Exam 1: The Nature of Myth

Both _______ and _______ offer explanations of why the world is the way it is, though in different ways.

Divine myth is easily confused with _______.

Which of the following qualities are often found in the main characters of folktales?

Greek myth tells us more about the _______ than it does about life in the distant past.

Which of the following is not an example of a folktale motif?

The Greeks eventually came to contrast mythos with ______, or "account."

The principal source for the study of ancient myths is _______.

Zeus, the Greek sky-god, is depicted in which of the following ways in Greek myths?

Which of the following are among the qualities of the heroes and heroines in legends?

What defines a folktale type?

The figure on the left represents Nikê ("victory") and, in Greek myth, she is best described as _______.

_______ are stories of the great deeds of human heroes or heroines.

Scholars recognize more than ______ folktale types, even in stories from cultures far apart in space and time.

The word "mythology" should mean what?

Stories like "The Tortoise and the Hare" and "Sinbad the Sailor" could be considered _______.

Like all other stories, myths have which three elements?

What did the Greek word mythos originally mean?

Which of the following is not one of the four categories into which modern scholars group the study of myth?

What are some of the features of supernatural beings in divine myths?

Which of the following are characteristics of a folktale quest?