This myth tells the story of Bellerophon and Pegasus. Bellerophon dreams that Athena tells him not to give up on taming Pegasus. He finds a golden bridle and uses it to mount Pegasus without struggle. They have many adventures together. However, when Bellerophon tries to fly to Mount Olympus to become a god, Pegasus throws him down and flies away, ending their partnership as Bellerophon's ambition had grown too great. The myth uses descriptive words and the characters' actions to tell the story.

1. Myth Hunters!
Mrs Ponsford

2. What’s the Big Idea?
• Be a Myth Hunter
• Describe and Identify a mysterious Artefact
• Find ‘Writing Clues’ (interesting
techniques)
• Have a go yourself!

3. INCOMING MESSAGE!!

4. What are these?
• What kind of beast would have these?
• What special powers do you think they
would have?

5. Myth Hunter Challenge
1

6. Myth Hunters
• Dr. Abley wanted to see if you were up to
the challenge.
• Are you able to see what are real (true)
animals/ beasts and what are mythical
(false)?

7. A dragon’s body is
covered in scales. It
Dragon
uses leathery, bat-
like wings to fly. Its
jaws are filled with
hundreds of sharp
teeth and when it
breathes, smoke
and flames shoot
from its teeth.

8. False!
Based on crocodiles and snakes
Fossilised dinosaur teeth
Greek word:
‘drákōn’ = water-snake

9. Coelacanth
A Coelacanth is a
huge, blue fish
with powerful
jaws and sharp
teeth. His body is
covered in heavy,
armoured scales
and he has four
fins at each corner
of his body so he
can walk.

10. True!
They live in the Indian
Ocean and, before 1938,
scientists thought they had
become extinct. They
were discovered by
fisherman off the South
coast of Africa.

11. Cerebus
Cerebus is a very different type
of dog. He has dragon-like
spines down his back and three
heads. He can be quite friendly if
you offer him cake soaked in
honey. What a sweet tooth!

12. False!
Cerebus was the guardian of
Hades (the underworld where
dead people’s spirits went). He
stopped people escaping!A
famous Greek myth is that
Hercules defeated Cerebus
without weapons and took him
from Hades, slung over his back!

13. Dodo
The Dodo was one of the many
animals that was in Alice in
Wonderland. It has soft grey
feathers yellow eyes and short
yellow legs. On the end of its
legs are four toes with thick
black claws. It cannot fly.

14. True!
The Dodo live in the
Indian Ocean island of
Mauritius. It was 3.3
metres tall. It didn’t need
to fight as there were no
predicators on the island
and lots of food. Dutch
sailors visited the island
and, by1681, all the Dodos
had been eaten.

15. Giant Squid
The giant squid lives in
the deepest, darkest
parts of the ocean.
Sometimes it comes to
the surface in search of
prey. If it can’t find a
whale to eat, the giant
squid wraps it
enormous tentacles
around a passing boat
to drag it down the the
murky depths.

16. True!
They can grow up to
13 metres for the
females and 10
metres for the male.
Like all squid, it has a
torso, eight arms and
two longer tentacles.

17. Extreme Myth Hunters
• What did you learn about the Artefacts?
• Does anyone know who they belonged to?
• Do you want to know more?

18. Pegasus

19. Myth Hunter:
Challenge 2:Writing
Clues
We are now going to look at a text and hunt for
interesting clues.

20. Pegasus and Bellerophon
Bellerophon was a great hero. His greatest desire
was to ride the magnificent winged horse,
Pegasus. Pegasus could fly like a bird and was
very hard to catch. Bellerophon thought he would
never even get close to Pegasus, let alone tame
him and ride him. One night, the goddess Athena
appeared to him in a dream. "What man swears
cannot be done, should not be hoped for. Power
on high will place it in his hands with ease."

21. Bellerophon woke to find a shiny, golden bridle at
his feet. He went to Pegasus' favorite, flower-filled
meadow and found the fantastic horse. Pegasus
trotted right over and allowed himself to be
mounted without a struggle!

22. Horse and rider were a perfect match; they had
many exciting and successful adventures.
Unfortunately for Bellerophon, he was determined
to become a god. One day, he leaped onto
Pegasus and urged him up toward Olympus, the
home of the gods. Pegasus was as wise as an owl
and for the first time, would not obey. He threw his
rider to the ground and flew quickly away!
Bellerophon, whose ambition had grown too great,
wandered on foot for the rest of his life, avoiding
contact with other people.

23. Myth Hunters!
Part of a great myth is the way it is told.
This means the words and techniques used.
Now we will look at different techniques in this story.
Pay attention as you will be having a go yourself soon
too!

24. Why?

25. Myth Hunters:
Challenge 3
Take your Word Banks and whiteboards to take notes
(if you like) over to the carpet.
It’s time for our final activity today.

26. Adjectives are power
words!
......... giant quid
.......... dragon
...... horse

27. Thank you for being
lovely!
Mrs Ponsford