Multiple Choice
Syncretism is the term for ________________.
A) bringing together events from two or more myths and adding connections to make the new myth believable
B) comparing myths of the ancient Greeks and Mesopotamians
C) melding the characteristics of old and new gods, often using both the old and new names
D) translating a myth from an older language into a newer one
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Q5: When Gilgamesh insults Ishtar, she asks Anu,
Q6: Gilgamesh learns a secret, that the gods
Q7: Mesopotamian gods were _, reflecting both positive
Q8: The gods often heard complaints that Gilgamesh
Q10: Gilgamesh is semidivine, and not immortal, because
Q11: The significance of the plant of Youth
Q12: Gilgamesh meets _, a goddess of brewing
Q13: _, the goddess of creation, is called
Q14: Gilgamesh was king of _.