Homework 21st November:
1. Learn the lines for the show, and learn the words for the songs- VERY IMPORTANT!!!
2. What myths and legends do you know? Write the names of the story and write a few sentences about what happens in each of the stories.
You might find that different countries have different stories.
1.Robin Hood is a myth from England. its about a man named Robin Hood he robs the rich to give to the poor.
ReplyDelete2.Zoro is a myth from Spain its about a man called Zoro he protects everyone in Spain,
3.Merlin is a myth from England its about a boy called merlin he helps king Arthur
Yara is the "Mother of the Rivers" in the Tupi Indian tribe mythology. She is a very beautiful young woman with long dark hair. She lives close to water sources in the forest. Her beauty is so great and her voice so melodious that it is said that any man who sees her and hears her singing, falls madly in love with her. Men become so happy with her that they end up jumping into the waters in pursuit of her, disappearing forever.
ReplyDeleteOddyseus and the Trojan Horse
ReplyDeleteParis, Prince of Troy kidnaps the beautiful Helen of Sparta from her husband, King Menelaus of Sparta. Menelaus, with the help of his brother, Agamemnon, King of Mycenae send an army to attack Troy. After 10 years of fighting Oddyseus, one of the soldiers from Sparta, comes up with a plan. He builds a wooden horse and put it in front of the gates of Troy. The Trojans think they won the battle and this is a gift. Instead at night 30 soldiers come out the horse's belly and attack everyone while they are asleep.
The Gods of Olympus
Once the world was ruled by Gaia (the earth) and Ouranos (the sky). They had children called the Titans. one of their sons, Kronos took a scythe and chopped Ouranos into 1000 pieces. He then took over. His wife, Rhea was angry at Kronos for eating all of the children. So when she was having Zeus, Gaia took her to a secret island to have him. Instead Rhea gave Kronos a stone which made him spit out his other children. Zeus then did exactly the same to Kronos as Kronos did to Ouranos. He chopped him up in a thousand pieces.
Arachne the spider
Once there was a girl called Arachne who thought she was the best spinner in the world. She even boasted that it was better than Athena's, the goddess of handy crafts. So one day Athena dared Arachne to a weaving contest. They weaved and weaved until it was finished. As soon as Athena saw Arachne's she got so angry that Arachne's was better that she turned her into a spider. "Now you can weave your web all you want" said Athena. That is why spiders are called Arachnids, after Arachne.
A wise wizard and some curious cats.
ReplyDeleteThere was an inn.There were two cute sisters working in the inn.There was a local wizard.The wizard had once been a army officer.He went to the inn as a stranger.He asked the sis ters for some candles.They gave him some candles.He went to his room and put his clothes close to his bed he put his sword and shield in his bed near to him.At night two black cats came.They played in his room till he fell asleep.When he did the cats took his purse but he took his sword and cut a line in the cats paw.In the morning down and asked the sister where is your sister?Her sister said that she got hurt.he went to her and asked for her hand she gave her left hand.He asked for her right hand.She did her right hand was bandaged.Then he figured out that the sisters were witches.After a few months they got bored and went to him.They tried to witch him but he took away their powers.
The story is called Snow Maiden and it is from Russia. It is all about two poor people that live in a hut in the forest. They have no children, so they build a little girl out of snow. The girl falls in love, and the heat of love melts her. Her soul was caught by Father Frost from then on they come to children on New Year’s Day.
ReplyDeleteBaba- Yaga and Vasilisa the Fair Vasilisa lives with her mom and dad. When her mom dies she gives her a magic doll. After that her dad marries another woman. He thinks she would be a good mother for his daughter, but he was wrong. She is cruel and mean to her. Once she sent her to Baba-Yaga to work for a light. She has impossible tasks, but she completes them. She gets home with a magic light that killed her step mother and sisters. Before her father’s return she goes to a poor woman n and makes a very nice sheet of cloth the woman gives it to the king. The king is so happy that they marry each other.
(The snow maiden):This story is about two old couples and a girl made out of snow.
ReplyDeleteSo,once there were old couplesin Russia.They were happy but they were lonely too.So,they decided to make a girl out of snow.But they were still lonely that father frost felt sorry for them.He felt so sorry that he made the girl alive.The two were so happy and surprised too.The old couples alloweded the girl to be their daughter.One day the girl fell badly in love with a shephard.she knew that she was not a person.So she had to stay in the shade because she was made of snow.she stayed in the shade but,her heart was bumping madly because she loved the shephad and her heart became so hot that unfortunately it melted her.
(A witch in a bottle):There was a witch called Sally and she had to be burned because she was a witch.She was screaming when she was burning.The ghost of her was so upset!So,she annoied the palmer and he was really angry.So, he decided to put Sally in the bottle!When Sally went into the bottle to explore,the palmer put the lid on quickly and buried the bottle.
PANDORA'S BOX:
ReplyDeleteIs a myth from Ancient Greece. It explains how curiosity sometimes can get you into trouble. The gods had put all the evil in the world in a box and told Pandora not to open it. Unfortunately Pandora's curiosity got the better of her and she opened the box. She caused all the evil that was trapped in the box to be released into the world. When she opened the box a second time she released hope into the world as well.
THE SWORD IN THE STONE:
This is a story about how a Arthur became king. The only way for the people to accept a young boy as king,was when the wizard Merlin found a way to put a sword in a rock.The one that was able to pull out the sword would be declared king.
THE LEGEND OF ROBIN HOOD:
Robin Hood in the most famous outlaw legend, who robbed from the rich to give to the poor.He was a Saxon noble,who lived near the castle of Nottingham.He had various supporters called "Merry Men" dressed in green. They also helped him rob the gold and jewels from the rich to give the poor.
I now Pandora's box, Thesus and the minotaur and the myth of the Blajini.
ReplyDelete(Pandoras box is a Greek myth)Zeus created a women her name was Pandora she was made out of clay. He gave it to Epimetheus and gave her a box he said to not open it at last she tried to open the box but then it opened and all of the bad things came out and then the last one was hope.
(Thesus and the minotaur is a Greek myth)Thesus was a warrior Minos build a maze and at the end of the maze there was a creatur called the Minotaur. All of the people fought it did not came alive and Thesus wanted to fight the Minotaur and did he came alive? He did come alive!!
(The myth of Blajini is a Romanian myth)The entire world was flat so the Blajini lived on the other side of the world. The Romanians believed that they were a kind and sinless group of people.
The myths I know!
ReplyDeletePrometheus and the fire.
In ancient Greece there were two brothers named Epimetheus and Prometheus. They upset and annoyed the most powerful Gods especially Zeus, therefore he took all fire away from the Greek people! But Prometheus was very clever and he knew that a blacksmith got fire, so he went there and got fire back to the country. Later when Zeus found it out he made a very bad punishment...
The witch and the pancakes.
Once in Sir Pauls castle there was a great feast!
At the feast some very important people will come, so the servants had to make lots of food for the important ones. While they were preparing the meals one of the most special cooks got ill. She was the only one who could make the royal pancakes. The only thing the servants could do is to ask the witch which lives in the forest…
Theseus and the Minotaur.
Every year seven young men and seven young women go to the Minotaur’s labyrinth and then get eaten by the Minotaur. The Minotaur was very powerful. King Minos shut the humans into the labyrinth. They would scarily walk through the maze, completely lost, until they faced the Minotaur. One day a powerful prince called Theseus went to fight the Minotaur because he was fed up losing his villagers. Now, would you like to know if Theseus won or not?
The lady of van lake
ReplyDeleteThere was a man and that a man went to lake and saw the most beautiful girl. Then the man asked the girl can I marry with you and she agreed then she dived into water and there was a her father with two girl looks like same as her. Her father replied if you can find the girl you can marry with her. He found the girl and her father replied if you strike her three times she will return to me. Then they married and had three children. Then the years later the man stroke her three times so the girl returned her father. And the man was lonely but he had his children to live with.
From. Black mountain, Wales
The legend of three sisters.
There were three girls and a father. Also there was a little cave bit far away from their house and there lived a monster. One day the girls father was to going pass the but suddenly there was insect to the daughters so the third one threw the stone and the stone fell to the monster house. Then suddenly the monster woke up and saw three girls then the father waved his bone and the three girl were turned into stone. Then the monster saw the father and chased him so he changed himself to a bird. But he forgot his bone so he lived as birds and the girls lived as the stone till the father finds the magic bone.
From.Auastralia
Greece
ReplyDeleteMedusa: She was really pretty but she got cursed by a god to have snake hear.
minotaur: It is a half man half bull who lived on the Greek island of Crete. the king of Athens offered King Minos a deal. If Minos would leave Athens alone, Athens would send seven Athenian boys and seven Athenian girls to Crete every nine years to be eaten by the Minotaur.
King Midas: He wished everything he touched turned solid gold, but by accident he touched his son and he turned solid gold. Next he needed a drink so he picked up a wine glass, but it turned solid gold. Finally he tried to drink out of a lake, but that turned solid gold to! He died afterwards.
UK
Fight of the dragons: There was once a king who wanted to build a castle on a bit of land but every night it fell down legend has it that it was the red Welsh dragon and the white English dragon.
The Loch Ness Monster: Legend has it that a sea monster ( The Loch Ness Monster ) lives in the loch ness lake. Over the years lots of people have claimed to have seen it and brought evidence but no one is sure if it is genuine.
A Mummies tale
ReplyDeleteIn Egypt, the city of great Yar Mammoth, in a school a mummy casket stood in the science room. There was a smell in the science room. The smell came from the casket. The Mummy was removed from the Casket and put in a church grave yard.
The Vicar was awoken by a tap, tap, tap sound. The Vicar thought it was the boys. The Vicar was awoken again by a tap, tap, tap the tapping sound. The neighbors heard the taping sound too. The smell returned to the science room. They opened the casket and there was the mummies arm. They put the mummies arm in the grave and the smell and the taping was gone.
The end
Myths from England
ReplyDeleteBlack cats are traditionally good luck in England.
Robin Hood is a man who steels from the rich and gives to the poor. This myth is a really famouse myth .
The lochness monster is also a myth from England. Its about a monster who eats people who ever lives in the farm near to his underwater home, he can also transform into other things. I have also read a story about this myth.
Myth from Belgium
In Belgium it is believed if a black cat crosses your road it is bad luck.
Myth from Pakistan
People in the Baltistan region of Northern Pakistan, and “next door” in Ladakh, Northern India, consider the snow leopard to be a part-land, part-water animal. They believe that there is only a female snow leopard. The female comes into heat on a full moon night, goes to the edge of a water body, a lake or a river, and calls to the male otter. The otter comes out of the water and mates with the female snow leopard. After copulation, the female returns to the mountains and the otter goes back into the water. At the time of birth the pregnant snow leopard comes again to the edge of the water and gives birth. A newborn male cub goes in the water and becomes an otter while the female cub goes in the mountain with the mother