MYTHOLOGY VOCABULARY

UNDERWORLDThe world of the dead, located below the world of the living

RIVER STYXThe river across which

Charon ferries the dead

INSPIRATIONSomething that

brings on creative ability; motivation

SUMMONEDSent for; called forth

PERILOUSDangerous

MORTALReferring to humans

who must eventually die

CONDEMNEDDoomed

IMMORTALLiving forever

LYRESmall stringed

instrument, similar to a harp

FATEA prophetic declaration

of what must be

OBSTINACYStubbornness

MYTHTraditional or

legendary story

DOWRYProperty that a

woman brings to her husband at marriage

DISTAFFA staff with a cleft

end for holding wool, flax, etc., from which

the thread is drawn in spinning by hand

ENTRANCEDCharmed; put into a

trance

MOTIVESomething that

causes a person to act in a certain way

or do a certain thing

NYMPHMinor nature goddess

MUSEAny goddess presiding

over a particular art

OBSCUREUnknown; hidden

VALOROUSBrave