Mythology Terms- Grade Seven

A ________ usually teaches a lesson or a moral and has animals with human characteristics as characters

• Fairy Tale

• Legend

• Myth

• Fable

A __________ has themes around the idea of "Good is rewarded and evil is punished", begin with the words "A long time ago", and explains how things happened or were created.

• Fairy Tale

• Legend

• Myth

• Fable

________ are usually based on a real person and involve heroic deeds.

• Fairy Tale

• Legend

• Myth

• Fable

_________ usually have children as the audience, begin with "Once upon a time" and involve the number 3

• Fairy Tale

• Legend

• Myth

• Fable

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf" and "The Tortoise and The Hare" are examples of

• Fairy Tales

• Legends

• Myths

• Fables

"Hercules", "Paul Bunyan" and "Tarzan" are all examples of

• Fairy Tales

• Legends

• Myths

• Fables

"Zeus", "Hades", and "Echo and Narcissus" are all examples of

• Fairy Tales

• Legends

• Myths

• Fables

"The Three Little Pigs", "Hansel and Gretel" and "Little Red Riding Hood" are all examples of

• Fairy Tales

• Legends

• Myths

• Fables

_______ means "self"

• therm

• acro

• auto

• log

-------means "heat"

• auto

• therm

• acro

• log