Definition
Themis
Term
The rainbow can be seen as an
Definition
aetiological insight
Term
the gods (or God) plan the survival of humans in the work of
Definition
Genesis
Term
The rivers are summoned to rise by
Definition
Neptune
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Bones made of stones are the source of human strength can be seen as an
Definition
aetiological insight
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God offers a covenant because
Definition
Noah offers a sacrifice
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Lycaeon is changed into a
Definition
wolf
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The gods are saddened by the destruction of the human race because
Definition
They will miss human sacrifices
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After the flood, God gives humans the right
Definition
to eat meat
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At the time of the flood, Noah was
Definition
600 years old
Term
Who took pity on the people who were living in the fourth world (Zuni)
Definition
The Sun
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Itsumawe means what?
Definition
Magical powers in the earth that multiplies things
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The bow priests cut the what of the people?
Definition
Mouths, anus, horns, tails, and webbed fingers
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What world are the blue-headed creatures members of? (Navaho)
Definition
Blue Swallow People/Blue world
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In the Navaho creation story, people are often referred to as
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Locusts/insects
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In the Ugandan creation story, the first man is named
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Kintu
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Warumbe brings what to the people?
Definition
Death and disease
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In the Nigerian creation story, what creature does the sky tell how to defeat death?
Definition
A worm
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In the Nigerian myth, by what animal are the people deceived?
Definition
A lizard
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