Mythology and Folklore

  What Makes a Hero? each hero story is a variant of the same hero  although there are different variations, each hero goes on the same type of journey with a different story  the hero's story is a cycle and begins and ends in the hero's 'ordinary world' the hero's quest passes through an unfamiliar world  the cycle has multiple steps: call to action from status quo hero needs assistance the hero crosses the threshold into the new world  hero faces trials and progresses the worst fear or biggest battle is approaching the time for the hero to face their biggest challenge the hero faces a crisis the hero is reborn  some form of treasure is claimed  results are obtained  return to ordinary world new life resolution new status quo  this is a general model that many characters such as Katniss, Harry Potter, and more follow in their stories  we can relate to these people because these people are human- we all experience difficult and transform...

  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...