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From the Ted Talk by Devdutt Pattanaik: East vs. West -- the myths that mystify

Unscramble the Blue Letters


To understand the business of mlyohgtoy and what a Chief Belief oefcifr is soupespd to do, you have to hear a srtoy of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god who is the sricbe of serletrytlos, and his brother, the athletic warlord of the gods, Kartikeya. The two brothers one day decided to go on a race, three times around the world. Kartikeya leapt on his peacock and flew around the citonnents and the mountains and the oceans. He went around once, he went around twice, he went around thrice. But his brother, Ganesha, simply walked around his parents once, twice, thrice, and said, "I won." "How come?" said Kartikeya. And Ganesha said, "You went around 'the world.' I went around 'my world.'" What matters more?

Open Cloze


To understand the business of _________ and what a Chief Belief _______ is ________ to do, you have to hear a _____ of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god who is the ______ of ____________, and his brother, the athletic warlord of the gods, Kartikeya. The two brothers one day decided to go on a race, three times around the world. Kartikeya leapt on his peacock and flew around the __________ and the mountains and the oceans. He went around once, he went around twice, he went around thrice. But his brother, Ganesha, simply walked around his parents once, twice, thrice, and said, "I won." "How come?" said Kartikeya. And Ganesha said, "You went around 'the world.' I went around 'my world.'" What matters more?

Solution


  1. continents
  2. officer
  3. supposed
  4. storytellers
  5. mythology
  6. scribe
  7. story

Original Text


To understand the business of mythology and what a Chief Belief Officer is supposed to do, you have to hear a story of Ganesha, the elephant-headed god who is the scribe of storytellers, and his brother, the athletic warlord of the gods, Kartikeya. The two brothers one day decided to go on a race, three times around the world. Kartikeya leapt on his peacock and flew around the continents and the mountains and the oceans. He went around once, he went around twice, he went around thrice. But his brother, Ganesha, simply walked around his parents once, twice, thrice, and said, "I won." "How come?" said Kartikeya. And Ganesha said, "You went around 'the world.' I went around 'my world.'" What matters more?

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
chief belief 2
institutional thinking 2


Important Words


  1. athletic
  2. belief
  3. brother
  4. brothers
  5. business
  6. chief
  7. continents
  8. day
  9. decided
  10. flew
  11. ganesha
  12. god
  13. gods
  14. hear
  15. kartikeya
  16. leapt
  17. matters
  18. mountains
  19. mythology
  20. oceans
  21. officer
  22. parents
  23. peacock
  24. race
  25. scribe
  26. simply
  27. story
  28. storytellers
  29. supposed
  30. thrice
  31. times
  32. understand
  33. walked
  34. warlord
  35. won
  36. world