Heroes
A hero might refuse the call to adventure because...
What is lack of confidence, other stuff going on, desire to stay comfortable (answers will vary)?
The hero's journey begins in this place.
What is the ordinary world?
Greek mythology is
What is a collection of stories about gods and monsters created to reflect ancient Greek culture and explain natural phenomena?
This is the Greek world for the very beginning of Greek myth world.
What is 'chaos'?
A demigod is ______________.
What is part human part god?
A mentor is _____________. Give an example of one in real life or in a story.
What is a mentor is a teacher/helper to the hero who tends to know more than the hero and is able to help him? Example: Haymich in the Hunger Games (answers will vary.)
This is an example of an ordeal in a hero's journey.
What is 'slay the main monster' etc? answers will vary.
This is the name of the island where the Minoan civilization flourished from 3300 bc to 1100 bc.
What is Crete?
This god controls the sky and often holds a lightning bolt.
Who is Zeus?
Medusa is this type of a creature and has this for hair.
What is a gorgon and snakes?
When heroes leave their ordinary world, they enter the ______________ world.
What is 'special'?
An elixir is ________________. It stands for ________________.
What is a special potion that stands for something hard won by the hero through the ordeal?
What is (for example) Zeus causing lightning? Answers will vary.
This goddess is wise and has a very famous city named after her.
Who is Athena?
Aphrodite is the goddess of ____________.
What is love?
The hero's approach to the innermost cave means...
What is a big scary conflict for the hero?
What is a threshold is a passage from one space to another? In the hero's journey it means the hero has decided to go into the special world.
This is the HOW of Greek mythology.
This god is an Olympian but does not live on Mount Olympus. He is ___________ and lives in __________.
Who is Hades and lives in the underworld?
Cronos did his to his children out of fear of them taking his power?
What is eat them!
What is a concept that Joseph Campbell came up with that says every story is made up of the same elements?
This is the academic and thinker who came up with the hero's journey and wrote about it in his book The Hero with a Thousand Faces.
Who is Joseph Campbell?
What is: explain the world around them, entertainment, reflection of their culture and lifestyle, enforcing rules in society? (answers will vary)
This goddess is responsible for nature and the seasons.
Who is Demeter?
This goddess is the goddess of hearth and home.
Who is Hestia?