PPT-  Item #1 -- Mythology and Legend

  Achilles Heel                          This term is from Greek Mythology   According to myth when Achilles was a baby his mother dipped him in the River Styx because the waters from this river gave immortality to humans  His mother held him by his heel so that was the only place on his body not touched by water  From then on . The beliefs of the ancient Greeks reflected the violent storms, volcanoes and earthquakes that were a part of their experience. . Greek mythology is based on legends passed down through generations by word of mouth, so there are many versions of Greek mythology and not all of the stories agree with one another. . Pages 13. -23. What is Greek mythology?. Greek Mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the . a. ncient Greeks concerning their gods and heroes, the nature. of . the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. understand the origin and meanings of new words. English I . Honors. Mr. Fleming. LO: We will use Greek and Roman Mythology to understand the origin and meanings of new words. APK . You probably recall learning about certain Greek and Roman Gods and myths during your 8. o. f King Arthur. Why is King Arthur important?. Ideals of British chivalry (perfect). Cultural history and values. Characteristics of a Romantic Hero. Mysterious Birth. Duke of Cornwall + Igraine + Uther Pendragon. By Nick Johnson. Summary-Day. Legend .  is told from the perspective of two leading characters: Day, a renegade from the streets, and June, an elite student at Drake University and the Republic's shining prodigy. Day is a criminal on the run for stealing from the Republic and making the government look foolish. In the beginning, he's watching his family from afar (they think he's dead) and he sees that his house has been marked with a strange cross. This signifies that they have the plague. Because of this, Day decides that he has to go steal plague medicine from the hospital for his family.. RL.4.4. What is mythology?. Some people use the word myth to mean fake, but…. A myth . is a . actually traditional . story, . especially . one concerning the early history of . people . or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically . bye:. Angelina Battle. The legend of The Milky Way. This is what old people told me when I was a child. Long ago, when the world was new, there were not many stars in the sky. In those days people depended on corn for their food. They would grind it and keep it in bins behind their homes. Bread made from cornmeal, often kept them from starving during the long winter months. . Nordic Mythology is actually part of oral tradition stemming from Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland.. The Norse invaded the British Isles in the form of the Vikings, powerful warriors who sailed out of Norway.. th. -Century Art. Judith E. . Bernstock. 20. th. -century artists:. Draw on Classical Mythology for humanistic reasons. Less concerned with illustrating narrative content. More concerned with symbolic interpretation. Public.  . Gods. Roman . religion was divided into . two types of gods, primarily as a result of Rome conquering much of Greece in the Macedonian Wars. . Spirits (Numina). . watched over people, families and . ary. Warm-up Trivia!. Legend-. ary. Warm-up Trivia. 1. There is a cursed videotape that will kill you in 1 week if you don’t make someone else watch the tape.. False. . This legend is from the plot of . ARHGEF28. . p.Lys280Metfs40Ter. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Alzheimer’s disease. Cerebral palsy. I. II. III. IV. V. Figure e-1. Family with multiple generations affected by ALS.. A. Individuals in the family are affected primarily with ALS without features of cognitive impairment. Small dashes above family members in the pedigrees indicate those individuals who were available for DNA analysis. Squares and circles denote male and female family members, respectively. Coloured symbols represent affected family members as described on the legend, and open symbols represent unaffected family members. Diagonal lines indicate deceased family members, and arrows indicate the . Date: . Title:. Copy the following into your book:. A noun . is a word used to refer to a person, place or object.. A proper noun . is the name of a specific person, place, object or thing. All proper nouns begin with a capital letter. E.g. Paris, Sarah, The Guardian. Who thought it up?. What did they believe?. How . many Gods & Goddesses? . Sources. Information on the Greek belief system comes from many sources. Unlike followers of religions such as Christianity, Judaism, & Islam, the Greeks did not have a single sacred text, such as the Bible or Koran from which their beliefs and religious practices derived. Instead, they generally used oral traditions, passed on by word of mouth, to relate sacred stories. Priest and priestesses to various gods would also guide people in worship in various temples across Greece. We know something about these beliefs because Greek poets such as Homer, Hesiod and Pindar, and Greek dramatists such as Euripides, Aristophanes & Sophocles mention the myths in their various works. .