Definitions

A myth is someones belief of how things happen, usually made up. They symbolize human experience, embody spiritual values of a culture. An example is the story of Hercules.

A hero helps people, has qualities greater than human beings. An example of a hero is Hercules, he is a very well known hero.

A hero's journey is the story the hero goes through. The battles it goes though and what he/she accomplishes. The journey that Ra the sun god went on.

Universal is known by all, "one size fits all." Persephone has qualities that the common person could relate to.

Archetype is the original model of something. For Example, The Chinese explain how their world was created by the splitting of an egg.

Cyclical is a cycle, pattern, something that repeats itself. The cycle a myth goes through. For example every myth goes through this pattern.

Duality are two opposites existing in a whole. In Greek mythology the universe is an example of duality, heavens and underworld, or Zeus and Hades.

Creation is when someone or something is made, how it is created. An example is the egg, void or watery abis.

Life from death is something good coming from death of something bad. Sacrificing something for a life, something that dies in order for something else to live. For example the Chinese myth of PanGu. His body parts created the earth when he died.

Matriarchal is the foundation of female power: mother rules: mother earth. Rhea was considered the mother of the gods. Gaia was the earth, also considered "mother earth."

Patriarchal is the foundation of male power: father rules: father sky. Zeus is an example of patriarchal because he is the god of all the gods, ruler of the sky.

Sacrifice is giving up something for a greater god. Prometheus sacrificed his life and freedom for the better of the people.