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Which God Should Be Called Upon
Which God Should Be Called Upon
1. A
starving
fisherman
wants
to
catch
a
fish.
2. A
student
is
worried
about
failing
a
class.
3. You
want
someone
you
love,
who
doesn’t
know
you’re
alive,
to
love
you.
4. A
four-‐foot
tall
freshman
wants
to
beat
up
a
seven-‐foot
senior.
5. You
are
on
a
boat,
adrift
in
the
middle
of
the
ocean
without
any
oars.
You
want
to
get
home.
Your
boat
does
have
a
sail
but
there
is
no
breeze.
6. A
girl
can’t
remember
the
lyrics
to
a
song
she
loves.
7. A
saddle-‐maker
wants
to
improve
the
quality
of
his
product.
8. A
farmer
needs
a
big
harvest
or
he
will
lose
his
farm.
9. A
widow
worries
about
her
dead
husband.
10. A
musician
can’t
hit
the
note
he
wants.
11. A
father
wants
his
very
sick
son
to
live.
12. A
poor
peasant
hasn’t
enough
wine
to
serve
at
his
daughter’s
wedding.
13. A
man
hopes
to
catch
a
rabbit
for
his
dinner.
14. A
girl
has
a
sore
that
won’t
heal.
15. A
childless
middle-‐aged
woman
hopes
to
get
pregnant.
16. Some
boys
are
having
a
party,
but
they
need
some
girls
to
attend.
Which
God
Should
Be
Called
Upon?
TEACHER
ANSWER
KEY
Instructions:
Below
are
a
number
of
hypothetical
desires
or
problems.
Read
each,
then
use
the
handout
“Gods
and
Goddesses”
to
try
to
match
up
the
desire/problem
with
the
god
or
goddess
that
the
person
should
pray
to
in
order
to
get
the
desired
result.
(In
some
cases,
prayers
and
offerings
should
be
made
to
more
than
one
deity.)
1. A
starving
fisherman
wants
to
catch
a
fish.
Poseidon
2. A
student
is
worried
about
failing
a
class.
Athena
3. You
want
someone
you
love,
who
doesn’t
know
you’re
alive,
to
love
you.
Eros
4. A
four-‐foot
tall
freshman
wants
to
beat
up
a
seven-‐foot
senior.
Ares
5. You
are
on
a
boat,
adrift
in
the
middle
of
the
ocean
without
any
oars.
You
want
to
get
home.
Your
boat
does
have
a
sail
but
there
is
no
breeze.
Poseidon;
Zeus
6. A
girl
can’t
remember
the
lyrics
to
a
song
she
loves.
Apollo
7. A
saddle-‐maker
wants
to
improve
the
quality
of
his
product.
Haphaestos
8. A
farmer
needs
a
big
harvest
or
he
will
lose
his
farm.
Demeter
9. A
widow
worries
about
her
dead
husband.
Hermes;
Pluto
10. A
musician
can’t
hit
the
note
he
wants.
Apollo
11. A
father
wants
his
very
sick
son
to
live.
Aclepius
12. A
poor
peasant
hasn’t
enough
wine
to
serve
at
his
daughter’s
wedding.
Dionysus
13. A
man
hopes
to
catch
a
rabbit
for
his
dinner.
Artemis
14. A
girl
has
a
sore
that
won’t
heal.
Asclepius
15. A
childless
middle-‐aged
woman
hopes
to
get
pregnant.
Artemis
16. Some
boys
are
having
a
party,
but
they
need
some
girls
to
attend.
Eros