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The Origins of Mythology
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- Q1What is the meaning of mythology in Greek?ancient stories of our culturestory of the peoplespoken story of the peoplestory of heroes and gods30s
- Q2Name two things that myths deal with.afterlife, unknown creatureshuman origins, war and peacehuman condition, magic and sorcerylife and death, good and evil30s
- Q3Myths express the beliefs and values of a certain ....................................cultureregioncountryreligion30s
- Q4Myths are linked to .......................................................superhuman beings who speak our languagesupernatural animals that protect uspeople who speak the same languageour ancestors and our origins30s
- Q5Myths can also explainthe origins of our ancient customs.how we can defeat evil.how we can control thunder and lightning storms.the technology we use today.30s
- Q6Demeter could not find her daughter Persephone becauseshe could not find the path to Hades.she had run away with Hades.she was hiding from her mother in the underworld of Hades.she had been hidden by Hades in the underworld.30s
- Q7While Demeter was grieving over the disappearance of her daughter, ..........................she failed to look after grains and the crops.there were droughts and famines.the people of the land also grieved with her.Zeus sent Hades to look for her.30s
- Q8Hades gets to keep Persephonefor half the year, when it is uncomfortable and cold.when it is summer time and warm.when her mother does not want her.when she wants to eat pomegranate seeds.30s
- Q9The ancient stories of Sumeria, Egypt, Phoenicia, China all talk about the story ofPersephone.the birth and death of great cities.the Biblical Book of Genesis.creation.30s
- Q10The figure of the Dying and Reviving God can be found in the Epic of Gilgamesh that belonged to ...........Phoenicia.Sumeria.Egypt.Greece.30s
- Q11Mythology tries to answer questions aboutthe reasons for human death.human existence.our search for food and drink.our great cities.30s
- Q12Myth often provided stories whichthe audience interpreted for themselves.difficult to believe.people were forced to believe.were untrue.30s
- Q13Our understanding of myths iswhat authority figures interpret for us.based on books written by experts.what our culture believes about them.our personal understanding of the values present in myths.30s
- Q14Modern readers still find the ancient myths interesting becausethey give us all the answers.they relate stories about gods and heroes.ancient writers knew how to make them suspenseful.they can be interpreted differently by different readers.30s