Girls Are Boys Are : Myths, Stereotypes & Gender Differences

Creation myths from around the world often start with water or darkness enveloping the entirety of the known universe Out of that emptiness comes earth, air, water, and the heavens Often, an image of the underworld is also developed Humans and animals are created and placed on earth Greek myths offer examples of the creation myth

LESSON IDEAS

Myths usually have heroes or heroines who are gods or people with amazing strength or super powers The hero or heroine often has to go on a journey to outwit or do battle with a frightening beast or monster Gods and monsters are the two main ingredients of many myths Some myths try to explain how the universe or natural world was created

FAVORITE GREEK MYTHS - Yesterdays Classics

Greek myths that have been world favorites through the centuries, and that have in some measure exercised a formative infl uence on literature and the fi ne arts in many countries While a knowledge of these myths is undoubtedly necessary to a clear understanding of much in literature and the arts, yet it is not for this

Creation Myths and Legends of the Creek Indians

Stith Thompson’s work provides examples of Krohn’s influence 6 It was also during the early part of the twentieth century that John R Swanton urged scholars to compile a concordance of North American myths, and the concepts of “tale type” and “motif index” began to be applied to North American myths 7

Myths, Legends, Folktales and Fables of Guyana

Myths, Legends, Folktales and Fables of Guyana By Dmitri Allicock for the Guyaneseonline blog The practices of Myths, legends, folktales and fables is said to provide continuity and stability to a culture They foster a shared set of perspectives, values, history and literature, in the stories themselves

Myths and Stereotypes About Native Americans

Indian children Many of these myths may seem ridiculous, even silly, but each one is encountered by Native people Myths and Stereotypes About Native Americans Most non-Indians don’t know a great deal about the first peoples of the Americas, Mr Fleming avers But what’s worse is that much of what they do “know” is wrong BY WALTER C