Mythology and Folklore

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 does, a serpent emerges that tell

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 so it will be fun to learn something new.  Hansel and