Greek/Roman/NORSE
Myths and Legends
Greek Myth and
Legend:
http://www.pantheon.org/main/search.html
1.
Type "Greek" into the search bar, then click on "Greek Creation Myths".
Summarize your findings and create a family tree chart showing the mythological
figures' relationships to each other.
http://www.mythweb.com/
1. Click on
"Gods," then click on the picture of each of the twelve Olympians and summarize
your findings about each one.
2. Click on "Heroes," then click on "Jason" and
follow the forward arrows, summarizing the story in your own words as you
go.
3. Click on "Hercules" (originally Heracles in the Greek) read each
section (birth, all twelve labors, death), and summarize your findings..
4.
Click on "Belleraphon," follow the links and summarize the story.
5. Click on
"Theseus," follow the arrows and summarize the story
6. Click on "Odysseus,"
follow the links, and summarize the story.
7. Click on "Perseus," follow the
links and summarize the story.
8. Click on "Encyclopedia" and click on
"Index" then click on "Amazons" and summarize your findings.
9. Click on
"Atlantis" and summarize your findings.
10. Click on "C," then click on
"Centaurs" and summarize your findings.
11. Click on "D" and click on
"Daedalus" and summarize the story of Daedalus and Icarus.
12. Click on
"Delphi" and explain the importance of the Oracle.
13. Click on "E" and click
on "The Elysian Fields" and explain what they are.
14. Click on "F" and click
on "Furies" and describe their purpose.
15. Click on "H" and click on "Hades
2" and summarize your findings.
16. Click on "H" and click on "Homer" Tell
who Homer was, and tell why you think Matt Groening used this name for his
famous T.V. character.
17. Click on "L" and click
on "Lethe" and describe it and its purpose in one sentence.
18. Click on "M"
and click on "Midas" and summarize the story.
19. Click on "P" and click on
"Persephone" and summarize the story.
20. Click on "P" and click on
"Prometheus" and summarize the story.
21. Click on "S" and click on "Shade"
and tell in one sentence what a shade is.
22. Click on "S" and click on
"Sirens" and tell in one sentence what they are.
23. Click on "S" and click
on "Styx" and tell in one sentence what it is and its importance.
24. Click
on "T" and click on "Titans" and summarize who they were in one sentence.
25.
Click on "T" anc click on "Trojans," "Trojan War," and "Troy" and summarize your
findings.
Roman Myth and
Legend:
http://www.crystalinks.com/romemythology.html
1.
Describe two ways in which Greek/Roman religion/mythology became
intertwined.
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/mythology/myths.html
(Before answering these questions, click on the
"advanced" bar at the top of the page).
1. List the Roman names
for the following Greek Gods/Goddesses: Apollo, Artemis, Pan, Heracles, Zeus,
Ares, Hermes, Poseidon, Hades, Cronus, Odysseus, Aphrodite
2. Who was
Saturn/Cronus?
3. Who was Mercury/Hermes?
4. Who was Faunus/Pan?
5. Who
was Diana/Artemis?
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0197622.html
1.
Who was Helios, and which Greek God did he become synonymous with?
2. Who was
Hymen?
3. Who was Iris?
4. Click on "Leda" and briefly describe how
she became pregnant and how she gave birth to Helen of Troy.
5. Click on
"Morpheus" and tell what he is the god of, and who his father was.
6. What
were the Muses goddesses of?
7. Click on "Pandora" and summarize her story in
a sentence or two. Then write a short compare/contrast paragraph about the story
of Pandora and the Old Testament story of Eve in the Garden of Eden (see the following site and read Genesis 2:16
through 3:24) http://www.dltk-bible.com/genesis/chapter2-kjv.htm
Norse Myth and
Legend
http://www.timelessmyths.com/norse/beginning.html
1. Summarize the Norse Creation Story.
Http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/europe/norse/articles.html
1.
What are the main sources for Norse mythology?
Note: for questions 2-20, click on the appropriate first letter of the alphabet on the left side of
the link, and click on the item in question
2. Who were the Aesir and where
did they live?
3. Who was Odin?
4. Who was Bragi?
5. Who was
Freyr?
6. Who was Loki?
7. Who was Njord?
8. Who was Thor?
9. Who
was Tyr?
10. Who was Idun, and which Greek legend has some similarities with
Idun and what Idun protects? hint: read about the golden apples at: http://homepage.mac.com/cparada/GML/HESPERIDES.html
11.
What is Asgard
12. What is Valhalla?
13. Where specifically is the Well of
Urd, and what does this location have in common with Genesis? hint see:
http://www.dltk-bible.com/genesis/chapter2-kjv.htm
14. List the nine worlds
of Norse mythology and who resides in each.
15. What is Ragnarok? (summarize
what will happen)
16. What is Valhalla?
17. Who are the Valkyries and what
is their purpose?
18. Who are the Einherjar and what are they doing in
Valhalla?
19. Who are the Vanir?
20. How did the Aesir and the Vanir make
peace?
21. Who was Bifrost and what was his/her connection to the rainbow?
http://home.swipnet.se/gabi/myths.htm
(comparison between Norse and Greek/Roman mythology)
1. Describe the var9ious points of comparison between the Norse Norms and the Greek Fates.
2. Describe in detail the points of comparison between the Norse and Greek/Roman creation myths.
Http://todd.reimer.com/norse/myth.html
Http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norse_mythology
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