Gorgon's head on a silver coin of Naples permission to use image granted

F11: CLA215, Mythology:   Review for Exam 2

The god Apollo on a gold coin of Syracuse image courtesy of Edgar L. Owen, #3803

Theories of Myth Interpretation: (Powell, Ch 24 in 6th edit; Ch 25 in 7th edit.)

• Key Names & Terms: rationalism, Xenophanes, Plato, Theagenes, Stoics, Plutarch, Euhemerus, Palaephatus, Neoplatonics, allegorical approaches (physical, etymological, historical, linguistic, metaphysical)
  
• go to Powell's web site: click here (pay attention to the terms at the back of the chapters)

Myths of the Olympian gods: The Male Deities (Powell, part of Ch 7 in 6th edit; Ch 8 in 7th edit)

• Key Names & Terms: Hephaestus, Ares, Hermes, caduceus, psychopompus, Pan
  
• 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, relatives/the masses, Sanjaya, terms: karma & dharma
  
• Yoruba: Olorun, Orunmila, Eshu, orishas
• Norse: Odin, Thor, Hrungnir, Mist Calf, Mjollnir, Magni, Groa, Golden Mane
  

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

• Ga: Anaanu, God, bees, python, leopard
  
• Yoruba: Ajapa, Aja, oba
• Wasco: Coyote, grizzly bears, 5 wolves, big dipper
  
• Apache Coyote, rosehips, crows, dead buffalo
  
• Iroquois: Coyote, Saucy Duckfeather, Magpie Woman,
  
• Blackfoot: Coyote Man, Coyote Woman. medicine bags
  
• Norse: Thor, Sif, Loki, dwarves (sons of Ivaldi), dwarves (Brokk & Eitri), Mjollnir, other gifts
  
• Greek: see Powell, Ch 5 (click here) (pay attention to the terms at the back of the chapters)

Myths of the Olympian gods: 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 (& class notes), Inanna, Dumuzi, Isis, Osiris, Cybele, Attis, Agdestis, Adonis
  
• sample questions at his web site: click here

Myths of the Female Divine, Leonard, Ch 3:

• 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
• A Taste of Earth (Vietnamese): Au Co, the Dragon Prince (Lac Dragon)
  

Possible Essay Question:

• Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter give us clues into ancient Greek society. Specifically, it gives us valuable information about the expectations, roles, and actions of both unmarried and married women. Discuss.
  

• How are the views about the expectations, roles, and actions of both married and unmarried women in both the Homeric Hymn to Aphrodite and the Homeric Hymn to Demeter still prevalent in the world today.

• Of the tricksters we studied in Leonard & McClure, Chapter 5, which one is most like Hermes (Powell, Ch 8) and which one is least like, and why? Don't forget to give good, pertinent examples for all three myths--those of Hermes and the two other tricksters.