1. CHARACTERISTICS OF A MYTH GRADE 6 LAE

2. RELIGIOUS BELIEFS A MYTH MAY BE CENTERED AROUND A PARTICULAR CULTURE’S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS ABOUT CREATION, DEATH, GODS OR GODESSES, AND SOULS.Why is it important to stress A PARTICULAR CULTURE?

3. VALUES What is good or evil; What is worth striving for. Values are what would be most important or valued to a group of people.

4. EXPLANATIONS OF NATURE SOME CULTURES USE MYTHS AS A WAY OF EXPLAINING THE UNEXPLAINABLE. TODAY WE HAVE SCIENCE. MANY MOONS AGO PEOPLE RELIED ON STORIES TO EXPLAIN THESE EVENTS. EXAMPLES: WHY SEASONS CHANGE, WHY THERE IS THUNDER, OR WHY THE TIGER HAS STRIPES!

5. SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS ARE OFTEN PRESENT INMYTHS. SUPERNATURAL ELEMENTS IN A MYTH ARE MAGICALPOWERS AND SPIRITS. WHY DO YOU THINK THEY MAY BE PRESENT IN A MYTH?

6. Symbolism in Mythology: Mythology serves many purposes. http://www.mythsdreamssymbols.com/importanceof myth.htmlhttp://www.mythsdreamssymbols.com/importanceof myth.html Myths grant continuity and stability to a culture. Myths present guidelines for living. Myths justify a culture's activities. Myths give meaning to life. Myths explain the unexplainable.

7. Myths also satisfy our need to understand the natural world; for example, they might state that a drought is caused by an angry deity. This purpose of mythology was especially important before the advent of modern science. –Big Bang theory and evolution replace need for myths. Myths offer hero role models. In particular, children pattern themselves after heroes; comic books and Saturday-morning cartoons. Adults, too, can find role models, in the stories of deities' strength, persistence, and courage.