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What is a myth? Do you know of any myths? If you do not know

what a myth is look it up in dictionary.

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Myth:

• traditional, typically ancient story dealing with supernatural beings, ancestors, or heroes that serves as a fundamental type in the worldview of a people, as by explaining aspects of the natural world or delineating the psychology, customs, or ideals of society.

• A popular belief or story that has become associated with a person, institution, or occurrence, especially one considered to illustrate a cultural ideal

Titans

• Mother Earth (Gaea) and Father Heaven (Uranus) had two types of children: Titan children and monster children.

• The Titans were beautiful, enormous, and strong.

• The monsters were, well, monsters. • Uranus did not like his monster children so he

locked them under ground in the darkest part of the earth.

Cronus And Rhea

• Mother Earth was heartbroken and asked her youngest son, Cronus to rescue his ugly siblings.

• As a reward for helping his mother, Cronus was rewarded rule of heaven and earth with his sister, Rhea .

• Cronus and Rhea married and had six childern.• Cronus heard a rumor that one of his future children

would over throw him.• So every time Rhea showed Cronus a baby he would

eat it. New meaning to the word baby food, huh?

Rock Baby

• When Rhea had her sixth child she was eager to save at least one.

• So, she wrapped a rock in a blanket instead of the baby and gave it to Cronus.

• Rhea then sent her son, Zeus to the island of Crete to be raised.

• When Zeus was grown him and his mother over threw his father and made him vomit up his brother and sisters, now fully grown.

• Zeus divided up the world between his brothers and sister

The Olympians

• Zeus• Hera • Poseidon• Hades• Hestia• Demeter• Aphrodite

• Ares• Hephaestus• Apollo• Artemis• Hermes• Dionysus• Athena

Zeus

Hera

Poseidon

Hades

Hestia

Demeter

Athena

Aphrodite

Ares

Hepaestus

Apollo

Artemis

Hermes- God of Trade, Travel, and Theft

Dionysus

Imagine you are living during ancient Greek times. Choose a force of nature

or human emotion that seems puzzling. Invent a name for a god or goddess

who will represent this force of nature or emotion, and draw a picture of him or her. Also, write a description of your

god or goddess, including physical appearance, personality, and behavior.

Ticket out the Door

• What Olympian would you like to the be? Why?