Unit 4 lesson 18 Myths Myth definition: a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable.

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Unit 4 lesson 18 Myths Myth definition: a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature

What is especial about the characters in myths?

TARGET VOCABULARY >> PREVIEW somber dark, gloomy, dull, or serious bitterly in an angry, resentful manner fury a fit of wild anger or rage labyrinth a winding arrangement of passages intended to confuse rash quick and careless; reckless abandon to leave a person or thing behind massive very large, heavy, and bulky unravels pulls apart the components of a thing, place, or idea embrace to hold in one’s arms; to hug steadfast never wavering; unchangi