About Animals, Myths & Legends
Another Planet Ozkids Site.
The award winning 'Animals, Myths and Legends' Web site is the first stage in the development of an interactive exploration game, to be delivered on a hybrid CD-ROM/Internet platform.
The characters and game concept for 'Animals, Myths & Legends' were created from an original concept by Bob Smith and Mary Lancaster.
Age Level
The suggested age range for the site is 8-13 year olds. We say suggested because from past experience, items intended for a younger audience sometimes skip boundaries and can receive fan mail from adults.
The Myths and Legends
Myths and legends tell us many things about the relationship between animals and the world's indigenous peoples including different interpretations of:
- How the world began
- How people came to be
- How the sun first came to the world
- How beings, half animal-half human, once roamed the world
Human history and geographical change have always been interwoven with the development of animals, birds and reptiles.
Our modern world struggles to support the growth of industrialised countries while preserving our environment and its animals and people. The ancient wisdom behind myths and legends can give us insight into living in harmony with nature and the animals that inhabit this world.
Goals for this Site and the Game
- Act as an aid in the research and further design of the game.
- Encourage feedback from children and adults about the characters Oban, Sanjit and Agor. What they like or don't like about them and things they would like the characters to do.
- Explore myths and legends of many cultures involving animals.
- Establish links with communities and schools around the world to receive input from their countries.
- Stimulate children to find out more about the legends and myths of their own country and other cultures.
- Encourage children to seek the common themes occurring in different cultures and how an animal can be seen as an instrument for good in some cultures and evil in others.
- Increase children's ability to communicate by expressing ideas both in words and drawing.
- Provide children with intriguing puzzles and activities which allow them to learn while having fun.
Apologies
We can not be responsible for all the material published on the sites listed in our links pages. We ask all parents to join their children while they explore the world of myths and legends. Please read carefully our 'Terms and Conditions of Use' for all Planet Ozkids sites
Copyright
We ask you to respect the protection of our copyright, and that of other creators. Any material sent to us by you or children known to you, must have been created by you or them. The myths and legends must be retold in your own words and the drawings must be original - no copies or tracings of other people's material please. See Terms and Conditions of Use.
Thank you for reading all this boring legal stuff but it is necessary for your protection and ours.
We ask you to introduce the 'Animals, Myths and Legends' story to children that you know. Your help, and their input will ensure that the game version will be developed with a truly global appeal.
We hope you enjoy this site and others in the Planet Ozkids collection.