To solve religion or mythology analogies on the MAT, you’ll need a little information about the world’s major religions, history’s most famous myths, and religious and mythological terms. Building a foundation of religious knowledge for the Miller Analogies Test is not as difficult as it is in some of the other humanities, as you will soon learn.
Religious terms that appear on the MAT test
Brush up on your knowledge of terminology important to the study of religion by examining these terms and their definitions.
Armageddon: An end-of-the-world scenario
Asceticism: Lifestyle without physical pleasures
Confirmation: A rite of initiation in Christianity
Hajj: Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca
Original sin: State into which humans are born after the fall of man
Phoenix: Mythical bird that burns to death, only to be born again from its ashes
Ramadan: Month of fasting in Islam
Seven deadly sins: Vices against Christianity: wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony
Sharia: The moral code of Islam
Religions that appear on the MAT test
Brush up on your knowledge of various religions by studying these terms and their definitions.
Agnosticism: The belief that the existence of deities is unknown
Atheism: The belief that there are no deities
Buddhism: Religion based on the teachings of Buddha; practitioners seek nirvana
Christianity: Monotheistic religion based on the teachings of Jesus
Hinduism: Predominant religion of India, based on karma and dharma
Islam: Monotheistic religion based on the Quran
Judaism: Monotheistic religion based on the Hebrew Bible
Sikhism: Monotheistic religion founded in the Punjab region
Greek and Roman gods that appear on the MAT test
Having trouble remembering what you know about Greek and Roman gods? Refresh your memory by looking over these terms and their definitions.
Apollo: Greek and Roman sun god, son of Zeus
Aphrodite/Venus: Goddess of love
Ares/Mars: God of war
Athena/Minerva: Warrior goddess of wisdom
Dionysus/Bacchus: God of wine and pleasure
Hades/Pluto: God of the underworld
Hera/Juno: Goddess of marriage and motherhood
Hermes/Mercury: Messenger of the gods
Poseidon/Neptune: God of the ocean
Zeus/Jupiter: God of the sky who rules other gods
Other gods that appear on the MAT test
There are other religions whose gods you must also be familiar, if you are to do well on the MAT. The following is a list of various gods and their descriptions.
Allah: Name for God in Islam
Isis: Egyptian goddess of nature and magic, the ideal wife and mother
Osiris: Egyptian god of the underworld and the dead
Ra: Egyptian sun god
Thor: Norse god of thunder and lightning
Important religious figures that appear on the MAT test
The following lists important religious figures you should get to know before taking the MAT.
Adam: First human male, according to the Creation Myth
Buddha, Gautama: Spiritual teacher and founder of Buddhism
Eve: First human female, according to the Creation Myth
Jesus: Central figure in Christianity, the son of God
Job: Character in the Hebrew Bible; prophet in Islam
John the Baptist: Prophet in Christianity and Islam who baptized Jesus
Mary: Virgin mother of Jesus
Moses: Prophet in Judaism who wrote the Torah
Muhammad: Messengers and prophet of God in Islam
Noah: Figure in the Old Testament who built an ark to save a sampling of life on Earth
Satan: Evil entity who corrupts humans
Zoroaster: Persian founder of Zoroastrianism
Important religious locations that appear on the MAT test
The following lists important religious locations you should familiarize yourself with before taking the MAT.
Asgard: Capital city of the Norse gods
Hades: The underworld in Ancient Greek mythology; Hades is also the name of the god of this underworld
Jerusalem: Holy city in Israel in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
Mecca: In Islam, the birthplace of Muhammad and where the Quran was written
Mount Olympus: Home of the 12 Olympian Greek gods
Styx: In Greek mythology, the river that divided Earth from Hades
Valhalla: The hall in Asgard in Norse mythology
Vatican City: Home of Catholicism and the Pope in Rome, Italy
Important religious festivals/holidays that appear on the MAT test
The following lists important religious holidays or festivals you should get to know before taking the MAT.
Christmas: Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus
Easter: Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus
Eid al-Adha: Muslim holiday at the end of the Hajj
Eid ul-Fitr: Muslim holiday at the end of Ramadan
Hanukkah: Eight-day Jewish holiday known as the Festival of Lights
Rosh Hashanah: Jewish New Year and the first of the High Holy Days
Yom Kippur: Holy Jewish day of atonement and repentance
Important religious writings that appear on the MAT test
The following lists important religious writings you should know before taking the MAT.
Bible: Collection of Christian and Jewish texts
Quran: Central text of Islam, written by Muhammad
Ten Commandments: Principles given to Moses from God on Mount Sinai
Torah: First five books of the Hebrew Bible, written by Moses
Important places of worship that appear on the MAT test
The following lists important places of worship you should make sure you know before taking the MAT.
Church: Building for Christian worship that is often cross-shaped
Mandir: Hindu temple for worship
Mosque: Place of worship for Muslims
Synagogue: Jewish house of worship
Vihara: Buddhist monastery
