Final Exam Flashcards
(36 cards)
What is a legend?
A story about larger than life human heroes
What is a myth?
A story about gods and cosmic creatures
Why teach mythology?
- exposure to other cultures
- teach history
- strengthen understanding of languages
- learn lessons
Shape
Natural: frog and the toad
Artificial: white snow bright snow
Exaggerated: dr Seuss
Line - perspective
Polar express
Color - tells the story
Little blue little yellow
Framing - can tell just as much as words
Where the wild things are
Perspective - dominant
Make way for ducklings
Opposite - light vs dark
Large vs small
Symbolic
Jumanji
Hungry caterpillar
Susie’s walk
Zeus
King of Gods
Hades
God of the underworld
Poseidon
God of the sea
Hera
Goddess of love
Athena
Goddess of wisdom and war
Apollo
God of sun, poetry, music, medicine
Artemis
Goddess of hunting
Ares
God of war
Hephaestus
God of fire
Aphrodite
Goddess of love and beauty
Hermes
Messenger God
Hestia
Goddess of the hearth
Demeter and Persephone
Goddess of crops and harvest
Dionysus
God of wine
Are myths appropriate?
Detractors
Defenders
Distasteful, incest, bloody conflict
Part of literary culture