Answer all these Questions
1. Which of the following figures is both a trickster and messenger god:
a) Odin
b) Mantis
c) Legba
d) Amaterasu
2. The Irish myth of Danu-Don emphasizes the importance of marriage as an institution.
a) True
b) False
3. Why does David Leeming place the myth of Amaterasu in the section, The Supreme Being in his book, The World of Myth, An Anthology, 3rd edition?
a) To show the power of female reproduction
b) To justify the significance of the Japanese emperor family
c) To emphasize Japan's views of the roles of men and women
d) To show that Amaterasu is powerful
4. A trickster in world mythology is
a) Sedna
b) Loki
c) Amaterasu
d) All of the above
5. The African myth of Mantis uses the motif of a shoe to represent procreation.
a) True
b) False
1. c) Legba
2. b) False
3. d) To show that Amaterasu is powerful
4. b) Loki
5. b) False
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1. The figure that is both a trickster and messenger god is:
c) Legba
2. The statement is:
b) False. The Irish myth of Danu-Don does not emphasize the importance of marriage as an institution.
3. David Leeming places the myth of Amaterasu in the section, The Supreme Being in his book, The World of Myth, An Anthology, 3rd edition because:
d) To show that Amaterasu is powerful
4. A trickster in world mythology can be:
d) All of the above. Sedna, Loki, and Amaterasu are all examples of tricksters in different mythologies.
5. The statement is:
b) False. The African myth of Mantis does not use the motif of a shoe to represent procreation.