Signorile/Schwartz
Freshman English
Myths
The Four Ages
1) Describe the Golden Age.
2) Describe the Silver Age.
3) What were some of the things that were created in the Silver Age?
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4) Describe the Age of Bronze.
5) In the Age of Bronze all modesty, truth and righteousness fled the Earth and what things replaced them?
6) In the Bronze Age, what was man able to make?
7) Describe the Age of Iron.
Heaven and Earth Myth: (A Chinese Myth)
1) Who came out of the midst of Chaos? ______
2) P’an Ku formed the Earth with his own body. He kept his feet on the Earth and pushed up with his hands to form the sky.
After P’an Ku died, he gave himself to the Earth. List a few things he gave to the earth.
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b)
c)
This myth explains the creation of human beings.
3) What is the name of the goddess who created marriage for the purposes of creating children? ______
4) What did the great god Fu-hsi create?
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b)
5) What two elements were fighting in this myth? ______and ______.
6) Who restored order to the world? ______
Pandora’s Treasure Chest Myth:
1) Who gave Pandora the gift of curiosity? ______
2) What was the gift Zeus gave Pandora? ______
3) Was she allowed to open it? Yes or no
4) What came out of the treasure chest when Pandora opened it? ______
5) What was the one true gift that came from the box? ______
6) Why did Pandora feel better when she realized she had Hope?______
Pallas Athena
1) Pallas Athena was the goddess of _____ and the ______.
2) Where did she come from? ______
3) Athena protected ______and helped him on his journey to his homeland.
4) Athena and ______competed against each other to a contest to see who was the more skilled weaver.
5) ______won the contest.
6) How did Athena feel about losing the contest?
What did she do to Arachne?