Creation Myths quiz

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1. 1 Easy

   Which feathered serpent was the Aztec creator?

   Answer: Quetzalcoatl

   Why: Quetzalcoatl stole the bones of past generations from the underworld and restored them using his own blood.

2. 2 Medium

   According to the Maya, what material were humans successfully made from?

   Answer: Yellow and white corn

   Why: Before maize succeeded, the Popol Vuh gods tried mud that dissolved in water and wooden people who talked but forgot their makers.

3. 3 Hard

   In Heliopolitan myth, which deity created themselves from the waters of Nu?

   Answer: Atum

   Why: The Coffin Texts have Atum sneeze out Shu and spit out Tefnut, and tef is itself an Egyptian word for spitting.

4. 4 Easy

   Which ancestral being of the Dreaming carved out the rivers and valleys across Australia?

   Answer: Rainbow Serpent

   Why: Rainbow Serpent rock paintings in Arnhem Land date back about 6,000 years, among the world's oldest continuing religious traditions.

5. 5 Medium

   Marduk formed the heavens and earth from the body of which monster?

   Answer: Tiamat

   Why: Tablet V goes further: the Tigris and Euphrates flow out of Tiamat's eyes, and mountains rise from her body.

6. 6 Hard

   According to the Kumulipo, what was the first creature born into existence?

   Answer: A coral polyp

   Why: Its 2,102 lines climb from the coral polyp through worms and sea urchins, reaching the first humans only in the eighth of sixteen chants.