MLLL-3043 Myth and Folklore Blog

 For my capstone class I have to write my independent project paper. I have only written the methods for my experiment. I still have to do additional research as well as identify my organism. I only did a couple of physiological and biochemical tests so hopefully I can get a tentative identification for the organism I isolated from soil. I also have to study for my Pathogenic Lab class. I have a test in there on Wednesday and the material for this unit is a lot more extensive than the last. The last two weeks in that class have gotten hard and it takes me three times as long to get the lecture done since I'm always rewinding to hear a specific detail. My friends have been slightly distant this week. I think it could be stress, however, sometimes it makes me feel bad when they won't talk to me normal. I wonder if they are talking to their other friends normally or if it's just me and my other close friend. My roommate and I are great though. Love her. She's so nice and w

I feel like I never have enough time for anything especially at the end of this semester. I am grateful that this class will end so I can focus on more of my more intensive classes. My other classes are kicking my butt. That is not an understatement.    ( The Now Clock )

 I didn't know you were able to change colors and rename the classes on canvas. I rearranged my classes moved them in order of what makes sense to me. I look at it everyday and I wished I changed it before because sometimes the icon colors are so similar (not to mention not my favorite color) that I will just click on the wrong one. It also took me awhile to memorize the numbers for the classes. It would've been easier to rename them to the name of the class instead of looking at the class code, 

   Stories source:   The Story of Beowulf by Strafford Riggs Grendel Attacks For the most part, there was a heavy emphasis on the description of the setting, especially the darkness, the trees, the fog, and the wind  This really set up for the introduction of Grendel, which would be the antagonist that Beowulf would have to fight against "The fog parted evenly, and in the wide path is made through the night, a Shadow loomed gigantic in all that was left of moonlight" In terms of the Grendel, the author first characterized it as the "Shadow" Of course, the author already knew what the creature was, but I think the usage of this name was for the readers to see from Beowulf's point of view Also, it could be for a dramatic effect that would set up for the introduction of Grendel Everything that happened within this story was of little to no action, except for the end. However, the author did a great job of vividly describing the setting and expanding on the environm

  Stories reference below were from  The Story of Beowulf by Strafford Riggs King Hygelac of Geatsland  Started off the story with a common introductory sentence, "Once upon a time, ... " Is this too overused? Tacky? Why do so many fairy tales and accompanying myths start off with this introduction? At the beginning of the story, before the characters were introduced, the author illustrated the setting of the story -- the monsters that resided in the oceans, the beasts that were in the forests For many of them, the author included ghastly details -- something to intrigue the reader into continuing with the story There was also a lot of discussion about the cultures of the lands and their surrounding lands as well. About how they were warring constantly At first, I thought this story wasn't as fantastical as it was made out to be. When I came upon the fact that there were monsters was where the story got a lot more interesting for me and my mind was filled with the possibi

   Stories are derived from   Dante's Divine Comedy, by Tony Kline The Minotaur and the Centaurs With the introduction, it connects to the story of the Minotaur and Theseus, which was the one who slain him and sent him to the Underworld Virgil mentioned his doom and the hero that done the deed to the Minotaur, which made the Minotaur very upset, which was a sign for Dante to descend further into the Underworld There didn't need to be an additional story that was added for the Minotaur, which made a special appearance laying on the top of a gully, but that's all There were a group of centaurs seen after the descent into the 7th circle, each of them armed and racing one after the other like they would on the Earth above When questioned, Virgil said that he would only answer to Chiron, which by further research was the son of the Titan Cronus Why does this make him important? Why do they seek only him? The one that was speaking to him happened to be Nessus, but how does Virgil

For this week's tech tip, I added the Creative Commons extension to my Google Chrome. I've been pretty frustrated for a long time going to Google, find the image that I was looking for, download it, find the downloaded file, and then inserting it to the blog post! It's not too much of an ordeal, but it's definitely a hassle to do these steps over and over again. However, with this, it's just a whole lot easier for me to insert these images! I can simply download it from the extension and drag the image from the downloaded files here. (Photo of Roses by Lucy Cuneo )

   Stories below are derived from   Dante's Divine Comedy, by Tony Kline Dante and Virgil Very good introduction, the author is either talking to himself or directly to the reader. He tells of how lost and scared he was when entering the "impenetrable" woods, creating a personal note to the reader about how fearful he was Doesn't say too much, but definitely instilled a mood for the reader to start with the rest of the story Included a character called Divine Love Will this character be introduced later? Or was this just a general idea that the readers should know about? A manifestation of a feeling or emotion as a tangible character? When Dante met Virgil, Virgil introduced himself in a very odd way. He included many names of his lineage as well as who was associated with him in the past It also seemed that Dante knew who Virgil was, and also regarded him as his "master" VIRGIL IS HIS GUIDE THROUGH HELL?? At this point, it makes a lot more sense about who D

Stories derived from  Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston The Headless Princess The king has a daughter who was an "enchantress" Usually, I've never read of royalty having any powers at all. Does the King also have powers? If not, why only the princess? The story is odd in terms of the message that it was trying to convey. For the most part, I couldn't figure out if the enchantress was supposed to be the protagonist or the antagonist because it was the priest's son that was peeping. I like how for ritualistic reasons, there are various details .. such as the number of days and the things the characters had to do to prevent from being taken away How did the old woman already know that the Princess was a witch from the start? (The Headless Princess. Source:  RTOO )

  Stories derived from  Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S. Ralston  Russia: The Dead Mother There is mentioned a certain village but did not specifically mention the name of the village  This can add to the anonymous atmosphere of the story, which creates a good introduction to the rest of the story Mentioned terminology that was specific to the region of the origin of the story In this case, it was the "moujik" which directly refers to a Russian serf -- basically an unfree peasant of Russia This could categorize as a horror story, something that could invoke terror in the readers Mentions the dead mother next to the cradle of the baby, which was something that the reader did not expect because the story started with the dead mother dying after childbirth! Maybe there's an all-encompassing theme to the rest of the story about the relationship between the baby and the mother, which in this case, can expand passed the limited time on Earth (Mother and Her Child. Source:  Fairy

For this challenge, I added the word count extension on my browser as well as learned more about my bookmarks section. Especially for the weekly assignments, this is incredibly useful as I would always have to go through the original homepage or look at the emails to find the link to the assignment websites. However, with the assignments, it's frustrating too as you have to change the weeks as the bookmark is only for that one specific week. However, I think for anything else, such as frequently visited websites, this is highly useful. In addition, the word-counter is also very useful for assignments as well as for papers! If only I used this before. (Word Counter. Source:  Wordcounter.net ) 

For this Growth Mindset assignment, I did the acronym challenge. For this one, I chose N.A.P., which stands for No: Ask Permission. I did this because I think that this theme was something that I have had trouble with for the longest time, and for a while, I've strayed away from doing something because I thought it "wasn't allowed." However, throughout the years, I've learned that it doesn't always matter what was wrong and what was allowed, and it was more about asking for forgiveness after than asking for permission in the first place! Of course, this doesn't apply to everything, but I think this is a roadblock for many chances to get a good experience! (Never ask for Permission. Source:  BrainyQuote )

Stories are derived from  Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs  Connla and the Fairy Maiden Dialogue form stories between characters are very old-fashioned, parallel with the location/origin of the story For example: "Whence comest thou, maiden" Dialogue is also written in poetic form. This can be used for dramatic effect for the introduction of the character as well as the backstory Inclusion of magic in the story, but power is not directly shown but described Druids Member of high-ranking class in Celtic cultures, sometimes as religious leaders, or also legal authorities Priests, teachers, judges (The Fairy Maiden. Source:  J. Batten )

Little Tommy was not a good child. He lived in a wonderful house with his parents and little sister. His sister was the definition of a good child, always pleasing her parents. Tommy, on the other hand, always misbehaved. He would steal. He would bully the little neighborhood kids. He sometimes would run away in the middle of the chase after the squirrels and rabbits in his park. His parents would warn him that he had better watch out for Mr. Miacca, who would take bad kids in the middle of the night to feast on them. Little Tommy did not believe in this story. One night, he wanted to confront Mr. Miacca by rounding up as many squirrels and rabbits as he can and locked them up. His sister pleaded with him to stop but Tommy scared her home. Little Tommy was never seen the morning after. His sister was left with a toy rabbit on her windowsill. Author's Note: This story was derived from the many tales of Mr. Miacca, according to English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs . In the story, Tom

I'm a cat. For as long as I've remembered, I've always been a cat. I've lived in this house in this village ever since I was a small kitten. There is a wife and a husband, my caring owners. I also live with a dog. I've always had good relations with the dog, however, it does make me mad sometimes that it seems like the dog always gets my owner's attention. Nonetheless, there was no bad blood between me and the dog. We lived well for a long time until recently, we weren't. I noticed that the wife and husband, my owners, grew poorer and poorer by the day! I had wondered what had happened. The dog noticed too, but he had no idea. For several weeks, we've tried our best to be supportive of our owners. However, as the days and weeks passed, it seems clear that their conditions were getting worse and worse. One day, the dog came up to me and told me about how he had noticed that the owners do not have their gold ring anymore. I never thought anything of the r

Robin Hood is in disguise once again, this time as a shepherd. Barnsdale is a real place in South Yorkshire, England, and its association with the Robin Hood legend is one of its claims to fame. To disguise himself as a beggar, Little John needs "palmer's weed." The word " palmer " refers to a pilgrim who had visited the holy places of the Middle East and brought back a palm leaf as a token of the pilgrimage. Meanwhile, the word "weed" here refers to clothing, as in the phrase "widow's weeds." The word comes from the Old English waed, meaning "garment." You will also see the word "carel" (carril, carl) in this ballad, which means a low-born person. Bibliography:  The English and Scottish Popular Ballads  by Francis James Child (1882-1898). ( Little John )

Story source: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child (1882-1898). Robin meets the mother of three poachers, and in order to rescue them, Robin once again disguises himself, this time as a beggar, paying a beggar an extravagant amount of money (forty shillings) to take his place. There are many different versions of this story; in some the boys are brothers (as here), while in other stories they are members of Robin Hood's own band of Merry Men.  ( Statue )

( Gummy bears ) Momma Gummy Bear told her kids that she would be home soon. She was taking a trip sugar store for some food. She locked the door as always and started down the road. All the sudden Hard Candy Bear attacked Momma Gummy Bear. Hard Candy Bear was hungry and devoured her piece by piece until she was gone. Hard Gummy Bear walked back to the house to try to eat her kids.  There was a knock at the door. The kids looked at each other in confusion. Momma Gummy bear told them not to answer the door for anyone until she was gone. They yelled out "Who is it?"  "It's me! Momma! I need to grab something real quick and my hands are full" said Hard Gummy Bear in his highest voice.  The kids looked at each other and immediately knew that it was not their mom and they were in trouble. "Oh nevermind! I'll open the door if you guys won't". Hard Candy Bear had knocked the door clean open. He made the kids take care of him while he was impersonating

 These works were shorter of that to the Fox stories I previously read. The stanzas are shorter, but they still rhyme like the Fox section. I chose dogs as opposed to the other animal choices because I am a sucker for dogs. The stories reminded me of the saying "a dog is a man's best friend". These stories reminded me of specific people that I've met or characters in TV.  ( illustration from Baby's Book of Fables ) Bibliography:  The Fables of Phaedrus , translated by Christopher Smart (1887).

 I like how all of these stories rhyme as they are formatted in a poem. It's very creative and I don't think I could personally do it. In the first story the fox which in normal stories is the trickster is outwitted by another animal. This was a nice twist on a traditional story than what I have read for this class previously. The last story, however, brings it back home where the fox is a trickster to a goat. Goats are traditionally viewed as a very intelligent animal so this was a bit surprising, but still within character.  I noticed with some rhyming patterns that they were the same from each stanza which is impressive.  ( illustration from Baby's Book of Fables ) Bibliography:  The Fables of Phaedrus , translated by Christopher Smart (1887).