Creation story myth types and archetypes – Flashcards
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"And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life"
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earth dividing from genesis
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"And God said..."
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verbal creation from genesis
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"In the beginning...the earth was without form and void"
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creation ex nihilo from Genesis
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"In the beginning when the sky above had not been named..."
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creatio ex nihilo from Sumer
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man is created from Kingu's blood
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creatio ex deo from sumer
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"There was neither non-existence nor existence then..."
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creatio ex nihilo from india
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creation from Brahma's body (or many bodies)
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creatio ex deo from India
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"the creatures of the earth were developed by Brahma calling them forth by name..."
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verbal creation from india
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"In the beginning...one was Chaos...nothing had taken shape, all was a dark swirling confusion..." There was a shift from chaos to order
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creatio ex nihilo from china
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The world was created from P'an Ku's body
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creatio ex deo from china
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it is implied there is nothing until the "huge drop of milk"
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creatio ex nihilo from africa
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milk is a symbol for female reproduction. Could emphasize the importance of females as life-givers
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cosmic egg or primal mound from africa
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"the sky didn't exist and the earth had not yet awakened"
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creatio ex nihilo from mayan
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in God's dream the man and woman were inside egg "I break this egg and the woman is born and the man is born
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cosmic egg or primal mound from mayan
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"God created them with a song"
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verbal creation from mayan
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"In the beginning the earth was a bare plain. All was dark"
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creatio ex nihilo from Australian
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"All eternal ancestors slept ...until...they broke through the surface"
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earth dividing from Australian
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"I will sing this song...and the earth will crack wide open"
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verbal creation from Sioux
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"Then I'll sing a fourth song and stamp four times on the earth, and the earth will crack wide open. Water will come out of the cracks and cover the land."
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earth dividing from Sioux
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"In the beginning nothing existed - no earth, no sky, no moon, only darkness was everywhere"
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creatio ex nihilo from apache
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sweat mixed together and Creator rubbed his palms, from which fell a small round, brown ball ... With mighty pulls in each direction, the brown ball stretched to immeasurable size--it became the earth!
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creatio ex deo from Apache
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"Where is the sky?" he asked, and sang, "I am thinking, thinking, thinking what I shall create next." He sang four times, which was the magic number."
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verbal creation from Apache
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mythology
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an organized body of literature that encompasses the history, mores, beliefs, and values of a culture
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big T
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These are values, beliefs, mores (customs), and/or morals that one believes to be true, not easily proven; different for everyone
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little t
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these are facts, they are the same for everyone
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symbol of the branches of the tree
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future, celestial world, where am i going
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symbol of the tree trunk
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present temporal world, why am i here
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symbol of the roots
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past birthplace, where did i come from
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importance of "The mysterious"
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i dont understand the existence of god, nor where i am going, but that's OKAY. We don't wanna loose the mystery
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Main idea of "a note on myth"
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purpose of myth is much bigger, and if we get caught up in the historical accuracy, we miss what myth is trying to accomplish
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God is who created the world and set things into motion
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creator from genesis
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Adam and Eve. Adam was created first from dust and then Eve was created using one of Adam's ribs.
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first man and first woman from genesis
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Serpent who tempted Adam and Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil
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trickster from genesis
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the ocean and the sea set things into motion
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creator from Sumer
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"new gods disturbed the repose of older gods"
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trickster from Sumer
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Brahma creates and recreates the world many times
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creator from India
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Women - play hard to get Men-have to change to win a woman
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first man and first woman from India
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P'an Ku created the world, Nu-kua created the first man and first woman
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creator from China
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these forces came down to earth and fought, causing chaos
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Kung-Kungand Chu-jang are tricksters from Creation story China
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Doondardi created many things along with man Gueno who defeats death to bring order
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creators from Africa
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God created them (with a song)
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creator from Mayan
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Ungambikula "carved heads, bodies, legs, and arms out of the bundles"
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creator from Australia
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Creates the world three times and makes promise with rainbow
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creator from Sioux
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The creating power rides on his pipe bag when the flood appears
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flood hero from Sioux
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"The turtle broke the surface of the water and paddled to the Creating Power. "I got to the bottom!" the turtle cried. "I brought some earth ... Scooping mud from the turtle's feet and sides, the Creating Power ... spread it on the water to make a spot of dry land for himself"
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trickster from Sioux
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named "Creator"
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creator from Apache
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"Girl Without Parents led the gods out from the float ball onto the new earth. She took them upon her cloud...during the flood time on earth"
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flood hero from Apache
