Some sample questions from this category:
* The Enuma Elish is the creation myth of what ancient culture?
* What does Enuma Elish translate into in English?
* According to the Enuma Elish, in the beginning only the primordial waters existed. The sweet water abyss was personified in Apsu. Who were the salt seas personified as?
* Who killed Apsu and was later established as the lord?
* Who killed Tiamat by dividing her body in two and separating her halves with the sky?
* What is the name of the Japanese sun goddess?
* She was born of the tears of her father. What was her father's name?
* What was the name of the 'High Celestial Plain' that she was given by her father to rule?
* Who was her great (x6) grandson and first emperor of Japan?
* Which of the following items of the imperial regalia does not symbolize her?
* The Babylonian creation myth is called 'Enuma Elish'. What does that name mean?
* What god was the chief god of the Babylonian pantheon?
* Which pair of divine beings was created first in the Babylonian myth?
* Which Babylonian god was disturbed by all the uproar caused by the other gods and conspired with Tiamat to slay them?
* Who was the leader of Tiamat's army of demons?
* Which Babylonian god was the creator of man?
* In the beginning, who was the sweet water?
* Who was the sky god of Babylonian myth?
* Who was the creator god of Chinese myth, that cracked the cosmic egg?
* Who was the mischievous Monkey King immortalized in Wu Cheng'en's classic novel 'Journey to the West'?
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