Divine Roles Across Cultures Matrix

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: Zeus |

| |Divinity Name: |Divinity Name: God Ruler |

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

|How is this divinity portrayed? | | Zeus was an unfaithful god, having |

|Describe the divinity’s role within the| |affairs with goddess and with mortal |

|myth. | |women. |

| | |Zeus wants revenge against Prometheus|

| | | |

|Is the divinity male or female? What | |Male |

|function does this gender play? | |Zeus the ruler of all gods, Zeus is |

| | |the God of the sky...