Crystel's Myth-Folklore Blog

Egyptian Sisters There once was two sisters, Chione and Dalilah, whom lived in a very rich garden full of every fruit and flower you could imagine. They loved to spend their time running through the garden playing tag and smelling the flowers. They would sit and enjoy a basket of fruit they had collected talking about how they wanted to marry a prince and live in a beautiful palace and have their own gardens. Their father overheard them talking about marriage and knew the time had come. The next day he called Chione out from the garden to come meet a guest. The guest was nicely dressed and spoke of taking Chione to his land and living happily with her never having to do any work. Chione thought that he must have been the prince she had been dreaming and longing for. She agreed to marry him and by the evening they were husband and wife. Dalilah was very saddened to see her sister marry and leave the home but still had hope for her own happiness.  As the days went by, Chio...

Reading Notes Part B: Story #1 Two Brothers Flowering Acacia I really enjoyed how the author brought justice to the truthful. The ways in revealing the truths behind each injustice was really neat. Also the author showed how we naturally act without thinking when our hearts are involved such as Anpu listening to his wife and almost killing his brother without even hearing Bata's side at first. Lastly, having the truthful Bata win in the end was great in showing how those whom are shady don't win at the game. Story #2 Book of Thoth Papyrus of Ani In this story, I valued how the main character was determined and outsmarting the skeptics. I felt as though the language used with this story was easier to read and follow. The author also had very smooth transitions from beginning to climax to end with a witty ending to the overall story. Also the twist of the family all "dying" was very interesting since technically they were suppose to harness po...