Mythology and Folklore Fall 2020

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...

"Grandma, the cookies are read--AHHH!" the little girl screamed as a loud bang filled the sky, rushing to her grandmother. "It's okay, dear. I'll get the cookies out of the oven and you can stand right by me." replied the grandmother. Jessie spent one weekend every month with her grandmother, but none that she remembered had been this stormy. The rain was pounding on the roof and the sky kept lighting up, soon followed by a loud crashing noise.  Jessie did not like this and would get really scared every time she heard the loud bang. The grandma had baked cookies as a distraction, but it was not working as she had hoped. Jessie turned to her grandmother and asked, "Why does the sky light up and make a loud bang?" The grandmother smiled. "Here, let's get our cookies and milk, sit by the fire and then I'll tell you." They did as so and sat down by the fire. The grandmother began to tell the story: "Well, Jessie, this is what my ...

  The Story of the Lightning and the Thunder: thunder and lightning live on earth but at far end of town thunder=old mother sheep, lightning=son ram ram got angry--go burn houses and knock down trees, damage farms and kill people mother would call in very loud voice and not stop until damage was done lightning did not care and would do lots of damage when really bad temper people complained to king--king ordered sheep and ram leave town and live in far bush ram still burnt forest and flames would spread to farms still people complained again--king banished both to sky (Photo of lightning storm from Pixabay ) The Affair of the Hippopotamus and the Tortoise: hippo=Isantim--one of biggest kings of land (second to elephant) hippo had 7 fat wives that he loved--threw feast to people but no one knew his name one feast the hippo told the people if you don't know my name then you won't eat--everyone had to leave tortoise asked hippo what would happen if they knew his name before the n...

Why the Bat Flies at Night: rat=Oyot, bat=Emiong bat jealous of rat's soup bat boils self in water--flesh is sweet bat showed rat how to do it rat went home and told wife--boiled wife in water, then he jumped in and died wife rat reported it to the king to arrest bat everyone tried to catch bat but he flew to a bush to hide that's why bat only comes out at night The Fish and the Leopard's Life: fish used to live on land and was good friend to leopard leopards wife and fish fell in love and they would cheat when the leopard was gone old women found out and told leopard leopard came home early to see if it was true and caught them leopard wanted to kill fish but went to court for king king ordered fish to live in water and if they came on land they would die--men and animals could catch and kill them as punishment (Photo of leopard from Wikipedia ) Why Worms Live Underneath the Ground: King Eyo invited subjects to house for feast after feast=speeches head driver ant's spe...

  I am pretty happy with my progress thus far, especially doing the easy 2 point of extra credit from the Check-In/Connect. Those 2 points are adding up and allowing me to finish hopefully by Week 12. I honestly do not have a routine. I just sit down and grind out this class whenever I have some down time and need a break from my other classes. I think my blog and website are going great so far. I think I am doing a pretty good job so far, so I am not sure what I should change for the second half of the semester. I am satisfied with my blog and storybook so far, so I do not want to change them yet. I think my writing is going good and I do not know what new thing I should try. (Image from Pinterest )

I think the comments are of moderate quality from my classmates. I am very far ahead of others, so I do not have many comments on my posts. And honestly I haven't found the time to look at the comments on my posts much, either. I think I am giving about as much as I am receiving in terms of quality comments. I try to give some encouragement and constructive criticism from my initial reactions. I definitely could be giving better quality but I am on such a time crunch for everything else that I do as much as I can while being efficient. The only way I am getting to know people is through their original blog posts, not comments. The Introductions are the most useful but I can also tell more about them from the topics they choose to write about and how they write it. I am very happy with my introduction and personal blog. I could probably spend a bit more time adding details in my comments to other people so that I can be more helpful. I do not want to make any changes to my personal ...

I think the reading and writing assignments were working better at the beginning and are better now for people doing portfolios. Personally, I think that the reading and writing assignments are just extra busy work for the people doing the storybooks because we have already picked our readings for them.  I am pretty happy with my blog and project website. I think that they are nice and organized while also being aesthetically appealing. I would say the storybook is my biggest accomplishment in my writing for this class because that is my most creative work and I really enjoy it. My reading notes are somewhat helping with my story post because they sum up the story but I tend to just look at the original story more. This is my favorite image from my previous blog posts because it is a beautiful picture of landscape, which are my favorite type of photos. (Image of  Lover's Leap in Laos ) I think I am getting the most out of my reading/writing experiences in class and am not sure...