Crystel's Myth-Folklore Blog

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).