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Myth Worksheet 1
MYTHOLOGY WORKSHEET
EGYPT“Osiris, Isis, and Horus” - creation
Nut
Re
Geb
Thoth
Osiris
Horus, the Elder
Set
Nephthys
Isis
Horus
SUMER/BABYLON/MESOPOTAMIA
“The Enuma Elish” - creation
Father Apsu
Mother Tiamat
Son Mummu
Anu, Ea, Marduk
Kingu
“Telepinu” -fertility
“The Epic of Gilgamesh” - hero
Gilgamesh
Enkidu
Ishtar
Utanapishtim
Sidduri,
PERSIA
"Esfandyar, the Prince Who Would Be King" – hero
Esfandyar
Bahman
Goshtasp
Rostam/Tahamtan
Arjasp
Ahriman
Ahurumazada (Armazd)
AFRICA
“The Creation of the Universe and Ife” - creation
Olorun
Olukun
Obatala
Orunmila
"The Origin of Life and Fire" – creation
Bumba
Tsetse
"The Quarrel Between Sagbata and Sogbo" – fertility
Great Goddess Mawu
Sagbata
Sogbo
“Gassire’s Lute” - hero
Wagadu
Gassire
"Bakaridjan Kone" -hero
Bakaridjan Kone
Simbalan
King of Segu Da Monzon
morikes
water-jinn Bilissi
Aminata
djeli
INDIA
“The Creation, Death, and Rebirth of the Universe” -creation
Maha Yuga (Krita Yuga, Treta Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, Kali Yuga)
Vishnu
Vishnu as Shiva-Rudra
Vishnu as Brahma
“The Ramayana” -hero
Rama
Sita
Bharata, Dasa-Ratha, Lakshmana
Ravana
Hanuman
Valmiki
dharma
CHINA
“The Creation of the Universe and Human Beings” - creation
Yin and Yang
Mother Goddesss Nu Kua
P'An Ku
“Chi Li Slays the Serpent” - hero
Tan Li
Chi Li
The Yung serpent
JAPAN
“Amaterasu” - fertility
Amaterasu
Susano-o-no-Mikoto
“Kotan Utunnai” - hero
Yaunkur heroic youth
Older Sister, a Repunkur maiden
Dangling Nose, evil Repunkur warrior
Shipish-un-kur
Shipish-un-mat
POLYNESIA“The Creation of the Universe and Gods”
"The Creation of Human Beings" - creation
Father Rangi
Mother Papa
Tu,Tawhiri,Rongo,Tangaroa,Haumia
Tane
Hine Ahu One, Earth-Maiden
Hine Titama, Dawn-Maiden
“The Creation of New Zealand” - creation
Taranga
Makea
Maui
“The Taming of the Sun” - hero
Maui
Maui’s mother
Maui’s grandmother
The sun
SOUTH AMERICA
Peru
“The Creation” - creation
Lord Con Ticci Viracocha
Cuzco
“The Children of the Sun” - hero
Father sun
Manco Capac
Mama Ocllo Huaco
Venezuela
“Wanadi, the Creator” – creation
Sky Wanadi, the Creator
Wanadi I, the wise
Wanadi II
the Huehanna (egg of people)
Irakaru, Wanadi II's nephew
Wanadi III, house wanadi
Odosha
The Maya“The Creation” - creation
The Popol Vuh
The Creators
mud people/wooden people/monkeys
cornmeal people
The four First Fathers
The Aztec
“The Creation Cycle/The Five Worlds and Their Suns/The Creation of the Earth/The Creation of Human Beings/ The Creation of Music” – creation
Five worlds
the fifth sun
Nanautzin
monstrous goddess
Quetzalcoatl
Tezcatlipoca
"Quetzalcoatl" - hero
Sun
Coatlicue
Quetzalcaotl
Tezcatlipoca
NORTH AMERICA
The Navajo
“The Emergence” - creation
Black world, blue world, yellow world, black and white world, 5th world
First People
First Man, First Woman, First Girl, First Boy
Coyote
Water Monster
Spider
Turkey
The Crow (Sioux)
"Lodge Boy and Thrown Away" –hero
twins
The Iroquois
"The Woman Who Fell from the Sky" – creation
Sky People
Atahensic
animal raft
Earth Woman
Good Twin
Evil Twin
Great Island
First Man and First Woman
The Haida, Tsimshian, and Tlingit
"Raven and the Sources of Light" – fertility
Grandfather, chief
Raven
The Inuit
“Sedna” – creation
Bird-man
Sedna’s father
Sedna
The Micmacs
"Caught by a Hair-String" – hero
old woman
lazy and unattractive young man
chief's son
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