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What is it?

Who is Who?

What do you know about myths and mythology?

What do you want to look for when reading a myth?

1.What is the theme of the myth? (moral lesson, natural phenomenon, human conflict)

2. An explanation…….does it explain how something came to be? If so, how?

3. Connection……does this myth connect to another story or yourself? (place, time, meaning)

Breaking down the word for meaning

What is Mythology?Myths are a body of traditional and sacred stories to explain a belief or natural happening

Myths attempt to Explain such ideas asNature…… Where did earth come from?Man ….. Where did man come from?Gods….. How many? Role of gods?

• What cultures created myths?

Celtic mythology-The god LughGreek mythology-MedusaNorse mythology-Loki Roman mythology-Athena African mythology- Dogon Egyptian mythology- RaNative American mythology- Rainbow crowAboriginal mythology- See clip

Greek and Roman Mythology Link

Greek and Roman Gods and heroes are usually the same character with a different name.

Odysseus

Greek

Ulysses

Latin (Roman)

Why is Mythology

IMPORTANT?

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Constant References

Ajax

The name of the legendary son of Telamon king of Salamis. There is no J in Greek - his name was Aias. He has come from earlier Mycenaean warrior traditions, and was absorbed into the Greeks in the Iliad even though he came from an earlier century.

Midas

In Greek mythology, Midas was the king of Pessinus. He was the adopted son of Gordias and Cybele and is popularly remembered for his ability to turn everything he touched into gold

Epic Tale

A long story that celebrates the adventures and achievements of one or more heroic figures of legend, history or religion.