Across
- 6. what myths are generally, and why they are usually entertaining (also Greek meaning of word)
- 7. common topic of myth is "Rags to THIS"
- 8. myths can also be about these, not just god/desses
- 10. another word for beginning, many myths explain this
- 11. wanted Kore to be his queen of the Underworld
- 13. Roman name (English) of rex deorum
- 16. myths have many of these because they are told by many different people over long periods of time
- 17. winner of fictitious arm-wrestling match with Freya, Roman name
Down
- 1. Persephone tricked into eating 6 seeds
- 2. what myths usually are NOT, especially when not backed by science
- 3. story with staying power handed down generationally
- 4. Persephone's original name, also ancient Greek for "girl"
- 5. daughter of Ceres (goddess of grain/harvest/agriculture)
- 9. one of the two qualities of a myth, other than "staying power"
- 12. Ceres to the Romans, mother of Persephone/Kore
- 14. many myths are based on THIS, so they involve god/desses
- 15. a historically significant book of Christian myths (remember...not saying true or untrue)
- 18. where Persephone had to stay 6 months of the year