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Quiz on Creation stories: Indian, Iranian, Biblical
Quiz on Creation stories: Indian, Iranian, Biblical
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1
Brahma's body of goodness and light givens rise to the
devas
: essentially gods or angels.
True
False
2
The first humans in the Iranian story come from
Mashye and Mashyane
Gayomart's ox
Ormazd
Gayomart's dead body
3
In the Iranian story of the two opposing gods, Ormazd represents wisdom and goodness
True
False
4
The first body Brahma assumes is one of darkness
True
False
5
The following are three elemental substances that Brahma assumes EXCEPT
goodness
spirit
darkness
energy
6
The first sin of the original humans in the Iranian story, Mashya and Mashyane, came from
Ahriman's corruption of Mashyane
the temptation of Ormazd
Johi, the demoness
a lie created by these two first humans
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In the Zoroastrian (Iranian) creation story, the two opposite dieties / forces are
Ormazd and Ahriman
Agholor and Droppalot
Feinstein and Trump
Bahktani and Dardashte
8
In the Iranian story, Ormazd embodies both a male (corporeal) and female (spiritual) principle
False
True
9
The Hindu creation story ends saying that, quite possibly, no one, not even the supreme being, knows how creation began.
True
False
10
In the Iranian story, humans are powerless pawns in an eternal struggle between good and evil
False
True
11
What exists "in the beginning" of the Hindu creation story?
eternal night
only space
"That one"
non-existence
12
In the Hindu story, this force appears to help "That one" arise.
The process
a meteor strike
bright light
heat
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All evil things in the Iranian story--vermin, disease, etc.--come from the demoness Johi, who represents that women are
False
True