MLLL-3043 Myth and Folklore Blog

  My story source that I will use for the majority of my inspiration is: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changeling 1st story: the fairy parents reasoning behind switching the babies 2nd story: the human baby realizing it's not a fairy  3rd story: where the fairy baby is 4th story: I may want to reunite the fairy parents with the changeling and realizing maybe it wasn't best to switch the two babies.  The stories in this project will connect altogether. I want the main idea to be that things happen for a reason and that if things were meant to be it will eventually work out.  (A fairy baby from  Tom Halvereson )

I would like to tell a story of the fairy parents and their reasoning behind switching the babies. From my research, some possible reasons that fairies did this were because they wanted that human child to act as a servant, or this was an act of punishment to the human parents. In the scandinavian tales of trolls, they would switch babies so their own would have a good life. I would like to play on the fact that the parents wanted their own to have a better life. Maybe there was a food blight and they couldn't provide for a growing baby. Once they switched the babies, I want to write about how they even may have seen the human baby as their own.  The next story I would like to tell is the human baby realizing it wasn't a fairy. In my research, the human child usually stays with the fairy families. I think there would be a internal struggle if the human baby would go back or stay with the fairy family.  The last story I would like to tell is the changeling baby and the parents...

I would potentially like to retell King Arthur and some members of his round table. Each section it could be retold in a different character's perspective which could be interesting into diving in on how they felt. Growing up, I was captivated by knights and shining armors. I feel like doing research over this topic will feel nostalgic and interesting. Not to mention that  King Arthur and Excalibur is a pretty well known story. I think it could be fun trying to turn it modern and maybe doing a twist of it in school. I also think it could be fun retelling King Arthur as a girl. Link.  Another topic I would like to explore is Fairytale Villains. Villains are always the antagonists, but I think it could be fun to retell a story or two as them as the protagonist. The stories that they are told in are always black and white. If life has taught me anything is that it is never just black and white and that it is a whole rainbow. Giving humanizing qualiti...