| The Epic of Gilgamesh | The Odyssey | The Ramayana | Beowulf | The Shanameh |
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What is Uruk
What city is Gilgamesh's "Normal World"?
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Who is Athena
Who is the Mentor archetype?
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Who is Lakshamana
Who fills the Helper archetype?
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Who are Grendel, Grendel's mother, The Dragon
Who were all of Beowulf's shadows?
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Who are Zal and Rostam
There are two Heroes in the Shanameh. Name both.
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Who is Enkidu, Utnapishtim
Name a Mentor archetype.
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Open ended: Is Calypso a damsel in distress? Why or why not?
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What is The Damsel in Distress
What archetype does Sita fill?
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Weapons, armor, treasure, and eight of his finest horses.
Name two gifts that Beowulf receives after defeating Grendel.
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Who is Raksh
Who is the Helper archetype?
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Open Ended: Do you think Gilgamesh ever completes the Revelations/Finally Changes plot point? Explain.
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What is
The Cyclops The Sirens The Lastrygoneans Helios's Cattle Scylla and Charybdis Circe The Underworld Calypso's Island Etc.
Name 5 of Odysseus's trials.
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Who is Viswamithra
Without checking your notes, what is the name of Rama's Mentor, who disappeared into the mountains?
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Who is Wiglaf
Without checking your notes, what is the name of Beowulf's helper, who fights the dragon?
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Who is the Simorgh
Who is Zal's mentor?
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Who is Shamhat
Without checking your notes, what is the name of the Priestess that seduces Enkidu?
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Returning home
Which event better fits the Death and Rebirth plot point: Odysseus's trip to the Underworld, or Odysseus returning home "from the dead" to kill the suitors?
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The first: To kill Raksha's, and meet Sita.
The second: To wait out the fourteen year banishment, and rescue Sita from Ravana.
It could be argued that Rama fulfills the Hero's Journey twice. What is the purpose or 'adventure' of each?
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Who is Hrothgar
Who is the Damsel in Distress archetype?
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Open ended: Is Rostam really a hero? Why or why not?
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Emotional: Enkidu's Death
Physical: The tunnel beneath the Twin Peaks, or the trip over the Death Waters.
Gilgamesh undergoes separate emotional and physical Deaths and Rebirths. Name both.
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Himself
Who is Odysseus's Shadow?
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Possible answers:
Sita's kidnapping, The battle with Ravana Sita jumping into the fire Etc.
Open ended: Rama never undergoes a physical representation of Death and Rebirth as Odysseus and Gilgamesh do. What other event could fill this spot, and why?
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Open Ended: Does Beowulf die before or after completing the Hero's Journey? Explain.
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The lion
The desert The dragon The witch The battle The demon king The white demon
Name five of Rostam's trials.
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