Exploring Divine Concepts: Understanding Deities Across Cultures Quiz - Test Your Knowledge

the largest African crocodile, the Nile crocodile, is both hated and revered, especially in Ancient Egypt where crocodiles were mummified, and worshipped as gods.

the leader of the Tran Cao rebellion, a peasant revolt against the Le Dynasty in Vietnam in 1516, claimed to be a reincarnation of the Hindu deity Indra.

the most popular deity worshipped by the Duala peoples of Cameroon is a mermaid called a jengu.

the Two Ladies was a euphemism used for the Ancient Egyptian deities Wadjet and Nekhbet, represented on the royal crowns of the merged Upper and Lower Egypt as a cobra and a vulture, respectively.

the Achelous-class landing craft repair ship USS Krishna (pictured) and her sister ship USS Indra are the only U.S. Naval vessels to have borne the name of Hindu deities.

Oladevi, a deity whose worship may have originated in the Indus Valley Civilization, was honoured and feared as the goddess of cholera in rural Bengal.

in Vajrayana Buddhism, a Wisdom King is the third tier of deity after Buddhas and bodhisattvas.

Hindus in the ancient Tamil country worshipped different deities depending on the landscape of the region they lived in.

Exploring Divine Concepts: Understanding Deities Across Cultures

1 Some deities are asserted to be the directors of time and fate itself, to be the givers of human law and morality, to be the ultimate judges of human worth and behavior, and to be the designers and creators of the ________ or the universe.

2 Some religions are ________ and assert the existence of a unique deity.

3 Some people believe that artifacts from Mohenjo-daro, Harappa and other archaeological sites of northwestern India and Pakistan indicate that some early form of Shiva worship was practiced in the ________.

4 Some human rulers, such as the pharaohs of the ________, the Japanese Tennos, and some Roman Emperors have been worshipped by their subjects as deities while still alive.

5 Some ________ hold that even the conventional existence of universal (monotheistic) deities is a non-existent, whereas others consider that the conventional existence of such a being is an existent.

6 He cites examples from ________ which is, in his opinion, more like a modern soap opera than other religious systems.

7 They are usually ________, and are commonly assumed to have personalities and to possess consciousness, intellects, desires, and emotions similar to those of humans.

8 ________ discusses philosophical issues related to theories about deities.

9 Theories and narratives about, and modes of worship of, deities are largely a matter of ________.

10 ________ is the view that there are two deities: a deity of good who is opposed and thwarted by a deity of evil, of equal power.

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