CLT Study Guide Exam Questions and
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Owoh - ANSWERS -snake who lets Anansi borrow money and Anansi pays him back with half of
his yams and then hides his own half so that it looks that Owoh stole the yams and then he is
put on trial and then is killed by Anansi and falls on his back (that is why snakes fall on their
back after they die)
Tsin - ANSWERS -Anansi's son who finds the dwarf and then tricks Anansi into thinking the
dwarf is a fugitive of the king
Aarne-Thompson - ANSWERS -Two researches that indexed all the folktale types and sorted
them into there types accordingly
folktale motifs - ANSWERS -single element/idea within a story (ex: magic ring, magic sword etc)
Motif-Index of Folk-Literature - ANSWERS -Index of different folktales types based on the story's
configuration and based on the research of Stith Thompson
folktale types - ANSWERS -type of story that follows about the same pattern (dragon slayer or
the search for the lost husband)
"The Juniper Tree" - ANSWERS -(german folktale) first wife dies when son is born, second wife
has daughter, second wife kills son by beheading him, makes black pudding from son's flesh,
daughter named Marlinchen puts brother bones under tree, bird does the song gets three gifts
and kills the step mother, and comes back from the death after he kills the mother
Marlinchen - ANSWERS -daughter from the Juniper tree
, "The Crow's Nest" - ANSWERS -(Hungarian folktale) one mother has a daughter and son, she
kills the son for no reason, makes stewed cabbage out of son, daughter puts the bones in a tree,
bone become a boy/crow hybrid, and then the bird hybrid gets three gifts and kills the mother
with the millstone
"The Rose Tree" - ANSWERS -(English folktale) first wife has a daughter, second wife has a son,
second wife kills the daughter, made into stewed liver, son buries sister's bones under a tree,
white bird appears, sings a song gets there gifts
"Cupid and Psyche" - ANSWERS -Psyche is so beautiful that she takes some of Venus' followers.
Venus tries to get her to fall in love with a poor man through her son Cupid's arrows but he hits
himself and falls in love with Psyche. Cupid and Psyche get married and Psyche lives in his
mansion but only sees him at night not in his true form. Her sisters think she is married to a
monster and tells her to see his true form and try to kill him. She does and Cupid flies away and
makes his house disappear. The only way to get him back is through Venus who puts her
through three impossible tasks that she does through the help of immortal gods. She wins over
Venus and becomes deified and they live happily ever after. (the story is embedded in the story
of the Golden Ass)
Cupid - ANSWERS -god of affection and erotic love, pictured in greek mythology as divinely
beautiful with wings and arrows that will make anyone fall in love; uses it on himself and falls in
love with Psyche
Psyche - ANSWERS -beautiful mortal woman who started to get more worshipers than Venus,
Venus' son Cupid falls in love with her and can only see him at night, is tricked by her sisters into
trying to kill him with a knife and scares him away with all his riches, wins over Venus by
completing the impossible tasks and is eventually deified
Venus - ANSWERS -goddess of beauty; mother of cupid who is jealous of Psyche because of her
beauty, tried to curse her but accidentally led to her son falling in love with Pysche, she tried to
break up psyche and cupid by putting Psyche through many trials and tribulations but she
eventually had to relent
Answers15
Owoh - ANSWERS -snake who lets Anansi borrow money and Anansi pays him back with half of
his yams and then hides his own half so that it looks that Owoh stole the yams and then he is
put on trial and then is killed by Anansi and falls on his back (that is why snakes fall on their
back after they die)
Tsin - ANSWERS -Anansi's son who finds the dwarf and then tricks Anansi into thinking the
dwarf is a fugitive of the king
Aarne-Thompson - ANSWERS -Two researches that indexed all the folktale types and sorted
them into there types accordingly
folktale motifs - ANSWERS -single element/idea within a story (ex: magic ring, magic sword etc)
Motif-Index of Folk-Literature - ANSWERS -Index of different folktales types based on the story's
configuration and based on the research of Stith Thompson
folktale types - ANSWERS -type of story that follows about the same pattern (dragon slayer or
the search for the lost husband)
"The Juniper Tree" - ANSWERS -(german folktale) first wife dies when son is born, second wife
has daughter, second wife kills son by beheading him, makes black pudding from son's flesh,
daughter named Marlinchen puts brother bones under tree, bird does the song gets three gifts
and kills the step mother, and comes back from the death after he kills the mother
Marlinchen - ANSWERS -daughter from the Juniper tree
, "The Crow's Nest" - ANSWERS -(Hungarian folktale) one mother has a daughter and son, she
kills the son for no reason, makes stewed cabbage out of son, daughter puts the bones in a tree,
bone become a boy/crow hybrid, and then the bird hybrid gets three gifts and kills the mother
with the millstone
"The Rose Tree" - ANSWERS -(English folktale) first wife has a daughter, second wife has a son,
second wife kills the daughter, made into stewed liver, son buries sister's bones under a tree,
white bird appears, sings a song gets there gifts
"Cupid and Psyche" - ANSWERS -Psyche is so beautiful that she takes some of Venus' followers.
Venus tries to get her to fall in love with a poor man through her son Cupid's arrows but he hits
himself and falls in love with Psyche. Cupid and Psyche get married and Psyche lives in his
mansion but only sees him at night not in his true form. Her sisters think she is married to a
monster and tells her to see his true form and try to kill him. She does and Cupid flies away and
makes his house disappear. The only way to get him back is through Venus who puts her
through three impossible tasks that she does through the help of immortal gods. She wins over
Venus and becomes deified and they live happily ever after. (the story is embedded in the story
of the Golden Ass)
Cupid - ANSWERS -god of affection and erotic love, pictured in greek mythology as divinely
beautiful with wings and arrows that will make anyone fall in love; uses it on himself and falls in
love with Psyche
Psyche - ANSWERS -beautiful mortal woman who started to get more worshipers than Venus,
Venus' son Cupid falls in love with her and can only see him at night, is tricked by her sisters into
trying to kill him with a knife and scares him away with all his riches, wins over Venus by
completing the impossible tasks and is eventually deified
Venus - ANSWERS -goddess of beauty; mother of cupid who is jealous of Psyche because of her
beauty, tried to curse her but accidentally led to her son falling in love with Pysche, she tried to
break up psyche and cupid by putting Psyche through many trials and tribulations but she
eventually had to relent
