TabbyCatOwner's Guide to Mythology

I really enjoyed reading these. The Dead Mother took a turn that I did not expect. I am sad that I did not read these sooner to write a story about it, but that's what procrastination and finals look like right now. The Dead Mother was creepy and awesome. I could have made that Dude's wife in my story. I did not expect the ending even with the title. I am not sure what I expected. The Treasure story surprised me. The pope was very greedy and rude. I couldn't believe that he wouldn't help an old man bury his old woman. I did not expect the goatskin to cling to the priest because of his greediness. I enjoyed the story though. Russian Fairy Tales by Ralston Link here Peasants

I chose the Czech stories because they are high in the fantasy aspect and have quite a bit of irony in them. In "The Man Who Met Misery", there are  many  directions I could go with my own retelling  just  from this one story. I love the fact that there is an ogre in the  story. I also enjoy the ring calling out to the ogre to tell him where Francis was. Indeed, this young man met misery, which Is a play on words making you believe that it is a human. "Nine at a Blow" could be an interesting twist to my project story. I am excited to get started.   Czech

I have narrowed my choices for the direction of the story this week. The story about the priest without a church could be useful. I could use this story to make Dude listen to an inanimate object and do interesting things. I will finalize the direction of my story and use one of the ideas. The Chaucer Story Book by Eva March Tappan.  Read Here The Chaucer Story Book

I chose the Canterbury Tales unit because I have heard of them many times, but I have yet to read many. I think it is interesting that it is the pilgrims telling the stories. I enjoyed the story about love and magic. I think that will go highly with my theme in my portfolio. I could also use the parable of death or put in even more of the comical aspects of the original stories. There are so many options here and it is always hard to narrow down just one. I will try to narrow it down in Part B of the reading.    Eva March Tappan's The Chaucer Story Book  Read Here The Chaucer Story Book

I had a difficult time choosing a story this week for a different reason than normal. There were too many stories that I remember as a child that I wanted to use. I missed Part A and will be writing about it in the extra credit reading for this week. I wrote about Beowulf a small amount for my project last semester before I had to withdraw, so I wanted to take a different route this semester. I chose the Faerie Queen: Britomart unit because it has so many different angles that I could use for my Lebowski-esque stories. I like the idea of Dude having a magic aspect to his personality and attributes. He is a very optimistic character in the movie and I want to bring that over in the story I write this week. I could do so many things with a magic mirror especially if I used events from the movie. I am excited. I read Faerie Queen- Britomart Unit. Stories from the Faerie Queene by Mary Macleod. You can read the story here. Faerie Queen

Link to Image Here Dante's Divine Comedy, translated by Tony Kline  Link Here Dante and Virgil   This first section or chapter of the story was hard to follow for me. I will see if it gets better as I continue. There were some cool parts.   T he monsters   T he drama of it all   S eeing ancient spirits in pain   The Gate of Hell and Charon   N o cowards!   No uncertainty!   B eautiful illustration by William Blake that I will be using for my post   "stained, eternally, like sand  spiral ing  in a whirlwind."-- LIKEEEE    'I will tell you, briefly. They have no hope of death, and their darkened life is so mean that they are envious of every other fate. Earth allows no mention of them to exist: mercy and justice reject  them; let us not talk of  them  but  look and pass.'   D espicable crew   C rossing over   Limbo ...