1. Throne Project (Drawing AND Essay)– Due Monday 11/9
HOMEWORK
Throne Project (Drawing AND Essay)– Due Monday 11/9
DO NOW: Fill out row 3 on your mythology scale and have your homework out to be checked

2. The myth of King Midas HW Answers

3. Definition of a Myth
A story of unknown origin that people told long ago in an attempt to:
1. Answer serious questions about how important things began and occurred
2. Explain natural occurrences and express beliefs of right and wrong.

4. To explain natural phenomena or an occurrence
Uses of a Myth
To explain natural phenomena or an occurrence
To explain the creation of the world or objects
To teach people moral lessons

5. To explain some historical event
Uses of a Myth
To explain some historical event
To explain some ancient religious practices
To reveal the common hopes and fears of mankind

6. Elements of a Myth
An explanation of the universe – why something was the way it was or why it happened the way it did

7. The adventures of the gods/goddesses
Elements of a Myth
The adventures of the gods/goddesses
Super-human deities
Would often appear disguised
Would experience human emotions

8. Magic – the inclusion of the supernatural
Elements of a Myth
Magic – the inclusion of the supernatural

9. Changes – Physical or emotional for a person or group of people
Elements of a Myth
Changes – Physical or emotional for a person or group of people

10. The myth of Prometheus