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Myths
"DOM"
"Demeter and Persephone"
Vocabulary
Short Answer
100
traditional or ancient story
What is the first characteristic of a myth?
100
a subject or place which one has mastery
What is a domain?
100
show self-control
What is the lesson Demeter Learned.
100
soil that produces healthy crops and good for growing crops?
What is fertile?
100
fiery monsters will destroy the Earth.
Why doesn't Pluto want his realm "open to the light of day?"
200
oral narrative
What is the 2nd characteristic of a myth?
200
control of its surroundings
What is dominant?
200
don't give into temptation
What is the lesson Persephone learned?
200
female supernatural being
What is a goddess?
200
Pluto falls in love with Persephone.
What is the effect the arrow has on Pluto?
300
supernatural beings or heroes
What is the third characteristic of a myth?
300
they once had control
What is predominant?
300
love is a powerful emotion
What is the lesson Pluto learned?
300
gloomy, unpleasant
What is grim?
300
Persephone eats four pomegranate seeds.
What is the reason Persephone has to stay in the underworld for four months?
400
explains a belief or a natural happening
What is the 4th characteristic of a myth?
400
to disrupt; to come between
What is intervene?
400
a kingdom
What is a realm?
400
not guilty of a crime
What is innocent?
400
Zeus intervenes when Demeter destroys the Earth by not allowing life to continue on Earth.
What is the reason Persephone is allowed to return to Demeter?
500
seeks to answer some of life's questions( who are we and why are we here?)
What is the 5th characteristic of a myth?
500
master in importance of power
What is predominate?
500
strong, unpleasant feelings
What are pangs?
500
wild, prickly plants
What is a thistle?
500
The river nymph wafts the girdle over to Demeter.
How does Demeter find out that Persephone is gone?