Ethan aha Myth-Folklore

Leshy      Bibliography. Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston.  Web Source      Notes:      * Husband tricks his bad wife into falling into a bottomless pit into Tartarus.      * Demons are tormented by the wife and one comes up to live in Russia.       * The demon tells the husband to let him possess different folk and the man will heal them and earn a lot of money.       * A hunter finds the leshy on a log in the woods and shoots it.       * The hunter follows the dying Leshy back to its shack.       * There, the Leshy is lying stone dead. He finds the priest's daughter, who's been missing for three years. The priest marries her to the hunter. 

Mediterranean Mythology      Bibliography:  Crash Course Mythology - YouTube      Notes:      * The Sumerians held nature to be more important than human concepts. As the gods and goddesses of the Earth, Sun, and Moon came before any rulers of abstract human emotions such as love or fear.       * Mythology reveals a culture's sense of themselves and nature.       * Sumerians had both a God and Goddess for most element whereas other cultures seem to exclusify each aspect of nature to either an individual god or goddess.       * Zeus reveals true form to Semele and burns her to a crisp.       * Heracles kills his music teacher.       * Given 10 Labors.      * 2 are not counted      * Heracles captures Cerberus for his 12th and final labor. 

TED Talks Logo      For my Story Lab this week, I listened to a couple of TED Talks by Adichie and Barnes. The first  talk by Adichie was vety eye-opening. She talked about how linear her view was literature was as a  child. She never thought Nigerians like herself, or even poor people, could be represented in  literature.       As she grew older, Adichie's views diversified and she began to experiment with different types  of characters. This greatly enriched her storytelling abilities and made her stories all the more  enjoyable. I think her growth is very inspiring. It makes me wonder if there are any other dimensions  that I have yet to explore in my own writing.       The second presentation, by Barnes, was really intriguing. She talked about why we care so much  about fictional characters. Basically, we alieve that they're real. Alief is different fr...

Leprechaun Gold Leprechaun and His Pot of Gold      Setting: Northern Ireland, 1788      Peter was knitting in his farmhouse one Sunday. He didn't live with anybody and he enjoyed the  constant peace and alone time he had to himself. That's why, when Peter heard a playful knock on his  wooden door at precisely three o'clock in the afternoon, he started fuming. There were no other  people within a few miles of Peter's home in any direction and he hadn't received a visitor in years.  Just the way Peter liked it. He considered it useless to interact with other people unless one was  wealthy because, he figured, wealth was the only thing people enjoyed.       Peter certainly had no intention of interacting with whoever stood on the cobblestone steps  outside his farmhouse door. He threw down his knitting needles and stormed towards the door,  prepared to ward off...

*I tried downloading an image but my computer would not let me, even after deleting a bunch of stuff      Bibliography. More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs.  Web Source      Reading Notes:      *Witch turns four children into white swan.       *King is possessed by a gluttonous demon.       *Man is tricked by a crane and left hanging over the Atlantic Ocean.       *Druidic wizard defeat a witch. 

Meeting of the Pantheons Council of Godheads - Marvel Comics      Brahma, Vishnu, and Shiva were chilling together out in the multiverse when the topic of the Conference of Earthly Gods popped into the conversation. It is a conference where all of the deities ever worshipped or to be worshipped in the future of Earth meet to discuss their plans for the divided subjects of the planet. Earth is a world shared by many gods.  Shiva: Say Vishnu, you remember that in our rotation of us three, it is your turn next to attend the Conference of Earthly Gods? Vishnu: How do you mean, my dear Shiva? Why, I attended last Yuga. Remember? We agreed that during every Satya Yuga, we'd play a game and the loser attends the conference. Every Treta Yuga, Brahma here must attend while I have my turn every Dwapara Yuga. That leaves you as our representative during each Kali Yuga. It is Kali Yuga and you must take your turn now as you have done so for all of eternity....