1 / 22

Jumpstart 4 sentences

Jumpstart 4 sentences. What is a myth? Do you know of any myths? If you do not know what a myth is look it up in dictionary. Word of the Day: Herculean-. Myth:.

brandi
Download Presentation

Jumpstart 4 sentences

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Jumpstart4 sentences What is a myth? Do you know of any myths? If you do not know what a myth is look it up in dictionary. Word of the Day: Herculean-

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. 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, Cronuswas 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?

  5. 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

  6. The Olympians • Zeus • Hera • Poseidon • Hades • Hestia • Demeter • Aphrodite • Ares • Hephaestus • Apollo • Artemis • Hermes • Dionysus • Athena

  7. Zeus

  8. Hera

  9. Poseidon

  10. Hades

  11. Hestia

  12. Demeter

  13. Athena

  14. Aphrodite

  15. Ares

  16. Hepaestus

  17. Apollo

  18. Artemis

  19. Hermes- God of Trade, Travel, and Theft

  20. Dionysus

  21. 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.

  22. Ticket out the Door • What Olympian would you like to the be? Why?

More Related