MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE BLOG, SPRING 2021

 My plan for my project is to write untold stories of sea monsters and creatures. Instead of one long story, I plan on doing multiple tales revolving around different monsters. While I have not decided yet if I want to fully revolve every story around of the cast from Pirates of the Caribbean, I will definitely involve them in a couple stories using  monsters directly found at deep sea . If I decide to write about creatures not only found in the ocean, I will hit close to home with the tale of the  Oklahoma Octopus . Through these stories, I want to show the readers how vast the world is, and how eerie things could be in the unknown below water. Sea Monster, via  PetLife

 1.  The Oklahoma Octopus Professor Gibbs threw this story my way as an idea for sea monsters, and it totally unlocked a memory I forgot I had. From seeing this article, I remember a long time ago I watched a show on Netflix called "Lost Tapes". One of those tapes, was about the legend of the Oklahoma Octopus in Lake Thunderbird. This intrigued me as I have always loved stories about the ocean and creatures in it, plus it took place in Oklahoma and claimed to be true. If I were to make a story based off this legend, I could go back and watch that Netflix episode for reference and use my prior knowledge of Oklahoma and lakes to creatively make a story. 2.  The Devil Whale This is a monster I had not heard of, but it is very interesting. The legend goes on to say this whale is as big as an island, and is able to swallow ships whole. If I were to use this as my story, I could maybe to add elements of Moby Dick into the story, making them the "Twin Tower"monsters of the...

  A Sea Monster, via  Medium Topic 1:  Sea Monsters     This would be a very interesting topic for me because I feel like it is so open-ended. I have always loved stories that might be a little  eerie, and it doesn't get much better than unknown monsters. With sea monsters being masked by the water, they are often not as easy to picture as one could picture Bigfoot or Frankenstein. This leaves so much room for creativity when it comes to the monsters themselves, whether I told a twist on Moby Dick, or an unknown story of the Pirates of the Caribbean.  Topic 2:  The Lovers of Zeus     I wrote about this one initially when we first started exploring storybooks, and I had to revisit it. A story in this format would be so fun to write about, as my love for greek mythology goes back to my elementary days. However, the twist from this story is what makes it so appealing. The intense personification of the gods...