Transcript On your whiteboard: myth/legend or folklore?

On your whiteboard: myth, legend
or folklore?
Categorise the following:
Zeus
King Arthur
Eros and Psyche
Bre’r Rabbit
Robin Hood
King Midas and
the Minotaur
The Three
Little Pigs
Loch Ness
Monster
The Nightingale
Ali Baba and
the 40 Thieves
Aphrodite
and the
War
Trojan
William Tell
Medusa
Medusa was a type of Greek monster called a Gorgon. She had a
woman's face, but had snakes for hair. Anyone who looked into
Medusa's eyes would be turned to stone. She was once a beautiful
woman, but was turned into a Gorgon as punishment by the goddess
Athena.
Minotaur
The Minotaur had the head of bull and the body of a man. The
Minotaur came from the island of Crete. He lived underground in a
maze called the Labyrinth. Each year seven boys and seven girls were
locked into the Labyrinth to be eaten by the Minotaur.
Pegasus
Pegasus was a beautiful white horse that could fly. Pegasus was the
horse of Zeus and the offspring of the ugly monster Medusa. Pegasus
helped the hero Bellerophon to kill the chimera.
Cyclopes
The Cyclopes were one-eyed giants. They were famous for making
Zeus his thunderbolts and Poseidon his trident. Odysseus also came
into contact with a Cyclops while on his adventures in the Odyssey.
Centaurs
The Centaurs were half-man half-horse creatures. Their upper half was
human, while their lower half had four legs like a horse. In general,
centaurs were loud and vulgar. However, one centaur named Chiron
was intelligent and skilled in training. He trained many of the Greek
heroes including Achilles and Jason of the Argonauts.
Sphinx
The Sphinx had the body of a lion, the head of a woman, and the wings
of an eagle. The Sphinx terrorized the city of Thebes, killing all those
who could not solve its riddle. Finally, a young man named Oedipus
solved the Sphinxes riddle and the city was saved.
Your task:
For our work this week it is time to get creative!
Create a mythical creature of your own –
1. Name
2. Physical description
3. Where does it live? What strength or
attributes does it have? What has it
achieved?
4. Draw it!
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