Mythology and Folklore Fall 2020

Little Snow-White , version of 1812 (Germany, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm): Queen attempted to kill Snow White first with strangling with corset, then with apple Queen wanted to eat her lungs and liver Snow White saved by prince when he knocked her in the back of the head to knock out piece of apple in throat Joseph Jacobs in his Europa's Fairy Book (1916): Snowwhite . Attempted to kill 3 times: comb, ribbon, then apple wanted huntsman to bring back her heart Queen committed suicide at end by jumping out of window Piece of apple stuck in her throat came out on ride back to palace This website also does a really good job of summing the differences up:  https://geekgirlpenpals.com/disney-vs-grimm-origins-fairy-tales-snow-white/ In my introduction, I gave two teases about Snow White. One was about her stepmom being cannibal and the other was about the apple not being what actually poisoned her. So, I will use the Grimm version to highlight the cannibalism of the stepmom, but I think I wi...

The Plant That Grows in Trees: mistletoe=grows on trees--only birds can reach berries berries only in summer and winter it is only in trees because a bird once put it there out of pity used to grow on bush--thunderbird ate berries because it was hungry bird thanked the bush--mistletoe said he was going to die soon because green year round and berries only in winter so the animals will chew on branches and he will die thunderbird took mistletoe to tree so it won't get eaten The Woodpecker's Stumpy Tail: woodpecker has stumpy tail due to fish biting it off spring flood was coming--frogs knew it and told Indians no one listened, frog tried to yell louder but they just laughed other birds listened and flew out of the tree except for woodpecker storm started and washed Indians away woodpecker could not see to fly all night--fluttered from tree to tree long tail was still under water--fish bit it off (Photo of woodpecker from Wikipedia ) The Cloud That Was Lost: clouds go to sleep on...