Vocab & their Examples

Myth: Tales of Gods and Mortals and their adventures, which were used to explain natural events.
Examples: The Greek Creation Myth

Hero: A human (Demigod, trickster, etc.) that creates a new idea, religion, way of life; Something new.
Example: The Hero Achilles

Hero Journey: The path the hero must take, it involves great risk and an even greater reward in the end.
Example: Odysseus' Odyssey

Universal: Something shared in many mythologies around the world.
Example: The Cosmic Egg

Duality: The Opposites that make the universe whole, and the things that embody them.
Example: Osiris, who is not only the god of death, but a god of Vegetation and by extension, fertility.

Cyclical: The cycle of beginning and ending to begin again, like a circle.
Example: Persephone's Stay in the underworld for a third of the year is the cause of the seasonal cycle.*









*This basically is the version of the myth I read, which includes the reason why Hades kidnaps Persephone.