OH MY GODS!! AN INTRODUCTION TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY

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1 OH MY GODS!! AN INTRODUCTION TO GREEK MYTHOLOGY

2 Mythlpedia-- Oh My Gds! Written by Megan E. Bryant Available via Schlastic Bks

3 WHAT IS MYTHOLOGY? Mythlgy is a wrd used t describe all myths f a particular sciety. Every culture has its wn myths that help us understand its custms and ways f viewing the wrld. Mythpedia: Oh My Gds! by Megan E. Bryant

A myth is a kind f stry. WHAT IS A MYTH? Mst myths have ne r mre f these characteristics: Myths are usually abut gds r supernatural beings with greater pwers and abilities than rdinary humans.

4 A myth is a kind f stry. WHAT IS A MYTH? Mst myths have ne r mre f these characteristics: Myths are usually abut gds r supernatural beings with greater pwers and abilities than rdinary humans. Myths explain the rigins f the wrld and hw humans came t be. Myths take place a lng time ag, usually in the earliest days f humanity (r just befre humans shwed up n Earth). Myths were usually thught t be true by their riginal tellers--n matter hw wild r strange they seem t be. Mythpedia: Oh My Gds! by Megan E. Bryant

5 TWO NAMES, POWERS THE SAME Many gds and gddesses have bth Greek and Rman names. That is because the ancient Rmans adpted a great deal f Greek mythlgy and made it their wn. Often, they changed the names f the particular gds and gddesses.

name. As a result, the study f Greek and Rman mythlgy is

6 TWO NAMES, POWERS THE SAME Generally, the deity s pwers and myths stayed the same--even thugh they had a new name. As a result, the study f Greek and Rman mythlgy is ften gruped tgether under the same name-- classical mythlgy.

Teach peple abut the values and beliefs that are imprtant in their sciety.

7 WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF Myths can MYTHS? Explain hw things came t be--like the rigin f the universe r the creatin f humans. Teach peple abut the values and beliefs that are imprtant in their sciety. Cntain deep religius significance t the peple wh tell and believe them. Studying myths can teach us abut peple arund the wrld -- their cultures and what is (r was) imprtant t them. Mythpedia: Oh My Gds! by Megan E. Bryant

8 HOW DID WE LEARN THESE STORIES? Myths were first passed dwn thrugh strytelling, sngs, and petry. We learned the stries frm written versins, mainly Hmer s epic pems The Illiad and The Odyssey, which tell f the great deeds f heres. Other surces were Hesid s Thegny, which describes the rigins f the wrld and the gds, and Hmeric Hymns, as cllectin f pems addressed t different gds. Mythpedia: Oh My Gds! by Megan E. Bryant

Nike was actually a gddess f persnificatin and victry.

9 YES!!! DO MYTHS REALLY MATTER TODAY? References t Greek mythlgy are all arund us: Ever heard f Nike athletic gear? Nike was actually a gddess f persnificatin and victry. What wuld Valentine s Day be withut Cupid? Cupid, r Ers, is the gd f lve as the Greeks called him. Des Apll 13 ring a bell? The first crewed US space missins were named fr Apll, the gd f archery and prphecy.

10 BOTTOM LINE References t ancient myths are everywhere, frm science t pp culture, and knwing abut them will help yu understand mre abut the wrld we live in.

12 Befre existence there was a vast nthingness called Chas. Out f Chas came Gaia, the earth, and Uranus, heaven r the sky.

13 Gaia and Uranus gave birth t the Titans, wh lked just like humans but were huge. They were the first gds and gddesses. Uranus banished sme f them t the Underwrld, which made Gaia upset. She encuraged them t rise up against him. They were led by Crnus wh attacked and verthrew his father. Gaia

Zeus Crnus married his sister Rhea and they had five children. Befre they were brn, Crnus was warned that they wuld verthrw him, the same way he had verthrwn his father.

14 Zeus Crnus married his sister Rhea and they had five children. Befre they were brn, Crnus was warned that they wuld verthrw him, the same way he had verthrwn his father. When each child was brn, he swallwed them whle. When Rhea gave birth t Zeus she wrapped a rck in blankets and pretended it was her sn. Crnus swallwed the rck, and Zeus grew up hidden.

15 Zeus grew up and visited his parents in disguise. He gave Crnus a drink that made him thrw up all the babies he had swallwed. Zeus led his siblings in a revlt against Crnus and the ther titans. The yunger gds wn and divided the wrld amng themselves. Pseidn tk the sea, Hades tk the Underwrld, and Zeus became King f all the gds. Hades

16 The new gds were knwn as the Olympians. They lived n Munt Olympus, high abve the cluds. N humans culd visit Olympus unless by special invitatin. The gds did visit the earth and sme married humans. Their children, wh were half-gd and half-mrtal ften became heres.

17 IT S ALL RELATIVE!

18 Greek Mythlgy: The Gds and Gddesses

19 The Olympian Gds

20 OMG-WHAT LIFE WAS LIKE ON MT. OLYMPUS IT WAS WILD!!! A certain gd turned a nymph int a tree. A grumpy dad swallwed his kids neby-ne. A winged-cherub was accused f fly-byshtings. IT WAS LIKE A REALITY SHOW!!

21 Zeus Title: King f the Gds Wife: Hera Ruler f weather; keeper f laws; prtectr f Greek kings; guardian f mrality Had ver 115 girlfriends and wives and ver 140 children!!

22 WHO S YOUR DADDY?

23 APOLLO Title: Gd f Light and Sun Twin f Artemis Oracle f Delphi If yu were struck by Apll s arrw, it meant yu died suddenly. Killer f the cyclps

24 POSEIDON Title:Gd f the Sea Zeus s brther and secnd mst pwerful gd Creatr f earthquakes Maker f hrses

25 HERMES Title: Messenger f the Gds The gd f secrets and tricks Often prtrayed with wings n his feet Guided suls t the underwrld Patrn f thieves and liars

26 HADES Title: Gd f the Underwrld Ruler f the dead Undergrund wealth Brther f Zeus and Pseidn Original he wh must nt be named

27 ARES Title: Gd f War Disliked by gds and mrtals fr being bldthirsty and a cward Married the gddess f lve, Aphrdite

28 HEPHAESTUS Title: Gd f Fire Craftsman fr the gds Maker f fire Mm, Hera, thught he was s ugly that she threw his ff f Mt. Olympus Created the first wman

29 DIONYSUS Title: Gd f drama, fertility, petry, dance, sng, wine Was brn twice--cut ut f his dead mm s bdy and then sewn int Zues s thigh until ready t be brn Brught his mm back frm the Underwrld

30 The Olympian Gddesses

31 HERA Title: Queen f the Gds Wife f Zeus Gddess f wmen and marriage Knwn fr her jealusy

32 Athena Title: Gddess f Wisdm, War, and Crafts Daughter f Zeus and Metis Brn frm Zues s head and came fully frmed wearing armr

33 HESTIA TITLE-Gddess f huses; hme; family; dmestic life Hestia was wed by the gds Apll and Pseidn, but spurning bth, petitined Zeus t let her remain frever a virgin.

34 ARTEMIS TITLE-Gddess f hunting, wilderness and wild animals. She was als a gddess f childbirth, and the prtectress f the girl child up t the age f marriage Twin sister f Apll Artemis expects her fllwers t stay away frm bys, just like she des.

35 HEBE TITLE- gddess f yuth and the cupbearer f the gds wh served ambrsia at the heavenly feast. She was als the patrn gddess f the yung bride and an attendant f the gddess Aphrdite. Persnificatin f yuth, is described as a daughter f Zeus and Hera

36 APHRODITE Title: Great Olympian gddess f beauty, lve, pleasure and and prcreatin. Mther f Cupid Caused the Trjan War

37 Demeter Title: Gddess f Agriculture, the earth, and crn. Her daughter, Persephne was kidnapped by Hades. She cares fr the earth and makes things grw.

HOMEWORK! First Grade

HOMEWORK! First Grade Sight Wrds This week we are taking a shrt diversin frm ur regular Language Arts prgram. We will be reading the stry, Pumpkin, Pumpkin. Sight Wrds: Please print and cut ut these wrds