Unit 5 The Social Significance

False

Pagan myths are usually characterized by omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent deities.

False

The Chinese trace their ancestral line to the Avatar of Manu.

Powers of Nature

The I-Ching consisted of 8 trigrams that represented these

True

The Nuremberg Chronicle tells the history of the world based on the sacred myths in the Bible.

Polytheism

The belief in more than one god

True

Viking culture glorified battle.

True

When children play make-believe, they are often dramatizing myths and legends.

Egyptian

believed their leaders were the embodiment of a god

Tecucistecatl

city built around a myth

ethnogenesis

common ancestry

Primitive Myths

explain the natural world

Nectar

gave immortality to those who drink it

Valhalla

made up of spears and shields

Hawaii

origin of a volcano legend of a deity's bad temper

Nuremberg Chronicle

tells the history of the world through a biblical view

Aurora Borealis

the spirits of the dead playing football with a walrus skull

Japanese and Incan

these cultures' royal families were descendants of the sun deity

Monotheism

worship of a god who is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent

False

Bogeyman legends were created to frighten children.

Examples of Sacred Myths

Christianity, Buddhism, and Hinduism

Examples of Place and Object Myths

Constellations, Fountain of Youth, and The Holy Grail

False

Fu Xi and his sister were the only survivors after a great earthquake.

False

In monotheistic societies, the gods and goddesses often walk among men.

True

Myths and legends unite cultures by giving people a shared purpose and common belief.

True

"Place and Object" myths exist in monotheistic and polytheistic societies.