Myth-Folklore

These stories interested me and intrigues me for sure. I was excited about the creepiness of the first couple stories. After about the first three stories, the stories that the Goblin told were a little less entertaining. I was less engaged to them then at the beginning. I enjoyed the stories about having to choose between the head of your brother or the head of your husband and with the bodies. I even asked people at work which option they would choose if they had to. If I were to rewrite this part of the story, I would make the other stories more interesting by adding a little more gore or strange events that people would not know how to choose from. The last story about the wives did not have a purpose that made sense to me. Unless part B has something that ties all of part A’s stories together, I am quite lost on the purpose of choosing from all the stories. Although I did agree with the majority of the decisions that the kind made. I am looking forward to what is to come in p...

Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang:  Link to Story Here I can tell how the cartoon derived from this story. It has small similarities. In this story, there are two genies, one from the lamp and one from the ring. The ring was given to him when he went into the cave to retrieve the lamp for his "Uncle." Aladdin's father, Mustafa, died and Aladdin did not know he had any living family members left, so when a man came to him and told him that he was his long lost uncle, Aladdin believed him. Aladdin was easily fooled by others. His "Uncle" was a magician, but when Aladdin came back with the lamp, his uncle left, which showed Aladdin that he was not his true uncle. This reminds me of a shallow female who dates a man just to get monetary items from him or free food, which could possibly be something that I could include in my story. Aladdin asked the genie to build his new wife, Sultan's daughter, a castle built to fit such a beautiful woman. This reminded me of ...

When I picked Arabian Nights, it was not at all what I imagined. I enjoyed the dramatic and twisted version. Sultan Schahriar is the first character this story focuses on and so far, he is my favorite, not because I believe in what he is doing because of one woman, but because I like the drama in his life. I could easily make this more modern.  I like how it described the town and I could do something with that in my own version.  I could also write a story from the perspective of the fathers whom daughters were killed. I could make it a revenge story just from someone else’s view.  Scheherazade is a strong woman and I like her. She is intelligent and brave. With all the storytelling that has a story within another story, I could instead make Scheherazade kill him, which could save time and would still accomplish the same task.  Schherazade Arabian Nights by Andrew Lang:  Link to Story Here

I enjoyed part A of the fables more than I did the latter. The first half had a little bit longer stories with more substance. Reading part B is like reading short stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul . They all have some lesson to learn from them, but each one doesn't exactly connect to the rest. It is hard to stay focused. The main notes that I took from these stories were the ending sentence that explains the lesson that was taught in the fable. I have not heard of some of them and with the others, I have heard them in other forms. “You may be a treasure to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.” This is a quote from one of the fables in the Birds, Part 2 section. I found this interesting because I have never heard it phrased in this way. “Never believe a captive’s promise; that’s one thing. Then again: Keep what you have. And third piece of advice is: Sorrow not over what is lost forever.” “We often give our enemi...

The Lion and the Statue Aesop's Fables by Joseph Jacobs:  click link This is one of the more interesting stories I have read so far. I enjoyed it quite a bit. I liked that you could learn a life lesson with each story. Each fable could be compared to everyday life, so it always stays relevant. For one of my ideas for the storytelling assignment, I would like to have the characters be human in costumes. For the Lion, I was thinking he could be Edward Scissorhands, because he gets his claws trimmed for love and gets some teeth pulled. The teeth part isn’t as relevant as the claws. Other than the Lion, it should be like a masquerade with life lessons that could be relevant today. I am not sure how I will stay true to the story with all the crazy ideas, but I think I am able to do this. It will have a sinister type twist to an already messed up collection of fables. The fable with the Lion in the cave, a few of the fox fables, and the arena story in Lions part 2 are a fe...

Adam and Eve by Louis Ginzberg, click for link From the Leaving the Garden chapter, God forgives Adam and Eve of all their sins, I could write the story as if he did not forgive them. God also told Adam to dwell in the Cave of Treasures below the garden. I could write many things about how it looked or bring it in the terms of today. I could write as if Adam was living in today's world and explain how he would react if he were a typical high maintenance person. I did not quite understand why the cave was called this based off of Adam's reaction. In the They Die a First Time chapter, I could rewrite that to be a more exciting story in a way that everyone could understand it. The Beasts of Creation has so many possibilities, I am not sure where to begin. The Darkness also has many options. Based on Supernatural, the TV show, I could combine both of the stories together. That would probably be the most entertaining. The Garden of Eden

Adam and Eve by Ginzberg;  link to the reading online Adam's body was huge and reached to Heaven itself. Adam was created to be the perfect human. He was charming, physically fit, and had great spiritual qualities. God breathed a soul into him. Adam was so "gracious" to give David seventy years from his 1000 years. Adam is named after Adamah, which means dust of the earth. Adam made the angels jealous, so they tried to set him on fire. God protected him. Satan was the most jealous one out of all of the angels, which led to his fall. Satan challenged Adam to a "trial of wit." Adam and Satan had to assign names to the animals, if Satan could not he failed. In this story, Satan lost and refused to bow down to Adam, so he threw a tantrum and was flown out of heaven by God himself. The earth and God divided time between each other. God took night and the earth took day. This was a result of the earth not feeling like it could nourish Adam and his many descenda...