Introduction to Mythology

What is a body of interconnected stories told by a cultural group to explain the world consistent with a people's experience of the world in which they live?

• mythology

• legends

• fairy tales

• non-fiction

All of these are universal concerns EXCEPT...

• birth

• the after-life

• fashion

• good and evil

What is the role of myths in a culture?

• to encourage conflict

• to have common stories and create cohesiveness

• to determine which gods/goddesses are supreme

• to eradicated environmental waste

True/False: Cultures geographically apart can have similar myths involving floods.

• True

• False

Cultures across the globe have myths about the following:

• Creation

• Giants

• Man's acquisition of fire

• All of these

Poseidon is god of the .....

• gods

• wisdom

• sea

• love

Athena is goddess of.....

• wisdom

• sea

• underworld

• kings

Zeus is....

• the sea god

• the love god

• the king of the gods

• the war god

Aphrodite is the goddess of....

• war

• love

• sea

• underworld

Hades is the god of....

• war

• sea

• underworld

• beauty