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Conflict, conquest, and the ordering of chaos are common subjects of cosmogonic myths, but some ancient myths depict creation as _____________________. (page 186; PowerPoints Chapter 9)

Select one:

a. the sun and creator-god Re-Atum

b. resulting from divine thought or will

c. worth nothing

d. great historical religions

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A common theme in archaic cosmogonies is the form of emanation of the primal elements or beings from a watery chaos, nonbeing, or from a primeval being – a god or being itself. The word archaic means _______________. (page 186; https://www.dictionary.com)

Select one:

a. relating to non-being

b. a form of emanation

c. marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; primitive, ancient, or old

d. the abysmal waters of non-being

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In many religions the appearance of the elements, the seasons, and the myriad beings that make up the natural environment are the result of the sexual union of ____________________. (page 187; PowerPoints Chapter 9)

Select one:

a. Chinese and Japanese mythology

b. texts and common themes

c. Whenever it rains there is abundant food.

d. a primeval female and male

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In the _________________ the social order and government is patterned after the hierarchy of gods with Marduk as the supreme god. (pages 190 - 191; PowerPoints Chapter 9)

Select one:

a. Kojiki

b. Izanagi and Izanami

c. Kobayashi Eitaku

d. Enuma Elish

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Not all cosmogonic myths speak of creation from nothing. They are imaginative narratives of generation, procreation, or ordering from some primal substance or being, such as creation by a ____________. (page 193; PowerPoints Chapter 9)

Select one:

a. Daoist universe

b. divine craftsman

c. unthinkable idea

d. common in Egyptian and North American Indian texts

Answer 1

6- answer- b- resulting from divine thought or will

7- answer- c- marked by the characteristics of an earlier period, primitive, ancient or old

8- answer- d- a primeval female and male

9- answer- d- enuma elish

10- answer- b- creation by the divine craftsman