chapter 2 quiz 1- world religions

What deity in Yoruba tradition is both good and evil and is thought to be a trickster figure?

Eshu (Elegba/Esu)

The stories of Tidalik the frog and the creation of the first platypus are examples of Aborigine __.

myths (or Dreaming stories)

The Aborigines are native to which continent?

Australia

The mythic period of the Ancestors is called _.

The Dreaming (or Dreamtime)

For the Aborigines, the natural form in which an Ancestor once appeared (for example a rock formation or a snake) is called _.

totem

In Aborigine culture, certain people are forbidden to participate in certain rituals. The basis of this structure is the concept of _.

taboo

The deities (or gods) the Yoruba worship are known as ___

Orishas

Yoruba cosmology depicts reality as being divided into two separate worlds. These two worlds are ____.

Heaven (the invisible, spiritual realm) and Earth (the visible, human realm)

What deity in Yoruba tradition is both good and evil and is thought to be a trickster figure?

Eshu (same as #1)

The supreme god of the Yoruba is _.

Olorun (also called Olodumare)