Gifts From the Gods
How did Achilles become immortal. What was his one weakness?
His mom dipped him into the river separating the land of the living and the land of the dead. Since she was holding so tightly to his heel that was the one part of him that was not immortal therefore his heel was his weakness.
Who is Zeus?
King or father of the Gods
These myths are written as ________. This tells us the different roles in the stories and what each character was doing or saying.
plays
When Arachne was being boastful what did Athena do to her?
Turned her into a spider
Who kidnapped Persephone?
Hades
In "The Cannibal Monster" who seems to have the most knowledge on the monster ?
Raven
What is a myth?
a Myth is a story passed down from generation to generation that teaches a lesson.
How are the two myths, "Demeter & Persephone" and "Gluskabe and Old Man Winter" similar ?
They are both myths about how the seasons came to be.
What was the name of the Goddess who helped lead people to victory in war after deciding they were fighting for the right reasons?
Victoria or Nike
Why was Zeus angry with Prometheus?
Prometheus stole fire from the Gods and gave it to the humans.
What does Gluskabe steal to get rid of Old Man Winter?
He steals a summer stick from the Summer lands.
A person's weakness is called what?
Their Achilles Heel
How are "Cannibal Monster" and "Pandora's Box" similar?
They both are morality myths that teach people that you should listen to those who are wiser than you.
Why did Narcissus die?
He was so obsessed with himself that he ended up staring at his own reflection in the pool for so long that he died from starvation and dehydration.
The goddess Hera tried killing Heracles because she was jealous of him. What did she do when Heracles was a baby? What happened to him?
Hera sent two snakes to kill Heracles. He was already so strong that he strangled the snakes. He went on to become a god.
What did the Cannibal Monster turn into at the end of the story.
Mosquitoes
What are the two types of myths? Describe them.
Morality myths teach a lesson about how you should behave.
Creation myths teach how something came to be or was created.
How are Native American myths and Greek Myths similar?
They both came up with these stories that explain things to their people. They pass these stories down to each generation.
There was a woman who disobeys orders and opened a box she wasn't supposed to. What was her name and what were 2 things she let out of the box?
Pandora opened the box.
She let out sufferings, disease, anger, crulety, old age, despair, pain, lie, envy, gossip, vanity, greed, anxiety, and revenge.
She turned her hair into snakes and made her so ugly that anyone who looked at her would be turned to stone.
What culture did these myths come from?
Name one of the tribes we talked about.
Native American culture
Tribes included: Abenaki, Ojibway, Cherokee, Cheyenne, Snohomish, Tlingit, and Zuni
What is the word for believing in multiple Gods
Polytheistic
How are myths from different cultures able to have the same theme but still be completely different?
Different cultures have their own stories for different lessons but they can still teach us the same thing or have the same message. Even if these stories are completely different.