Class, here is the review sheet from the Fall of 2004 as an aid.

The Nature of Myth:

• go to Powell's web site (Ch. 1):  click here (pay attention to the terms at the back of the chapters)

Creation myths:

• basic questions for the initial creation (not applicable to all):
  
• Who are the original beings and what is the primary matter in the account?
• How or by what mechanism does creation occur?
• Who is the creator and what is the nature of the world that was created?
• How are the other deities created?
• What questions does the story answer and on what occasions is the story told or retold?
• basic questions for the creation of mortals (not applicable to all):
• Who is the creator of humans?
  
• How or by what mechanism does creation occur?
  
• Why are humans created (i.e. what role/purpose do they play in creation)?
  
• What questions does the story answer?
  
• know the following:
  
• Dogon: Amma, EarthMother, Jackal, Nummo, 8 ancestors
• Norse: Niflheim, Muspell, Ginnungagap, Ymir, Audulma, Buri, Odin, Vili, Ve, Ask, Embla, Yggdrasill
• Greek: go to Powell's web site for Ch 4 (click here) & Ch 5 (click here) (pay attention to the terms at the back of the chapters)
• Iroquois:  Sky woman, the sorcerer, Waterfowl, Beaver, Turtle, Sky woman's daughter, Bud, Sapling
• "Sumerian:" Ulligara & Zalgarra (Leonard) & go to Powell's web site for Ch 4 (click here) (pay attention to the terms at the back of the chapters)
• Hittite: go to Powell's web site for Ch 4 (click here) (pay attention to the terms at the back of the chapters)
• Hindu: Brahma, Narayan,
  
• Hebrew: Who are God, the physical world (in contrast to Sumerian), Adam, Eve,  & the Serpent, and what role do they play in the myth?

Myths of the Olympian Gods: Zeus and Hera

• go to Powell's web site (Ch 6): click here (pay attention to the terms at the back of the chapters)

Myths of the Olympian Gods: The Male Deities

• go to Powell's web site (Ch 7): click here (pay attention to the terms at the back of the chapters)

Myths of "The Male Divine" (Leonard & McClure, Ch. 4)

• Sumerian: Enki, Ninhursaja (the Anuna), fox
• Yoruba: Olorun, Orunmila, Eshu, Agemo (the cameleon), orishas
• Norse: Odin, Thor, Hrungnir, Mist Calf, Mjollnir, Magni, Groa

Myths of "The Trickster" (Leonard & McClure, Ch. 5)

• Yoruba: Ajapa, Aja
• Ga: Anaanu, God, bees, python, leopard
  
• Wasco: Coyote, grizzly bears, 5 wolves,
  
• Apache: Coyote, rosehips, crows,
  
• Iroquois: Coyote, Saucy Duckfeather, Magpie Woman
  
• Norse: Thor, Sif, Loki, dwarves (sons of Ivaldi), dwarves (Brokk & Eitri)
  
• Greek: Zeus, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Athena, Pandora, box
• Malaysian: Pa Pandir, Ma Andeh
  
• Haida: raven, old man, daughter, eagle
  

Possible Essay Questions:

Short Essay (150-200 words long)
1.  For two of the trickster myths which we went over in class (see list above), compare and contrast the moral implications of the two myths or the function they served in their respective societies.

2.  How modern does the morality in the Homeric Hymn to Hermes (Powell, Ch. 7) seem?

Long Essay (300-400 words long)
1. Some of the myths we have studied seem to agree with Malinowski's theory and some do not (in fact they seem to agree more with Hecataeus). Why? In your answer focus on one creation myth, one male deity myth, and one trickster myth.

2. While myths may often tell us much about the parameters of a society, and in particular about how fathers should relate to their children. Discuss for three different cultures, making sure you choose myths from the three different categories we have discussed so far (i.e. creation myths, male divine, tricksters).