Mythology and Folklore

Jingles: Hey Diddle Diddle Nursery Rhymes: Jingles Cock-a-doodle-doo is fun and the story is cute too  I did not know that tweedledum and tweedledee came from a jingle  truly no better way to describe these tales other than jingle  Rub a dub dub has a queer humor to it  Nursery Rhymes: Love and Matrimony Jack and Jill  Different versions of "roses are red" Mentions Canterbury, reminds me of the tales  still do not know what &c means  Slightly shows how marriage was handled between sexes then  Mostly narrative songs, probably acted out  Nursery Rhymes: Natural History, Part 1 Natural history is typically how the earth was created or explains why something is a certain way in these tales its really just playful animals and humans some end with mocking humans or using them  Some animals are pets, also talks about the elements like wind  Interactions of human and animal, fictional natu...

Riddles: Humpty Dumpty Nursery Rhymes: Tales little confusing on when a tale ends and a new one begins  slight rhyming, not very forced  they have the mother goose and golden egg in this section, could write about this one most follow an aa, bb stanza  Nursery Rhymes: Proverbs thought it would be about the bible  handled more of little day to day advice  guideline of morals  seems like a good way for kids to unconsciously remember what to do Nursery Rhymes: Songs, Part 1 longer, tell more of a story fox doing the tricking again makes me wonder how the songs are actually sung and in what setting  mostly aa, bb, cc stanzas  also a lot of ab ab  Nursery Rhymes: Songs, Part 2 The songs are the most difficult to take notes one they seem to send regional or cultural advice  but still hard to be sure because the context in which the songs were used  Hot Cross Buns!  Three blind mice...

Scorpion and the Rabbit A hot day is typically much warmer for a rabbit due to the hair covering its body, so as the day approached high noon and the rabbit quickly finished up its morning rounds in hopes of finding a shaded spot next to the river.  As rabbit hastily made his way across the prairie, he offered little regard to his surroundings for all he could think of was how miserably hot he was. It was then that he heard, "Hey! What were you are going, you better not step on me!"  Only slowing his pace a little, Rabbit looked around to see where the voice had come from. Just when he was about to give up he spotted a black speck following behind him.  "I am sorry my dear friend, I did not see you on my trail. I am desperately seeking a place to rest for the next couple of hours, I am so hot I fear I am about to die!"  The Scorpion laughed at the rabbit, "you are so weak, you do not deserve to be among the animals of the prairie....

The Ghost and the Traveler Reading B:  Two Teton Ghost Stories Indian alone during a storm, found a sweat lodge two ghosts were in it   Man alone at night prepared to shoot with someone approaches  Man shot a ghost that was watching him the woods, the man went to later see where the ghosts were wailing and found a wound in the skull  The Indian Who Wrestled with a Ghost Man sleeping in the woods for a few nights  one night a ghost approaches him and asks to smoke, then says they should wrestle if he wins wrestling the ghost said he will win against his enemies and steal some horses the man won and the ghost was right The Wakanda, or Water God Mother and father loved their son, the boy drowned playing  father so sad he could not sleep in the lodge, but on the floor, because he could hear his son crying under the ground  wanted to dig into the ground, found two men that said the water god has the son, but he ate the ...

Taken From: "Sacred Legend"  READING A: The Creation Deals with tribes Osages lived in the sky Mother: Moon  Father: Sun Osages were told they had to go live on earth The earth was covered in water  Asked the Elk for help  Elk called to help from the winds, which took the water upward Sacred Legend Again, the people start in the water  We could not see, but when we first came up we saw daylight  kind of sounds like us in the womb Found, land Lived next to a big body of water Hunted deer with clubs Didn't know what to do so found stone and chipped it into arrows and knives Eventually made fire, then learned to make a pot to cook  Learned to make hides from their kills to cover things up and wear  Basically described the origin of many Native American traditions  Corn, hide clothing, arrows, axe, canoes  The Legend of the Peace Pipes Made out of the feathers of the owl, woodpecker,...

Cheat Sheets for Writing Body Language For this week's story lab I chose to focus on a trend I noticed within my writing. I need to start providing the audience with a deeper sense of the stories tone. For example, I need to deepen my narration surrounding characters emotional involvement in a story, which can be done by explaining something such as body language.  Originally, I wanted to find an article that focused on how to write dialogue, but the article I chose dealt with writing body language. The reason I chose this article is that it provides a new perspective on characters and what is going on beyond the words presented. The article listed expressions typically exchanged in conversation followed by ways to verbally express those emotions, such as being awestruck or expressing grief with body language.  This article will be beyond helpful as I continue to correct my portfolio stories, I felt that there has been emotional connection and e...

Coyote and Hare/ Coyote and Fawns Origin of the Sierra Nevadas and Coast Range The Hawk and Crow created the ranges from mud and tobacco  Hawks were the Sierra Nevadas which are bigger Had other birds help them Legend of Tu-tok-a-nu'-la (El Capitan) It is named after the measuring worm two boys were playing in water, got tired and slept for a long time the rock grew very tall  all animals tried to get the kids down but the worm was the only one who could White men call it El Capitan The Children of Cloud They went looking for their father after their mother told where he was  They had to prove they were his children  they had smilier powers  They encountered other animals on the way and were turned into mescal's  Took place near Tucson  The Boy who Became a God the boy got songs, medicines, and clothing from animals  way to long to be a tale  loads of narration, spats of simple dialogue throughout  Or...