Divine Roles Across Cultures Matrix

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Divine Roles Across Cultures Matrix
Select one common divine role that recurs in world mythology.
Possible options of divine roles include the following: father or mother divinities, divinities of war,
home or hearth divinities, divinities of love, divinities of wisdom, divinities of medicine or health,
divinities of the wind, divinities of agriculture, divinities of the sky, ruler of all the gods, and so on.
Identify the role in the title of your matrix.
Select two myths, each from a different culture, in which the divine role appears. Identify the
divinity names and cultures in columns A and B.
Complete the matrix by answering each of the five questions for both selected divinities.
Title:
1. How is this divinity
portrayed? Describe
the divinitys role within
the myth.

2. Is the divinity male or

female? What function
does this gender play?
3. Within the myth of
origin, how does this
divinity compare with
other divinities? How
does this divinity
interact with or
compare to divinities of
the same gender and to
divinities of the
opposite gender?

Column A
Divinity Name: Zeus
Culture of Origin: Greek
Zeus is a powerful male
god. The god of justice.
He protect the weak. And
punish the wicked. The
ruler of all gods. Zeus
rules the atmosphere he
command the sky, rain
and thunder Zeus is
married to the goddess of
Earth Hera
Zeus is a male god. As
the male god he is the
Olympian of the gods
consider the patriarchal
god of the Greek society
Titan Cronus and Rhea
last son Zeus Survived
his cruel father Cronus
who swallowed his
children after birth .Zeus
was saved by his mother
Rhea, She hid him in a
cave. When Zeus grew
up, he made Cronus his
father vomit up his
siblings, and these gods
joined him in fighting to
take control of the
universe from the Titans
and Cronus .After
destroying his father and
Titians .Zeus then

Column B
Divinity Name:
Culture of Origin:

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4. What are the divinitys

attributes, such as
divine powers or
characteristics? What
objects does the divinity
possess, such as a
weapon or animal, that
assist him or her?
5. Identify one character
from contemporary
culture that shares
characteristics of each
divinity and explain why
you chose each
character. What real-life
ideals does this divine
role represent? How
attainable are these
ideals?

imprisoned the rest in the

underworld. After the
demise o fCronus and the
Titans. Zeus and his
brothers Hades and
Poseidon divided the
universe. Zeus took the
sky Hades has the
underworld and Poseidon
has the seas and all the
other water. Zeus also
was supreme authority of
the earth and on Mount
Olympus. Zeus is the
ruler of all divinities. Male
and Female. Married to
Hera and but is has had
many affairs.
Zeus controls the skys his
weapon is thunderbolts.
He is known to punish
anyone who lie or break
oaths

Zeus role as a powerful

god that protects the
weak is similar to
Superman although
superman does not have
a wife or mess around
with a lot of women. Zeus
is more human were as
he has affairs with other
women. Although Zeus is
the god of Olympian gods
.It is easy in for someone
to have just as much
power in the real life Just
look at the mafia. and
some of the corrupt police
officers.

Summary: Write a 150- to 350-word short essay addressing the following: Why do so many
cultures have divinities in similar roles?