Mythology and Folklore

  Fayiz and the Peri Wife a man named fayiz went to the forest to play his flute and a beautiful maiden sat beside him they fell in love and went to her house in the woods, but she would not tell him who she was they get married on the condition that if he is faithful he will be happy, and if he isn't he will spend his life in trouble and never see her again  they had two sons and they were peri, so she told the husband to keep her secret the husband cried out to peri as he wanted to go home, and the wife told him not to  he went home and saw his family, and his wife asked him where he gained all his wealth he told his wife she was a peri or else she would put their sons adrift  she flew away as a pigeon and never wanted to see him again. he went back to the forest but could not find her he went looking for her but never saw her again, and cast off his first wife and sons The Hemp Smoker's Dream there once was a man who smoked hemp and had his head shaved and was so ...

  The Wolf and the Goat there was a goat with 4 sons; alil, balil, black eyes, and ginger stick the goat left to get grass and said that she would be back so dont let anyone in, and if they said it was their mother tell them to stick their hand in the door to see if it was red the wolf heard this and dyed its hand red with henna, and stole 3 of the children black eyes was not stolen and told his mother what happened when she got back they go to the goats house and pour ashes in the chimney, and the goat challenges the wolf to a fight the goat got a gift so that her horns could be sharpened for battle, and the wolf only got a gift of air the wolf gave the gift of air to the dentist so he pulled his teeth and replaced them with cotton  the wolf and goat drank water in the river before the fight, and jumped the stream the wolf was too swollen with water to jump so he fell in, and the sheep killed him  the sparrow never got home The City of Nothing In The World in the town of...

       There once were two kingdoms. The potato kingdom, and the tomato kingdom. In the potato kingdom, the potato king had three wives, but could not have a son. The potato king made a sacrifice to the god of foods so that he may have a son. The gods afforded him 4 sons, and one of the sons was a perfect french fry.     A prince of the tomato kingdom came to the potato kingdom and told the potato king that the forest broccoli demons were invading the tomato kingdom and destroying their sacrifices to the food gods. So the french fry prince and the tomato kingdom prince set out through the forest where they encountered many broccoli demons, but the french fry prince was able to slay them all with enchanted weapons. When they arrived at the tomato kingdom, the french fry drove all the demons out with his weapons. The tomato king saw that he was powerful, so he told the french fry prince about the tale of the pretzel stick. It was the most powerful weapon in a...

 rama and his accompaniment build a 4 bedroom hut in the forest and lived peacefully for 13 and a half years a rakshasa woman named surpanakha fell in love with rana and disguised herself as a beautiful woman to seduce him  rama would not leave sita so he said that she should marry his brother instead. she did not want this so she tried to kill sita and he cut off her ears and nose she went to her brother to show him what happened, and she ordered that he bring sita to her he sent 14 rakshasas to the forest, but rama killed them all. her brother wants to kill rama rama defeats an army of rakshasas, including surpanakha's brother  surpanakha went to the demon god ravana and told him what happened, so he agreed to bring sita in his chariot  ravanas brother maricha took the form of a beautiful deer which sita saw and wanted rama goes to kill the deer for her, and lakshmana said that rakshasas can take the form of deer rama killed the deer and it called out to sita in ra...

 South Greek High School The main idea of this storybook is to tell stories  a bout greek goddesses but placed in a high school setting. I will retell the origin stories of various goddesses and deities as if the reader is a new student at South Greek High School, and is learning about students there. Things such as myths, character traits, relationships with other greek legends, and more will be told throughout the storybook. The 4 episodes I will be doing are about aphrodite, Athena, Gaia, and pheme.  the storytelling style I plan on using will be in first person. the narrator will be listening to somebody tell stories about the goddesses while the new student is learning about all of them.  These sites below have information about the goddesses and some of the stories about them that I plan on using.  Aphrodite https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Aphrodite.html Athena https://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Athena.html Gaia https://www.theoi.com/Protogenos/Gaia.html Pheme ...

 Valmiki the poet was by the river when he heard the cries of a heron, and he spilled his emotions in metrical speech, birthing the sloka metre the god Brahma came towards Valmiki and told him to celebrate the story of Rama in this metrical speech  there were two kingdoms in Hindustan  kosala was ruled by dasaratha who was the father of rama mithila was ruled by janaka who was the father of sita dasaratha ruled a beautiful kingdom but was sad because he did not get a son from any of his three queens, so he resolved to perform a horse sacrifice so the gods would grant him an heir kausalya the chief queen slayed the horse, and the queens tended to the horse offerings were brought to the gods, and they promised that four sons would be born to dasaratha vishnu became the four sons of dasaratha rama was the most beautiful of the four sons one night rama would not stop crying until he was given a mirror, and everyone believe he had obtained the moon  Vishwamitra visited th...

  https://sites.google.com/view/southgreekhighschool/home Traditional greek mythology image Source:  Greek Reporter

IDMB: Adam and Eve The Movie God created the earth, and on the sixth day, he decided to create man. God created Adam, and he was perfect, so from Adam God created Eve so that he would have a companion. Adam named all the animals of the Earth, and when God brought him to heaven, the angels praised him and treated him and eve like royalty. An angel did not want to praise him, so he was expelled from heaven. The same angel tricked Adam and Eve from eating from the sacred tree of life in the Garden of Eden. They were banished from the garden. Basically Adam and Eve God created Earth and man and ordered them to not eat from the Tree of Life in the Garden of Eden. A snake told them to eat from the tree and they did, so they were banished.  Adam and Eve Source:  New York Times Author's Note I chose to do the story that I read this week to base my microfiction off of, and it was Adam and Eve! I essentially did a brief plot summary with important details for the first story, and then c...

 God made man and woman and ordered them to replenish the earth, and filled the earth with food for them to eat God created the earth for 6 days and rested on the seventh God created a garden in Eden where he planted the man to watch it and ordered him to eat from every tree but the tree of good and evil  the man adam named every creature in earth as God brought them to him God put a deep sleep on adam and took his rib then closed the flesh so he could make womankind the man and woman were companions and were both naked in the garden of Eden  a serpent came to the garden and asked eve if they could eat from any tree in the garden, and she said any tree but the one in the middle  the serpent told her that if they ate from it they'll be fine, god doesn't know if they'll die, and if they eat from it they'll be gods  adam and eve ate the apples and immediately became aware they were naked, so they clothed themselves adam and eve admitted that the serpent told them t...

For this topic, I would focus on different greek goddesses and their origin stories and traits, but make it as if it was a high school setting. There would be two different friend groups that fight with each other. Aphrodite: To tell a story about Aphrodite, I would focus on the fact that she's the goddess of love. She would be a big flirt, and I could even talk about how she had a cheating scandal with her boyfriend Ares. Athena: Since Athena is the goddess of wisdom and strategy, I would make her a very stereotypical book nerd. She would always get in fights with people (given she is the goddess of war). She may probably be the captain of the wrestling team or something like that to reflect her personality.  Gaia:  Gaia, being the mother of creation and the earth, would be the president of the environmental club and all things green. She would be portrayed as somewhat lonely since she was a very problematic goddess in greek mythology. Pheme: Pheme is more of a support charac...

What Kind of Messages Help Kids Grow? I really liked this article because the way that parents speak to their children is so important. Alot of children who don't receive praise for cognitive landmarks do not have the confidence to step out of their comfort zone when they are older. I liked how they included to be specific with your feedback reinforcement and not just say good job, but say what they did well.  web source How to Provide Great Feedback When You're Not In Charge Providing feedback to others can be hard, because you don't want to tear down another person's confidence or hurt the feelings. This article does a great job of highlighting the different components of constructive criticism, because just because it's criticism doesn't mean it can't show praise. The article says to always appreciate, which is great advice, then offer advice to improve their work, and only evaluate their performance when necessary.  web source One of my favorite teachers...

     The goomba thieves feasted in the night with food supplied from Rosalina before they began their journey. They trek across a stream where they stop to drink and continue to the village. The Goombas arrive at the home of a young princess and steal her into the night as quickly as they came. Once they arrive back at the cave where they all home, the princess cries endlessly and laments her separation from her dearest family. As the princess will not eat or sleep, Rosalina attempts to console her. Rosalina becomes angry that she will not quit crying, therefore she inquires what is making her so upset.  She said, "Today was my wedding day. Friends and family had gathered to watch me be wed to Luigi, and I even dreamed that something horrible may happen." Rosalina replied, "Let me divert your attention from your troubles by telling you a story" In a royal city far away, the King and Queen had three daughters. Birdo and Toadette, who were beautiful, and Princess Peac...

A group of robbers steals young women from rich families to take for ransom  the robbers steal a woman and take her to their cave where she cries all night an old woman begins to talk to her, and the young woman tells her that they stole her on her wedding day  the old woman tells her a story to comfort her there were a king and queen with three daughters, two of which who were beautiful and one who was extraordinarily gorgeous, and her name was Psyche the third daughter was so beautiful that people would come from all over to appreciate her beauty and were no longer visiting shrines to Venus  Venus, who is angry and jealous, sends her son Cupid to punish her, as he is known for doing harm  he curses Psyche to only choose the most wretched of men  All suitors found Psyche extraordinarily beautiful, but nobody wanted to marry her The king consults Apollo, and he prophecizes that a winged creature is leading her to a fatal marriage  The king and queen weep fo...

  Topic 1: Greek Goddesses  This is a more basic topic, but it's something I've loved learning about and reading since I was very young! I read all of the Percy Jackson books and others, so Greek Mythology was one of the reasons I signed up for this course. I know a lot about the main gods and goddesses and their stories, but I would like to know more about other less prominent goddesses and their surrounding mythology. For the story spinoff, I plan on making telling the goddesses' story in a high school setting, similar to a teen drama.  Some Greek Goddesses I have looked in to are Aphrodite, Athena, Gaia, and Pheme.  Research: Greek Goddesses Topic 2: European Fairy Tales Fairy tales are something that most of us learned and read from a young age and are very familiar with. I have previous knowledge in some areas of fairy tales, but ones that are mostly European or German. Most of the fairy tales that we think about are the typical ones, but there is a lot more to ...

There once was a freshman who lived in a faraway place named Couch Tower, and she lived with three roommates. There was rumored to be great food at a nearby place called Campus Corner. The freshman decides to leave the dorm and asks if any of her roommates would like anything to eat. Two of the roommates asked for food items from every restaurant on campus corner and asked her to pay for all of them.  When she got tired of hearing the two roommates' requests, she asks the third, "Do you want any food too?" She replied, "I'm not that hungry, but you can pick me up a bagel from Einstein's if you have time." Since it was only one bagel, she decides to pick it up on the way back from Campus Corner.  The freshman heads to Campus Corner to buy all of the food and struggles to carry all of the take out bags. It got dark on her way back, and she got lost trying to navigate her way back to Couch Tower. Finally, after hours of walking, she stumbles upon Einstein...

this story likely takes place in a medieval or village time setting, in a rural part of a country (the mother has to go to the next village to get the items)   the mother goes in to the city to buy items for her 3 daughters  two of the daughters seem to be very materialistic, but the third daughter is very selfless the mother grabs the items for the two daughters, but the load is too heavy and she cannot make it back to their home the mothers gets lost in the forest and stumbles upon a palace, realizing she has forgotten the roses for her third daughter  she arrives at the palace, where there's a garden of the most beautiful roses she had ever seen the mother cuts the roses and is met by a basilisk that tells her that she must promise her daughter or he will cut her to pieces  the daughter accepts and is forced to breastfeed the basilisk  the basilisk says she must marry him, so she accepts  the basilisk forces her to cut off his head, and when she doe...

Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4. Week 3: Adam and Eve Week 4: Noah Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6. Week 5: Ramayana Week 6: Ancient Egypt Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. [Week 8 is review week.] Week 7: Japanese Mythology   Week 9: Chinese Fairy Tales  Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11. Week 10: Cherokee Myths   Week 11: Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes  Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13. Week 12: Robin Hood  Week 13: Celtic Fairy tales  Choose from  EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15. Week 14: Brothers Grimm (Hunt) Week 15: Grimm (LibriVox)      I'm particularly excited to be able to read Native American Mythology since I'm part Chickasaw! I wish there would have been an option to read a bit more about stories of Greek Gods and Goddesses, but it's a topic I'm familiar with s...