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Divine Roles Across Cultures

Part I

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 table.

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

|Title: |Column A |Column B |

| |Divinity Name: Father |Divinity Name: Mother |

| |Culture of Origin: |Culture of Origin: |

|How is this divinity portrayed? Describe the |Strong,teaches the son how to raise his children|How to respect herself and be humble to her|

|divinity’s role within the myth. |or child and to be strong |husband |

|Is the divinity male or female? What function |Male, strong hard, and head of household |Female soft and respectful |

|does this gender play? | | |

|What are the divinity’s attributes, such as |Teaches the boy how to become a man |Teaches the girl how to become a wife or a |

|divine powers or characteristics? What objects| |mother...