1. Which of the following figures is both a trickster and messenger god:
a) Odin
b) Mantis
c) Legba
d) Amaterasu
2. The Irish myth of Danu-Don emphasizes the importance of marriage as an institution.
a) True
b) False
3. Why does David Leeming place the myth of Amaterasu in the section, The Supreme Being in his book, The World of Myth, An Anthology, 3rd edition?
a) To show the power of female reproduction
b) To justify the significance of the Japanese emperor family
c) To emphasize Japan's views of the roles of men and women
d) To show that Amaterasu is powerful
4. A trickster in world mythology is
a) Sedna
b) Loki
c) Amaterasu
d) All of the above
5. The African myth of Mantis uses the motif of a shoe to represent procreation.
a) True
b) False
b) False
1. The figure that is both a trickster and messenger god is c) Legba.
2. False, the Irish myth of Danu-Don does not emphasize the importance of marriage as an institution.
3. David Leeming places the myth of Amaterasu in the section, The Supreme Being, in his book, The World of Myth, An Anthology, 3rd edition, to d) show that Amaterasu is powerful.
4. The trickster in world mythology is b) Loki.
5. False, the African myth of Mantis does not use the motif of a shoe to represent procreation.