Week 14: Russian Folktales
The Dead Mother:
This was a very creepy story! The dead mother comes and visits her son every night. At the end, everyone sees her because they camped out in the room to find who was sneaking in the baby's room every night. When everyone saw her, she left and they found the baby dead.
The Treasure:
So at first I was unsure about this story because I felt bad for the old man. He finally got some money for his wife's funeral, and he was a good man. Then the Pope comes along and steals it. What kind of pope does that? The pope gets punished for what he had done by turning into a goat. I loved the way it ended with some karma.
The Bad Wife:
This story was kind of weird I am not sure if I liked it or not. The wife was terrible! If I was going to rewrite this one, I would probably focus on the wife and husband. I would forget about the demon, and have the husband get revenge on his wife the whole time in many ways.
The Three Copecks:
This story was all over the place for me. It was weird because it was about some copecks, then a cat, then riches and a wife. It didn't feel very connected to me.
The Witch Girl:
I liked this story because it was short and simple. Everything happened pretty quickly. For some reason, the first sentence of this story made me think of the movie "Sleepy Hollow." I think it would be fun to do a play on this if I were to rewrite the story.
The Headless Princess:
This story was strange. I wish they would have told us why the girl was headless. I think it would be fun to change this story up a LOT. I wish they would have described the horrors that took place at night in the church. This would be fun to play with for sure.
The Warlock:
I thought this story was interesting. The father kills two of his daughter-in-laws, but the third one outsmarts him. She gets to take all of the money from his coffin for outsmarting him.
The Fox Physician:
This story was so sad! The old man tries to carry his wife up to the skies, but drops her because she asked him a question. She falls to the ground and is smashed into pieces so the man takes her to a fox. The fox says he can bring her back to life, but is joking and eats her up.
Two Friends:
I think this one would be really fun to change up. The title reminded me of the show "Friends" so I think it would be fun to put the characters from the show into this story. I could do something like: Ross is the one who disappears and leaves Rachel alone to eventually marry another man.
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Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Week 13: Reading Diary
Week 12: Reading Diary: Grimm (Librivox)
The Frog Prince:
I liked reading this story because I have never read this version. I like how the moral of the story is that you should always keep your word. The princess tried to trick the frog, but her father says she can never go against her word. It worked out good for her anyways. He turns into a handsome prince! The only thing I do not like about the story is that she was rude to him and lied to him, yet he still wanted to marry her in the end.
Rapunzel:
This is a sweet story because it is all about love. I hate how the enchantress steals away Rapunzel as a baby, but that is something that is crucial to the story to make it all work and make sense. I think it would be fun to have them defeat the enchantress rather than find each other later.
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean:
This was a really strange story. I probably wont rewrite this one because there wasn't much story there in my opinion. It was, however, nice to read a story from Grimm that I was not familiar with.
The Mouse, The Bird, and The Sausage:
This story reminds me of the saying "If its not broke, don't fix it." This was kind of a sad story because they were all happy, but someone criticized the way they did things. When they tried to rearrange their duties, they all died doing someone else job.
Briar Rose:
I liked reading this because it was a lot different than the Sleeping Beauty story I remember watching as a child. I think this is a really pretty and detailed story. Of course it ends with a prince saving a princess because that is how many of these stories end.
The Queen Bee:
This is another good story with a moral about karma. I really liked it because the dwarf brother was always trying to be nice to everyone and wouldn't let his brothers hurt innocent animals and creatures. In the end, those creatures came to help him and he ended up with the best princess, and later became king.
The Fox and the Horse:
This story was really enjoyable. It was nice to read another "trickster" story because sometimes what happens is so obvious, but other times you have no idea what is going to happen. I am not sure if I have a story like this in my storytellings or portfolios, but this would be a good one.
The Frog Prince:
I liked reading this story because I have never read this version. I like how the moral of the story is that you should always keep your word. The princess tried to trick the frog, but her father says she can never go against her word. It worked out good for her anyways. He turns into a handsome prince! The only thing I do not like about the story is that she was rude to him and lied to him, yet he still wanted to marry her in the end.
Rapunzel:
This is a sweet story because it is all about love. I hate how the enchantress steals away Rapunzel as a baby, but that is something that is crucial to the story to make it all work and make sense. I think it would be fun to have them defeat the enchantress rather than find each other later.
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean:
This was a really strange story. I probably wont rewrite this one because there wasn't much story there in my opinion. It was, however, nice to read a story from Grimm that I was not familiar with.
The Mouse, The Bird, and The Sausage:
This story reminds me of the saying "If its not broke, don't fix it." This was kind of a sad story because they were all happy, but someone criticized the way they did things. When they tried to rearrange their duties, they all died doing someone else job.
Briar Rose:
I liked reading this because it was a lot different than the Sleeping Beauty story I remember watching as a child. I think this is a really pretty and detailed story. Of course it ends with a prince saving a princess because that is how many of these stories end.
The Queen Bee:
This is another good story with a moral about karma. I really liked it because the dwarf brother was always trying to be nice to everyone and wouldn't let his brothers hurt innocent animals and creatures. In the end, those creatures came to help him and he ended up with the best princess, and later became king.
The Fox and the Horse:
This story was really enjoyable. It was nice to read another "trickster" story because sometimes what happens is so obvious, but other times you have no idea what is going to happen. I am not sure if I have a story like this in my storytellings or portfolios, but this would be a good one.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014
Week 12: Reading Diary
Week 12: Reading Diary
Celtic Fairytales
Connla and the Fairy Maiden:
I didn't really get this story. The maiden kept trying to get Connla to go with her to the land where she is from, but nothing ever really happened. He eventually went, but that was it. I was thinking maybe she was tricking him or something. That would be a fun way to rewrite the story.
The Field of Boliauns:
This was a fun story I thought. I have not read a story until now about leprechauns so that was a nice change! I thought it was strange how Tom simply seemed to be a normal, nice enough guy, but then he turned into a jerk immediately.
The Horned Women: If I were going to redo this story, I would change almost everything about it. It definitely was not my favorite. I guess I was just expecting something totally different.
The Shepherd of Myddvai:
This story reminded me of the story I read at the beginning of the semester about the delicate wives. She told him if he strikes her three times she will leave him, but she counts little taps and barely any touching at all as strikes. I kind of liked this story because it was a little different than a lot of the other ones I have read.
The Sprightly Tailor:
This would have been a great story for me to redo for my Halloween story! Anyways, I really liked this story. I liked that it was supposed to be like a haunted church/graveyard type of thing. I really wanted more ghosts and scary things to happen, but I loved that it had that type of feel to it.
Munachar and Manachar:
This story was kind of annoying because it repeated itself like 50 times, but the ending was kind of funny. He went through all that trouble, and then Manachar burst. I am assuming because he ate all of Munachar's raspberries. Every one.
Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree:
This is supposed to be a type of Snow White story. I definitely saw the connection. Man, the mother tried to kill her daughter 3 times! At least in most of the Snow White stories, it is her step mother, not her real mother. I really liked this story. I am glad that the evil mother finally died in the end. What I did not like is that the prince ended up having 2 wives at the end. I would definitely change that.
King O'Toole and His Goose:
This story was kind of strange in my opinion. I thought it was so sad that after ALL that, the goose ended up dying. I wasn't in love with this story so I probably will not rewrite it.
Beth Gellert:
This story literally broke my heart. I have stories about dogs because they ALWAYS die. This was such a sad, sad story. Gellert, the dog, saved the Kings son from a wolf, but the king did not waste any time assuming he actually killed the son when he saw blood everywhere. He killed the dog only to find out seconds later that he was still alive. I would love to redo this and make everything different.
Celtic Fairytales
Connla and the Fairy Maiden:
I didn't really get this story. The maiden kept trying to get Connla to go with her to the land where she is from, but nothing ever really happened. He eventually went, but that was it. I was thinking maybe she was tricking him or something. That would be a fun way to rewrite the story.
The Field of Boliauns:
This was a fun story I thought. I have not read a story until now about leprechauns so that was a nice change! I thought it was strange how Tom simply seemed to be a normal, nice enough guy, but then he turned into a jerk immediately.
The Horned Women: If I were going to redo this story, I would change almost everything about it. It definitely was not my favorite. I guess I was just expecting something totally different.
The Shepherd of Myddvai:
This story reminded me of the story I read at the beginning of the semester about the delicate wives. She told him if he strikes her three times she will leave him, but she counts little taps and barely any touching at all as strikes. I kind of liked this story because it was a little different than a lot of the other ones I have read.
The Sprightly Tailor:
This would have been a great story for me to redo for my Halloween story! Anyways, I really liked this story. I liked that it was supposed to be like a haunted church/graveyard type of thing. I really wanted more ghosts and scary things to happen, but I loved that it had that type of feel to it.
Munachar and Manachar:
This story was kind of annoying because it repeated itself like 50 times, but the ending was kind of funny. He went through all that trouble, and then Manachar burst. I am assuming because he ate all of Munachar's raspberries. Every one.
Gold-Tree and Silver-Tree:
This is supposed to be a type of Snow White story. I definitely saw the connection. Man, the mother tried to kill her daughter 3 times! At least in most of the Snow White stories, it is her step mother, not her real mother. I really liked this story. I am glad that the evil mother finally died in the end. What I did not like is that the prince ended up having 2 wives at the end. I would definitely change that.
King O'Toole and His Goose:
This story was kind of strange in my opinion. I thought it was so sad that after ALL that, the goose ended up dying. I wasn't in love with this story so I probably will not rewrite it.
Beth Gellert:
This story literally broke my heart. I have stories about dogs because they ALWAYS die. This was such a sad, sad story. Gellert, the dog, saved the Kings son from a wolf, but the king did not waste any time assuming he actually killed the son when he saw blood everywhere. He killed the dog only to find out seconds later that he was still alive. I would love to redo this and make everything different.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Week 11: Reading Diary: Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland
Down the Rabbit Hole:
This is about when Alice follows a talking rabbit down a rabbit hole which happens to have her falling for a long, long time. She ends up in a hallway with a lot of doors, but only one key. The key only opens a tiny door too little for her to get through. This door leads to a garden so Alice wants to go through that door. She drinks a potion that makes her smaller, but realizes she left the key on the tall table and cannot reach it. So then she eats cake to hope that it will make her bigger so she can reach the key.
The Pool of Tears:
After she eats the cake, she becomes very large. She is more than 9 feet tall and cannot see her feet anymore.
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill:
She sees a mushroom and finds a caterpillar smoking a hookah on top of it.
Advice from a Caterpillar:
Alice meets the caterpillar and they have a rough conversation. He doesn't understand anything she tries to tell him about her size issues from that day. Alice then tells the caterpillar a rhyme and he criticizes it. She pleads to the caterpillar to be taller and he tells her the mushroom would do the trick. However, one side would make her taller and the other would make her smaller. She first at the side that made her smaller. Quickly she ate the other side, but it made her neck super long and she went into the clouds. A pigeon thinks she is a serpent and is scared of Alice. She finally ate both sides of the mushroom back and forth until she was normal sized.
Pig and Pepper:
Alice goes to a house where a fish footman is handing a letter to a frog footman. The letter is an invitation for the duchess from the Queen for the duchess to play croquet. Once Alice gets into the house, we meet the Cheshire Cat. The duchess was kind of rude to Alice. The duchess left to go play croquet and left her baby with Alice (which was really a pig). She runs into the cat again and asks it for directions and has a conversation about being "mad." She finally came to the house of the March Hare and saw that the house had chimney ears and a fur roof.
A Mad Tea Party:
Alice goes into a house where the Mad Hatter and the March Hare are having a tea party. They are rude to her at first because she sits down uninvited. They talk about time and how the Hatter keeps it at 6 o'clock always.
The Queen's Croquet-Ground:
Alice stumbles on a deck of cards painting white roses red. They had to paint them because the queen wanted red. Then the queen appears and asks Alice who she was. She tried to have her beheaded, but Alice would not have it. They played a very strange game of croquet with hedgehogs and flamingos.
Down the Rabbit Hole:
This is about when Alice follows a talking rabbit down a rabbit hole which happens to have her falling for a long, long time. She ends up in a hallway with a lot of doors, but only one key. The key only opens a tiny door too little for her to get through. This door leads to a garden so Alice wants to go through that door. She drinks a potion that makes her smaller, but realizes she left the key on the tall table and cannot reach it. So then she eats cake to hope that it will make her bigger so she can reach the key.
The Pool of Tears:
After she eats the cake, she becomes very large. She is more than 9 feet tall and cannot see her feet anymore.
The Rabbit Sends in a Little Bill:
She sees a mushroom and finds a caterpillar smoking a hookah on top of it.
Advice from a Caterpillar:
Alice meets the caterpillar and they have a rough conversation. He doesn't understand anything she tries to tell him about her size issues from that day. Alice then tells the caterpillar a rhyme and he criticizes it. She pleads to the caterpillar to be taller and he tells her the mushroom would do the trick. However, one side would make her taller and the other would make her smaller. She first at the side that made her smaller. Quickly she ate the other side, but it made her neck super long and she went into the clouds. A pigeon thinks she is a serpent and is scared of Alice. She finally ate both sides of the mushroom back and forth until she was normal sized.
Pig and Pepper:
Alice goes to a house where a fish footman is handing a letter to a frog footman. The letter is an invitation for the duchess from the Queen for the duchess to play croquet. Once Alice gets into the house, we meet the Cheshire Cat. The duchess was kind of rude to Alice. The duchess left to go play croquet and left her baby with Alice (which was really a pig). She runs into the cat again and asks it for directions and has a conversation about being "mad." She finally came to the house of the March Hare and saw that the house had chimney ears and a fur roof.
A Mad Tea Party:
Alice goes into a house where the Mad Hatter and the March Hare are having a tea party. They are rude to her at first because she sits down uninvited. They talk about time and how the Hatter keeps it at 6 o'clock always.
The Queen's Croquet-Ground:
Alice stumbles on a deck of cards painting white roses red. They had to paint them because the queen wanted red. Then the queen appears and asks Alice who she was. She tried to have her beheaded, but Alice would not have it. They played a very strange game of croquet with hedgehogs and flamingos.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Week 10: Reading Diary: British North America
Week 10: Reading Diary
Reading A:
Beliefs:
This was a really interesting and different story. It was about all of the 5 different worlds that the Nuxalk people believe in. It would be fun to give details and play up one of the worlds for a retelling.
Creation of the World:
I always find it so interesting to read stories about how things in the world came to be, but this story was how the actual world came to be. A toad went underwater to find some earth and the turtle put all of the little bit of earth on his shell and it grew into the world. It is so interesting to see how Native American stories are similar or different to other stories I already know or have read for this class.
How the Earth was Formed:
This story was really similar to the last story and it also reminded me a tiny bit of Noah's Ark. This story was kind of strange in my opinion I don't think I will be retelling it but it was interesting to read about how the earth was formed according to the Cree people.
The Creation of the Earth:
This story was short and sweet. It was another story about creation and how the world came to be. I would have to add a lot to this story to retell it because it was so short and lacked a lot of detail.
Origin of Rivers in Queen Charlotte Islands:
This story was a lot like others I have read in this class about how things came to be. I think this story would be really good with some more detail because it was more of a shorter story so I could really add a lot in a retelling.
Coyote's Gifts:
This story was about a coyote who was sent from the Old One. He has powers to shape shift and all sorts of things. He ultimately ends up letting salmon be in all places so that no one could take them all.
Reading A:
Beliefs:
This was a really interesting and different story. It was about all of the 5 different worlds that the Nuxalk people believe in. It would be fun to give details and play up one of the worlds for a retelling.
Creation of the World:
I always find it so interesting to read stories about how things in the world came to be, but this story was how the actual world came to be. A toad went underwater to find some earth and the turtle put all of the little bit of earth on his shell and it grew into the world. It is so interesting to see how Native American stories are similar or different to other stories I already know or have read for this class.
How the Earth was Formed:
This story was really similar to the last story and it also reminded me a tiny bit of Noah's Ark. This story was kind of strange in my opinion I don't think I will be retelling it but it was interesting to read about how the earth was formed according to the Cree people.
The Creation of the Earth:
This story was short and sweet. It was another story about creation and how the world came to be. I would have to add a lot to this story to retell it because it was so short and lacked a lot of detail.
Origin of Rivers in Queen Charlotte Islands:
This story was a lot like others I have read in this class about how things came to be. I think this story would be really good with some more detail because it was more of a shorter story so I could really add a lot in a retelling.
Coyote's Gifts:
This story was about a coyote who was sent from the Old One. He has powers to shape shift and all sorts of things. He ultimately ends up letting salmon be in all places so that no one could take them all.
Tuesday, October 14, 2014
Week 9: Reading Diary: American Indian Fairy Tales
American Indian Fairy Tales: Reading A
Iagoo, the Storyteller:
This story is basically introducing Iagoo. Iagoo was a storyteller that everyone trusted. He knew more than anyone about the world, and would teach children about why things are the way they are. It is setting up the rest of the stories because they are told by Iagoo.
Shin-ge-bis Fools the Noth Wind:
This story at the beginning reminded me of the movie "Frozen." That would be fun to incorporate in a rewrite somehow. This story was really long so I am not sure how I would rewrite it, but I did enjoy the story.
The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds:
This story was nice because it had a lot of nice descriptions about life long, long ago. I would have to significantly shorten the story though. This story was about how the littlest creature, the one who no one believed in, saved two children stuck at the top of a mountain high up in the clouds.
Iagoo, the Storyteller:
This story is basically introducing Iagoo. Iagoo was a storyteller that everyone trusted. He knew more than anyone about the world, and would teach children about why things are the way they are. It is setting up the rest of the stories because they are told by Iagoo.
Shin-ge-bis Fools the Noth Wind:
This story at the beginning reminded me of the movie "Frozen." That would be fun to incorporate in a rewrite somehow. This story was really long so I am not sure how I would rewrite it, but I did enjoy the story.
The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds:
This story was nice because it had a lot of nice descriptions about life long, long ago. I would have to significantly shorten the story though. This story was about how the littlest creature, the one who no one believed in, saved two children stuck at the top of a mountain high up in the clouds.
Monday, September 29, 2014
Week 7: Reading Diary
Week 7 Reading Diary: Chinese Fairytales
Reading Diary AThe Favorite of Fortune and the Child of Ill Luck:
Wow this story was really sweet until the second to last sentence. I did not see that coming at all. This one would be fun to recreate the ending and maybe not have the wife die. Or I could keep it the same because it is twist that people would not see coming.
The Cave of the Beasts:
I did not like the way this story ended. The father leaves his daughters to be eaten by wolves in the woods because they ate his eggs, and they return the favor by letting him take all of the jewels and stones home? They should have cooked him in the kettle pot like they did to the fox and wolf! That is how I would rewrite the story!
The Panther:
This story reminded me so much of Little Red Riding Hood. IT was very similar because the wolf dresses like the girls' mother and then pretends to be her to the daughters. Explaining why her eyes are big, her face has spots, and why her feet are so big!
Why Dog and Cat are Enemies:
I actually read a story very similar to this the first or second week of class. Actually, I liked this story better! It made more sense to me. I thought it was fun and is a story worth rewriting because no one really knows why dogs and cats do not get along.
The Miserly Farmer:
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Reading Diary B
Fox Fire:
This story was very different. The farmer steals the fire ball from the fox and inherits special powers. The fox comes back 30 years later to take it back from the farmer.
Retribution:
I really enjoyed this story. The old man watches the water boy die and says nothing. So years later that water boy is reborn into a wealthy family and accidentally throws a rock at the old man. The old man dies and the boy says nothing. I would actually like to rewrite this story to where the reborn water boy purposely seeks out the old man for revenge.
The Maiden Who was Stolen Away:
This story was pretty good! I did not see the whole man turning into an ogre thing coming. I personally would have liked the rescue to be a little more detailed and grand, but it was overall a good story that I enjoyed.
The Flying Ogre:
I thought this story was going to be a little more exciting than it was. People are looking for an ogre who is disguised as a young girl. I would probably make this story more elaborate.
Monday, September 22, 2014
Week 6: Reading Diary: Nigerian Folk STories
Week 6: Nigerian Folk Stories
Of the Pretty Stranger who Killed the King:This was a pretty good story, and it had a good moral: do not marry a stranger no matter how pretty she may be. I could change this one up a lot if I wanted to. I would like to change the end where no one thinks about or realizes it was his new wife who killed him.
The Disobedient Daughter who Married a Skull:
I would like to do this story because I could make the daughter super rebellious and disobedient to where the audience thinks she gets what she deserves when she ends up marrying a skull. I might even let them eat her in the end!
Why the Worms live Underneath the Ground:
I have always been interested in stories that explain why things are. This type of story is definitely something that catches my eye when I see it.
Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky:
I think that this story could have been a lot better if it was longer. I could elaborate a lot more on this story and make it much more interesting!
The Lightening and the Thunder:
I liked this story because there is a lot of room for change. I could even change the thunder and lightening to two totally different elements. I could add some reasons about why the lightening (son) gets mad and what the thunder (mother) yells at him.
The Cock Who Caused a Fight:
I think it would be fun to do a plot twist with this story.
The Hippopotamus and the Tortoise:
I actually really liked this story. I thought it was kind of fun, and I liked how clever the tortoise was!
Of the Fat Woman who Melted Away:
This is about a jealous woman making a fat woman made out of wax go into the sun so that she would melt. I think it would be fun to change it up and do something about the wax woman wanting to lose weight or something.
Monday, September 15, 2014
Week 5: Reading Diary: Indian Fairytales
Reading Diary A: Indian Fairytales
The Broken Pot:
I really liked this story! I thought it was funny in the end ( I actually laughed) when the pot broke. I actually did not see that coming! I think I could have some fun with this story if I decided to rewrite it! I also feel like I could modernize this one.
Cruel Crane Outwitted:
I liked this story. The crane got what he deserved in the end. He tricked all of the fish into eating them, but the crab was smart and tricked the crane into killing him and saving himself. This one would be interesting to remake.
The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal:
This one was kind of fun. The man lets the tiger out, but the tiger wants to eat him now. He brings back a jackal who is trying to understand the story of how this happened, but he is really faking out the tiger to get him back into the cage.
Harisarman:
A story about a man who lies to the king and says he is magic. He ends up getting lucky 3 times when tested and ends up getting much money for it!
Reading Diary B: Indian Fairytales
The Gold-Giving Serpent:
I liked this story because it was very straight forward. There was no messing around, it got straight to the point. I think this would would be good to rewrite because it shows a good message about greed.
Pride Goeth Before a Fall:
This story was pretty good because the good guys won in the end. I like how a lot of these stories are about outsmarting or tricking the villains in the stories. I am not sure how easy this one would be to rewrite though because of the little song in the middle.
How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner:
This was one of my favorites stories because it was short and simple, but had a great story. I always enjoy stories like this where it attempts to tell why something is. Like in this story for example, the reason why the sun is so hot. I find that type of story so fascinating. I would really have fun rewriting this one.
The Broken Pot:
I really liked this story! I thought it was funny in the end ( I actually laughed) when the pot broke. I actually did not see that coming! I think I could have some fun with this story if I decided to rewrite it! I also feel like I could modernize this one.
Cruel Crane Outwitted:
I liked this story. The crane got what he deserved in the end. He tricked all of the fish into eating them, but the crab was smart and tricked the crane into killing him and saving himself. This one would be interesting to remake.
The Tiger, the Brahmin and the Jackal:
This one was kind of fun. The man lets the tiger out, but the tiger wants to eat him now. He brings back a jackal who is trying to understand the story of how this happened, but he is really faking out the tiger to get him back into the cage.
Harisarman:
A story about a man who lies to the king and says he is magic. He ends up getting lucky 3 times when tested and ends up getting much money for it!
Reading Diary B: Indian Fairytales
The Gold-Giving Serpent:
I liked this story because it was very straight forward. There was no messing around, it got straight to the point. I think this would would be good to rewrite because it shows a good message about greed.
Pride Goeth Before a Fall:
This story was pretty good because the good guys won in the end. I like how a lot of these stories are about outsmarting or tricking the villains in the stories. I am not sure how easy this one would be to rewrite though because of the little song in the middle.
How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner:
This was one of my favorites stories because it was short and simple, but had a great story. I always enjoy stories like this where it attempts to tell why something is. Like in this story for example, the reason why the sun is so hot. I find that type of story so fascinating. I would really have fun rewriting this one.
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Monday, September 8, 2014
Week 4: Reading Diary: Twenty-Two Goblins
Week 4: Twenty-Two Goblins
Reading A NotesIntroduction:
The king goes on a journey to take a body hanging from a tree to a monk. The body has a goblin in it and the goblin starts to tell a story to pass time on the journey back home.
The Three Lovers:
I liked this story, but did not like the way it ended. It ends with the goblin never confirming if the king was right on who should have gotten Coral as his wife in the end. It appears he does this in a lot of the stories though.
Brave, Wise, Clever:
I actually found this story pretty interesting. I am starting to see a pattern that the king always guesses the riddle, and the goblin escapes. I always like to guess which one the king will answer, and this time I was right! This story could be a lot of fun to change up for the storytelling assignment.
The Girl, Her Husband and Her Brother:
I found this story kind of strange. Lovely's husband could not eat or live without her, but then he randomly cuts his own head off? So confusing. It was a very different story than any I have read for this class yet. The girl puts the wrong heads on the wrong body! Then she cannot decide which should be her husband.
Food, Women, Cotton:
I liked this story because I really did not know what to expect throughout the whole story. I could not really figure out what the conclusion would be. I thought the ending was clever which is kinda cool because the whole story is about who is the most clever of the brothers.
The Four Suitors:
This story was very short, but was very similar to a few of the earlier stories in this unit. I agreed with the king that Grace should have been with the warrior because a lot of the other men had sciences that did not really matter much. For example, the man who could talk to animals.
The Three Delicate Wives:
This story was very different from the others because mostly the others are about three men and who the woman gets to be with. This one was a bout one man and three women who are his wives. I think this one would be fun to retell because I could change the way the women are delicate, and the way they get hurt.
Reading B Notes
The Snake's Poison:
I found this story interesting because it made you think. There were about five different things that the death could have been blamed on, but the one that was not mention was the one I would say. It was Love-speeds fault because he is the one who took the man's wife. If he had not done so, the whole rest of the story and all the other actions would not have happened.
The Girl and the Thief:
This story was really confusing in a way. The girl who hates men and does not want to get married, sees the thief all bloody and falls madly in love. He is killed for his actions, but she has him become undead and marries him and forever everyone is happy with him. I do not think I would want to retell this one.
The General's Wife:
The king's men go and see the most beautiful woman of the land, but tell him she is not beautiful enough for him. They do not want him to be distracted of his job to rule the kingdom. He ends up seeing her eventually, and his slave (who is married to her) offers him to her. He cannot lose his virtues so he kills himself. The slave thinks he failed the king so he also kills himself.
The Four Brothers:
Four brothers who have nothing set out to learn a science all come back with the ability to bring something back to life. One ads flesh to bones, one adds fur to flesh, one gives organs, and the last one gives the breath of life. When a lion is reborn by them, they are all killed by the lion. The goblin then asks the king whose fault is it. The king says it is the one who gave the breath of life to the lion.
The Old Hermit:
This story was kind of strange. A young boy died and then during the funeral he came to life. A old, brittle hermit did magic to put himself in the young body of the boy. He then told his family to go on and he would perform a deed to stay alive, but the hermit throws his body off a cliff and lives forever in the young boys body.
Father and Son, Daughter and Mother:
When a husband and father dies, the daughter and mother find themselves in different relationships hours later. A father and son who were hunting and stumbled upon them. The father marries the daughter and the son marries the mother. The goblin asks the king what their children's relation is. When he cannot answer, the goblin realizes he really is a selfless man.
Conclusion:
The goblin tells the king to kill the monk by cutting his head off so that he would not recieve magic and become ruler of the fairies. The king does as he is told and so he recieves the magic and becomes ruler of the fairies and the goblin is pleased. He promises to tell the whole world of the 22 goblin stories that he had told the king.
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Week 3: Reading Diary: Jewish Fairtytales & Legends
Reading Diary: Jewish Fairytales
A giant brings Noah a unicorn for the ark, and in return Noah ties the giant to the ark so that he can swim along with the boat and be fed. Og, the giant, rode alongside the boat on the unicorn. Noah bargained with him and told him that he will feed him if he becomes a servant to him. Noah and Og go around the world to plant flowers and fruit. Og gives up four sacrifices to the grapevine (monkey, pig, sheep and lion). If one drinks a little wine, he is harmless like a sheep, a little more he will be strong like a lion, a little more and a beast like a pig and even a little more and he will be foolish like a monkey. Eventually he broke his promise of service to Noah. When he tried to kill the Israelites, Moses stabbed him in the ankle, and he died.
King Hagag rips pages from the Holy Bible for offending him. He then goes hunting where a wild stag had been seen before. When he finally spot the stag, the stag runs away and is too fast for the King. The stag swims across the river, but gets his antlers caught in a tree branch. This gives the king time to catch up, but the stag gets free all of a sudden and so the king must chase him some more. The deer turned out to be a genie trying to teach the king a lesson for what he had done that morning. He took the kings clothes, acted as king, and then left the king there alone. He eventually becomes a beggar only surviving because of food the poor gives to him. He starts to guide blind beggars and refuses to take the throne back because they need him. The genie does not allow him to decline, and gives him back his throne.
When Adam ruled over the animals the cat and the dog were best friends. The winter comes and they end up deciding to "dissolve partnership." The cat went to Adams house to eat all of his mice, and the dog wandered in the cold to find no sign of food. A wolf takes pity on him and gives him scraps, but he nearly gets killed driving intruders away. After failing to keep some sheep safe from the wolves, he stays away from all animals. The dog eventually ends up at Adams house where Adam has him stay because he is loyal and useful. The cat is not happy and tries to fight the dog ever chance she can. From then on dogs and cats have never been friendly again.
Princess Bathia found a baby floating on the Nile River and named him Moses. Nobody wanted Moses to have privileges because he was from the river, not their own. He must be tried for taking the crown of Pharaoh's head. With two choices, fire and gold, he must choose one. If he chooses fire he a foolish child who knows no difference. If he chooses gold he is not an ordinary child and will be punished by instant death. His mother gets a magic stick and wishes he chooses fire, he does. She cannot keep the stick because she cannot read the word on it. Year later Moses reads the word on the stick, and performed wonderful things in life.
David heard a voice calling to him tat he would be King of Israel. He climbed up a mountain that had no life or rocks. All he found was a tree made of horn. The horn was attached to an animal which he mistook for a hill. He is stuck on top of the unicorn and hears a lion from far away. When the lion confronts David, a deer comes to help him run away. He takes him to town where he later becomes king.
Ibrahim's family was starving and wearing rags for clothes. His wife asks his to go get a job. While looking for a job he runs into an Arab who designs buildings, and he helps him get a job. Ibrahim sells the Arab as his slave for 80,000 gold pieces. The Arab is now sold to make a great palace. The Arab told the merchant that he would have it done the next day, and he did so he got his freedom.
The Sleep of One Hundred Years
Jerusalem was destroyed and not beautiful anymore and Onias said it would take more than 100 years to restore. That night he fell asleep and did not wake up for 100 years. He woke up and everything was rebuild and different. He connects with his grandson who is also named Onias. He then realizes he is not for this world so he goes to sleep forever.
King for Three Days
Godfrey was a famous warrior who was cruel and hated jews. He tried to kill all of the Jews and to be victorious went to get a blessing from a Rabbi. He will not bless him but tells him his future of becoming king of Jerusalem, but only for 3 days. Godfrey won and burned the Jews in one synagogue. The Rabbis fortune for Godfrey came true.
The Higgledy-Piggledy Palace
Sarah, the wife of Abraham, was so beautiful that he put her in a box when he went to Egypt so no one would take her for the king. When he got to the border, they customs officers opened the box and took Sarah to the king. The king took her has his wife, but she threatened him to let her go. He says no and a spirit comes to protect Sarah and hits the Pharaoh, and also tortures him. He ends up getting leprosy. Abraham cures him because he lets them go and tells them that if he tries to persecute their descendants then the plague will come back again.
The Rabbi's Bogey-Man
The rabbi was smart, a magician and a scientist and people were afraid of him. He builds a mechanical woman to be his servant on the sabbath. She was controlled by his thoughts. She builds a fire that burns down some houses and ultimately burns her to ashes. He builds another that is a lot bigger and the children call him the bogey man. The rabbi has to end up killing it because it wants to take over.
The Fairy Frog
Hanina's parents call for him to come because they are dying. He tells him to buy everything he is offered at the market. He buys a silver box he can only open at Passover. A frog was inside when he opened it and his wife was disappointed. The frog ate so much that they went into poverty. He blessed them with riches in the end.
The Sleep of One Hundred Years
Jerusalem was destroyed and not beautiful anymore and Onias said it would take more than 100 years to restore. That night he fell asleep and did not wake up for 100 years. He woke up and everything was rebuild and different. He connects with his grandson who is also named Onias. He then realizes he is not for this world so he goes to sleep forever.
King for Three Days
Godfrey was a famous warrior who was cruel and hated jews. He tried to kill all of the Jews and to be victorious went to get a blessing from a Rabbi. He will not bless him but tells him his future of becoming king of Jerusalem, but only for 3 days. Godfrey won and burned the Jews in one synagogue. The Rabbis fortune for Godfrey came true.
The Higgledy-Piggledy Palace
Sarah, the wife of Abraham, was so beautiful that he put her in a box when he went to Egypt so no one would take her for the king. When he got to the border, they customs officers opened the box and took Sarah to the king. The king took her has his wife, but she threatened him to let her go. He says no and a spirit comes to protect Sarah and hits the Pharaoh, and also tortures him. He ends up getting leprosy. Abraham cures him because he lets them go and tells them that if he tries to persecute their descendants then the plague will come back again.
The Rabbi's Bogey-Man
The rabbi was smart, a magician and a scientist and people were afraid of him. He builds a mechanical woman to be his servant on the sabbath. She was controlled by his thoughts. She builds a fire that burns down some houses and ultimately burns her to ashes. He builds another that is a lot bigger and the children call him the bogey man. The rabbi has to end up killing it because it wants to take over.
The Fairy Frog
Hanina's parents call for him to come because they are dying. He tells him to buy everything he is offered at the market. He buys a silver box he can only open at Passover. A frog was inside when he opened it and his wife was disappointed. The frog ate so much that they went into poverty. He blessed them with riches in the end.
Monday, August 25, 2014
Week 2: Homer's Iliad
Week 2 Reading Diary: Homer's Iliad
Reading A
The King of Sparta's daughter, Helen, chooses to marry Menelaus who then becomes King of Sparta when Helen's father dies. When Helen is carried off by Paris, the King of Troy's son, the men of Sparta are supposed to help her husband get her back.
The men cannot seem to get through the walls of Troy and they spend nine years trying. Agamemnon, Menelaus' brother, takes the daughter of the priest of Apollo and he refuses to give her back. This causes Apollo to be angry and to kill dogs, beasts, and men.
Achilles draws his sword at Agamemnon telling him that since Apollo is angry they will now have to give back the daughter, and without any money or anything in return. Athena appears to Achilles and says that if he puts his sword down, Agamemnon will ultimately end up paying Achilles back three or four times.
Now, angry, Agamemnon wants to steal the woman Briseis from Achilles. Briseis was a gift to Achilles from the Greeks, and he is not happy. He thinks that Agamemnon is very greedy. He allows her to be taken by the heralds in order to let them know that Agamemnon is evil, and to have a reason not to help him when he may need it.
Achilles then asks his mother Thetis to go talk to Zeus about helping the Trojans. He wants him to cause a war to start and to let the Trojans win. Zeus agrees even thought he knows it will cause a wife between him and his wife Hera. She asks him to prove to the Greeks that they cannot win a battle without Achilles, and this will be to prove his honor.
Zeus then sends a false dream to Agamemnon to show him a battle in which he can win so that he believes the dream to be true and go and fight the Trojans.
Hector, Prince of Troy, goes to his brother Paris to ask him to help in battle, but Paris refuses.
The Greeks come to Achilles and talk to him about being scared of Hector, and tell him it is as if the gods are on the Trojans side. He will still not help them because of what Agamemnon had done. He would not take the money from the wealthiest city, or the daughter of Agamemnon even if she was as beautiful as Aphrodite.
Sarpedon was killed by Petroclus after Petroclus kept the ships from being destroyed by the Trojans.
Apollo tells Petroclus that it is not his or Achilles' job to take Troy. Apollo and Hector attacked Patroclus. Hector talks of slaying him, but Petroclus does not give him the glory and says that Apollo is the one who truly brought him to his death.
Reading B
There was a fight for Petroclus' body once he was dead. Menelaus wanted it, but was not going to go against Hector because he knew he would not win in a fighting match against him. Hector took the armor that Achilles had given Patroclus.
When Hector was dragging away the body to the Trojans, Ajax came to defend the body from the Trojans. Hector drew back when he saw Ajax. Hector's men started to shame him for not standing up against Ajax. He told them he was not scared, and went to get the armor of Achilles from the men who were taking it back to the city. He put on Achilles armor and made Zeus angry.
The battle continues and is getting more brutal. They are fighting for the body of Patroclus.
Menelaus orders Antilochus to go tell Achilles that Patroclus is dead, that the Trojans prevail in battle, and that Hector has the arms. They hope that Achilles will come to battle and that they will be able to still save the body.
Achilles decides to go to the battle only when he has arms. Zeus sends Iris with a message to AChilles. If he just shows himself, the Trojans will back off, giving the Greeks some breathing room.
So Achilles ran to the trench and Athena put a shield about his shoulders and it shone like a flame of fire. Achilles shouted across the trench three times causing the Trojans to fall back three times. This allowed the Greeks to be able to take the body of Patroclus.
Agenor tried to stab Achilles below the knee, but the greave turned the spear because it was made by a god so it was very strong. Achilles tried to slay him, but Apollo lifted him away to a safe place. Apollo then took the shape of Agenor. Achilles then pursued him.
Apollo tells Achilles that he has been chasing one who cannot die while all the Trojans become safe in the city.
Hector's mother and father beg him to come inside the gates so that he is not killed by Achilles. Hector does not listen and wants to see who Zeus will give the victory to.
When Hector saw Achilles he got scared and started to run away with Achilles running after him.
Athena tells Achilles that it is Hectors fate to die, and that is he supposed to kill him. She tells him to rest and she will make Hector meet him.
When they meet, Hector tells Achilles that if Achilles dies he will give his body back to the Greeks, but he will keep his arms. He wishes Achilles will do the same. When they started to fight, Athena helps Achilles to kill Hector. Achilles drove his spear into Hectors collar bone where the armor did not cover.
Achilles tied Hector to his chariot by his ankles and went back to the Greeks. He did not take the body to Troy.
Zeus makes Achilles give up Hector's body for ransom. Hector's father goes to Achilles to beg for his body. He asks for nine days of peace for a proper burial for Hector. Achilles leaves in the night so no one sees him there. On the ninth day there was a burial so grand that Troy had never seen one like it before.
Reading A
The King of Sparta's daughter, Helen, chooses to marry Menelaus who then becomes King of Sparta when Helen's father dies. When Helen is carried off by Paris, the King of Troy's son, the men of Sparta are supposed to help her husband get her back.
The men cannot seem to get through the walls of Troy and they spend nine years trying. Agamemnon, Menelaus' brother, takes the daughter of the priest of Apollo and he refuses to give her back. This causes Apollo to be angry and to kill dogs, beasts, and men.
Achilles draws his sword at Agamemnon telling him that since Apollo is angry they will now have to give back the daughter, and without any money or anything in return. Athena appears to Achilles and says that if he puts his sword down, Agamemnon will ultimately end up paying Achilles back three or four times.
Now, angry, Agamemnon wants to steal the woman Briseis from Achilles. Briseis was a gift to Achilles from the Greeks, and he is not happy. He thinks that Agamemnon is very greedy. He allows her to be taken by the heralds in order to let them know that Agamemnon is evil, and to have a reason not to help him when he may need it.
Achilles then asks his mother Thetis to go talk to Zeus about helping the Trojans. He wants him to cause a war to start and to let the Trojans win. Zeus agrees even thought he knows it will cause a wife between him and his wife Hera. She asks him to prove to the Greeks that they cannot win a battle without Achilles, and this will be to prove his honor.
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| Thetis and Zeus by Ingres |
Zeus then sends a false dream to Agamemnon to show him a battle in which he can win so that he believes the dream to be true and go and fight the Trojans.
Hector, Prince of Troy, goes to his brother Paris to ask him to help in battle, but Paris refuses.
The Greeks come to Achilles and talk to him about being scared of Hector, and tell him it is as if the gods are on the Trojans side. He will still not help them because of what Agamemnon had done. He would not take the money from the wealthiest city, or the daughter of Agamemnon even if she was as beautiful as Aphrodite.
Sarpedon was killed by Petroclus after Petroclus kept the ships from being destroyed by the Trojans.
Apollo tells Petroclus that it is not his or Achilles' job to take Troy. Apollo and Hector attacked Patroclus. Hector talks of slaying him, but Petroclus does not give him the glory and says that Apollo is the one who truly brought him to his death.
Reading B
There was a fight for Petroclus' body once he was dead. Menelaus wanted it, but was not going to go against Hector because he knew he would not win in a fighting match against him. Hector took the armor that Achilles had given Patroclus.
When Hector was dragging away the body to the Trojans, Ajax came to defend the body from the Trojans. Hector drew back when he saw Ajax. Hector's men started to shame him for not standing up against Ajax. He told them he was not scared, and went to get the armor of Achilles from the men who were taking it back to the city. He put on Achilles armor and made Zeus angry.
The battle continues and is getting more brutal. They are fighting for the body of Patroclus.
Menelaus orders Antilochus to go tell Achilles that Patroclus is dead, that the Trojans prevail in battle, and that Hector has the arms. They hope that Achilles will come to battle and that they will be able to still save the body.
Achilles decides to go to the battle only when he has arms. Zeus sends Iris with a message to AChilles. If he just shows himself, the Trojans will back off, giving the Greeks some breathing room.
So Achilles ran to the trench and Athena put a shield about his shoulders and it shone like a flame of fire. Achilles shouted across the trench three times causing the Trojans to fall back three times. This allowed the Greeks to be able to take the body of Patroclus.
Agenor tried to stab Achilles below the knee, but the greave turned the spear because it was made by a god so it was very strong. Achilles tried to slay him, but Apollo lifted him away to a safe place. Apollo then took the shape of Agenor. Achilles then pursued him.
Apollo tells Achilles that he has been chasing one who cannot die while all the Trojans become safe in the city.
Hector's mother and father beg him to come inside the gates so that he is not killed by Achilles. Hector does not listen and wants to see who Zeus will give the victory to.
When Hector saw Achilles he got scared and started to run away with Achilles running after him.
Athena tells Achilles that it is Hectors fate to die, and that is he supposed to kill him. She tells him to rest and she will make Hector meet him.
When they meet, Hector tells Achilles that if Achilles dies he will give his body back to the Greeks, but he will keep his arms. He wishes Achilles will do the same. When they started to fight, Athena helps Achilles to kill Hector. Achilles drove his spear into Hectors collar bone where the armor did not cover.
Achilles tied Hector to his chariot by his ankles and went back to the Greeks. He did not take the body to Troy.
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| Hector's Body Dragged by Achilles |
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