Mythology and Folklore

  A Knight's Take on King Arthur Today is the day of the tournament. I'm pretty sure that I'll be able to be crowned the King- after all, everybody knows I'm the best knight we have. I get that nobody was able to pull the sword from the stone, so they're making us do this, but I bet I could if I tried. In walks Arthur, wait- did I just see him with the sword from the stone? There's no way. Someone must have pulled it for him. If I, a noble knight, can't pull it, there's no way that low life did. I won't accept it.  The Moral of the Story That loser just got the sword. King Arthur and the sword Source:  Biography.com Author's Note This story was based on the tale of King Arthur and the sword! Arthur was a nobody in his village who was able to pull the sword from the stone, which was a power that only a king could do. They were trying to decide who would become the new king by a joust until Arthur was able to pull the sword. Nobody believed it, but...

  monkey king in a nutshell There once was a monkey who became increasingly powerful. Instead of using his power for good, he used it to take advantage of other people. He began to challenge gods and other immortal beings, paying no attention to the repercussions. He drank potions to make himself immortal and made the whole race of apes immortal too. Eventually, after waging wars and causing destruction, he became more powerful than everyone but god, so god punished him by making him a slave. He had to walk to each end of the earth doing chores, and after that, never caused trouble for anyone. moral of the money king don't be arrogant, you'll be humbled.  Ape King  Source:  DeviantArt Author's Note The initial story has an ape made of stone that rules over the land until he wants to become immortal. He goes and trains to become immortal under a master, and once he does, he shares the secrets and is exiled. He then becomes increasingly more violent and powerful, and t...

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...