MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLORE BLOG, SPRING 2021

 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 t...

       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.    ...

 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 acros...

 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...