| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Cronos | Father of the gods; killed his own father; killed by his son |
| Rhea | Goddess of the earth; Zeus' mother, saved him by hiding him from Zeus |
| The Titans | Cronos' half brothers; semi-gods; fought against Zeus |
| Zeus | King of the gods; fought against Cronos |
| Hera | Queen of the gods; Goddess of Intriguers |
| Demeter | Earth and Moon Goddess |
| Poseidon | god of the sea |
| Hades | god of the underworld; kidnapped Persephone |
| Persephone | Demeter's daughter; kidnapped by Hades |
| Ares | god of war; Zeus' son with Hera |
| Hephaestus | smith-god; Zeus' son with Hera |
| The Sea | Poseidon is in charge here |
| Athene | goddess of wisdom and war; born from Zeus' skull |
| The Underworld | Hades is in charge here; where the dead go |
| Olympus | Zeus is in charge here; where the gods live |
| allusion | reference to something from history, the Bible, pop culture, or others |
| anthropomorphism | giving human characteristics to animals |
| character | person in a story |
| conflict | problem in a story |
| fable | myth or legend that teaches a moral lesson |
| myth | traditional story the deals with goddesses, gods, heroes, and supernatural events |
| folktale | traditional story passed down orally long before being written down |
| legend | traditional story handed down orally based on history and an actual hero |
| oral tradition | literature that passes by word of mouth from one generation to the next |
| tall tale | wildly imaginative story about fantastic adventures or amazing feats of folk heroes in realistic local settings |
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