Paige's Mythology and Folklore Blog

Why the Dog's Ears Flop Florence Stratton introduces the scene for the story introduces what the story is going to discuss sets up what the story is set to discuss provides reason for a certain animal trait talks about a past story the past story is the reason for the current trait discusses before and after traits of the animal animal comes in contact with humans gives examples of how the animal helped the humans explains story of the animal getting in trouble by the humans the animal was tricked by his own kind because the animal was ashamed he gained his new traits the story explains why the animal is the way it is today The point-eared dog prior to being timid . 

Grandmother River's Trick By: Florence Stratton introduces the setting introduces all the characters sets up the problem that is trying to be fixed uses adjectives to describe what they look like sets up the protagonist and the antagonist new character is introduced to help with the problem uses supernatural events supernatural event occurs to help the problem this tricks the protagonists the supernatural event and the character trick them they are now saved and alive protagonists are mad they live happily Gar fish.

What is Myth? A lot of the myths are very old and can all be told in different ways and often has many different forms. Many myths can be understand and told in many different ways. Many of these myths do not have notable authors and no one knows who originated them. Generations and generations of people listen to these myths and take them very seriously. A myth is a story that is significant and it has staying power, they have survived centuries. Myths have many different versions, there are hero stories, stories about Gods, and religious myths. Tells the story of Kore and how she was kidnapped by her father's brother. The story uses trickery to keep Kore and it explains how Winter came into play. Theories of Myth Mythology is the study of myths. When looking back on Homer and Plato, they often said these myths were all lies and were stories to create reasoning behind situations they could not understand. Early mythologists studied myths and saw their truth to them. Many ...

The Pemmican Man and Unktomi By: Marie McLaughlin Begins with setting introduces main character describes the attire of the main character provides description of clothing and what he holds introduces protagonist fighting ensues explains why the fight is happening the spiders are getting what they want by getting the meat the man is trying to survive the man ends up tricking the spider and his family the spider ensues to find the man the man tricks the spider again hoping to live and keep his meat the spiders were tricked Unktomi was now killed and eaten himself Unktomi

The Boy and the Turtles By: Marie McLaughlin introduces character  introduces characters premise for story introduces problem for character describes setting of the hunt description of his actions problem occurs new characters are introduced description of actions with his scared emotions description of the boys exhaustion grandma is introduced the boy explains his actions and story ended with name of the lake Turtles basking by the lake.

A Boy of the City Streets By: Katherine Neville Fleeson introduces main character begins by providing the setting other characters are introduced use of dialogue emotions are expressed through dialogue description of action and emotion they begin to endure problems the boy tricks the wise men flips it onto the men who tried to sell him the boy becomes wealthy and successfully tricks the other men The Blind Man By: Katherine Neville Fleeson begins by talking about 3 main characters the daughter is given a rule she obeys and finds a man man tricked his wife dialogue is used between the wife and husband dialogue portrays the husbands personality  wife tricks her husband to test him his secret is discovered his fault gets him into to trouble but ends up working out in his favor he returns to his wife happy emotions are described The Cobra who gave the man his eyesight. Image Information .

A Child of the Woods By: Katherine Neville Feelson sets the scenery sets up premise for the story begins the story at the beginning provides reasoning for her actions story is told by the woman who the story is about uses detail to describe the setting and her feelings at the time climax during the middle of the story she describes her feelings towards the animals the wild animals became her protectors because of her the animals were nice to others she was blessed by the animals returned to her village her kindness to them was paid forward karma The Tiger who watched over her. Image information .

Looking back I am for the most part satisfied with the work I have done for this class. I am proud that I still have an A in this class after looking at the chart. For the most part I have a good weekly routine and I try to stick to that every week, sometimes it can be a little out of order. The assignments I enjoy the most are doing my project, I like looking at the feedback and adjusting my project to fit that. My blog and site have grown tremendously and i think have only gotten better since I started them. For the second half of the semester, I want to really focus on working ahead and trying to make sure I get every assignment done by the end of the week, if not earlier. I want to make sure my stories are perfected for my portfolio and make sure my site is exactly how I want it to be. I would like to proactive for the remainder of the semester. Image Information

Overall, I find the comments and feedback to be extremely helpful. The comments I like the most are the ones that give me specific suggestions on how best to improve my writing. Also I like the ones that specifically tell me what is wrong with my writing so I can be sure to fix it. I would say that most of my comments and feedback have been helpful, I try and give positive and constructive feedback that the writer can use to better their writing. With people's blogs it has been fun to get to know people in the class since this is an online class, I have loved learning about what their different interests are. I think my introduction post is a good representation of myself and lets people know about my interests and what I am in college pursuing. I think in the future I want people to be a little more specific when giving me comments and tell me exactly what they think would work better. I chose this picture because i think the saying holds a lot of truth. Criticism is what hel...

Overall, the reading and writing assignments have been very interesting for me. I have learned a lot and I have also learned what kind of mythology stories are my favorite. So far I have liked the trickster stories the best. I am happy with both my blog and my site, I have designed them just as I would like them. They are both easy to navigate and have good layouts. For the most part I am satisfied with my stories, sometimes it can be difficult to continue to brainstorm but I think they are unique, my writing for my site has taught me how to fix my writing and make my stories as good as they can be. My biggest accomplishment in this class would be the sole fact that I have made my own blog and website, I have never done anything like that before. The notes the other students give me and the notes the professor give me are super helpful and give me great ideas on how best to fix my stories in a way to make them reach their potential. I chose this picture because it it this picture ...

How the Wolf Killed the Elephant Once upon a time, in a jungle long ago there lived many animals that all got along peacefully, for the most part. The Elephant believed it was the most amazing animal to ever exist and the elephants required that everyday every animal had to bring them something to pay their respects, they most often were brought food. One day, the wolf was out basking in the sun near the lake and he was so content with himself that he decided he did not need to go and give the elephants an offering. The wolf continued to lie there until all the sudden he felt a large shadow come over him. When he looked up he saw the king elephant standing over him. "Do you think you are better than us?" asked the elephant. "No sir, I do not," replied the wolf. The wolf knew he had to come up with a story to explain why he did not bring an offering today. "You better have a good explanation or you will be dead, wolf!" "I was sitting here by th...

How the Rabbit Killed the Lion By: A. L. Shelton begins by giving the setting sets the time of the story talks about the differences during that time inroduces character introduces importance of one character uses dialogue to express emotions the lion is angry rabbit begins to trick the lion rabbit tricks the lion into his own death dialogue describes the characters personalities trickery led to the defeat of one of the character uses imagery to describe the setting dialogue between both characters  ends with one character dying Lion looking into the stream

The Donkey and the Rock By: A. L. Shelton begins by giving the setting introduces the land of the story introduces main character gives background information reads as a novel describes from each point of view talks about the problem the story is set to resolve introduces the donkey describes emotions from all characters all characters come together provides information on all people solution is put into place details about solution guilty party is punished the king calls upon the people  the judge uses trickery teaches the people a lesson man who was in the problem is now out of it the judge solved the entire problem donkey and the rock