Hum/105 Week 3 Matrix

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Divine Roles Across Cultures Matrix

Select one common divine role that recurs in world mythology.

Possible options of divine roles include 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, and so on.

Identify the role in the title of your matrix.

Select two myths, each from a different culture, in which the divine role appears. Identify the divinity names and cultures in columns A and B.

Complete the matrix by answering each of the five questions for both selected divinities.

|Title: |Column A |Column B |

| |Divinity Name: Nahua goddess |Divinity Name: Eros |

| |Cipactli |Culture of Origin: Greek |

| |Culture of Origin: Ancient Mexico | |

|How is this divinity portrayed? |The ruler and essence of dark. She |Eros also known as Cupids in English |

|Describe the divinity’s role within the|swam through the first waters of |is portrayed as a child, disobedient |

|myth. |chaos in the form of an enormous |but loyal son of Aphrodite |

| |crocodile. She carried within herself| |

| |the possibility of life. The only | |

| |way to release it was to tear through| |

| |her divine body....