Mythology

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  1. 2. large gigantic, serpent like creatures that appear in myths
  2. 3. a traditional story that a society tells itself that represent world-views, beliefs, or principles.
  3. 4. Viking mythology that put emphasis on bravery, heroism, and honor
  4. 5. myth in which there is a great cleansing of the world with water
  5. 8. mainly oral myths, this mythology had an abundance of rituals and are not singular stories, but a corpus
  6. 10. symbolic narrative of how the world began and how people came to inhabit it
  7. 12. mythology rich in symbolism of life, death, and rebirth with magic
  8. 13. mythology that focuses on nature and chaos
Down
  1. 1. the study of myths
  2. 3. mythology that focuses on origin of world, humanity, food, and supernatural beings. Has only survived in fragments
  3. 6. a being of god-like power that people believed had control over various parts of the world and people
  4. 7. A myth may seem similar to a fairy tale, but a myth has profound ______
  5. 9. an end of the world type myth where an event ends humanity
  6. 11. mythology that believes in mana