CLAS230 Classical Mythology
Department of Classics
Monmouth College

Geography List for World Myth Theme

You should know the significance of each of the following places and be able to find each place on a map. The words in BOLD CAPITALS are the places you should know. The other words are hints at the significance of the place.

GREECE
Ovid
Hesiod
Ages of Man
Pandora
Penelope
Sisyphus
Zeus
Neptune
Apollo
Hera
Uranus
Cronus
Rhea
Prometheus
Deucalion
Pyrrha
Places in Greece you should know:
Athens
Delphi
Olympia
Corinth

ITALY
Ovid
Places in Italy you should know:
ROME

EGYPT
Isis
Osiris
Atum
Re
Amun
Hathor
Horus
Anubis
Seth

Places in Egypt you should know:
Memphis
Heliopolis
Hermopolis
Thebes

MESOPOTAMIA
Enuma Elish
Gilgamesh
Enkidu
Utnapishtim

ICELAND
Prose Edda
Snorri Sturluson
Ragnarok
Gylfi

MALI
Teliko

UGANDA
Kintu
Mugulu

NIGERIA
Agadzagadza

ZUNI                                                     
Younger Brother
Older Brother

HOPI
Tawa

INDIA
Ramayana
Rama

JERUSALEM
Bible
Noah and the ark

DAHOMEY
Nana Boluku (Fon)

YUCATAN (Mexico)
Tepeu (Maya)
Popul Vuh
 

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This material has been published on the web by Prof. Tom Sienkewicz for his students at Monmouth College. If you have any questions, you can contact him at toms@monm.edu.

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