MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE BLOG, SPRING 2021

 Main characters: Non-continuous stories Important things to remember: The Dead Mother A husband and wife lived happily in a village and everyone envied them The wife bore a son but right after she died The husband hired an old woman to take care of the baby, but it would not eat or drink it would just cry The lady decided to stay up all night and see if anything was wrong with the baby Three straight nights she heard someone come in and check on the baby, and so finally she brought out a light and saw the dead mother in all the clothes she was buried in The dead mother rushed out quickly, and the old woman found the baby was dead now too Friday  A lady did not pay reverence to Mother Friday, and spun flax until she fell into a deep sleep Mother Friday came in and stuffed her eyes with dust while she slept, and the lady woke up unable to see and in distress She begged for Mother Friday to forgive her and fix her When she fell back asleep, Mother Friday came back during the night and re

 The rat was hungry, so he decided to walk into Charleston's to eat.  He went in through the side door because the front was too crowded. The tables were all full so he just went straight to the kitchen to ask the chef for food. He scurried up to the foot of the chef and the chef screamed. This wasn't an ideal situation for the health standards of the restaurant.  The chef chased the rat instead of giving him food. The rat was confused, he was harmless and hungry. He ran back outside and saw a family leaving with a to-go box. The little boy in the family gave the rat his left over chicken strips. 6 word: Picturing the mouse from Disney's Ratatouille  Mouse in the kitchen, via  source

       Another boring day stuck sitting by the pond watching her sister read. It's not that Alice didn't enjoy books, but she thought being out in nature was meant for more than books. She sat, and sat, and sat some more. After minutes that felt like days of sitting, she noticed something moving out of the corner of her eye. She thought to be imagining it, as her boredom had been getting worse, but when she looked over she saw a spiffy dressed rabbit checking his watch and hopping passed them. Now THIS is not boring, a creature doing the abnormal. She chased after the rabbit, and barely caught up to it as it scurried down a rabbit hole.     Alice quickly turned around, seeing her sister unmoved and still reading, and quickly followed the rabbit down the hole. She fell down the hole for a long time, on what seemed like a slide. The walls around her were colorful and patterned, which excited Alice as she expected adventure ahead. She fell for what seemed like an eternity, and she

Main characters: Alice The Hatter Secondary characters: March Hare Dormouse Important things to remember: A Mad Tea-Party Alice sat at a big table with the March Hare, the Hatter and a Dormouse They fought for a long while, about if Alice was invited to the table, about the time and butter, about Alice's hair The Dormouse was asleep during all this Continued The Hatter poured hot tea on the Dormouse to wake him The Hatter asked Alice if she had solved the riddle, which she or the hare had not He went on to say he did not know the answer to the riddle as well They went on bickering about time and the queen, then got bored and made the Dormouse tell a story End The Dormouse continued with the story, but it was a confusing story about a well The Dormouse fell asleep again and the Hatter had to pinch him to wake him up to continue the story The Hatter told Alice not to talk, so she got up because she was sick of the tea party She left, went back to the table with the key, ate a mushroo

 Main Characters: Alice Secondary Characters: The Rabbit Important things to remember: Down the Rabbit Hole Alice was bored sitting by her sister reading a boring book She saw a rabbit with a coat and watch, she was confused and followed it down a hole She fell for a long time, she thought she fell to the center of the earth or through the earth completely She kept talking to herself and was glad no one heard her because she sounded silly Continued She kept falling, continuing to think and talk to herself She missed her cat and fell asleep dreaming of her cat when she finally got to the end and fell into a pile of sticks and dried leaves She looked up and it was all dark above her, but she saw the rabbit hurrying around a corner again, talking to himself about how late it was getting She followed the rabbit around the corner and found a long hall lit up by lamps, filled with locked doors She found a key on a table that only fit in to unlock a small door behind a curtain She could not f

 so this wolf was ready to snack and saw this girl and was like sheesh lets go so he was like eh I could probably just sneak to her grandmas house because I know everything and obviously she is going there  so he got there and was like yeah imma put on this dress and pretend to be grandma then boil up this chick for dinner so the girl got there and he was like hey sweetie pie then grabbed her and tossed her in a boiling pot and had her for dinner she was a tasty dinner but he threw on some bbq sauce 6 word yeah this was a good idea Big Bad Wolf, via  source Authors Notes: I just rewrote some Aesop's Fables in the most improper way possible, and I thought it was pretty fun. I decided to do the same thing with the classic story of the Big Bad Wolf, making it as informal as possible.

  The Wolf and the Shepard Boy yeah so this guy had to watch sheep and texted his group chat yoooo guys tryna come help me some wolves are lurking so the boys came running but called his cap and realized the wolves weren't there days later he texted the boys and said the wolves were back but they didn't believe it so the wolf ate the sheep and the guy The Man and the Goose this dude had a goose that laid golden eggs and so he busted him open to find the gold inside but jus split his guts out instead Socrates and his Friends this guy had a DIY house kit but it was tiny so the guys were goofing at how broke he was so he said yeah well I don't want you guys to come hang anyway A boy who would not learn his book this kid didn't want to do his homework so the teacher was like you are lazy but the kid was like nah I'm just smarter than you The Hungry Dogs these dogs were tryna snack so they decided to slurp up the whole lake to get the food inside but their stomachs burst

 Main characters: Different Dogs, as the stories are not continuous Important things to remember: Dogs The Hungry Dogs The dogs had a plan to get a lot of food The dove into the tide and tried to drink all the water to expose the food This ended in their demise  The Dog, Treasure and Vulture A dog found treasure when digging up bones He stood over and watched the gold, through hunger and finally died A vulture came and said it is good, and the real riches were in his head The Old Dog and the Huntsman The dog and the huntsman had hunted together for many years One day the dog went after a boar, but when trying to bite his ear his teeth were decaying and he was old The huntsman saw the dog return unsuccessful and reminisced on the times when they were both young The Old Dog and the Huntsman, via  source Aesop's Fables "Dogs" , via http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/aesops-fables-dogs.html

Main Characters: Differing because the stories are unrelated Important things to remember: Fables about People - short fables The Wolf and the Shepard's Boy A Shepard boy yelled to the people a wolf was coming, but when they came the wolf was not there Next time the Shepard boy yelled a wolf was coming, no one came and the wolf ate all his sheep The Man and the Goose A man had a goose who laid eggs of pure gold He cut the goose open looking for gold, and found none Socrates and his friends A man was building a house, and someone asked why it was so small He replies that it is small, but probably too big because people will show up there A boy who would not learn his book A book in school was told to say the first vowel He would not, and when asked not he said that he is resolved and knew he would have to say more if he said the first The Boy who cried wolf, via  source Aesop's Fables, via http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/aesops-fables-people.html

 Drabble: The cow jumped over the moon. But he tripped. His toe got caught on a crater. He floated through space. There were no other cows. Just aliens in their spacecrafts.  He felt lonely. But yet so at peace.  Why did he try to jump over the moon?  Why was the cow in space? He drifted further. He crashed onto Mars. He walked around Mars. He met space cows.  He was no loner lonely.  The space cows became his family.  The cow smiled. He was so happy he tried to jump over the moon. Don't worry, cows can breathe in space.  Six-Word Stories: Oh, to be a kid again. The Cow Jumped Over the Moon, via  link Authors Notes: I have no idea why, but the old nursery rhyme The Cow Jumped Over the Moon  was literally the only thing I could think about when trying to make a story. Since that was where my brain was taking me, this is a short choppy drabble that is an alternate take on that rhyme. It made me feel like a kid again, and I expressed that through the six-word story.  

       There once was a turtle named Franklin, who is remembered for his overwhelming pride. This pride made him intimidated by any other male force born into his family, because he was the alpha. Every time any of his siblings would give birth to a son, he would proceed to kill the newborn male turtle. After this had happened twice, Franklin's siblings devised a plan to pretend any newborn male was a female. When the next of kin was born male, he acted as a female would and the others treated him as one.     This went on for many years, but Franklin began to become suspicious. He invited the youngest of the family, Riri (who was actually a male named Richard), to go search  for bread left behind from humans. Riri's parents were uncomfortable with this situation, as they suspected that Franklin knew that Riri was actually their son. They weeped and warned Riri of the danger this would cause, but Riri left with Uncle Franklin anyway.      They reached the edge of the pond, where

 Main characters: Aioswe The Son Secondary characters: The Walrus The Mother People and animals of the forest Important things to remember: The Jealous Father A man named Aioswe had 2 wives, and found marks one one of his wives and he assumed his son was intimate with his unnatural mother He took his son to an island to hunt for eggs, but then paddled off and left him confused and alone A Walrus found the sad son crying and agreed to take him back to the mainland on his back The Walrus told the son to warn him if he heard thunder, and the boy agreed, but lied when thunder came and said it was not thunder More thunder came on the ride and the Walrus dropped the son in the water, which was now shallow, but lightning killed the Walrus The lightning was conjured by Aioswe  On shore, an old woman sent by the son's mother told him of the dangers he would encounter headed home, and gave him a winter coat to protect him The Jealous Father Part 2 On his journey home, the son came across two

 Main characters: Unnatural Uncle The Boy Secondary characters: The Wife of Unnatural Uncle The Parents of the Boy The Eagle People Important things to remember: The Jealous Uncle Unnatural Uncle would kill his nephews once they would reach a couple years old, he did this to two nephews The wife of the Unnatural Uncle told him the next born was a girl when it was actual a boy, so he agreed to let the "girl" live This child grew up dressing and playing with girls, but the Unnatural Uncle always noticed the boyish figure The Uncle realized he was a boy, and took him to the woods to search for wood He trapped the boy in between logs and left him there, but the sour cranberry in the boys pocket was so sour the logs opened up The boy brought wood by the Uncle's house, and the Uncle vowed to kill him The Jealous Uncle Part 2 The Uncle took the boy to search for eggs and ducks, and pushed him into a trap The Uncle left him for dead, but did not know the boy had eagle-down in his

 Main Characters: Rabbit Tashka and Walo The Sun and Moon Secondary Characters: Other animals, due to non-continuous stories Important things to remember: Two More Rabbit Stories Rabbit and Panther Rabbit was very boastful, and wanted to be a medicine man He set up shop on top of a hill, made a path to the hill and gave a shot to his wife He began to boast about how fast he was and sang if a panther came he could run away fast A panther heard his boasting, and hid by the path, and sprung on the rabbit when he came by and before the boastful rabbit could speak he was eaten by the panther Rabbit and Bear Rabbit had his friend Bear over to his brier patch and fed him cane to eat Bear had Rabbit to his tree dwelling to eat next, and fed Rabbit black bugs Rabbit made a comment about the quality of the food, so Bear said he would kill Rabbit Once Rabbit escaped, he told Bear that whenever the dogs hunted him, he would lead them to the home of the Bear so they would shoot Bear Why Deer Never