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Your Name Period 5/14/2010. Mythology Vocabulary part 2 On your paper rate the following words: 1- Never heard of the word 2- Heard it, but don’t know it 3- Know the word, but can’t explain it 4- Know the word and can teach it. Mythology Vocabulary part 2. Rating: Word:
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Your NamePeriod5/14/2010 Mythology Vocabulary part 2 On your paper rate the following words: 1- Never heard of the word 2- Heard it, but don’t know it 3- Know the word, but can’t explain it 4- Know the word and can teach it
Mythology Vocabulary part 2 Rating:Word: _____ Sacrifice _____ Supernatural _____ Trickster _____ Mortal _____ Demigod
Sacrifice (verb, noun): To offer something to a god, sometimes by killing an animal or person in a religious ceremony, or the thing that is offered.
Supernatural (adjective): Impossible to explain by natural causes, and therefore seeming to involve the powers of gods or magic.
Trickster (noun): A god, animal, or person who disobeys normal rules of behavior; someone who plays tricks
A regular human; not able to live forever (opposite of immortal) Mortal (noun, adjective):
Demigod (noun): In mythology, someone who is half god, half human.
Homework: Write each definition three times. Write two sentences for each word. Example: Titan (noun): A very strong or important person. A giant. A very strong or important person. A giant. A very strong or important person. A giant. My father was a titan in the accounting industry. Kronus was a titan and was Zeus’s father.