Divine Roles Across Cultures

Complete Parts 1 and 2.

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Part 1

Select1 common divine role that recurs in world mythology. Divine roles include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Father or mother divinities
• Divinities of war
• Home or hearth divinities
• Divinities of love
• Divinities of wisdom
• Divinities of medicine or health
• Divinities of the wind
• Divinities of agriculture
• Divinities of the sky
• Ruler of all the gods

Add the role to the designated box in row 1, column 1 of the table.

Select2 myths, each from a different culture, in which the divine role appears. Add the divinity names and cultures in the designated boxes in row 1, columns 2 and 3.

Complete the table by answering each of the 5 questions for both divinities.

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1. How is this divinity portrayed? Describe the divinity’s role in the myth.	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
2. Is the divinity male or female? What function does this play?	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
3. What are the divinity’s attributes, such as divine powers or characteristics? What objects does the divinity possess, such as a weapon or animal, that assist them?	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
4. In the myth of origin, how does this divinity compare with other divinities? How does this divinity interact with or compare to divinities of the same sex and to divinities of othersexes?	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.
5. Identify 1 character from contemporary culture that shares characteristics of each divinity and explain why you chose each character. What real-life ideals does this divine role represent? How attainable are these ideals?	Click or tap here to enter text.	Click or tap here to enter text.

Part 2

Write a 150- to 350-word response to the following: Why do so many cultures have divinities in similar roles?

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References

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