Cosmic Myth Worksheet Choose two myths from each of the following myth categories: creation‚ flood‚ afterlife‚ and apocalypse. Answer the following questions for all eight myths. Creation Myths Myth 1: God created the heaven and the earth Religion or culture of origin: Christianity Myth 2: God created man in his image Religion or culture of origin: Christianity Who created the world? God created the garden‚ cattle‚ and humans. Myth 1:God formed man of the dust of the ground
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emperor Constantine‚ and how today it is one of the world’s most popular religions with over two billion followers. It is also important to point out the differing views relating to the extent‚ on how the Christians were persecuted. According to the myth or story told Jesus was crucified and killed by the Romans in 30 CE. However‚ according to Gospels‚ Jesus was originally persecuted by the Jews. The persecution of Jesus was a foreshadowing of what was to come for the Christians. The word of Christianity
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Empathy There was a hero‚ whose name is Empathy. He is from the world called Sylverna. Empathy has the power to control the feelings and emotions of others. Empathy has had the power to control others ever since he was born. At the age of six years old Empathy has had trouble controlling his powers‚ he is unaware of the gift that he has. One day while Empathy was playing basketball with his co-workers from footlocker‚ when a royal messenger from another world called Palooza comes running towards
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an essential part of popular culture because they provide intuitiveness into our fears and aversions. Urban legends exist to give us examples of life lessons‚ conspiracy theories but mostly because they are fun to tell. An urban legend is often a story told by mouth with different variations to entertain a particular crowd. It is almost always impossible to find the original source of the legend since it is passed around from one to another. There is almost always a moral lesson behind the legend
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In the article by John Cloud‚ “The Myths of Bullying‚” he expresses the exaggeration of the supposed growing “epidemic” of bullying that is spreading across schools. He then begins by presenting two stories that relate to bullies and victims of bullying in their own right. One of which is about a shooting at Chardon High School‚ Ohio‚ where 5 students were shot and 3 killed. The other is about a suicide at Rutgers University where the victim was supposedly tormented by his roommate causing him to
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The main problem addressed in the introduction to The Purity Myth is how the concept of virginity has been used to oppress young women. Jessica Valenti’s primary claim is that the concept of virginity is a myth designed to hypersexualize young girls and link a woman’s worth to the men that she has been with sexually‚ thereby perpetuating misogyny. Valenti believes that virginity is a social construct that should be eliminated in order to preserve the dignity of young girls and to teach them actual
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you have the privilege to do what you like‚ you have the freedom to express your thoughts and feelings and you have the liberty to enlighten the world with your opinions. But if you are a mere common man‚ then this individual freedom is nothing but a myth for you. Now the argument that arises here is‚ we live in free society‚ in a modern‚ globalised world. Nobody can violate our rights‚ our freedom. But is that so? Well‚ let me apprise you with a recent event that took place in Maharashtra‚ India. Two
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socio‚ cultural‚ and environmental differences. Never the less‚ the misconceptions and stereotypes that surround Hispanic females have long ranging impacts that are emotional‚ social‚ financial‚ and political in nature. The purpose of Judith Ortiz story is to explain how hard‚ and at times uncomfortable it is to be a Latin woman‚ because of prejudice and stereotypes regarding their dress. Latin woman‚ are usually taught to dress in a “mature way”‚ which many times is confusing to both a Latina and
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In the story “Myth of the Cave” we are told that there are three prisoners in a cave tied to some rocks‚ their arms and legs are bound and their head is tied so they cannot look at the burning cave entrance behind them. All of the prisoners have been detained since birth and have never seen the real world; they did not even know what existed. Everyday people outside of captives cave walk along the pathway casting shadows on the wall that is in-front of the prisoners. They are able to see figures
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The story of Perseus‚ Medusa‚ Cetus and Andromeda is one of the first of the founding myths who established the pantheon of the twelve Olympians and the origin of the Danaans. Founding myths usually involve the slaying of some kind of archaic monster‚ perhaps the idol of a previous religion or some symbol. In this case‚ it was Medusa‚ who was brought to Greece from Libya‚ where she was worshipped by the Amazons as Metis‚ a serpent goddess. Cetus was a constellation first seen years before the
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