Myths
Giving animals, plants or objects human emotions, actions, or thoughts.
Personification
True or False? Legends are exaggerated stories based on real or potentially real people?
True
What is a Tall Tale?
A fictional story that stretches the truth.
What do fables usually have?
Talking animals.
Moral Lesson.
Tru or false? Fairy tales were written specifically for children?
False
The purpose of a myth is to...
Show how the natural world works.
He was a heroic outlaw who stole from the rich to give to the poor...
Robin Hood
An extreme exaggeration...
Hyperbole
True or false? Fables are told to pass on wisdom from generation to generation.
True
Who collected "The Little Mermaid"?
Hans Christian Anderson
In Greek mythology, who gave fire to the humans?
Prometheus
Bloody Mary, The Lochness Monster, and Big Foot are all...
Urban Legends
What was the name of Pual Bunyans ox?
Babe
This person wrote over 600 fables during their lifetime.
Aesop
Who collected "Snow White" and "Cinderella"?
Brothers Grimm
How were Myths originally passed down?
By mouth
Generation to generation
Whats the difference between what we consider a "legend' today and a "classic/ urban legend"?
Who created the Grand Canyon?
Pecos Bill
One fable we read during the unit was?
The Lion and the Mouse
The Sun and the Wind
Why did these writers "collect" the stories instead of writing them themselves?
The stories were passed down by word of mouth and the most people at that time could not read or write.
The stories of Zeus, Athena, Hades, Prometheus, and Pandora are all examples of what kind of myths?
Greek
Name one legend/ urban legend we read together.
Robin Hood
The Fountain of Youth
Bloody Mary
Skinwalkers
Big foot
His heart gave out after competing against a steel-driving machine...
John Henry
Giving human- like emotions, morals/values, actions to animals.
Anthropomorphism
This character spared Snow White and brought the evil stepmother the heart and liver of an animal instead.
The huntsman