Ethan aha Myth-Folklore

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...

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....

The Alaskan House (It Doesn't Belong to People...) Abandoned House      Suzie's parents were going out for another hunting trip. It was winter in Central Alaska and food was scarce. In fact, the family of three got so low on their stock of food that both Suzie's mom and dad started going out hunting at night in the hopes that less animals would spot them and run away.       This terrified 9 year-old Suzie. The family had only lived in the ancient, creaky house for a few months and Suzie wasn't fully acclimated to the moans in the walls, the groans from the ceiling and what sounded like footsteps bending the wooden floor-boards every night.       Suzie never wanted her parents to leave her in the house during the day, especially not at night. "We'll try and be back in a couple hours, Suzie!" exclaimed her Dad as he opened the door and unleashed a snow-white flurry into the coatroom. Suzie's mom blew her a kiss. "Be g...

This story is now posted in my Myth-Folklore Portfolio. Check it out in the link below. Myth-Folklore Portfolio Sun Wu Kung and the Flying Fruit Sun Wu Kung Flying through the Air      Sun Wu Kung, the Monkey King, had just returned to the Mountain of Flowers and Fruits from  learning the secrets of immortality with the Master. The other monkeys decided to have a banquet  behind the waterfall in celebration of their King's return.       Sun Wu Kung and his apes were having a joyful time eating multitudes of fruit and drinking  plenty of wine. They looked down at the long stone banquet table to find that they had run out of  fruit. The apes hadn't yet had their fill of food, so they decided that someone must go outside the  waterfall-hidden cave to get more. Kind Sun Wu Kung obliged for his people.       Sun Wu Kung leapt out through the waterfall and hurtled tens of fe...

A Documentation of Pre-Flood Earth Og the Mighty Pre-Flood Giant      Bibliography. Folk-lore of the Holy Land: Moslem, Christian, and Jewish  by J. E. Hanauer.  Web Source      Back before the Great Flood, the Earth was an alien landscape. Its inhabitants were of a much  mightier kind than today and many other intelligent races, besides humans, roamed the surface.  Demons, elves, fairies, unicorns, dwarves, orcs etc. you name it, but by far, the most terrifying and  intimidating people were the giants. 'Giant' isn't a good enough term. Rather, Titans would be a more  befitting name of those country-stomping monsters.       The 'normal' ones stood 3,000 ells (2.13 miles) in height ( The Book of Enoch - R.H. Charles  version ). Some were far larger! When Og, king of the giants, stretched out on the ground before his  death, his body reached from Banias to Lak...

You can now find this story in my World Mythology Portfolio! The Buddha Passes Into Parinibbana The Buddha Passes Into Parinibbana (Parinirvana) The Buddha Before He Passes Into Parinibbana      I, Siddhartha, was lying there on my deathbed. Hundreds of my diverse disciples surrounded me,  mourning. I could not understand why they did so. Did they have yet to understand the depth of my  teachings? Did they have yet to understand that death is only sad for those who love the illusion?  More so, I was not dying. Siddhartha was, but I wasn't. Who is Siddhartha but a vehicle that I used to  attain my liberation from Samsara? The cycle of birth, death, and rebirth. I told my disciples that they  had no need to mourn. For in a few moments, I was to pass into that state which is so elusive, even to  the Gods. Parinibbana.       I counted down the last few moments with slow, relieved breathi...

Fathering a God-Child Joseph with Little Boy Jesus      My name is Yosef. I am a Palestinian Jew living in Nazareth of Galilee. I am writing this as a  personal documentation of the events happening in my life, as of right now. I do not think of myself  as a very literate man. I am merely a traveling carpenter. However, I feel that what I am witnessing  needs to at least be attempted at being put to scripture. So, I hope that if my written word does not  lose itself to time, future generations will be able to understand my pattern of speech.       Like I said, I live in Nazareth of Galilee. With me, lives my wife, Mary, and our son, Yeshua. He  is the reason I am writing this. I call him my son, only because it is customary. I have never actually  conceived with my beloved Mary. Yeshua was born of some miracle that I at first hesitated to call  Divine . The rabbis teach us that...