Mythology and Folklore KT

Jackal, Source:  Wikimedia Commons South African Folk-Tales by James Honey The Lost Message The various types of ants never learned to get along to protect themselves, so they are constantly getting eaten by other creatures.  A beetle was supposed to inform them on how to get along, but he never arrived with the message.  This is a slightly ironic ending.  The Monkey's Fiddle I like the idea of magical objects.  A fiddle that can make anyone dance sounds interesting. The Tiger, The Ram, and The Jackal I have read this plot before, where a threatening animal is tricked into thinking that a nonthreatening animal will eat him because a third animal (normally someone who is less than the first animal and greater than the second animal on the food chain) takes the threatening animal to the nonthreatening one, and the non threatening one says, "where is [the third animal] he was supposed to bring me another animal to eat." The Lion, the Jackal, and the...

Feedback in The comments that I have received have been very helpful to my writing.  They provide good ideas and information that I had not considered before.  The kinds of comments that have helped me the most have been the ones that provide different ideas or outlooks on my stories.   Feedback out I have yet to be disappointed with a story from someone in this class.  All of the stories have been very entertaining, and there are a large range of story styles and plots.   Blog comments The blogs are a marvelous way to get to know different people.  We each present ourselves differently, and I believe that they are tailored to our personalities.  Looking back, I would change a couple things about my intro.  There are times where I am reading someone else's intro and I think, "Oh, it would have been fun to discuss that part of myself too." Looking forward I like it when I am able to get the other person's perspective.  I enj...

Looking Back  My favorite reading so far was Homer's Odyssey.  My reading notes have been a huge help going back and writing the story. I had a rough start to my class project, but I am really happy with how it is turning out now.  So far, my biggest accomplishment in this class so far has been being able to combine several stories from a reading into one story. The Kiss, Source:  Wikimedia Commons I chose this image for a story that I wrote about two people who eventually turn into stone.  I thought that this image went well with the story, and I incorporated aspects of this statue into the story.   Looking Forward I want to try different writing styles in the future.  I feel like I am only writing things the same way.  

This story is also in my Portfolio:  Tales told by a Bookworm   The Monster and the Mittens One day I was taking a leisurely stroll through the woods.  I had never been to this part of the woods before.  I stopped to get a drink from the stream, when I saw two little kittens playing on the rocks nearby.  I said hello and waved.  The kittens looked up, and screamed very loudly.  They pointed to something behind me, and shouted something that I didn’t quite understand.  They looked very frightened.  I must have just missed what they were pointing at, because when I looked behind me I didn’t see anything.  When I turned back around the kittens were scampering away.  I noticed that one of the kittens had left their mittens on the rock.  I went and picked up the mittens, and called out, “Hey! You forgot your mittens!”  They must have not heard me, because they kept running.  I started to walk after them, because it wo...

Tibetan Folk Tales, collected by Albert Shelton The Golden Squash I like the moral aspects of this story.  One man is good and ends up rich, and shares his riches.  Another tries to scheme his way into wealth, and gets punished for it.  It is very straight forward. The Two Little Cats I think this story would be interesting if the Handre was just trying to be friends with them.  Or maybe the two little cats dropped something and he was trying to return it to them, but they thought that he was trying to eat them.  Or maybe the cats went into the Handre's home by accident. Chiang Mai kitties, Source:  Wikimedia Commons

Tibetan Folk Tales, collected by Albert Shelton The Story of the Two Devils I like in this story how the fortune-teller was a fraud, but he was still able to help the prince.  Much of what he did was pure luck.  That would be fun, writing a story about a character who is unable or unwilling to save the day, but actually ends up saving it. The Ingratitude of Man I like in this story how the animals that the traveler saved helped him because he helped them.  The traveler doubted that they would help, and assumed that the man was the trustworthy one, but was proven wrong. The Tiger and the Frog This story is actually extremely similar to a joke that I read in a joke book when I was little.  It had the same punch line of a two larger animals going to gang up on a smaller animal, with the smaller animal making a false comment about how the one of the larger animals was supposed to bring him a large animal for supper.  It would be fun to have the end of a sto...

Once upon a time there were two birds.  They were best friends and did everything together.  One morning they were really hungry, and decided to go get breakfast together.  They flew to a riverbed to look for worms in the mud by the water.  After a while they each saw a worm sticking out of the mud.  They grabbed the end of the worms and pulled.  They pulled the worms out of the mud, only to discover that they each had a side of the same worm.  They set down the worm and decided to talk it out.  The first bird suggested that they split the worm down the middle.  They split the worm, but one side was slightly bigger than the other.  The second bird said that he should have a slightly bigger side, because he suggested that they go get breakfast.  The first said that he should have the larger side, because he suggested that they go by the river.  They continued arguing like this until a fish poked her head out of the water. ...