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Divine Roles Across Cultures

Complete

Parts 1 and 2 below.

Part 1

Select

one common divine role that recurs in world mythology. Possible options of divine roles

include

the following

:

father

or

mother divinities, divinities of war, home

or

hearth divinities, divinities of love,

divinities of wisdom, divinities of medicine or health, divinities of the wind, divinities of agriculture,

divinities of the sky, ruler of all the gods, and so o

n.

Identify

the

role

and write it

in the

designated

box

on the

table.

Select

two myths, each from a different culture, in which the divine role appears. Identify the divinity

names and cultures

in

boxes

A and B.

Complete

the

table

by answering each o

f the five questions for both selected divinities

.

Role

Column A

Divinity Name:

Culture of Origin:

Column B

Divinity Name:

Culture of Origin:

1. How is this divinity portrayed?

Describe the divinity’s role within

the myth.

2.

Is the divinity male or

female?

What function does this gender

play?

3. What are the divinity’s

attributes, such as divine powers

or characteristics? What objects

does the divinity possess, such

as a weapon or animal, that

assist him or her?

4. Within the myth of origin, h

ow

does this divinity compare with

other divinities? How does this

divinity interact with or compare

to divinities of the same gender

and to divinities of the opposite

gender?

5. Identify one character from

contemporary culture that shares

characteristi

cs of each divinity,

and explain why you chose each

character. What real

-

life ideals

HUM/105 v7

Copyright© 2018 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved.

Divine Roles Across Cultures

Complete Parts 1 and 2 below.

Part 1

Select one common divine role that recurs in world mythology. Possible options of divine roles include

the following: father or mother divinities, divinities of war, home or hearth divinities, divinities of love,

divinities of wisdom, divinities of medicine or health, divinities of the wind, divinities of agriculture,

divinities of the sky, ruler of all the gods, and so on.

Identify the role and write it in the designated box on the table.

Select two myths, each from a different culture, in which the divine role appears. Identify the divinity

names and cultures in boxes A and B.

Complete the table by answering each of the five questions for both selected divinities.

Role

Column A

Divinity Name:

Culture of Origin:

Column B

Divinity Name:

Culture of Origin:

1. How is this divinity portrayed?

Describe the divinity’s role within

the myth.

2. Is the divinity male or female?

What function does this gender

play?

3. What are the divinity’s

attributes, such as divine powers

or characteristics? What objects

does the divinity possess, such

as a weapon or animal, that

assist him or her?

4. Within the myth of origin, how

does this divinity compare with

other divinities? How does this

divinity interact with or compare

to divinities of the same gender

and to divinities of the opposite

gender?

5. Identify one character from

contemporary culture that shares

characteristics of each divinity,

and explain why you chose each

character. What real-life ideals