Mythology
What is mythology?
Answer: Stories passed down that explain life, nature, gods, heroes, monsters, and mysteries.
What existed first at the beginning of the Greek creation story?
Answer: Chaos
Where does the pregnant woman originally live before falling?
Answer: The Sky-World
What archetype is the main character who goes on the journey and faces challenges?
The Hero
What step shows the hero’s ordinary life before the adventure begins?
Answer: Status Quo
Why did ancient people create myths?
Answer: To explain things they did not yet understand through science.
Who was the Earth goddess who gave birth to Uranus, the Starry Sky?
Answer: Gaea
How does the Sky-Woman begin growing plants on the turtle's back?
Answer: She plants the roots she plucked from the Great Tree as she fell
What archetype is a guide or teacher who gives the hero advice, wisdom, or tools?
Answer: Mentor
What step begins when the hero is invited, challenged, or pushed into the adventure?
Answer: Call to Adventure
What are some common subjects myths try to explain?
Answer: Creation, gods, nature, love, war, death, monsters, heroes, good, and evil.
Answer: Gave him poisoned wine
Which animal successfully brings up the tiny piece of earth from the bottom of the ocean?
Answer: The muskrat
What archetype is a friend or companion who helps the hero along the way?
Answer: Ally
What step happens when the hero leaves the familiar world and enters the unknown?
Answer: Crossing the Threshold
How did mythology affect ancient cultures?
Answer: It shaped beliefs, traditions, customs, laws, and everyday life.
What did Cronus do to avoid being overthrown by one of his children?
Answer: He swallowed his children when they were born.
What plants grow from the daughter’s grave and become known as “the three sisters”?
Answer: Corn, beans, and squash
What archetype is a character or force that blocks the hero’s path and tests them before they can move forward?
Answer: Guardian / Threshold Guardian
What step is the low point where the hero seems defeated but rises again changed?
Answer: Death and Rebirth
Abyss
What has replaced mythology to explain the physical world in modern times?
Answer: Science
How did Zeus finally become king of the universe?
Answer: He defeated Cronus and the Titans in the Titanomachy.
What do the right-handed twin and left-handed twin help explain about the world?
Answer: The balance between good and bad, day and night, creation and destruction, or order and conflict.
What archetype is a character whose loyalty, identity, or motives are unclear, making the audience unsure whether to trust them?
Answer: Shapeshifter
What step happens when the hero comes back to the ordinary world with new wisdom, strength, or insight?
Answer: Return