Message from cmcmahon

[Anonymous]

A sixth grade language arts standards asks us to teach the difference between myths, legends, fables, and folk tales. With myths, I often get caught in the trap of only using Greek mythology to explain what a myth is. I found a website, though, that shows many creation myths from around the world. It would be interesting to ask students to compare the various creation myths at some point. The Chinese creation myth along with the Chinese pantheon is included for free viewing on "The Big Myth" website:

http://www.mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/2_eng_myths.htm