Crystel's Myth-Folklore Blog

Eskimo Woman Posing for photographer Lomen Brothers in 1915. Overall, the majority stories don't really present a rising action that leads to the climax. Most of the climaxes catch you off guard as in you don't realize what is happening till it happens. I like that aspect of catching the audience off guard but at the same time I do like drawing up suspense. Next, there isn't much attention given to the setting in most of the stories. The author goes directly into the stories and dialogue and gets you involved into what is going on.  Bibliography: Eskimo Folk-Tales  by Knud Rasmussen with illustrations by native Eskimo artists (1921).

There once lived a group of women who seeked roots, herbs, and other wild food to feed their village. One day, on a trip home they became hungry and decided to eat something from the fields. One woman was so nice enough to share the little herbs and roots she had picked that day. The herbs and roots were so divine to taste because the woman took the time to pick the ripest.   The woman, who had picked all the delicious herbs and food, over heard the other women talking about her. They made her throw away her wonderful herbs because they were jealous their's were not as great and this really saddened her. She decided that she wasn't going to listen to them and ran into the woods where she came upon a hare. "Give me some water that I may drink", she requested of the hare. The hare responded that he had borrowed the cup from his uncle lion and she could not drink from it. Once again she asked only to be met with the same reply. At this point she was pretty f

Flathead Family with Tipi One common theme between all the stories is their use of description. The types of description given are so simple yet provide us, the audience, with a vivid image of what is being described. Such as, "The winds came from all sides and they blew until the waters went upwards, as in a mist." This sentence to me is so vivid in imaging what this scene looks like. Another note to be made is how there is a lot of repetition within each story and amoung them all. In the individual stories, you can see how they came about choosing their animal of importance by giving trial to all others and very shortly explaining why the other animals could not succeed. Overall you can see repetition between all the stories by just the use of having animals be the wise ones or for showing the people how to live. Lastly, the stories all use a very simple way of talking and explaining things. The don't use big or difficult words to get the meanings and lessons acr

"Sir it's that time again.", stated one little elf. He was so excited that his little cheeks were rosy red.  "You're right Sam!", exclaimed the big jolly man himself. "We better get started before we get behind. Go and spread the word to all the other elves and let's get the workshop going!"  This was the time of year when the air is filled with chill and the wind carries the sweet smell of pies and cakes. It's Christmas time, the jolliest time of the year! So you better watch out, and you better not cry. You better not pout cause I will tell you why....Santa Clause is coming to town!  So let me tell you a little story about Christmas... ...Up at the North pole, Santa receives mail daily like no other, especially in December. He sits and reads every piece and even responds to some too! His most important job though, is to go over this HUGE checklist he has of every boy and girl from all over the world! But let's talk abo

Looking back... ...I am "ok" with the progress I have made thus far. There was one week that I fell behind on the assignments that I still need to make up for but its just been crazy since we are in midterms currently. I plan on getting back up to where I was grade wise, hopefully, after this week since class exams have settled for now. Ha-ha extra credit here I come! For me it's hard to get into a good routine and keep it due to my work schedule changing from week to week and everything else in between. However I do believe I have found the perfect time for me to get the work done...mornings! That's when I feel like my brain is the clearest to write my notes and especially the stories, which I like the most! I really can't wait to see how my storybook turns out, cause so far I think it's looking mighty fine!  Looking forward... I feel like the best thing for me to do is when I have the extra time, to go ahead and get stuff done! Because, when I thi

1. Feedback in.   I feel like overall I haven't received that many comments, but on a couple of more recent ones I have gotten I do feel like they have been useful. The comments I am finding most useful are those that catch something in my story that I didn't think to elaborate on. I have also had a comment on the font that I use for my blog which inspired me to do some updating! :) 2. Feedback out.   As far as the feedback I leave for other students, I have been using T.A.G mostly cause I feel it gives a well balanced mix of critique and praise. For one assignment, I did try the "Let's Pretend" form of feedback and I must say, it is really kind of hard to do that, however it was pretty cool! As I read others' stories, it does give me ideas on how to twist the next one I write by using very creative names and plot twists. 3. Blog comments.   Actually after reading a few people's introductions I have realized that I have already met them in

Ghostly Woods of Mt.Penn I picked the above picture because it was used for my very first  reading notes that led to my first story! Overall, how well are the reading and writing assignments working for you?              ~Overall, I feel like the assignments themselves aren't bad. Just finding the time to actually sit down to do the work among my work for my other classes is hard. At first I didn't understand the concept behind doing the reading notes but it later made sense that they were for helping write that week's story. Are you happy with your blog? With your project website?              ~I am happy with my blog website. I will be doing some extra credit tech tips later in the following weeks to make some adjustments. I received a comment from a classmate (thank you!) that the post writing font is kind of hard to read, so I went and made some changes to the font and also the colors of the background and title font. As for my project website, I am exc

Lion Attack There were a group of women whom seeked out roots, herbs, and other wild food. On day, on a trip home they became hungry and decided to eat something from the fields. They noticed that a woman's herbs were particularly good while all of the others' were not. The woman, who had picked all the delicious herbs and food, over heard the other women talking about her. They made her throw away her wonderful herbs which really saddened her. She decided that she wasn't going to listen to them and ran into the woods where she came upon a hare. "Give me some water that I may drink", she requested of the hare. The hare responded that he had borrowed the cup from his uncle lion and she could not drink from it. Once again she asked only to be met with the same reply. At this point she was pretty frustrated and thought what kind of hare has an uncle lion. Therefore, she snatched the cup away and teased the little rabbit claiming how she would not be scare

Extra Credit After watching the videos, it put into perspective how we do not know whether a myth or folklore is real or even had truth. The aspect of having these stories passed down for generations/centuries and supposedly staying true to the story also holds significance as well. Therefore it adds a kind of questioning feeling as to whether it could really be true if there are multiple accounts of the same story throughout the whole world. Looking at it, it seems to be more of the lessons behind the stories that are being retold and staying alive through time. This can be applied to my storybook in the aspect of keeping the main story essentially and the lessons learned from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet yet changing the way its told. Video Bibliography: What Is Myth? Crash Course World Mythology #1 Theories of Myth: Crash Course World Mythology #12 The Hero's Journey and the Monomyth: Crash Course World Mythology #25

Japanese Ogre Art For today's notes, I noticed how in the stories the author gives a good description of the problem/monster at hand. He/She goes into elaboration on the creature and then follows up with a story pertaining to a misconception at first by the wanderer/journeyer. Then later does a subtle reveal of the character and why the community people say the things they do about the monster. I also shows how use of rationality is needed more than personal needs and ego. Bibliography: Story source: Japanese Fairy Tales by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1908).