1. Mythology Link to online website

2. Anticipation Questions First (individually answer the questions) Second (with a partner, answer the questions) Circle A if you agree or D if you disagree with the statement

3. God created the Earth, heavens, and man All myths are lies. Only the ancient Greeks wrote myths. One Greek man, Sophocles, is responsible for writing all the Greek myths. Myths were told as a way of explaining things to a people. Greek mythology has shaped American culture and the world. Greek gods and heroes were strong, beautiful and intelligent, but also quarrelsome, unforgiving, jealous and spiteful. I believe in myths. (They are….)

4. I believe in the after-life. I believe in reincarnation. Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

5. What is mythology? The word "myth" comes from the Greek word mythos, which means a spoken or written story Many events in a myth are not realistic or based on fact, since the message communicated by the story is more important than telling about an actual event uses the supernatural to interpret natural events and to explain the nature of the universe and humanity Oral tradition until Homer (700 B.C.)

6. all groups of people have myths often myths are associated with religion become the basis of a society.

7. What is the purpose of mythology? The purpose of a myth is to explain human experience myths to explain many aspects of life: how they came into existence as a people; the reasons for good and evil; the seasons; the weather; and the movements of the sun, moon, and stars They are truth, but not in the literal sense (must view them allegorically)