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Flashcards by Maeve Charles, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Maeve Charles
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| Question | Answer |
| • give two examples of the gods in ancient myths | Theistic myths = myths about God. |
| The concept of God developed and progressed as human beings developed and learned more about the world in which they lived. Mythical to rational. | Patriarchal societies: image male. Agricultural: wind/rain. search for meaning and values has influenced the concept of God within the various cultures. |
| “Pantheon” = refers to a particular recognised gods of a particular culture. The Greek Pantheon gives us insight into the values of that culture. | Greeks were polytheistic. Different tpes of gods: trickster, hero, father/mother, helper.. Zeus, (Apollo, Hera, Dionysius) |
| Zeus:King of gods powerful vengeful many lovers (human & divine) Thunder god (ruler of rain and storm) Forgiving. Not human. (DIVINE) | Ruler of Mount Olympus with his thunder bolt. became so intolerable that wife Hera and other tied him up and put the bolt out of his reach so he couldn't kill them. Two others got the 100-handed Briareus to untie him. He punished Hera by hanging her up by her wrists and made sure no-one would save her. He then forgave her and begrudgingly the two of them swore to never rebel again. |
| SIDE NOTE Celts believed in a god called Taranis (from Irish word torann/ thunder). All life depended on the sky because rain was needed for crops. | Gradually,ancestors shifted their understanding from creator sky gods to active fertility gods. The symbol of the sky was replaced with the symbol of the sun. As the sun was key to fertility (primary source of energy). V important to the Pharaohs in Egypt. |
| Norse gods Darker Colder (part of Europe) Similar e.g. war, king of gods, thunder gods, god of heart & love fight with giants (chaos) Moral good & bad | The Nordic gods often engaged in violent battles against the forces of evil, which were depicted as giants and monsters. Constant struggle. also believed in dif types of Gods and Godesses (fertility, freija) similar to the celts. |
| Thor Thunder god War god Hammer Thor’s day Thursday Violent, brave, rough, smart.huge bearded figure, who was armed with a hammer, iron gloves and a girdle of strength. He was an outspoken god with an enormous appetite for food and drink! Freyja- fertility. | Giants robbed Hammer. Would only give her back in return for Freyja. Without one no-one can grow crops/ without other no children can be born. (This is Heimdall's idea) Loki (trickster) dresses Thor up as Freyja and he marries a giant. Once married "Freyja"/Thor is given hammer. Then murders everyone. |
| This god of thunder has a huge appetite. The loss of the hammer could represent a drought and consequent crop failure. Recovery of the hammer could be the coming of spring, arrival of hope. | Plans were almost ruined when THRYM (the giant) noticed "Freyja" eat an entire ox + 8 salmon. Loki says the bride hasn't eaten for a week, and when he sees Thor's burning eyes under the veil. Loki says the bride hasn't slept for a week out of excitement. |
| The thunderbolt, a symbol associated with both Zeus and Jupiter, indicates their control of rain and storms and their vast power to protect or destroy fertility. Storms manifest the great creative force of a god. The thunderbolts of lightning were used to punish those who broke the moral and social codes. | In both myths: God is not perceived as a person. For them the world exists from all eternity. God is only the principle of order. |
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