Transcript What is *Mythology

 nature
 man
 …where
did the
earth come
from?
 …where did
man come
from?
 gods
 …where did
the gods
come from?
 Modern Myths:
 Legends:
 Folk Tales:
 Fanciful tales
 Entirely fictitious
woven around
real people
and real
happenings.
In some cases
so exaggerated
as to become
MYTHOLOGY
stores with the
spirit of fairy tales,
full of little people
and spirits. They
appear primarily to
the young.
 Monster tales,
fantasy, science
fiction or the
exaggerated tales
spread by the
admirers of movie
stars, politicians,
and athletes.
 Out of the chaos
emerged two beings,
 Gaea (Mother Earth) and
Uranus (Heavens)
 Whose children were the
12 Titans.
 Uranus hated all of his children
but particularly the monsters
and these were sent to Tartarus
(underworld)
 Gaea asked Titans to rescue the
monsters but only Cronus
agreed to help and he overthrew
his father.
 From Uranus’ blood came Giants
who are more like men instead
of gods and were fierce fighters
and Erinyes (Furies) who had
hair of writhing serpents and
they were winged
 Cronus and Rhea we
were married and
became the rulers of
earth, and had 6 children
 3 daughters names
Hestia, Demeter and
Hera.
 3 Sons Hades, Poseidon
and Zeus.
 Cronus now feared that his
 So Zeus divided the world
children would destroy him–
so he swallowed all but Zeus
who escaped. When he grew
up he and Rhea waged war
on Cronus
 Along battle followed–
Cronus disgorged his
children. The monsters
helped Zeus and gave him
weapons. Cronus, who was
assisted by some of the
Titans, was defeated.
with his brothers.
 Hades in charge of the
underworld.
 Poseidon in charge of
oceans, also horses, and
earthquakes.
 Zeus in charge of gods and
men from Mt. Olympus.
In charge
of gods
Goddess of
marriage
Zeus
Demeter
Goddess
of Crops
Aphrodite
Goddess of
Beauty
Hermes
Messenger
Artemis
Goddess
of the
moon
In
charge
of fire
Goddess
of
wisdom
Hera
Athena
Ares
Demeter
Apollo
Aphrodite
Hermes
Hestia
Artemis
Hephaestus
God of
war
Poseidon
Hades
Ruler of the
Underworld
God of sun,
song, and
music
Goddess
of Hearth
and
Family
God of
the Sea
 2 Monsters:
 Scylla—ate sailors
 Charybdis—swallowed
the sea
 Sirens-half bird, half
woman lured sailors to
ruin by their singing
 Poseidon-God of the Sea
 Hades was the rulers the
underworld.
 Cerberus was the 3- headed dog
that guards gate to underworld
so none can leave.
 Charon – Ferryman would
charge you to take you across.
Why people are buried with
coins over their eyes.
 5 Rivers of the world
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“Styx” wait for Charon’s ferry
“Lethe” forget your past
“Acheron” river of woe
“Phlegethon” river of fire
“Cocytus” river of wailing
 3 Regions of the
underworld.
 Tartarus is a place of
misery and torture. The
titans lived here.
 Elysium Fields - place
of blessedness.
Equivalent of heaven.
 Acheron is a place
where people wandered
aimlessly. Home of the
majority of those who
died.
 Take a few minutes to summarize the basics of Greek
Mythology.
 Why do cultures have heroes?
 What do you know about ancient heroes?
 What is a “modern hero”?
 List at least 5 characteristics of a hero.
 What does it mean to be bold?