Advanced English I GT Final Exam Review: Creation and Flood Myths

This set explores the key figures, symbols, and events across various global creation and flood myths as outlined in the Advanced English I GT Final Exam Review.

Hindu Creation Myth

A narrative involving multiple gods and an ocean that represents specific spiritual concepts and main beliefs.

Rhea

The figure in Greek creation mythology who prevents Cronos from swallowing Zeus.

Deucalion and Pyrrha

The figures in the Greek creation and flood myths who travel to earth in disguise and must repopulate the earth after the flood.

Sun Mother

The central figure in the Australian Aborigine creation myth who brings life and whose descent below the horizon causes a reaction from the land creatures.

Cherokee Creation Myth

A story where the Earth is formed with the help of animals sent out to check the condition of the land.

Lakota Myth Creator

An animal figure responsible for the creation of the earth.

Pawnee Stars

Celestial entities that play a vital role in the Pawnee creation narrative.

Great Turtle

The creature in Iroquois mythology on whose back land is formed.

Sky Woman

The central figure in the Iroquois creation myth whose husband pushes her toward Earth.

Iroquois Twins

Two figures in the Iroquois creation myth who are defined by contrasting descriptions and characteristics.

Eve

The figure in the biblical creation myth that God creates out of a specific part of man.

Cain

A biblical figure who is punished by God for a specific action.

Utnapishtim

The protagonist of the Mesopotamian flood myth who learns of a coming flood and undergoes a transformation at the end of the story.

Ea

The Mesopotamian deity who is unable to speak directly to Utnapishtim and uses a indirect method to warn him of the impending flood.

Noah

The biblical figure instructed by God to bring pairs of every living creature aboard an ark to survive a global flood.

Biblical Flood Birds

A raven and a dove that are released after the flood to represent different symbolic meanings.

Matsya Avatar

The fish in the Hindu flood myth that tells Manu about the coming disaster, grows larger over time, and eventually spares him from the flood.

Tiddalik

A frog in the Aboriginal flood myth who drinks all the fresh water in the world until another animal makes him laugh.

Gun

The father of Yu in the Chinese flood myth who fails the initial task of preventing recurring floods.

Yu

The hero of the Chinese flood myth who is tasked with taming the floods in place of his father.

Waynaboozhoo

The figure in the Ojibwe/Anishinaabe flood myth who discovers something significant inside a muskrat's claw.

Coxcoxtli and Xochiquetzal

Two survivors of the Aztec flood who anger the gods and are subsequently transformed by Tezcatlipoca.

Tezcatlipoca

The deity in the Aztec/Mexica flood myth responsible for transforming the human survivors after they anger the gods.