What is a myth?
Folklore. Myths, folktales, legends, fairy tales,fable.
What do myths do?
Teaches cultural value, Entertain, Explain natural occurrences. Answer important questions> Ex: (What happens when we die? What makes a "Good Person"? How did the earth get started?)
What do myths do? #2
Norse myth/Norse Goddess (Frigg) and Pangu Rivers.
Anthropomorphism
the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object. Ex: (Thor had a mit and a hammer)
Fatalism
the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable.
Aninism
The belief that parts of nature and the universe itself possesses souls Ex: (Give souls to trees, flowers, and other parts of the natural world)
Characteristics of myths.
Express early humankind's desire to explain the universe Ex: (Phaethon riding a chariot where the sun rises.)
Characteristics of myths. #2
Generally involve nature and adventure of gods & goddesses and heroes.
Gods & Goddesses and other Deities
Super human in strength and power.
Gods & Goddesses and other Deities; Spirits
They sometime appear in disguise (Loki Norse Mythology)
Gods & Goddesses and other Deities; Spirits. #2
Often experience human emotions such as jealousy (Hera); Love and loss, or grief (Demeter and Persephone)
Deity
a god or goddess
People use myths to...
Reveal the hopes and fears of people from all cultures
Similarities between myths
Includes Chaos, water, apple, lions, wind, fire, trees, sun, snakes, eggs, cows, Homes for gods or goddesses, giants, three people controlling peoples fates, Deity s becoming land forms, People formed from clay, common images across cultures or archetypes.
Animism examples
Baucis and Philemon= Loyalty and hospitality
Golden Mean
Balance. Ideal condition where nothing is lacking and nothing in excess,
Narcissistic (Adjective)
- Exhibiting an inordinate admiration for one's self- Having excessive self love- Showing an exaggerated (and even pathological) sense of self importance- Forms of the word: narcissism, narcissist
Narcissistic (Story)
Narcissistic comes from the Greek myth about Narcissus. Narcissus was a quite striking youth with an intense love for his appearance. One day a nymph, Echo, fell in love with Narcissus, but he wanted nothing to do with her. Then a god, Nemesis, said "May he who loves not others love himself." He set Narcissus up so that when he bent over to get a drink, he fell in love with his own reflection. He spent hours trying to get his reflection to talk to him, but it didn't answer. He fell in the water towards his reflection and died. Where Narcissus' dead body laid was a white flower now named after him.
Lethal (adjective)
Deadly
Lethal (Greek Meaning)
The word "lethal" comes from the Greek river, Lethe, one of the five rivers in Hades. It is the river of forgetfulness or oblivion. When people drank from the Lethe, they would forget all of their memories, and their soul would officially pass on to another state.
Valor
courage in battle; bravery
Sisyphean (Adjective)
of or related to a task that is impossible to complete
Sisyphean (Greek Meaning)
The word Sisyphean comes from the story of Sisyphus, a wealthy man who defied the gods. He joked that he would win against Death, and he did. Hades took him, but Sisyphus told his wife not to bury his body, and because Sisyphus' body was not properly buried, Sisyphus could not die. This made Zeus furious, so Zeus punished him by making him have to push a boulder up a hill. After he finished the ascent, the boulder rolled back down, and he had to push it back up. Each time he made it close to the top of the hill, it fell back down.
Tantalize (verb)
- To tease by presenting something pleasing but keeping it out of reach- To torment with something that is desired but unattainable.- Forms of the word: tantalizing, tantalized
Tantalize (Story)
Tantalize comes from the story of Tantalus. Tantalus was treated like an immortal because he was Zeus' son, but he always displayed atrocious behavior. Tantalus tried to trick the gods by boiling his only son, Pelops, and serving him to them. The gods knew, though, and were greatly offended. They punished him by putting him in Hades. There whenever he tried to drink from a pool of water or eat from the grapes that hung from a branch above his head, he could not drink or eat. It was right there, but he couldn't quench his thirst or satisfy his hunger. This meant perpetual torment for Tantalus.
Yggdrasil
The World Tree, The Tree of Life
Odin
Father of gods, ruler of the Aesir
Valhalla
Odin's Paradise
Frigg
Sky goddess, Change in color of the sky depending of the color of dress she wears.
Thor
Strongest of all gods
Loki
Always stirring up trouble
Heimdall
Guardian of Asgard
Njord
Protector of ships and fishing
Frey
God of peace and prosperity
Freya
Goddess of love and fertility
The Valkyries
Warriors "Naked Uber drivers
Tyr
God of battle
Bragi
God of poetry and words
Balder
Sun god
Hel
Ruler of the underworld
Atrophy
Atropos
Titanic and titanic
Titan
Panic
Pan
Cloth
Clotho
Music
Muses
Cerebral
Cerberus (Three headed dog)