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94 Cards in this Set
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noted for his many adulteris
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Zeus
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lightning/thunderbolt
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Zeus
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ruler of the olympians
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zeus
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mythos comes from what language
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greek
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once upon a time...is an example of a
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myth
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a story with no known individual author
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myth
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usually includes some heroic or supernatural elements
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legends
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does not attempt to answer big questions
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legends
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perseus saving andromeda from a sea monster is an example of a
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legend
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a story that is intended to teach or illustrate a truth often using anthropomorphization
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fable
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a famous author of fables
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Aesop
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a short, often allegorical story, something that may happen in real life that conveys a moral point. consciously fiction but intended to convey a real truth
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parable
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a well known example of a parable is
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the new testament story if the prodigal son
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a timeless, placeless story ex once upon a time, often retold in different forms intended as popular entertainment
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folktale
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righteous anger, directed at wrong doing
no mercy |
nemesis
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sprang from the blood of Uranus when he was castrated by his son Cronos
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The Furies
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-avengers of crimes especially against family
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The Furies
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-can be considered the embodiment of a tortured, guilty conscience
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The Furies
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idea of human destiny beyond human control
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The Fates
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9 daughters of zeus
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The Muses
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sources of inspiration
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The Muses
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the first group of gods
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The titans
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-protector of married women
-vengeful and vindictive -modestly dressed |
Hera
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ruler of the seas
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poseidon
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holds 3 pointed spear (trident)
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poseidon
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ruler of the underworld and the dead
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Hades
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god of wealth
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Hades
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-feared, not hated
-unpitying, not evil |
Hades
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Abducts persephone to be his wife
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Hades
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God of war and conflict
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Ares
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goddess of wisdom and war
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Athena
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sprang from zeus' forehead
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Athena
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the owl
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Athena
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god of music, healing and prophecy
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Apollo
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winged helmet and shoes
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Hermes
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master thief and guide of the dead
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Hermes
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holds a caduceus
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Hermes
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goddess of hearth and home
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Hestia
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twin sister of Apollo
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Artemis
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goddess of the hunt and virginity
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Artemis
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daughter of zeus
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aphrodite
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married to hephaestus, but unfaithful
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aphrodite
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goddess of love, or at least lust
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Aphrodite
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blacksmith of the gods
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Hephaestus
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born weak and crippled and thrown to earth
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Hephaestus
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gives meaning to our lives
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mythos
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beauty
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Helen
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Achilles succeeds by being..
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strong
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odysseus succeeds by being..
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tricky
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associated in some way with a historical person or event
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legends
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how long does is take for a legend about a historical figure to develop
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100s of years or MORE
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castrated his father
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Cronus
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defeat the Titans
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Olympians
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these three gods split up the world to rule it
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zeus, the heavens, poseidon, the earth and sea and hades the underworld
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the fated end of the world
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Ragnarok
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Yggdrasil
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The World Tree
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home of the gods
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Asgard
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contains Valhalla
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Asgard
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home of the heroic gods
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Valhalla
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earth, home of the humans
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Midgard
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also contains Jotunheim, home of the giants
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Midgard
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home of the dead in norse mythology
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Nilfheim
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ruler of the norse gods
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Odin
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norse-has one eye
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Odin
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norse
traded his eye for a drink from Mirmirs well to gain wisdom |
Odin
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Odin traded his eye to gain wisdom from drinking from____ well
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Mirmirs
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norse
associated with runic letters and magic |
Odin
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Rides Splepnir the eight legged horse
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Odin
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norse
has two ravens |
Odin
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norse
warrior against the giants |
Thor
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norse
weapon: a magical hammer |
Thor
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norse
fights the midgard serpent at ragnarok and defeats him but is also killed by the serpents venom |
Thor
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norse
trickster among the gods |
Loki
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norse
marries a giantess and has a baby who is the midgard serpent and also fenris wolf |
Loki
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arranges the death of Baldur, just for spite
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Loki
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norse
known as the beautiful or the great |
Baldur
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norse
loved by all |
Baldur
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norse
becomes arthurs advisor |
merlin
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a wizard, able to give prophecies about the future
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merlin
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establishes right to the throne by pulling the sword out of the stone
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Arthur
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establishes the round table
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arthur
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carried off to the Isle of Avalon by three women, said to return when he is needed again
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Arthur
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Arthurs wife
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Guinevere
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best of Arthurs knights, except when it comes to women
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Lancelot
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father of Galahad
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Lancelot
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actual perfect knight, even with women
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Galahad
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goes on the quest for the Holy Grail, but fails
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Lancelot
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achieves the Grail ,as he is the most pure of the knights
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Galahad
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a couple, much like romeo and juliet who can only communicate by whispering through the cracks in the walls because their parents do not want them together
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Pyramus and Thisbe
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everything he touches turns to gold
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Midas
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attempted to drive the chariot of the sun but fails and causes mass destruction
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Phaeton
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abducted by hades
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Proserpine
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falls in love with his sculpture and she eventually comes to life
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Pygmalion and Galatea
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his wife dies but he goes to the underworld and sings to them so they let her go but she can only live if he doesnt look back until she is in the light, he looks back when he is in the light but does not wait for her so she goes back to the underworld.
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Orpheus and Eurydice
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