Unit 2_Myths and Legends_视听说.pptVIP

Butterfly lovers Cowherd and weaving girl White snake Butterfly lovers  Pursuit study Disguise Fall in love Drop hints Propose marriage Suffer decease Memorial ceremony Colored butterflies Cowherd and weaving girl  Qixi festival Milky way magpies White snake Longing for Unallowable Suppress Offer sacrifice Collapse Reunite Open Questions What are the similarities among the legends? Which is your favorite? Why? Would you like to tell the legends to your next generation? Why ? * Apollo 太阳神阿波罗 God of music, healing, plague, prophecies, poetry, and archery; associated with light, truth and the sun. He is Artemiss twin brother, and son of Zeus and Leto. He was depicted as a handsome, beardless youth with long hair and various attributes including a laurel wreath, bow and quiver, raven, and lyre. * the goddess of Wisdom Athena 雅典娜 Virgin goddess of wisdom, warfare, strategy, heroic endeavour, handicrafts and reason. The daughter of Zeus and Metis, she was born from Zeuss head fully-formed and armoured. She was depicted crowned with a crested helm, armed with shield and spear, and wearing the snake-trimmed aegis cloak adorned with the head of the Gorgon. Her symbols include the aegis, the owl and the olive tree. * Artemis阿耳特弥斯(月神与狩猎女神) Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, wild animals, childbirth and plague. In later times she became associated with the moon. She is the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and twin sister of Apollo. In art she was usually depicted as a young woman dressed in a short knee-length chiton and equipped with a hunting bow and a quiver of arrows. In addition to the bow, her attributes include hunting spears, animal pelts, deer and other wild animals. * Demeter Goddess of fertility, agriculture, horticulture, grain and harvest. Demeter is a daughter of Kronos and Rhea and sister of Zeus, by whom she bore Persephone. She was depicted as a mature woman, often crowned and holding sheafs of wheat and a torch. Her sym