TabbyCatOwner's Guide to Mythology

Dude "Well, that's just your opinion, man," replied Dude to Jesus.  Jesus was Dude's arch-nemesis. Jesus never believed in Dude's crazy outlandish ideas. Dude was an open-minded individual, who believed that anything was possible, and Jesus could not stretch his imagination that far. Jesus said, "There is no way that your bowling ball can fall through the sky and into that lava mountain or whatever you call it." Dude retorted, "It's a volcano, bro, and I can make it." Dude and Jesus lived among the clouds and this world is all they have known because for as long as they can remember, the sky people have been scared of the volcano land down below. Dude was different and he believed in magic and bowling. He thought that his bowling ball had magic powers. Walter, his friend, always had Dude's back and let's just say he was the muscle of the two knuckleheads. Walter had a little bit of a temper, so when ...

 Myths and Legends of British North America by Katharine Berry Judson (1917)  Read Here How the Earth was Formed I did not find another story in part b that I would want to recreate. I think that I will stick with part a and the contents there. While reading these stories, I thought to myself if people actually believed in them or if they were just children's stories that are meant to be silly. I know that people believe different things and stories that seem crazy to some, are completely normal to others. I am going to have trouble going along with my theme in my portfolio. I am trying to write ridiculous stories on top of the craziness of the original. These stories have a lot of animals that have supernatural powers or that climb into other skins to become that being. I will figure it out.

Beliefs Five worlds, one above the other. Middle is ours, Earth “Afraid of nothing” War with the mountains The mountains used to be human “Afraid of Nothing’s” visits cause sickness and death Creation of the World Wyandots- sky people The chief’s daughter fell through one world into a world of water The swans caught her fall The animals had a council meeting to see what to do with her Many animals drowned trying to get earth from the sunken tree The turtle is holding up earth and if he moves his foot it causes an earthquake How the Earth Was Formed Wisagatcak asked a wolf to run in circles around the raft with a bit of earth in his mouth The wolf ran in circles until the animals could no longer see him and this made the earth big enough for all the animals They had to wait for the trees to grow up from the raft to get food Creation of the Earth Old Man sent the Sun, Moon, and the Stars into the sky He made the earth woman i...

This is an interesting set of stories. In many of them, the human turns into an animal or vice versa. I know that the Native American tribes' spirituality aligns closely with animals. I am Osage. It took me some time to pick a story. I think it is because I could not follow along with some of them due to either their names in the story or just how crazy it was. I can easily write about humans turning into other animals and doing something unique or strange. This story will be easy to write. I just need it to be worthy of my portfolio, so there is some pressure there. Marriage Tales: Stith Thompson's anthology  read here North American Tales

I am not completely pleased with my progress so far. I need to make time for extra credit to get caught up. Between work and school it is difficult to have any time to myself. I enjoy the readings the most and taking notes the way I want to in order to write the story. I am not taking advantage of the extra credit assignments like I should. I just need to dedicate one full day to get ahead in class. Stress has overcome me and I am trying to do my best. Motivation

I think that the feedback could be more constructive. I find that the comments that let me know if there is confusion or anything in the story help me the most. I believe that I am helping when it comes to grammar, but the content aspect could use improvement. I realize just how immense the possibilities can be when it comes to writing our weekly stories. I do not feel like I am getting to know people because I usually do not connect with people over the internet. I have to see and talk to people physically in order to feel like I have any sense of who they are. I am happy with my introduction post. I believe that I could look up more feedback strategies in order to benefit others and myself. I chose this particular graphic because it clearly states the adjectives that should describe your feedback style. It is concise and I like the colors. I think that it helps more than the others because it does not have as much writing. 21 Components of Effective Feedback

I think that the Laos stories were my favorite. All of the stories involved animals or people and taught you lessons. Each short story made an impact on the reader. I also believe that I could try harder when it comes to the stories and reading notes. I could try different reading and writing strategies. I have not done creative writing other than for this class in a very long time. Business writing has been at the forefront of my mind. Short, sweet, and to the point has been my strategy. Because there are so many choices and venues I could take with my writing, it can make it difficult to start each story. Starting is the hardest part. Reading and Writing