Mythology and Folklore

Writers Write This week I chose to give my elementary story writing a break in order to go back to some basic fundamentals. In doing so I went to the website  Writers Write  and browsed through their articles until something stood out and related to me and my writing journey. Of all the articles offered by the site, I found only two that answered a few of my own questions, "Why You Need to Read More" and "3 Simple Ways to Kick-Start your Writing".  Personally, I have a love-hate relationship with reading. I either love a book or I lose interest about 1/3 of the way through, however, I have such a strong desire to read more because I feel that hearing stories told through someone else's voice can have the most influential impact on your writing style. That being said, number 1 on the list of 10 reasons why you should read is "You can't write if you don't read". However, I disagree with number 10 on the list, "You are less likely to...

Noah's Sacrifice It's horrifying that Eve had a child with another man to then eat the baby with Adam  Then deny it  I had never heard this story before in regards to the Torah  I am wondering if this was the first mention of it?  Why does the story go back to the beginning in far more detail rather than just doing it fluidly  I enjoy learning the answer to my questions though  The description of most animals and other residence accounted for offered great perspective to earlier claims  Noah was just as savage for not letting anyone else live, however, it was gods command Kind of ironic  Great illustrations on what went on inside of the boat during the flood  This part of the story if often untold  Thankfully the story explains the significance of the raven and the dove  I am surprised that Noah still had to make a sacrifice to be deemed ruler of the world after everything he had alr...

Noah's Ark As I begin my week 4 reading notes, my goal is to shorten my thoughts. Throughout the first few weeks, I seem to have made things more difficult for myself as I was describing the stories too in-depth. For this reason, I chose to read Noah's Ark because it is a tale familiar with most everyone as it was often told in our elementary school.  Now, I hadn't read Noah's Ark in its entirety prior to this post due to always of hearing the tale be told, however reading the story in its descriptive structure was far more illustrative.  I did not know that Noah lived to be so old and that the GOD planning his vengeance on man happened so quickly in the story considering its length I love the descriptions both god and Noah use to describe the boat and the plan   Two by Two is an infamous description that went far beyond the story of the ark  I would have enjoyed hearing how the boat was made before the journey on it The setting does ...