What English words come from stories or myths?

1. Flora: the flower god in ancient Greek and Roman mythology. She married Zephyr, the god of the west wind, and her husband gave her a garden full of exotic flowers and plants. In spring, Flora and her husband, Zephyr, walked arm in arm in the garden, and flowers were everywhere they walked. Flora means "plant" in modern English. Derivative words: flowers, flowers, flowers, flower shops.

2. Muse: the god in charge of art in Greek mythology. * * * Nine, namely history, lyric poetry, comedy (pastoral poetry), tragedy, song and dance, love poems, carols, astronomy and epics. The muse's art derives the word music.

The place where works of art are collected is the museum. The happiness brought by art is inspiration and entertainment.

3. Pan (Pan): The animal husbandry god and the forest god will shout loudly when disturbed. Derivative word: panic.

4. Titan: One of the giants who once ruled the world. Titan refers to tall and strong people and important people in modern English. The derivative word Titanic means huge. "Titanic" was named after it.

5.Zephyrus (Zeflos): the god of the west wind. Derivative: zephyr (west wind, breeze, breeze).

6. Atlas: Atlas, one of the Titan gods in Greek mythology, was punished for betraying Zeus and carrying the sky on his shoulders at the western end of the world. /kloc-In the 6th century, the geographer McCarter took Atlas as the first illustration of an atlas. Later generations are scrambling to follow suit. Atlas means map, atlas and bearer. Other derivatives: Atlantic.

7. Ceres: the patron saint of crops. In ancient Rome, when there was a drought, priests turned to witches for divination. As a result of divination, a new goddess Zeus was established and offered her sacrifice, so that she would bring rain to the earth. Since then, Ceres has become the patron saint of crops. Grain comes from Latin, which means "Ceres" belongs to the goddess of grain. Derivative: cereal (cereal, breakfast cereal).

Kronos: Father of Zeus. Afraid of children rebelling against themselves, they once swallowed their offspring. Like ruthless time, it devours everything.

So the root "chron" means "time". Derivative words: chronology (time-consuming, chronic), chronology (chronology).