Week #3: Water and Fire: Myths and Apocalypses

These flashcards cover the key concepts and terms related to mythological floods and apocalyptic beliefs discussed in the lecture.

The Flood in Incan mythology is associated with the culture origin of __ century CE.

15th Century CE

The Aztec Flood is referred to as __ and originates from the 14th century CE.

The Flood of Coxcox

In Norse mythology, the Flood is related to __, from the 8th century CE.

The Fall of Ymir

Hopi mythology describes a flood caused by __, originating in the 7th century CE.

Tawa's Flood

The ancient Hawaiian flood myth is called __ and dates back to the 1st century CE.

kai-a-ka-hina-lii

According to Yoruba mythology, the flood of __ originated in the 8th century BCE.

Ife

The Greek flood myth is known as __ and originates from the 9th century BCE.

Deucalion's Flood

The story of __ in Judaism is associated with Noah's Ark and dates back to the 10th century BCE.

the Great Flood

In the Babylonian Epic of __, the flood myth is documented from the 19th century BCE.

Atrahasis

The Hindu flood story involves __ and the fish and comes from the 2nd millennium BCE.

Manu

The Chinese flood myth is known as __ and goes back to the 3rd millennium BCE.

Kun and the Flood

The Sumerian account of the flood involves __, originating from the 5th millennium BCE.

Ziusudra/Atrahasis

Aboriginal mythology involves __, which represents their flood story dating back to 50,000 BCE.

The Rainmaker

The event of __ signifies the end according to Norse mythology.

Ragnarok

The __ is described in Christianity as the final revelation of the end of the world.

Book of Revelation

In Zoroastrianism, the savior __ is prophesied to come at the end of times.

Saoshyant

The concept of entropy in modern physics relates to the theory of __ and heat death of the universe.

the end of the universe

The Big Rip theory suggests that dark energy causes the universe to __ apart.

pull itself

In the scenario of __, the universe collapses in on itself, possibly leading to another big bang.

The Big Crunch

The Hopi myth speaks of the __ of the Fifth World indicating their end-of-the-world beliefs.

Emergence

The flood warning in modern science is often attributed to __ and climate change.

coastal flooding