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Characteristics of Mythology and Folklore

PART I (MYTHOLOGY)
Instruction: Select the characteristic that best describes/ defines the statement.
1. Myths set out as stories form beliefs about the nature of the divine, the nature of humanity, and
the covenant between the two. Myths are stories that tell us the truth about ourselves.
a. MYTH AND RELIGION
b. MYTH AND METAPHOR
c. THE WORLD IN MICROCOSM
d. TEMPLATES FOR DAILY LIFE
2. Myths are ambiguous and subtle.
a. PATHWAY TO THE SACRED
b. AN ENTRANCE TO SOCIETY
c. MANAGING HUMAN AFFAIRS
d. FLEXIBLE TRUTHS
3. They fold the world over on itself, until points that were distant and distinct from each other
touch and merge, and these equivalences show us who we really are.
a. THE WORLD IN MICROCOSM
b. SACRED QUALITY
c. MYTH AND METAPHOR
d. MANAGING HUMAN AFFAIRS
4. Myths, then, are not simply stories. They offer social cohesion.
a. FLEXIBLE TRUTHS
b. TEMPLATES FOR DAILY LIFE
c. MOTIFS
d. AN ENTRANCE TO SOCIETY
5. On one level their myths are exciting stories about sacred beings in the creation-time, and on
another, they are a detailed guide to the delicately balanced ecology of the world in which they
live.
a. MYTH IN CONTEXT
b. THE WORLD IN MICROCOSM
c. MYTH AND METAPHOR
d. MANAGING HUMAN AFFAIRS

(TRUE OR FALSE)
Instruction: Choose TRUE if the statement is true, and choose FALSE if otherwise.
6. Myth is referring to a set of tales.
a. True
b. False
7. Every human culture has its own myth.
a. True
b. False
8. Myth presenting the world of meanings.
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a. True
b. False
9. Myth is not a part of all religions.
a. True
b. False
10. Myths are fixed and not flexible
a. True
b. False.

PART II (FOLKLORE)
(TRUE OR FALSE
Instruction: Choose TRUE if the statement is true, and choose FALSE if otherwise.
11. Folklore is usually about ordinary people and everyday life.
a. True
b. .False
12. Folklore originally began as stories told by words of wisdom.
a. True
b. False
13. Characters in folklore are usually gods and goddesses.
a. True
b. False
14. Folklore is generally tales that have been told orally over time.
a. True
b. False
15. All folklore has a moral or teaches a lesson.
a. True
b. False

PART III
ESSAY PART (5 Points)
Instruction: Respond to the question using your own words in short essay format.
1. What do you think Michael Ayrton wants to convey or interpret in his quotation “We live by
myth and inhabit it and it inhabits us. What is strange is how we remake it.”? (5 Points)