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Unit 1 Mythology Flashcards

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1
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What are myths in mythology?

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Stories by which ancient Greeks attempted to account for things like, which they experienced, and passed down orally

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What are 3 things myths are made up of?

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  • They told supernatural beings, who looked human, but were stronger than humans
    -early myths were simple and developed from Greeks and their experiences
    -attempted to explain natural phenomenon
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What are the 4 forms of myths in mythology?

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Myths, legends, epics and dramas

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What are legends?

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-deals with supernatural beings found in myths
-contains a fraction of actual history passed down orally
-central character: hero-a mortal man who preforms wonderful deeds

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what are Epics?

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Long narratives with a noble hero, who performs great deeds of Valor
-designed to arouse in its readers or listeners to give inspiration
-written by 1 person

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What are dramas?

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-Linked as a classical drama
-the first dramatization of mythology
-focused on the authors attempt to find understanding of human situations
-wrote and was the product of 1 author

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What is a summary of forms?

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-the evolution of the forms of mythology illustrate man’s “rational thinking”.
-the focus shifted from supernatural beings to an analysis and explanation of human nature
-shifts from many authors to 1 author

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True or False: Myths are always based on historical facts.

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False

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Fill in the blank: Myths in Greek is _____.

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Mythos

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Ancient Greeks:

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-made up some of the most fascinating tales
-attempted to explain the origins of man, earth and the gods
-the gods/goddesses had to be treated well

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What purpose do myths serve in today’s society?

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Myths now refers to a particular kind of story, one intended to explain how people used to think

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How do myths differ from legends?

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-Myths are traditional stories that try to explain natural phenomenas or cultural beliefs
-Legends are stories mostly based on historical events or figures.

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Why did people in the past tell myths?

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-to help explain what they couldn’t understand
-to account for natural phenomenon
-to teach mortal value
-to re-tell the glory of heroes
-to explain human nature

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Why do we study myths in school?

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  • Broadens our understanding of ancient cultures
  • Visible impact on that development of English Literature, as well as the arts
  • Learn about values/morals
  • entertainment value
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Our relation to mythology:

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  • Forms the basis of modern advertising
  • Integrated with popular music
  • Provides clearly defined characters
    (Heroes/villians)
  • helps children understand their own confusion about things they don’t understand
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What is the umbrella definition of architypes?

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Architects are typical characters, actions, or situations that represent a universal pattern of human nature

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What is the function of archetypes?

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-The function of archetypes can give literacy works a universal acceptance and also, by using common archetypes, writers attempt to impact realism into their work.

(When readers can Identify and relate with the characters and situations, it makes it more universally accepted)

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Type of archetypes:

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-Character
-Situational
-Symbolic

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What are the different types of character archetypes? (12)

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(12)
The innocent youth
The hero (Warrior/ tragic)
Friendly Beast
loyal retainers
the mother figure
the Earth mother
The villain
the devil figure
The trickster
the damsel in distress
the temptress
the star-crossed lovers

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What is the innocent youth?

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And inexperienced/naive character who will experience a coming of age

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What is the hero?

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The character who must fulfill a necessary task to restore harmony / justice to a community

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What are the 2 types of heroes?

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Warrior: Faces physical challenges and enemies
Tragic: A tragic hero who flaw brings about his downfall

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What is the friendly Beast?

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An animal companion who assists the hero and reflects that nature is on their side

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What is the group of companions/loyal retainers?

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Individuals who help the hero

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What is the mother figure

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May guide and direct or create suffering

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What is the Earth mother

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A symbolic of futilement, London’s, and fertility

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What is the villain

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The character who opposes the hero

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What is the devil figure

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The evil incarnation

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Trickster:

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A character who tricks others or is full of slide jokes and malicious pranks

30
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What is the Damsel in distress

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Is a vulnerable woman who must be rescued by the hero

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What is the temptress

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Is characterized by sensual Beauty and can bring about the heroes downfall

32
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What are the starcross lovers

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2 characters engaged in a love affair faited to end tragically

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What is a situational architype

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Universal situations people can recognize and relate to

34
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What are the types of situational architypes? (8)

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(8)
The quest
the task
the journey
the initiation
the ritual
the battle between good and evil
the fall
death and rebirth

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What is the quest

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The hero must go on a journey to accomplish something in order to revive the wasteland

36
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What is the task

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The nearly superhuman feats the hero must perform to accomplish his quest

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What is the journey

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The main character takes a journey (physical or emotional) to understand his or her personality and the nature of the world

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What is the ritual

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The actual ceremonies that indicates experiences that will mark his passage into another state

39
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What is the battle between good and evil

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The clash of forces of good fighting evil

40
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What is the fall

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The main character falls from grace and consequences of his own actions

41
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What is death and rebirth

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Is the cycle of nature and the cycle of life

42
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What are symbols archetypes

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An object, place, color, or numbers that symbolize a universal feeling or idea

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What are the different types of symbolic architypes? (8)

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(8)
Light vs darkness
Supernatural intervention
Fire and ice
Underworld
Heaven versus wilderness
Heaven verse hell
the crossroads
Fog

44
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What does Light versus darkness represent

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Light suggests hope and renewal or intellectual illumination While darkness implies the despair and Ignorance

45
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What is supernatural Intervention

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Spiritual Beings intervene for or against the hero

46
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Fire and ice

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Fire represents knowledge, light, life, and rebirth
Ice represents ignorance, darkness and death

47
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What does the Underworld represent

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A place of death or an encounter with the dark side or the self

48
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Havan verse wilderness

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Places of safety contrast sharply against a dangerous wilderness

49
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Heaven versus hell

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Skies house of gods while the bulls of the Earth contain diabolic forces

50
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What is the crossroads

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A place or time of decision when a realization is made and change results

51
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What does fog symbolize

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It’s symbolizes uncertainty

52
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What does the color red represent

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Blood, sacrifice, passion, disorder

53
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What does the color blue represent

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Highly positive, security, tranquillity, spiritual purity

54
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What does the color green represent

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Hope, growth, envy

55
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What does the color black represent

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Darkness, chaos, mystery, the unknown, death, evil

56
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What does the color white represent

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Positively:
Light, purity, innocence

Negatively:
emptiness, shallowness

57
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What does the color yellow represent

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Enlightenment, wisdom

58
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What does the number 3 represent

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The holy Trinity, light, spiritual awareness

59
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What does the number 4 represent

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The life cycle, 4 elements, mankind (4 limbs)

60
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What does the number 6 Represent

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The devil, evil

61
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What does the number 7 represent

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Divinity (3) + mankind (4) = relationship between man and God
7 deadly sins, 7 days of the week, 7 gifts of the holy spirit

62
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What is an origin myth

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Attempts to explain how the world came into being

63
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What is the definiton of the heroic pattern?

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It is the pattern a hero story follows

64
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What is the pattern of a heroic pattern

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The birth: there is a fate, favored by a God or Gods, destined to do amazing feats

Destiny: destined to be great, begins naïve, bestowed with a gift or gifts

Quest: hero ventures forth in search of something valuable/important

Journey home: has to do another challenge

Romantic element: in love with female figure and is almost always royalty

Reward: rewarded by the people, gets the gift of immortality in memory

65
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Who is gaea?

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The mother of all gods Zeus, Uranus and mother of the earth

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