Greek Myth- Part One

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In the beginning, there was only ______, an empty void.

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In the beginning, there was only ______, an empty void.

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Gaea

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Chaos gave birth to ________, the earth

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mythology

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This is a story of unknown authorship that people told long ago in an attempt to answer a series of questions

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Accretion/ Conjunction

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Type of Creation Myth: creation is a result of the mingling of the four elements

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Secretion

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Type of Creation Myth: a result of divine emission like vomit, sweating, masturbation, etc.

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Sacrifice

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Type of Creation Myth: focus on creation as an offering of a God or some parts of the god's body to become part of the world.

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Division or Consummation

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Type of Creation Myth: a combination of two things, the rain of seeds into the land

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Earth Diver

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Type of Creation Myth: begins with God coming up with beings from what is found on the earth.

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Emergence

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Type of Creation Myth: Man appeared on earth without any explanation

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two creator

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Type of Creation Myth: result from the combined efforts of the conflict of two gods

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Deus Faber

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Type of Creation Myth: Emphasis is on the creator's creativity and talks about the complexity of life

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Ex Nihilo

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Type of Creation Myth: Creation of something out of nothing

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Cosmogony

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Major Type of Myth: It refers to the origin of the world in a neutral fashion

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Creation Myth

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Major Type of Myth: inplies a creator and something created

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Cosmogony

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Major Type of Myth: probably is the clearest expression of man's basic mythological propensity.

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cosmogony

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Major Type of Myth: speak of irreconcilable opposites (heaven and earth, light and darkness)

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Cosmogony

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Major Type of Myth: is usually immediately linked to the origin of man.

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creation of man

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What is the final or culminating act in the creation of man?

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First stage: world of gods; second stage: world of ancestors of man; third stage: the world of man

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What are the three stages of most cosmogonic traditions?

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Eschatology and Destruction

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Major Type of Myth: deal with the end.

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eschatology and destruction

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Major Type of Myth: opposite of cosmogony

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eschatology and destruction

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Major Type of Myth: the origin of death

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messianism and millenarianism

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In which types of myth is eschatology prevalent?

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eschatology and destruction

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Major Type of Myth: death is seen as a result of an error, as a punishment or simply because the creator decided the earth would get crowded otherwise.

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Messianic and Millenarian myths

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Major Type of Myth: center on prophetic leaders, often emphasise the return of the dead at the renewal to come

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Messianic and Millenarian myth

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Major Type of Myth: there is an expectation of a new heaven and a new earth

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Culture Heroes and Soteriological Myths

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Major Type of Myth: centered on a figure that brought techniques or technology to mankind

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Culture Hero

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He is not the person responsible for the creation but the one who completes the world and makes it fit for human life. He creates culture.

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culture hero or soteriological myth

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Major Type of Myth: this is implied in the Greek word soter ehcih can mean both saviour and preserver from ill health.

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Myth of time and eternity

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Major Type of Myth: the sky was seized as the very image of transendence

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Myth of time and eternity

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Major Type of Myth: the number four for the number of world ages figures most frequently.

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Myth of providence and destiny

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Major Type of Myth: linl between human activity and the stars

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Myth of providence and destiny

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Major Type of Myth: motifs between astrological calculations and devotional self-surrender

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Myth of providence and destiny

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Major Type of Myth: In some myths, divine supremacy is marked by a god's mastery over fate.

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Myths of rebirth and renewal

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Major Type of Myth: imply a conception of the world, nature, and man in terms of cyclic time.

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Myths of memory and forgetting

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Major Type of Myth: men claim to remember their prenatal existence

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Myth of memory and forgetting

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Major Type of Myth: suggests that the fundamental knowledge of the world, transcending ordinary consciousness, is not equally attainable by everyone

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Myths of high beings and celestial gods

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Major Type of Myth: a cardinal distinction exists between supreme being in polytheistic traditions and the great monotheistic systems.

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Myth of high beings and celestial gods

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Major Type of Myth: Supremacy refers to girst and foremost the perfection of a deity in himself.

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Confucius, Zoroaster, the Buddha, Moses, Jesus, Mani, and Muhammad

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Name 7 founders of great religions

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Myths concerning founders of religion and other religious figures

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Major Type of Myth: Information about them is couched in legendary terms that have many mythological features.

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Myths of kings and ascetics

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Major Type of Myth: mentions offerings to kings who were considered divine.

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The King in myths of king

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He mediates between the divine world and the world of man, representing each to the other.

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Myth of heroes and ascetics

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Major Type of Myth: an early and most conspicuous case of such apotheosis is that of Alexander the Great, who was called a god in his lifetime.

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Myth of transformation

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Major Type of Myth: concerns with initiation rites and other rites of passage.

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Myths of transformation

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Major Type of Myth: rites of passage are still performed as evidenced in ceremonies like circumcision, baptism, weddings and mortuary rites.