Myth Worksheet Essay

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University of Phoenix Material Deities and Lesser Spirits Worksheet Choose one myth from each of the following myth categories: the Supreme Being, the Great Mother, the dying god, and the trickster. Answer the following questions: Supreme Being Myth |Myth: Prometheus |Religion or culture of origin: Greco-Roman | What are the characteristics of the Supreme Being? Helps humankind and a helper god How did the Supreme Being create humanity? Makes man stand upright like gods did and gave them fire. Great Mother Myth |Myth: Nut |Religion or culture of origin: Egypt | What are the characteristics of the Great Mother? She was a source of life and produced nourishment from her body. How did the Great Mother protect or look after humanity? Nut was the goddess of the sky and all heavenly bodies, a symbol of protecting the dead when they enter the afterlife. She is also the barrier separating the forces of chaos from the ordered cosmos in the world Dying God Myth |Myth: Attis |Religion or culture of origin: Phrygian | How did the god die? The story says that he castrated himself but doesn’t actually die. How did the god come back to life? He was reborn as the evergreen pine. Trickster Myth |Myth: Old Man Coyote |Religion or culture of origin: Shoshoni | What tricks does the trickster pull? The Old Coyote Man sneaks up to the young buffalo bull and pretends that he can no longer hear. He asks the young bull to make him young again and the bull agrees but refuses to give him any powers. When he grows into adulthood and old coyote

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