• Includes Fairy Tales and Folklore

• Stories that have been passed down

for hundreds of years
• Magic, imaginary creatures, and
talking animals can be included
• Example: Goldilocks and the Three
Bears
• Begins with a phrase such as, “Once upon a
time ”, or “There once was”
• About ordinary people (or animals) and
everyday life
• The number three is significant and repeated
often
• There are good and bad characters
• Good characters gave a problem to solve
• Animals can talk
• Wishes are granted
• Happy ending – good wins over bad
• Everyone has heard them
• Transmitted through word of mouth
• No known author.
• Short story that teaches a lesson
(called a moral) that people should
apply to their own lives
• Characters are usually animals
• Example: The Tortoise and the Hare
• Always about humans but can have
magic or supernatural events
• Based on real people who are
considered heroes
• Story handed down for many years
• Passed off as a true story
• Example: Sleepy Hollow
• A story from the past about a subject
that was, or is believed to have been,
historical
• Many legends tell about human
beings who meet supernatural
creatures
• Historical but not always factual
• Stories about gods, goddesses, and
spirits
• Try to explain how things in the
world were created
• Happened before the world we now
live in
• May be connected to a religious belief
system
• The gods and goddesses have human
emotions
• Myths contain magic
• Gods and goddesses often appear in
disguises
• Myths teach a lesson or explain the
natural world
Poseidon (Neptune)

Ruler of the sea.

Brother of Zeus.
Carried a three-
pronged spear
known as a
trident.
 Hades(Pluto)

Ruler of the
underworld and
the dead. Brother
of Zeus. Had a
helmet which
rendered its
wearer invisible.
 Zeus (Jupiter)
Lord of the sky
and supreme
ruler of the gods.
Known for
throwing
lightening bolts.
 Hera (Juno)
She is the wife and one
of three sisters of Zeus in
the Olympian pantheon
of Greek mythology and
religion. Her chief
function was as the
goddess of women and
marriage. The cow, lion
and the peacock were
considered sacred to her.
 Charon
Charon, the sleepless
driver, is waiting at the
shore, gruff and surly to
convey with his boat
through the fog and mud
of rivers, the souls on the
other side, taking as
payment a donation
(coin) that the living put
into the mouth of the
dead to pay the ferries of
 Cerberus
Cerberus is a multi-
headed (usually three-
headed) dog, or
"hellhound" with a
serpent's tail, a mane of
snakes, and a lion's
claws. He guards the
entrance of the Greek
underworld to prevent the
dead from escaping and
the living from entering.
 Hestia (Vesta)
A virgin goddess and
sister of Zeus. No distinct
personality or part in
myths. Goddess of the
Hearth, the symbol of the
home. Hestia's name
means "hearth, fireplace,
altar", the household,
house, or family. "
 Ares (Mars)
He often represents the
physical or violent and
untamed aspect of war, in
contrast to the armored
Athena, whose functions as a
goddess of intelligence
including
military strategy and
generalship. Since ancient
times the people, in order to
solve their differences
resorted to the most painful
act for humans, war.
Athena (Minerva)
Daughter of Zeus alone.
She sprang from his head
full-grown and in full
armor. The protector of
civilized life, handicrafts,
and agriculture. Invented
the bridle, and first to
tame the horse. Likes
Athens, olives, and owls.
 Apollo
Apollo has been
variously recognized
as a god of music,
truth and prophecy,
healing, the sun and
light, plague, poetry,
and more. Apollo is
the son of Zeus and
Leto, and has a twin
sister, the chaste
 Artemis (Diana)
Apollo's twin sister and daughter
of Zeus. Lady of wild things and
huntsman to the gods. As Apollo
is the Sun, Artemis is the moon.
She was the Hellenic goddess of
the hunt, wild animals,
wilderness, childbirth, virginity
and protector of young girls,
bringing and relieving disease in
women; she often was depicted as
a huntress carrying a bow and
arrows. The deer and the cypress
were sacred to her. In later
Hellenistic times, she even
assumed the ancient role of
Aphrodite (Venus)
Daughter of Zeus. Goddess
of Love and Beauty. Likes
the myrtle tree, doves,
sparrows, and swans.
Because of her beauty, other
gods feared that their rivalry
over her would interrupt the
peace among them and lead
to war, so Zeus married her
to Hephaestus, who, because
of his ugliness and deformity,
was not seen as a threat.
Hermes (Mercury)
Son of Zeus. Wore wings on
his sandals and He is quick
and cunning, and moves
freely between the worlds of
the mortal and divine, as
emissary and messenger of
the gods, intercessor between
mortals and the divine, and
conductor of souls into the
afterlife. He is protector and
patron of travelers,
herdsmen, thieves, orators
and wit, literature and poets,
 Hephaestus (Vulcan)
The Greek god of
blacksmiths, craftsmen,
artisans, sculptors, metals,
metallurgy, fire and
volcanoes.Hephaestus'
Roman equivalent is Vulcan.
In Greek mythology,
Hephaestus was the son of
Zeus and Hera, the king and
queen of the gods. In another
version, he was Hera's
parthenogenous child,
rejected by his mother
 Demeter (Ceres)
Known as the Goddess of
harvest, fertility, agriculture
and vegetation soil, protector
of the land and its products,
mother of cereals (hence her
name) and mainly wheat. She
never lived on Mount
Olympus, but to the temples
specially dedicated to her,
close to those who believed
and worshiped her.
 Dionysus (Bacchus)
Dionysus is the god of
the grape harvest,
winemaking and wine, of
ritual madness, fertility,
theatre and religious
ecstasy in Greek
mythology. Alcohol,
especially wine, played
an important role in
Greek culture with
Dionysus being an