Mythology

Here is a link to An Dtymological dictionary of Classical Mythology. It gives defiiniitions of many common words that have their origins in mythology. It will be helpful when we complete the first part of Lesson 32 in Mary Neelan's Mythology workbook. [|An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology]

Here is a link to a source that explains the source of many expressions and sayings. It will be helpful when we complete the seond part of Lesson 32 in Mary Neelan's Mythology workbook. [|Expressions and Sayings]

[|Mythology Websites] Here is a link that reviews the symbolism of he pomegranate in mythology. [|Pomegranate in mythology]

After reading about the pomegranate in mythology, we will seed the fruit and eat the seeds. I have posted a link to a video that shows you how to clean a pomegranate below. [|Seeding a Pomegranate]

Here is a link to MythQuest's 50 minute movie version of "Sir Gawain and the Green Night", titled "Sir Caradoc at the Round Table." [|Sir Caradoc at the Round Table]



__**Here are two links to videos about modern day heroes.**__

The first video talks about a plan for a proposed memorial to honor the older sister of a six year old boy and a bystander who jumped into the water at Falls Park in Sioux Falls in March of 2013 to rescue the boy and lost their lives in doing so. The boy was able to get out of the water. It is not known if one of the two heroes who jumped into the water pushed the boy up to safety, but the woman who proposed the memorial felt that a person who risks his/her life for another life is heroic.

[|Proposed Memorial]

The second video talks about a college student in Florida whose call to 911 may have prevented his roommate from being able to carry out plans for a massacre on the college campus.

[|Massacre Prevention]

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[|The Red Pyramid]



Chinese mythology links These videos contain information about Chinese creation beliefs, Chinese mythological animals, and the Chinese zodiac. They have a total run-time of about 21 minutes. [|How Humans and the World Were Created] [|Story of the Chinese Zodiac] [|What Your Chinese Zodiac Sign Says About You] [|11 Scariest Chinese Creatures You've Never Heard Of]

[|African mythology]

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