Brynlee's Thoughts on Mythology and Folklore

I think feedback is an important part of learning. I know for myself if I do not have the opportunity to correct my mistakes, I often do not go back and do it on my own. We have an education system that is linked to learning for the upcoming test and then reviewing for the final. Often times, the gap in between those two tests has a brain dump and you forget. I appreciate when I get the opportunity to work through what I got wrong or what I didn't do correctly.   My first article was " Why Rejection Hurts So Bad " by Guy Winch. I thought this was interesting because I struggle a lot with feelings of inadequacy. I appreciated his break down of the psychology behind it. I think that many people attribute rejection to internal factors like "I'm not good enough" or "someone will always be the first choice". This was presented as a lie in the article. We tear ourselves down before we even get the chance to understand why the rejection happened. My secon...

 1. My first thought is Greek goddesses. This is a very wide variety of information and that would allow the story to truly be taken in any direction that I wanted. I was thinking of doing a Real Goddess of Ancient Greece, similar to the Real Housewives of Orange County. I am interested in this because there are so many myths written in Ancient Greece but very rarely are they from the woman's perspective. The women, however, often drive the story lines and they are the ones who put the curses on people or fight with the gods.  https://www.ancienthistorylists.com/greek-history/top-10-ancient-greek-goddesses/ This image is a compilation of the Greek gods and goddesses. Source:  Flickr  posted by Kenan Korkmaz. 2.  My second thought was the Norse gods. They, similar to the Greek, have a lot of drama and a lot of key players. I wanted to do an actual rendition of these Norse gods within the Marvel universe. They are thrown in there and they are main characters, but ...

There once was a village that lived right on the edge of the jungle. Because of their proximity, animals would wonder in and out of the village. However, the animals did not bring danger to the townspeople. They lived in harmony. One day, a lion, king of the jungle, was walking through the town. He was trying to decide what to get his sister for her birthday. She was always a big fan of the townspeople's jewelry. He was bouncing from stall to stall at the market. That is when he saw her. The most beautiful maiden he had ever seen. She was tall with light brown hair and hazel eyes that reflected the sun in the perfect way. He was completely awestruck. Across the market, they locked eyes. She had a gentle way about her that made him for once feel like he was not a beast or something to be feared. She held his gaze, until she was ripped away by her mother.      "Don't even think about it, he could tear you to bits in one second" said her mother.     "I don't thi...

 Story Source :  The Key of Gold by Josef Baudis (1922).  In this story, we are taken along a journey of a mother. A mother who wanted nothing more than to provide for her children. It was hard when two of them were very greedy and one of them wanted nothing more than a simple rose. After a long day of shopping, the mother was headed home and got terribly lost. She could not believe she forgot her way home. She ran across this beautiful castle with a beautiful garden. A sudden realization hit the mother, she had forgotten about her youngest. However, the castle had flowers to spare. As she took the flowers, a beast appeared. For payment of the flowers, he was to take her youngest. This was a price too great for the mother to pay, but she could not bargain her way out of it. She went home immediately and told her daughter what she must do. The youngest was not distraught about this at all. She went in a hurry with her mother to the castle. There she met the beast. He infor...

Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4. Week 3: Ovid's Metamorphosis Week 4: Cupid and Psyche Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6. Week 5: Ancient Egypt Week 6: Sindbad Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. [Week 8 is review week.] Week 7: Japanese Mythology  Week 9: Congo Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11. Week 10: Inuit Week 11: Marriage Tales Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13. Week 12: Canterbury Tales  Week 13: Faerie Queene Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15. Week 14: Inferno  Week 15: Russian I am very excited for all of these units. Mythology has always been very intriguing to me because they were spread throughout so many countries and they have such strong similarities but they are not the same. I think that I am most excited for week 3 and 4 because I love Greek mythology. I enjoy learning about the gods and each of their offsp...