GC2Y test 1

What is Ben Amos’s definition of folklore (which is used today)?

artistic communication in small groups

Who coined the word “folk lore“ in 1846

William Thomas

What are two major parts of folklore?

authenticity and communication

Human beings as well as tradition are ___.

dynamic

culture is ___ not born into.

learned

what is culture?

expressions of individuals within a society

enculturation

universal process of learning or acquiring ones own culture 

acculturation

borrowing of cultural components after contact with other cultures

what’s an example of acculturation?

studying abroad

subculture

cultures within a larger culture that are not confined to any specific locale but that share traits, symbols, and beliefs

worldview 

comprehensive, conception, or realization of the world involves and reflects values, traditions, beliefs, ect.

assimilation

being acculturated into another culture, sometimes by force 

ethnocentrism

belief that your own culture is superior to others

tradition

process of dissemination and transmission of culture that shows continuity over time and space 

list some cultural universals:

art, humor, love, language, age, gender, art, sex

what are cultural universals?

learned behavior patterns shared by all humans collectively 

What is the suspension of disbelief?

the audience’s temporary willingness to set aside their critical thinking to enjoy a work of fiction

cosmogony 

theory of the origin of the universe 

cosmology

study of the origin of the universe in totality and humanity place in it 

cosmology

study of origin of universe in totality and humanity’s place in it

dualities 

 opposites, but they are paired and connected, they make up a whole

cosmos

order of universe

chaos

lack of order

who are the Cherokee origin myths by?

James Mooney

In the Cherokee origin myths, who or what created the earth?

animals like water beetle and buzzard 

In the Cherokee origin myths, who or what got fire to the earth?

a water spider, other animals got burnt 

In the Cherokee origin myths, what created hunting?

mischievous boys opened their father’s cave with all the animals, and now they have to hunt for them

In the Cherokee origin myths, what created farming?

The mother produced corn and beans, and then they killed her. She told them to drag her body to plant more.

In the Greek/Roman myth, how did the world begin?

It started in chaos

Who wrote the tragedy of Osiris, the Egyptian Myth?

Donald Mackenzie

Who was Osiris?

A great ruler of Egypt who had a great wife iris

What happened to Osiris?

He was killed by a chest by his brother Set and threw it in the nile.

What did Iris do to try and bring Osiris back?

wrapped him in cloths and preformed magic to try and bring him back

who is Horus?

Iris’s son who grows to be the ruler of Egypt after Osiris

Who is the Scottish Osiris by?

John Barleycorn

Who is Cupid and Psyche by?

Lucius Apuleius 

What are some of the tasks Psyche had to do commanded by Venus?

sorting mixed grains, gathering golden wool, and retrieving a beauty box from the underworld

What does Venus try and do to Psyche?

Venus tried to send her son cupid to make her fall in love with a useless person, but then cupid fell in love with Psyche.

What does Psyche’s curiosity do to her?

Causes her to open the box in the underworld, causing her to fall asleep forever but cupid saves her.

Who wrote Atalanta?

Louisa Menzies

what is an example of duality in Haroum and the Sea of stories?

Gup(good) v Chup (bad) which is also Gup(freedom) v Chup (sensorship)

What happened to Atalanta when she was young?

Her father abandoned her and she was raised by a she bear.

How did Atalanta distinguish herself?

she wounded the caldoynian boar and was beautiful

What did Atalanta’s father decree?

That Atalanta could only marry someone who could outrun her.

How was agency shown in Atalantas story?

chooses a life of independence, defines her own path

In east of the sun west of the moon what does the white bear want in exchange for riches.

The youngest and most beautiful daughter

What are some instances of threes in east of the sun west of the moon?

The bear taps on the window three times when he is. 

who wrote katie woodencloak

Peter Chisten Asborsen

How many woods do the bull and princess journey through in Katie Wooden cloak?

three, cooper, silver, and gold

who wrote the OG baba yaga

aleksandr Afanasyev

What did the girls aunt in Baba Yaga instruct her to do?

give cat bacon, tie ribbon around tree, put oil on door, give dog rolls 

Who is Blue Beard by?

Charles Perrault

who wrote baba Iaga and the pelican child

Joy williams

who wrote blue beard lover?

Joyce Carol oates

who wrote the girl, the wolf, and the crone?

kellie wells

who wrote the brother and the bird?

Alissa Nutting