Myths and legends

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 453.

Choose a suitable word among: after investigating the difference between them.

1. The incompetence of the driver led to a terrible crash: but though the bus itself was severely damaged, there were luckily no … . 2. Poor Edith reminded her son in vain of the …she had made to give him a good education, but he ignored her appeals completely. 3. The new fly-overs have led to a further fall in number of road … . 4. Thousands of people were … of the terrible earthquake. The total number of … exceeded anything ever recorded previously. 5. In Madrid the police charged a peaceful demonstration of 1500 bus-workers, who were demanding better pay, and arrested them in large numbers; the … were detained in prison for months without trial. 6. The Japanese people will never forget the … of the first atom bombs, nor will they forgive the perpetrators of the crime. 7. No working man or woman in this chemical works can help being a … to gnawing anxiety about the future. 8. The tyrant fell a … to his own overweening ambitions. 9. Androcles was abandoned in a wood in the expectations that he would fall a … to the wild beasts.

Myths and legends number among the most creative and abundant contributions of religion to the history of human culture. They inspire artists, dramatists, clerics, and others. Moreover, the content of the legends and myths themselves has contributed directly to theories about religion, society, politics, art, astronomy, economics, music, and history.