CLCS 233 - Exam 1 Questions and Answers
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Adam [ Ans: ] first man created by god in Hebrew
cosmogony/ anthropogony.
Adapa [ Ans: ] one of the first human beings in
Mesopotamian Myth. Flies up to heaven on an eagle. Enki
advises Adapa to flatter the guards of heaven. Enki tells
him to refuse "sa muti," the bread of death. However, what
they really offer is "samuti," the bread of life. Enki tricks
him, Adapa refuses the bread and that's why we are all
mortal.
anthropogony [ Ans: ] story or account of the origin of the
human species.
anthropomorphic [ Ans: ] human-shaped (being, deity,
etc.)
Anu [ Ans: ] sky god and ruler of all the gods in Sumerian
myth.
Anzu [ Ans: ] (Akkadian) steals the tablet of destinies from
Enlil and hides them on the top of a mountain.
akitu [ Ans: ] the name is from the Sumerian for "barley",
originally marking two festivals celebrating the beginning
of each of the two half-years of the Sumerian calendar,
marking the sowing of barley in autumn and the cutting of
, barley in spring. In Babylonian religion it came to be
dedicated to Marduk's victory over Tiamat.
apkallu [ Ans: ] fish men who rise out of the waters of the
great flood. They carry baskets of me out of the water and
bring back civilization after the flood. Enki sends them to
organize the world after the flood.
Apsu [ Ans: ] fresh water deity. Tiamat is the salt water
dragon female monster.
apsu [ Ans: ] underground sweet waters associated with
Mesopotamian myth. In Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh dives to the
bottom of the sweet waters to retrieve the plant of
rejuvenation.
Atrahasis [ Ans: ] Sumerian Noah figure. Humans were
created to work so the gods wouldn't have to. But the
world got too noisy from overpopulation. Enlil tries to
destroy the world through a plague, famine, and drought,
but Enki blocks these efforts. Enlil decides to send a flood
to wipe out the world's population. Enki warns Atrahasis.
Atrahasis builds a boat for himself and his family and
survives the flood.
axis mundi [ Ans: ] the central pivot of the earth or of the
entire cosmos. Ziggurats represent these.
Baal [ Ans: ] Canaanite thunder god.
binarism [ Ans: ] mode of thought based on two opposing
forces. Myth often divides the world into black and white,
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Adam [ Ans: ] first man created by god in Hebrew
cosmogony/ anthropogony.
Adapa [ Ans: ] one of the first human beings in
Mesopotamian Myth. Flies up to heaven on an eagle. Enki
advises Adapa to flatter the guards of heaven. Enki tells
him to refuse "sa muti," the bread of death. However, what
they really offer is "samuti," the bread of life. Enki tricks
him, Adapa refuses the bread and that's why we are all
mortal.
anthropogony [ Ans: ] story or account of the origin of the
human species.
anthropomorphic [ Ans: ] human-shaped (being, deity,
etc.)
Anu [ Ans: ] sky god and ruler of all the gods in Sumerian
myth.
Anzu [ Ans: ] (Akkadian) steals the tablet of destinies from
Enlil and hides them on the top of a mountain.
akitu [ Ans: ] the name is from the Sumerian for "barley",
originally marking two festivals celebrating the beginning
of each of the two half-years of the Sumerian calendar,
marking the sowing of barley in autumn and the cutting of
, barley in spring. In Babylonian religion it came to be
dedicated to Marduk's victory over Tiamat.
apkallu [ Ans: ] fish men who rise out of the waters of the
great flood. They carry baskets of me out of the water and
bring back civilization after the flood. Enki sends them to
organize the world after the flood.
Apsu [ Ans: ] fresh water deity. Tiamat is the salt water
dragon female monster.
apsu [ Ans: ] underground sweet waters associated with
Mesopotamian myth. In Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh dives to the
bottom of the sweet waters to retrieve the plant of
rejuvenation.
Atrahasis [ Ans: ] Sumerian Noah figure. Humans were
created to work so the gods wouldn't have to. But the
world got too noisy from overpopulation. Enlil tries to
destroy the world through a plague, famine, and drought,
but Enki blocks these efforts. Enlil decides to send a flood
to wipe out the world's population. Enki warns Atrahasis.
Atrahasis builds a boat for himself and his family and
survives the flood.
axis mundi [ Ans: ] the central pivot of the earth or of the
entire cosmos. Ziggurats represent these.
Baal [ Ans: ] Canaanite thunder god.
binarism [ Ans: ] mode of thought based on two opposing
forces. Myth often divides the world into black and white,
