Ramayana Vocabulary

a story that is passed down from generation to generation

• avatar

• archetype

• myth

• loophole

Tags

CCSS.RL.8.9

CCSS.RL.4.9

godly

• mentor

• divine

• karma

• epic

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

a flaw; a way around a rule 

• dharma

• monomyth

• herald

• loophole

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

 long poem following the deeds of a hero; broad heroic scale

• epic

• sage

• avatar

• divine

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

wise old person

• rampage

• integrity

• sage

• kharma

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RI.7.4

god in human form

• myth

• sage

• hero

• avatar

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

principle that a person has a moral duty to have proper behavior

• dharma

• karma

• integrity

• cunning

Tags

CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.5.4

actions determine future or fate, “What goes around comes around”

• loophole

• threshold guardian

• karma

• monomyth

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.8.9

strong moral character, do the right thing

• integrity

• divine

• epic

• shadow

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

myth that follows the same cyclical pattern (hero starts on Earth, enters a mythical universe, fights/defeats creatures, returns to Earth, but transformed); hero's journey

• epic

• sequence

• monomyth

• shapeshifter

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.L.6.6

CCSS.W.5.2D

CCSS.W.6.2D

CCSS.W.7.2D