Sunday, February 22, 2015

Myths

Traditional stories that arose to explain specific characteristics of animals, terrain, or climate. Pourquoi stories, religious stories, best known are Greek and Roman origin, but all groups have myths. Picture book retellings are popular

  •             Creation stories to describe how the world or specific culture was created
  •             Pourquoi tales evolved to explain how things came to be in the natural world, focus more on everyday phenomena


Greek Mythology:

Indian Mythology:



Chinese Mythology:


Pourquoi Story: Kipling's Elephant's Child


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