Gods
is the god of the sky
Zeus
the powers of fertility, pleasure and eternal youth, along with extraordinary beauty.
Aphrodite
In this story the main character eats his children for fear of their power. Ultimately, the Olympian gods arise from this event.
Kronos and Zeus
Myths were originally told________.
Orally
_______killed the famed monster Medusa, the hideous gorgon with snakes for hair who turned anyone with the misfortune of looking into her eyes into stone.
Perseus
Complete control of the underworld and all its subjects. Besides being an immortal god, one of his special powers was invisibility.
Hades
the goddess of wild animals, the hunt, and vegetation and of chastity and childbirth
Artemis
a man who wished that everything he touched would turn into gold. However, he had not thought that this wish was not actually a blessing, but a curse. His greed invites us to think and realize the consequences that may lead us to become slaves of our own desires.
Midas
Later, with the invention of writing, people began to write down their myths and adapt them in new ways—turning them into
plays, poems, or novels, for example.
Her grief over her daughter Persephone – who has to spend one-third of the year with her husband Hades in the Underworld – is the reason why there is winter.
Demeter
In addition to being able to run long distances, transform objects, and teleport between Mount Olympus and earth, _____ also had enormous strength.
Pan
has the power to induce potent feelings of serenity in others, allowing her to keep everyone who surrounded her at total ease
Hestia
he famously gave the human race the gift of fire and the skill of metalwork, an action for which he was punished by Zeus, who ensured everyday that an eagle ate the liver of the Titan as he was helplessly chained to a rock
Prometheus
Because of their ORAL roots, myths are not_____.
set in stone. Each one, endlessly retold, has spawned variations. Often there is no one single “correct” version of a myth.
______was the personification of intense love desire and he was depicted throwing arrows to people in order to hit their heart and make them fall in love. _______, a beautiful maiden, personifies the human soul.
Eros and Psyche
the god who made mortals aware of their own guilt and purified them of it, who presided over religious law and the constitutions of cities, and who communicated with mortals his knowledge of the future and the will of his father, Zeus.
Apollo
She had control over the harvest and the growing of grains. She could cause plants to grow (or not grow) and had control over the seasons. She also had some control over the weather and could make people hungry
Demeter
_______joined the expedition of the Argonauts, saving them from the music of the Sirens by playing his own, more powerful music. On his return, he married Eurydice, who was soon killed by a snakebite. Overcome with grief, _______ventured himself to the land of the dead to attempt to bring Eurydice back to life.
Orpheus
In places such as _____ or______, every rock, stream, lake, and hill may have its own spirit.
Japan or Africa
special powers were those of strength and physicality. As the god of war he was a superior fighter in battle and caused great bloodshed and destruction wherever he went.
Ares
He had special powers of making wine and causing vines to grow. He could also transform himself into animals such as a bull or a lion. One of his special powers was the ability to drive mortals insane.
Dionysus
The goddess of women, marriage, and childbirth, she was known by the Romans as Juno. She had super-human strength; immortality; eternal youth; and the ability to bless and curse.
Hera
When the king turned against_______ and imprisoned him, ________ secretly made wings for himself and his son Icarus, intending to escape to Sicily. Despite his father's warnings, Icarus flew too close to the sun; the wax holding the feathers to his wings melted, and he fell into the sea and drowned.
Daedalus
Myths reinforce the cultural________ of the people who tell them.
identity
______ falls in love with _______ but he isn't into it. She proceeds to pine over him until her body withers away and only her voice is left.
Echo and Narcissus