mythology vocabulary
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Mythology Vocabulary
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mythology The body of myths from a particular
culture
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myth A traditional or legendary story,
usually concerning a hero or event with or without a determinable basis of fact, and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature
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legend A nonhistorical or unverifiable story
handed down by tradition and popularly accepted as historical
“When the legend becomes fact, print the legend.” - from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
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archetype A model image, personage, or theme
that recurs in stories and myths throughout history and literature
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epic hero A brave and noble character in an
epic poem, admired for great achievements or affected by great events
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hero’s tasks A convention in myths and epic tales
in which the hero embarks on a journey and must complete a series of tests or challenges along the way
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epic poem A long narrative poem, usually
chronicling the deeds of a folk hero and written using both dramatic and narrative literary techniques
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allegory A story that has both a literal and
symbolic meaning
In this type of story characters or objects often embody abstract ideas
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fable A short tale to tech a moral lesson,
often with animals or inanimate objects as characters
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oral tradition A communities cultural and historical
traditions passed down by word of mouth or example from one generation to another without written instruction
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in media res From the Latin meaning, “in the midst
of things” ; a story telling device where the work begins in the midst of the action
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deus ex machina From the Latin meaning, “god from
the machine” ; in a Greek or Roman drama this is a god introduced into a play or story to resolve the entanglements of the plot
Also, any artificial or improbable device resolving the difficulties of a plot
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omen Anything perceived or happening that
is believe to portend a good or evil event or circumstance in the future
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Muse Any of a number of sister goddesses
who were daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne and presided over various arts by providing inspiration for creation