Reading Mythology

What is a body of interconnected stories told by a cultural group to explain the world consistent with a people's experience of the world in which they live?

• mythology

• legends

• fairy tales

• non-fiction

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All of these are universal concerns EXCEPT...

• birth

• the after-life

• fashion

• good and evil

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What is the role of myths in a culture?

• to encourage conflict

• to have common stories and create cohesiveness

• to determine which gods/goddesses are supreme

• to eradicated environmental waste

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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True/False: Cultures geographically apart can have similar myths involving floods.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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Cultures across the globe have myths about the following:

• Creation

• Giants

• Man's acquisition of fire

• All of these

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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Poseidon is god of the .....

• gods

• wisdom

• sea

• love

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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Athena is goddess of.....

• wisdom

• sea

• underworld

• kings

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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Zeus is....

• the sea god

• the love god

• the king of the gods

• the war god

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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Aphrodite is the goddess of....

• war

• love

• sea

• underworld

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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Hades is the god of....

• war

• sea

• underworld

• beauty

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CCSS.RL.4.9

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