Vocab 9/21/16

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Mythology

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a collection of myths, especially one belonging to a particular religious or cultural tradition.

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Myth

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a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events.

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Creation/Origin myth

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A creation myth is a symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people first came to inhabit it.

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Transformational myth

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Changing forms

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Trickster myth

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character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphisation), which exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge, and uses it to play tricks

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Hero myth

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a traditional or legendary story, usually concerning some being or hero or event, with or without a determinable basis of fact or a natural explanation, especially one that is concerned with deities or demigods and explains some practice, rite, or phenomenon of nature.

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Monster myth

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a monster renowned in folklore and myth

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Gift giving myth

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When you recieve a goft from an unknown person

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Informational myth

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To teach you a lesson or a life lesson.

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Lesson teaching myth

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Teach you life lessons so you can be a better person.

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Historical myth

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Uses a historical event or person and makes them seem godlike or perform extreme acts of skill and valor.

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Legend

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a traditional story sometimes popularly regarded as historical but unauthenticated.

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Fable

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a short story, typically with animals as characters, conveying a moral.

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Folktale

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a story originating in popular culture, typically passed on by word of mouth.

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Fairytale

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a children's story about magical and imaginary beings and lands.

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Epic poem

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a long, narrative poem that is usually about heroic deeds and events that are significant to the culture of the poet

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Anthropomorphism

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the attribution of human characteristics or behavior to a god, animal, or object.

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Oral tradition

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is information passed down through the generations by word of mouth that is not written down.

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Written tradition

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Written down and not spoken

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Traditional knowledge

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is knowledge, know-how, skills and practices that are developed, sustained and passed on from generation to generation within a community, often forming part of its cultural or spiritual identity.

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Archetype

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a very typical example of a certain person or thing.

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Journey myth

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Someone goes on a journey to solve a problem or learn a lesson. Sometimes they make it back home, sometimes they end up in the underworld or they die. Gods are often involved in helping in the journey.