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Mythology
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Anticipation Questions
First (individually answer the
questions)
Second (with a partner, answer the
questions)
Circle A if you agree or
D if you disagree with the
statement
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God created the Earth, heavens, and man
All myths are lies.
Only the ancient Greeks wrote myths.
One Greek man, Sophocles, is responsible for
writing all the Greek myths.
Myths were told as a way of explaining things to
a people.
Greek mythology has shaped American culture
and the world.
Greek gods and heroes were strong, beautiful
and intelligent, but also quarrelsome,
unforgiving, jealous and spiteful.
I believe in myths. (They are….)
• I believe in the after-life.
• I believe in reincarnation.
• Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
What is mythology?
• The word "myth" comes from the Greek word
mythos, which means a spoken or written story
• Many events in a myth are not realistic or based
on fact, since the message communicated by
the story is more important than telling about an
actual event
• uses the supernatural to interpret natural events
and to explain the nature of the universe and
humanity
• Oral tradition until Homer (700 B.C.)
• all groups of people have myths
• often myths are associated with religion
• become the basis of a society.
What is the purpose of mythology?
• The purpose of a myth is to explain human
experience
• myths to explain many aspects of life: how
they came into existence as a people; the
reasons for good and evil; the seasons;
the weather; and the movements of the
sun, moon, and stars
• They are truth, but not in the literal sense
(must view them allegorically)