| A | B |
|---|
| Teaches a moral lesson | Fable |
| does not include gods or goddess, but is about ordinary people | folk tale |
| beleived to have a historical basis | legend |
| often contains violence | myth |
| gives explanations of natural occurances or events | myth |
| characters are often animals | fable |
| often deals with magic and romance | folk tale |
| although ficticious stories, the characters were often actual people | legend |
| have colorful monsters and creatures | myth |
| come from all ancient cultures | myth |
| where did the gods live in Greek mythology | Mt Olympus |
| Where did the gods live in Norse mythology | among ordinary people |
| in Crow mythology the gods were called what | the "People" |
| characters of great courage and nobility are called | heroes |
| the authors of oral tradition are | anonymous |
| In Norse mythology, the gods had to do what to remain immortal? | eat Iduna's apples |
| Mythological gods who were normally in an animal form were from what culture? | Crow |
| The story of Arachne explains the existence of what | spiders |
| the story of the Gorgon's Head explains the existence of what | snake |
| The story How Coyote Stole Fire explains the existence of what | the markings of many animals |
| True or false - Oral Tradition stories follow predictable patterns | true |
| true or false - In Grrek mythology, the gods often treated humans unfairly | false |
| true or false - In all mythology that we have read, gods and goddess could take on other forms and disguises | true |
| true or false - all gods are always immortal | false |
| true or false - myths teach us about a culture's values and beliefs | true |
| heroes were____ | challenged by the gods, undertake impossible tasks, battle enemies, favored by the gods, often wen t on long quests or journeys |
| Heroes were NOT____ | immortal, ordinary qualitoes just like every other person, able to take on other forms |
| In How Coyote Stole Fire, the crow indians in a way were really giving Coyote credit for | preventing humans from dying out |
| In How Coyote Stole Fire, what is the most likely explanation for why the Crow storytellers had wood swallow fire? | they knew that fire actually seems to come from wood |
| In "Iduna and the Magic Apples" the character Iduna represents | life |
| According to the "Gorgon's Head" a hero | wins by strength alone |
| What is another way to state the moral of "The Tiger Who Would Be King" | Power means nothing if you have no one to rule over |
| Which detail from Arachne is an element common to many myths | the godddess Athene disguises herself as an old woman |
| In Orpheus, Cerberus allows Orpheus to pass the gates of the underworld because | Orpheus' music has the power to soothe even ferocious animals |
| Which element from "Orpheus" helps to identify it as a myth | The involvement of the gods in Orpheus' plight |
| In "The Gorgon's Head", Polydectes is killed by looking at Medusa. Why is it just for him to die in this particular way | Polydectes had sent Pereus to kill Medusa, hoping the Gorgons would kill him. |
