WorksheetsMythology
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 17mins
Mythology is
used in a culture to explain why things happen
a lie
always passed down orally
something that doesn't affect us today
Myths are closely related to religion and personify things and natural forces which are considered as gods by ancient people while fables are stories that use personification and have morals.
True
False
Fairytales usually begin with "Happily ever after..."
True
False
The tortoise and the hare is an example of which of the following
Myth
Fairytale
Fable
Legend
A legend is believed to have
taken place in history
evolve over years
can be poetry or prose
all of the above
Odin, Thor, and Freya are all examples of ____________ Gods and Goddesses.
Greek
Roman
Lakota
Norse
_____ is the Greek God of the sea.
Zeus
Poseidon
Hera
Rhea
Native Americans and many other cultures use their myths to teach their children how to behave.
True
False
Jupiter is an example of a __________ God
Roman
Greek
Lakota
Egyptian
One similarity between the creation myths would be
the setting
they had dysfunctional families
they had the same amount of characters
they had the same ending
Myths are important today because
they predict the future
they explain the past
each culture has remnants that are a direct result of these stories
all of the above
An animalistic society is one that believes animals have souls and feelings. Native Americans are an example of an animalistic society.
True
False
Who is the father of Zeus?
Demeter
Cronus
Croton
Hestia
What is an archetype?
Hero
Villain
Victim
All of the Above
Zeus is married to ________________
Hera
his sister
Isis
Both Hera and his sister
The god of death, god of the underworld is __________
Hades
Poseidon
Zeus
Apollo
Dionysus (invented wine) is Zeus's son by a mortal woman named ___________
Athena
Ambrosia
Semele
Lachesis
The Greek gods and goddesses were thought to dwell in a place known as ___________
Vesuvius
Mt. Olympus
Australia
Crete
Zeus's weapon of choice was ____________
a purple ram's fleece
Hera's anger
a lightening bolt
medusa's head
Hera does not like being married to Zeus because
He often marries mortal women
he asked her 300 times before
he shaped shifted into a cuckoo
all of the above
Hera's emblem was the __________because it was the most motherly of animals.
Horse
Dolphin
Eagle
Cow
Poseidon's only weapon was a ______________
clam
seahorse
trident
dolphin
Poseidon's emblem was the ____________ , which he is said to have created named after the waves.
Clam
dolphin
horse
star fish
Poseidon's sister and goddess of all useful fruits, grasses and grains who seldom smiled is ____________________
Hera
Demeter
Persephone
Hephaestus
Goddess of Wisdom who knows more than anyone about pottery, weaving, and all useful arts.
Athena
Aphrodite
Hera
Demeter
Goddess of Love and Beauty, her emblem the dove.
Athena
Aphrodite
Loki
Ares
God of war, tall handsome, boastful, cruel brother, who loved fighting for its own sake.
Ares
Zeus
Hephaestus
Loki
The god of music, poetry, medicine, archery, and young unmarried men....Zeus's son by another woman!
Hermes
Cupid
Apollo
Ares
Goddess of the hunt and unmarried girls who knows medicine and archery...she hates the idea of marriage she prefers hunting, fishing, and swimming in moonlit mountain pools. If a mortal saw her without clothes, she would change him into a stag and hunt him to death.
Athena
Apollo
Hestia
Artemis
This god is the god of merchants, bankers, thieves, fortunetellers, and heralds. It is said he invented the alphabet and one of his emblems was the crane.
Hermes
Hestia
Apollo
Mars
The three fates were Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos the oldest goddesses in existence. The fates decided how long each mortal should live; spinning a linen thread, to measure exactly so many inches and feet for months and years, when death would come they would ____________.
snip it off with a pair of shears
throw it in the fire
make a jacket out of it
spin a web
Nectar was
a type of fish
a type of bread
the name of the servant
a sweet drink made from fermented honey
What is an oracle?
a special person with knowledge, prophecies or answers others don't have
a stick with two snakes wrapped around it
a healer
