Mythology and Folklore KT

This Story is Also in my Portfolio  Tales told by a Bookworm There were once three best friends, Emma, Maggie, and Joe.  They grew up together, and were inseparable.   However, as they grew older, Maggie and Joe fell in love.  One day, Emma came up to them and asked them to cover for her.  She told them that she was seeing a married guy, and she didn’t want his wife finding out.  She asked them to be a lookout when she went on dates with him, and if they saw his wife, they were to stall her until the both Emma and her boyfriend could get away.  Because they were old friends, Maggie and Joe agreed to this.  This arrangement went on for a while.  Eventually, the wife figured out what Maggie and Joe were doing for their friend.  In a fit of anger, she revealed herself to be Juno, the most powerful goddess on mount Olympus.  She told them that they were keeping her from her love, Zeus(the married man who is dating Emma), a...

Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Tony Kline Echo and Narcissus For both characters, the person that they wanted was unattainable.  They both wasted away pining for their love. Pyramus and Thisbe The story here has been retold many times and in many ways.  The idea of tragic star-crossed lovers is something that appeals to most audiences.  They never get a happy ending.  Maybe just once they should get a happy ending. Mars and Venus Vulcan, Venus's husband, found out she was cheating on him with Mars, so he laid a trap for them to prove their infidelity to the other gods.  The other gods made a joke of it, however.  Vulcan couldn't win, no matter what he did.  Writing the story in his perspective might give him more credit and help us understand what he is going through. Perseus and Andromeda Perseus is presented like a hero, however, it seems like he does things more for himself than for others.  He only agreed to save Andromeda afte...

Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated by Tony Kline Deucalion and Pyrrah The thought of them repopulating the earth with rocks turning into people is a marvelous ending to this story.  The confusion of what Themis meant when she said through behind you the bones of your great mother was a turning point in the plot.  There was inner turmoil in the characters until they realized that the goddess did not mean their actual mothers, but was referring to mother earth.   Having the characters doubt what they are told or figure out what something means would be interesting. Io Origin stories are fun. It seems like this is such a long story to explain such a simple thing.  I also do not like how the gods use this poor woman as a pawn, and that Zeus feels entitled to every woman on earth. The journey that Io has to go through, with the gods using her as a pawn, had many elements to it.  She was able to contact her family, but was always being guarded. Juno Confiding ...