Mythology!!! (including Norse)
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Jupiter | Roman name for ruler of all gods and men |
| Zeus | Greek name for ruler of all gods and men |
| Neptune | Roman name for god of the seas |
| Poseidon | Greek name for god of the seas |
| Pluto | Roman name for ruler over the land of the dead |
| Hades | Greek name for ruler over the land of the dead |
| Juno | Roman name for wife of Jupiter; queen of the gods |
| Vesta | Roman name for goddess of the hearth and domestic life |
| Hestia | Greek name for goddess of the hearth and domestic life |
| Hera | Greek name for wife of Jupiter; queen of the gods |
| Ceres | Roman name for goddess of grain and harvests |
| Demeter | Greek name for goddess of grain and harvests |
| Roman names for children of Cronus | Jupiter, Neptune, Pluto, Juno, Vesta, Ceres |
| Greek names for children of Cronus | Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Hestia, Demeter |
| Minerva | Roman name for goddess of wisdom |
| Athena | Greek name for goddess of wisdom |
| Apollo | Roman name for god of the sun; god of archery, prophecy, and music |
| Apollo | Greek name for god of the sun; god of archery, prophecy, and music |
| Diana | Roman name for goddess of the moon |
| Artemis | Greek name for goddess of the moon |
| Venus | Roman name for goddess of love and beauty |
| Aphrodite | Greek name for goddess of love and beauty |
| Mars | Roman name for god of war |
| Ares | Greek name for god of war |
| Vulcan | Roman name for god of fire |
| Hephaestus | Greek name for god of fire |
| Mercury | Roman name for god of speed; messenger of the gods |
| Hercules | Roman name for god of strength |
| Heracles | Greek name for god of strength |
| Hermes | Greek name for god of speed; messenger of the gods |
| Bacchus | Roman name for god of wine |
| Dionysus | Greek name for god of wine |
| Proserpine | Roman name for wife of Pluto/Hades; queen of the dead |
| Persephone | Greek name for wife of Pluto/Hades; queen of the dead |
| Cupid | Roman name for god of love; son of Venus |
| Eros | Greek name for god of love; son of Venus |
| Aurora | Roman name for goddess of the dawn |
| Eos | Greek name for goddess of the dawn |
| Roman names for children of Jupiter; other gods | Minerva, Apollo, Diana, Venus, Mars, Vulcan, Mercury, Hercules, Bacchus, Proserpine, Cupid, Aurora |
| Greek names for children of Jupiter; other gods | Athena, Apollo, Artemis, Aphrodite, Ares, Hephaestus, Hermes, Heracles, Dionysus, Persephone, Ereos, Eos |
| Paul Gaugin | impressioinist artist, who put questions in his paintings |
| myths | a way of answering questions |
| myths | stories intimately bound up with the traditions of a people |
| myths | deal with gods, heroes, religious beliefs, and cultural traits |
| myths | explain how world was created, how animals and people came into existance, how customs were made, also explains natural phenomena like rainbows and sunrise |
| Greek, Roman, and Norse myths | influenced mythical traditions |
| myths | to explain or show why things are as they are |
| mythological characters | often represent something else |
| legend | major purpose is to entertain with a narrative supposedly based on the fact |
| legendary characters | usually represent themselves as they perform great feats |
| legends | may have a strong basis in fact |
| legends | are told as true |
| myths | are told as a story requireing its listeners to believe in the gods who are its character |
| folktale | includes all kinds of traditional narratives |
| folktale and myths | are sometimes the same |
| folktale | long and continuing life |
| folktales | are handed down from generation to generation |
| folktale | story is usually preserved intact, most often is in oral form |
| ballads | a form of narrative folk songs |
| Ceres | Who neglects her duties because her daughter is in Hades? |
| Proserpine | Who is in Hades? |
| Jupiter | Who does Ceres/Demeter ask to go and get her daughter? |
| Proserpine | Who has to stay with Hades six moths of the year? |
| the four seasons | What phenomenon does the story of Proserpine staying in Hades explain? |
| Prometheus | Who was given the task of creating man? |
| Epimetheus | Who was given the task of creating animals? |
| courage, strength, speed, wisdom, armor | What did Epimetheus give to the animals? |
| fire that was stolen from heaven | What did Prometheus give to the men? |
| he stole fire from heaven | Why does Jupiter punish Prometheus? |
| Vulcan | Who does Jupiter command to give Prometheus his punishment? |
| chained to Mount Caucasus and everyday a vulture would eat his liver and the liver would grow back during the night so it could be eaten again the next day | What is Prometheus's punishment from stealing fire from heaven? |
| Pandora | Who married Epimetheus? |
| a box that she was forbidden to open | What was Pandora given? |
| envy, discontent, pain, anger, hunger, plague, crime, and desolation | What came out of the box? |
| hope | What was left in the box? |
| Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, Earth | nine planets of the solar system |
| Roman | origin of Mercury |
| Roman | origin of Venus |
| Roman | origin of Mars |
| Roman | origin of Jupiter |
| Roman | origin of Saturn |
| Roman | origin of Uranus |
| Roman | origin of Neptune |
| Roman | origin of Pluto |
| Roman | origin of Earth |
| Gaea | Who was Earth named after? |
| Hyperion, Oceanus, Cronus, Iapetus, Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne | Titans |
| Hyperion | god of sun (titan) |
| Oceanus | god of the waters (titan) |
| Cronus | father of the great Olympian gods (titan) |
| Iapetus | father of Promtheus and Epimetheus and Atlas (titan) |
| Rhea | wife of Cronus (titan) |
| Themis | mother of the three Fates (titan) |
| Mnemosyne | mother of the nine Muses (titan) |
| Hebe | god of youth |
| Separation, initiation, and return | What are the three sections of the path of the hero? |
| Gilgamesh | Which is one of the earliest examples of the hero? |
| 5000 years old | How old is the story of Gilgamesh |
| she bore Jupiter a son, Perseus | Why is Danae banished? |
| Seriphus | Where was Danae exiled? |
| Gorgon Medusa | What was Perseus sent to kill? |
| turned into stone | What happened if you looked at Medusa's face? |
| hissing serpents | What was the hair of Medusa made of? |
| Minerva and Mercury | Which gods help Perseus? |
| bright shield | What does Minerva give to Perseus? |
| knife | What does Mercury give to Perseus? |
| the helmet of Pluto | Where does Perseus demand the Three Sisters take him? |
| uses the shield as a mirror and beheads her with the knife | How does Perseus kill Medusa? |
| Pegasus and Chrysaor | What creatures spring from the blood of Medusa? |
| by her vanity | How does Cassiopeia offend the sea nymphs? |
| Cassiopeia's daughter | Who was going to be sacraficed to the sea nymphs? |
| Andromeda | Who is Cassiopeia's daughter? |
| to turn them into stone | How does Perseus use Medusa's head at the wedding? |
| Jupiter and Alcmene | Who are the parents of Hercules? |
| she is jealous of him | Why does Juno attack Hercules? |
| puts a spell on him to make him insane | How does Juno attack Hercules? |
| he kills his wife and children | What did Hercules do when insane? |
| his cousin set up 12 tasks | What was Hercules's punishment? |
| King Eurystheus | Who is the cousin of Hercules? |
| The Nemean Lion | 1st task |
| The Hydra | 2nd task |
| The Acadian Stag | 3rd task |
| The Boar of Erymanthus | 4th task |
| The Augean Stables | 5th task |
| The Man-Eating Birds | 6th task |
| The Cretan Bull | 7th task |
| The Horses of Diomedes | 8th task |
| The Girdle of Hippolyta | 9th task |
| The Oxen of Geryon | 10th task |
| The Golden Apples | 11th task |
| Cerebrus, Gaurdian of Hades | 12th task |
| He is made immortal. | What happened to Hercules after he died? |
| Phaethon | Who made desserts? |
| trail of Iris | What was a rainbow? |
| Aurora | Who made dawn? |
| Jupiter | Who made thunder? |
| eyes of Argus | What were peacock feather eyes? |
| Proserpine and Pluto | Who made seasons? |
| Prometheus and Epimetheus | Who made troubles? |
| 1200 BC | When was the Trojan War? |
| trade | What was the Trojan War fought over? |
| Heinrich Schliemann | Who is the German archeologist? |
| 1870s | When did Heinrich Schliemann look for Troy? |
| nine cities on top of each other | What did Heinrich discover? |
| fire | What is a way of telling that a city was destroyed by war? |
| 10 years | How long was the Trojan War? |
| the last year | What part of the Trojan War was the Iliad? |
| Odysseus | Who is the main character in the Odyssey? |
| Odysseus' 10 year journey home | What is the Odyssey about? |
| Athena, Hera, and Aphrodite | Which tree goddesses fought over the apple? |
| To the Fairest | What did the apple say? |
| Discord | Who rolled the apple? |
| Paris | Who had to choose which of the three goddesses was the fairest? |
| to have the most beautiful woman in the world | What did Aphrodite offer to Paris? |
| wealth and power | What did Hera offer to Paris? |
| fame and success in war | What did Athena offer to Paris? |
| Aphrodite | Who did Paris choose? |
| Helen | Who is the most beautiful women in the world? |
| Menelaus | Who is Helen married to? |
| Odysseus and Achilles | Who does Menelaus get to fight in the war for Helen? |
| Odysseus | Who is really clever? |
| Odysseus | Who pretends they are crazy and pours salt into the fields to attempt at getting out of fighting? |
| Achilles | Who disguised as a girl to get out of fighting? |
| Agamemnon | Who took one of Achilles' girls? |
| refused to fight | What did Achilles do to get back at Agamemnon? |
| Wrath of Achilles | What is it called when Achilles refuses to fight? |
| Patrick | Who puts on Achilles fighting outfit? |
| when Patrick is killed | When does Achilles come back to fight? |
| Achilles | Who is the Greek's best fighter? |
| Greeks | Who built the Trojan Horse? |
| Odysseus | Who had the idea of the Trojan Horse? |
| Menelaus | Who does Helen live with happily ever after? |
| Harris | Who killed Achilles? |
| his heel | Where was Achilles shot with an arrow? |
| he is killed when he returns home | What happened to Agamemnon after the war? |
| Odysseus | Who is the narrorator of the Odyssey? |
| Land of Ismarus | What was the first adventure in the Odyssey? |
| Cicones | What are the people called in Ismarus? |
| Land of the Lotus Eaters | What was the second adventure in the Odyssey? |
| Polythemus | What was the name of the Cyclops? |
| No-man | What name does Odysseus use when Polythemus asks his name? |
| blinded him | How did Odysseus and his men harm the Cyclops? |
| hid underneath the rams | How do Odysseus and his men escape from the cave? |
| Poseidon | Who is the Polythemus' father? |
| epic | a long narrative poem about the deeds of gods or heroes. |
| King of Ithaca | What is Odysseus the king of? |
| Homeric simile | What is another name for an epic simile? |
| Bards | What is a storyteller of epics called? |
| no | Is an epic hero immortal? |
| Gilgamesh | Earliest epic |
| to discover the secret to immortality | What is Gilgamesh's quest? |
| Ramayana | Longest epic |
| more than 100,000 lines | How long is Ramayana? |
| Mahabharata | Philosophical account |
| Mahabharata | Allegory of the struggle of the soul |
| The Aeneid | Written by Virgil |
| The Aeneid | Recounts the journey of a prince after the Fall of Troy |
| Aeneas | Who is the main character in The Aeneid? |
| Beowulf | Unkown Anglo-Saxon poet |
| Beowulf | fight against the monster Grendel who is killing Danish warriors each night in the hall of the king |
| The Arthurian Legends | Based on Welsh legends |
| The Arthurian Legends | Quest: to recover the Holy Grail |
| The Arthurian Legends | Followers: the Kings of the Round Table |
| The Arthurian Legends | His sword: Excalibur |
| The Arthurian Legends | His guide: the magician Meriln |
| The Arthurian Legends | His greatest antagonist: the evil Modred |
| El Cid | Fought and defeated five Moorish general who called him .... meaning the Lord |
| Camelot, King Arthur, Guinervere, Lancelot | Four parts of Arthurian Legends |
| Rodrigo de Dias, the Count of Bivar | Two parts of El Cid |
| El Cid | Although under duress and abandoned he remained steadfast and loyal |
| Akira Kurasaw, D.W. Griffith, Cecil B. DeMille, David Lean, Serei Eisenstein, George Lucas | rapsods of today |
| Akira Kurasaw | Japanese director |
| Akira Kurasaw | Ran- the fate of the hero determines the existence of his world. he and his daughter die, the very existence of his country is in douby. epic film based on Shakespeare's King Lear |
| Akira Kurasaw | The Hidden Fortress 1958 (inspiration for Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) |
| D.W. Griffith | American director |
| D.W. Griffith | American master of the early silent era. |
| D.W. Griffith | Intolerance 1916 |
| D.W. Griffith | Birth of a Nation 1915 which is considered one of the most important films ever made |
| Cecil B. DeMille | American director and producer |
| Cecil B. DeMille | The Ten Commandments (silent version 1923. 1958) |
| Cecil B. DeMille | The King of Kings (1927) |
| Cecil B. DeMille | Cleopatra (1932) |
| Cecil B. DeMille | The Crusades (1935) |
| Cecil B. DeMille | The Plainsman (1936) |
| Cecil B. DeMille | Samson and Delilah (1949) |
| Cecil B. DeMille | The Greatest Show on Earth (1952- Acadamy Award for Best Picture) |
| David Lean | British director |
| David Lean | The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957- Acadamy Award) |
| David Lean | Lawrence of Arabia (1962- Acadamy Award) |
| David Lean | Dr. Zhivago (1965) |
| Sergei Eisentein | Russian writer and director |
| Sergei Eisentein | Alexander Nevsky (1938) was to serve as a warning to Adolph Hitler |
| Sergei Eisentein | Potemkin 1925 epic film is often called the greatest film of all time |
| Sergei Eisentein | October (1928) details the fall of the Czarist regime |
| George Lucas | American writer, director, and producer |
| George Lucas | The Star Wars Saga |
| an epic hero | Luke Skywalker |
| Prehistory | When did Norse mythology begin? |
| after the Romans left | When did the Norse invaders begin to invade Britian? |
| The Celtics | Who were the original habitants of Britain? |
| west | Where did the Celtics go to escape the Norse Men |
| Saxo Grammaticus and Snarri Sturluson | Who were the two scholars who preserved Norse mythology? |
| 12th century | When did Saxo Grammaticus live? |
| 1220 | When did Snarri Sturluson live? |
| the Rise of Christianity | What was the most important influence which changed Norse mythology? |
| Ordin | similar to Zeus |
| Ordin | Norse: head of all gods, wisdom, culture, battle, victory, and the dead. |
| Ordin | birds are Thought and Memory |
| Ordin | seen with a shield and a spear |
| Frigga | similar to Hera |
| Frigga | Norse: queen of all gods |
| Thor | Norse: god of thunder and strength |
| Thor | son of Ordin |
| Thor | carried a hammer that would always come back to him |
| Tiu | Norse: god of courage and war |
| Tiu | Norse: has a sword that is inflallible |
| Tiu | like Mars/Ares |
| Freya | similar to Aphrodite/Venus |
| Freya | Norse: goddess of beauty and love |
| Freya | Norse: most beloved of goddessess |
| The Valkyrie | Norse: maiden attendents to gods |
| Vidar, Bragi, Balder, Hoder | Thor's brothers |
| Vidar | Norse: silent god |
| Bragi | Norse: god of poetry |
| Balder | Norse: god of spring |
| Balder | Nose: most beloved god |
| Hoder | twin brother of Balder |
| Hoder | Norse: god of winter, gloom, and darkness |
| Loki | Norse: michief maker |
| Fenris, Midgard Serpent, and Hela | Who were Loki's three offsprings? |
| wolf | What is Fenris? |
| Death | What is Hela also known as? |
| Tiu's day | Tuesday |
| Woden's day | Wednesday |
| Woden | What is another name for Odin? |
| Thor's day | Thursday |
| Freya's day | Friday |
| Estre | Norse: goddess of spring |
| Estre | Easter |
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