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)

• Hindu: Arjuna, Krishna, Dhritarashtra, Sanjaya, Karma, Dharma
  
• Sumerian: Enki, Dilmun, Nintud, Isimud, Ninhursaja, Uttu, fox
• Yoruba: Olorun, Orunmila, Eshu, Agemo (the cameleon), orishas, divining tray, palm nuts, friendship
  
• Norse: Odin, Thor, Hrungnir, Mist Calf, Mjollnir, Magni, Groa, Golden Mane, Hone, Thafti, Valhalla, Jotunheim
  
• Aztec: Quetzalcoatl, nahual (Q's alter ego), sacred bones, Mictlantecuhtli, Oxomoco, Cipactonal, penance
  

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

• Ga: Anaanu, God, bees, python, leopard
• Yoruba: Ajapa, Aja, oba
• 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), Mjollnir, other gifts
  
• Greek: Zeus, Prometheus, Epimetheus, Athena, Pandora, box; also see Powell, Ch 5 (click here) (pay attention to the terms at the back of the chapters)
• Malaysian: Pa Pandir, Ma Andeh
  
• Haida: raven, old man, daughter, eagle
  

Female Divinities:

• Powell, Chapter 8:
• Key Names & Terms: Hestia, Aphrodite, Cypris, Hermaphroditus, Priapus, Pygmalion, Myrrha, Anchises, Artemis, Potnia Theron, Niobe, Orion, Actaeon, Athena, Arachne
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here
• Powell, Chapter 9:
• Key Names & Terms: Demeter, Persephone, Kore, Eleusinian Mysteries, Inanna, Dumuzi, Isis, Osiris, Cybele, Attis, Agdestis, Adonis
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here
• Leonard, Chapter 2: Key Names & Terms
• The Fire Goddess (Hawaiian): Pe-le, Lo-hi-au, Ho-po-e, Hi-i-aka
  
• White Buffalo Calf Woman (Brule Siouz): Standing Horn, Ptesan-wi, White Buffalo Calf Woman
  
• The Courtship of Inanna & Dumuzi (Sumerian): Inanna, Dumuzi, Nishubur
  
• A Taste of Earth (Vietnamese): Au Co, Dragon Prince (Lac Dragon)
  
• Kali Beheaded (Hindu): Kali
• Callisto & Arcas (Greek): Callisto, Arcas, Zeus, Hera, Artemis, the big dipper, the little dipper
  

Possible Essay Questions:

• Long Essay Questions: (400-500 words long)

• The charter theory does not "work" for all the trickster myths given in Leonard's chapter on tricksters. Determine and demonstrate what the hallmarks are of those it will work for and those it will not.
  

• Compare and contrast Athena and Ares based on the evidence in Powell. Don't forget that a good essay will not simply be a list of differences and similarities and will pay close attention to the actual myths presented in Powell (as opposed to his discussion of the deities).

• From the deities covered in the readings from Powell and Leonard in this unit, determine which one you would want to be and which you would not want to be. Make sure you
• give reasons based on the actual myths as presented in the chapters (as opposed to the discussions about the deities)
• choose one Greek deity and one non-Greek deity
• show sufficient insight into the character of the deities you choose (i.e. if this had been a question on the last exam, liking to throw thunderbolts would not have been a sufficient reason for choosing Zeus)