| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Fate | something that is destined to happen and that even gods and godesses have no control over |
| hubris | arrogance; too much pride |
| the golden mean | moderate behaviour, not too bad, not too good |
| disquise/revelation | a god or godess that disguises themselves to come to earth sometimes taking on the shape of a regular human or even and animal. Later, the people they interact with will realize that the person or animal was actually a god(ess) |
| metamorphosis | an instantaneous change into a completely different form |
| etiology | the study of the beginning of things: often in myths a story will show how something came around such as the story of arachne turning into a spider(arachnid) or pan's war cry causing the enemy to flee (panic) |
| foolish promise | a promise or "bet" that you know you cant keep because it is so rediculous |
| hospitality | taking someone in like travellers or strangers: letting people in and being a good host and nice |
| human characteristics of gods and godesses | argueing fighting talking: both physical and behavioural charactaristics |
| romantic love | not family love or friendships-gods and godesses falling in love with humans or other god(esses)s |
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