Myth-Folklore 2020

 These notes are over "The magic of the Book: Hermann Hesse on Why we Read and Always Will" by Maria Popova  Author is talking about how reading an old book and writing poetry reconnected her with her own childhood memories.  The thrill of reading can be lost when we get older. I think this is in part because of the education system and the way they deal with reading Author reads "The magic of the Book" by Hermann Hesse: Among the many worlds that man did not receive as a gift from nature but created out of his own mind, the world of books is the greatest… Without the word, without the writing of books, there is no history, there is no concept of humanity. And if anyone wants to try to enclose in a small space, in a single house or a single room, the history of the human spirit and to make it his own, he can only do this in the form of a collection of books. (From Hesse) Other quotes other popular book sayings--what do books do for the human experience?  Apparently,...

 These notes are based off of this selection of videos from Crash Course Myth: Monster, Horses, Dragons I'm watching these for more information on monsters. For my storybooks, I'll be focusing on sea monsters, so I want ideas about how to write monsters and how to use them in my stories!  Video #1: Monsters. They're Us, Man" what do mean by monster?  look and act outside of the normal, natural boundary  transgress social boundaries  describe the other (to show!) Look and act monstrous Dracula: Human bat-but have thirst for human blood (transgress sexual boundaries as well!) I wrote an essay on thisss lol Why do they exist? Sent by gods to punish humans  Sea monster sent by poseidon to drown andromeda--  mother bragged about beauty Monster story cycle  repetitive monster appears--menaces   death and destructions the hero saves! (my sammy) monster returns though (power puff girls) episodic monster story these are good things to keep in min...

 These notes are based off Sinbad: Sixth Voyage that is part of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang.  I've started to notice that most of these stories are very similar. They start the same, and end the same Sindbad's friends or fellow sailors usually die, and he is left alone to have his adventure He's always rescued by more sailors/people of the island Sometimes an old captain recognizes him   He always ends up with treasures and riches! This is very episodic He simply fights a different monster or ends up on a different type of island  I want my storybook project to avoid this I want an arch, not just a collection of events, but I don't know if I can pull it off.  Anyway the story notes: Sindbad get bored (as usual), and sets sail! This time he travels far away and sets off from an Indian port Stormy weather hits, and the ship gets lost They end up in the most dangerous part of the sea-the current is about to destroy them The ship crashes ...

 These notes are from Sindbad: First Voyage that is part of The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang.      I'm taking these notes because this is an idea that I had for one of my storybook project stories.  I wanted my main character to rest on a "island" that was really a sea monster.  This is exactly what happens to Sindbad, so I want to see how he deals with it.  Since my character will also be a sailor, I think this story will be helpful for my writing.  Sindbad is rich, and he uses his money at first solely for pleasure (he wastes it!) Anyway, eventually he gets tired of this and ends up on a ship, ready to experience life.  He arrives at the island, a green meadow, along with the rest of the crew  It's very low--it only barely comes out of the water.  The crew starts to relax. Build a fire, etc The island starts to quake! The island is really a whale! The whale was asleep but comes back to life It seems like the whale...