Mythology in Modern Culture

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• In modern popular culture, which character is most directly inspired by the Norse god of thunder?
• What is the main function of a retelling such as Madeline Miller’s Circe?
• Which term describes a story that deliberately reuses and transforms earlier myths, symbols, or narratives?
• In the Percy Jackson series, the presence of Greek gods in the contemporary United States mainly demonstrates which…
• Match each modern work with the mythological tradition it most prominently adapts.
• Match each mythological figure with the modern cultural work that prominently features or reinterprets that figure.
• Match each modern medium with its typical way of presenting mythology.
• Match each concept with its role in modern mythological storytelling.