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Myths Questions and Answers Myth An ancient, anonymous story that helped to explain beliefs and cultural ideas that were hard to explain Why did ancient people make up myths? Ancient people made up myths to explain why the world was the way it is, explains what they did not understand, an...

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Myths Questions and Answers

Myth - answer An ancient, anonymous story that helped to explain beliefs and
cultural ideas that were hard to explain

Why did ancient people make up myths? - answer Ancient people made up myths to
explain why the world was the way it is, explains what they did not understand, and
because of chaos.

What is the difference between realistic fiction and mythology? - answer Myths are a
story that is not likely to happen where realistic fiction is a story based on the actual
event and could possibly happen.

What is the difference between myths and folklore? - answer Myths are collections of
stories about gods and goddesses and folklore takes place during a recognizable time
and main characters are usually humans that have powers

Why do people continue reading Greek mythology? - answer People study Greek
mythology to learn about ancient Greece and increase our knowledge of literature.

Before Gaea and Uranus, what existed? - answer Before Gaea and Uranus, chaos
existed. There was no earth or any other celestial bodies. There was no water or air to
breathe.

Zeus - answer ruler of the gods, tricked father into drinking potion to make him throw
up grown brothers and sisters

Hades - answer god of the underworld, Zeus' brother, married to Persephone

Poseidon - answer god of the sea, brother of Zeus'

Athena - answer goddess of wisdom

Aphrodite - answer goddess of love and beauty

Hephaestus - answer god of fire and created Pandora

Titan - answer A giant and it is the generation before the gods.

Why is it important to suspend rationale thought when reading mythology? - answer
It is important to suspend rationale thought when reading mythology because the stories
are makeup and farfetched, some things are impossible.

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