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    University of Phoenix Material Deities and Lesser Spirits Worksheet Choose one myth from each of the following myth categories: the Supreme Being‚ the Great Mother‚ the dying god‚ and the trickster. Answer the following questions: Supreme Being Myth |Myth: |Religion or culture of origin: Muslim | |Allah |

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    com/14533032/clt3378-flash-cards/ Above is a link to a useful‚ flash card‚ study tool to help master these terms. * Hero: Figures in whom the gods take a special interest. An example of a hero in Greek culture is Hercules. * Trickster: Tricksters are amoral‚ shape-shifting deceivers in mythology. An example in the Babylonian Enuma Elish is the god Ea. * Polytheism: The belief and acknowledgement of many gods. Polytheistic cultures include the Greeks‚ Canaanites and Babylonians. * Anthropomorphism:

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    Louise projected the photographs on a large screen that she had taken at the zoo.  ­On a large screen‚ Louise projected the photographs that she had taken at the zoo.  2.  Mr. Martínez promised in the morning he would tell an American Indian trickster tale.  ­In the morning‚ Mr. Martínez promised he would tell an American Indian trickster tale.  3.  I pointed to the fish tank and showed my friends the baby anglefish‚ swelling with pride.  ­Swelling with pride‚ I pointed to the fish tank and showed my friends the baby anglefish.  4. 

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    University of Phoenix Material Deities and Lesser Spirits Worksheet Choose one myth from each of the following myth categories: the Supreme Being‚ the Great Mother‚ the dying god‚ and the trickster. Answer the questions that follow. Supreme Being Myth Myth: Shiva Religion or culture of origin: Hinduism What are the characteristics of the Supreme Being? Shiva is regarded as limitless‚ transcendent‚ unchanging and formless. He is often depicted slaying demons‚ and regarded as the patron god of

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    Anansi myth and legend “Anansi”‚ the ancient mythology is rooted in West African folklore. He was a very clever trickster in shape of human before changing to a spider. Anansi considered to be the spirit of knowledge but getting the stories from the Sky God would not be easy and each time he got a command from the God‚ he was able to answer it although with some trick. His character was both legend and concerned the interaction between divine and semi-divine beings‚ animals‚ plants and seemingly

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    In Egyptian mythology‚ Egyptian gods appeared in the form of humans with the heads of animals and can turn into these animals completely. Celtic and Scottish mythologies speak notably of the selkie‚ a creature capable of turning from seal to human‚ and in Norse mythology‚ the trickster god Loki is well-known for his shapeshifting‚ a power not unique to him‚ but common among the giants that appear

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    franchise‚ Pirates of the Caribbean‚ and the Anansi Myths both have trickster figures. These tricksters‚ Jack Sparrow and Anansi‚ parallel each other in their abilities to use deception and wit to outsmart others for their own ambitions. However‚ whereas Jack Sparrow avoids violent confrontation‚ Anansi is willing to kill. In Pirate’s of the Caribbean‚ the treacherous pirate of the seven seas‚ Captain Jack Sparrow‚ is a disdainful trickster with questionable ethics and who focuses solely on his own self-interest

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    Literary modernism‚ or modernist literature‚ has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries‚ mainly in Europe and North America. Modernism is characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. Modernists experimented with literary form and expression‚ adhering to Ezra Pound’s maxim to "Make it new." The modernist literary movement was driven by a conscious desire to overturn traditional modes of representation and express the new sensibilities of their

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    Loki is the trickster god of Norse mythology. Hes a memeber of the Aesir tribe of gods in the Eddas and Sagas. Loki was not very fond the gods‚ giants‚ and the Norse people. His family is a very complicated one. His father is the giant Fárbauti‚ and his mother‚ Laufey‚ could be a goddess‚ a giantess‚ or something else entirely. Loki acts as if he isn’t a god and doesn’t have to follow any of their rules‚ which in return creates tons of enemies. http://norse-mythology.org/gods-and-creatures/the-aesir-gods-and-goddesses/loki/

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