Myth-Folklore 2020

  These notes are based off Qalaganguase, Who Passed to the Land of Ghosts which is an Inuit Folktale, found in Eskimo Folk-Tales by Knud Rasmussen (1921). ·         I’m looking for stories to work in my spooky story portfolio ·         This one almost works, since it’s a ghost story. However, to me, it’s not that creepy ·         It’s kind of calm and relaxing o    Should I change it? o    Or should I just add in a story that is strange, but not sad/scary ·         Anyway, this story is about Qalaganguase. His entire family died after eating seaweed o    At first, his sister was left (alive) to look after him, but she soon died also ·         One day, Qalaganguase had lost some of this strength. The lower part of his body didn’t work ·     ...

 These notes are taken from The Headless Princess , a Russian Folktale found in Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S.. Ralston (1887).  Another wild Russian folktale that would work perfectly in my portfolio!  The only thing I would change about this story is updating it a little bit I wouldn't make it a kingdom/ or king/queen, with a priest It would be a young boy with a babysitter that acts weirdly She'll be the headless zombie thing that's wandering around The story goes like this: The King's daughter is an enchantress (witch) There's boy that is the son of a priest While walking home one day, he passes the palace  He looks into one of the windows and watches as the princess DETACHES HER HEAD  She washes her head with clean water and combs out her hair So many questions. Is this her original head?  Did she steal it from someone else? What if she has a whole collection of heads that she can change out (I used to have a Bratz doll that did that lol) I could chan...

 These notes are based off The Treasure which is a Russian Folktale from Russian Fairy Tales by W. R. S Ralston (1887).  This story is so crazy! I know it's like a moral tale, and seems to fit the normal "fairy tale" vibe, but it gets so creeepy! I definitely add a version of this to my portfolio It starts out like a normal story There is an old poor couple that lives in an a far away kingdom When a harsh winter hits, the old woman dies, leaving the old man alone Since he is poor, he is unable to give his wife a proper burial. He begs friends and neighbors, but no one will help him. Everyone is greedy So where does he go? To the pope! Popes are usually helpful, right?? Nooo For some reason, the pope demands that he pay  The man is too poor, but he does tell the pope that he will be able to pay him back eventually The pope still refuses, and kicks the man out of the church :( So the man has no choice. He tries to bury his wife by himself If I was writing this story for cla...

  So this is actually the first time I'm doing this type of assignment. I've never even looked at this option, but I might be doing it more often in the future.  I really struggled with this class at the start of the semester. I don't know why, but I was just so unmotivated to do any of it. I enjoy this class and the readings, but I just didn't feel like writing anything. So, I got a couple of points behind. I was stressing out about it; it's not like me to ignore things or fall behind in the class.  I am very happy with myself this week though! I finally got it together. I wrote a story last week and updated my project. That put me in a good place for this week! I caught up to the class total points, and I even got ahead in the class. I plan on doing more extra credit so that I can finish the class in week 12. I love doing the weekly readings, so I'm going to work on them ahead of time so I can get the extra 4 points each week. I plan on working for the A. I do...

 These notes are based off The Wizard-Dervish from Forty-four Turkish Fairy Tales by Ignacz Kunos (1913). So this is part 2 of the story. So far the youth and the maiden are together! But, the mother is a witch, and doesn't want them to be together. In this story, I'm interested in the witch figure and all the shape-shifting. Super cool stuff, and I can probably make it scary. The maiden sees that the witch is following them She turns the man in a garden, and she turns into a gardener when the witch catches up with them, she has no idea! she questions "the gardener" and the youth and maiden are able to escape This keeps happening. The only thing that changes is what they shift into Oven and Baker Duck and pond Each time they escape the witch  After they get away from the witch the final time they make it to an inn The youth sets out to get a carriage for the girl He is seized by a dervish The Prince is taken to his father's palace and in the great hall Is this al...

 These notes are from The Fetish of Chilunga which is found in Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort by Richard Edward Dennett (1898). My portfolio is about creepy things happening in a creepy town I think that this story would work nicely in my portfolio! I like the urban legend feel that this story has. It has 2 or 3 incidents that happen to different people in different situations. It's one man telling these stories, but I could change it to multiple people telling stories around a campfire, or at night before bed.  This story centers around a fetish named Boio (the human representative is a princess) He dwells in the earth, and calls to people for offerings Voice of a bird The first story: A woman is gathering sticks when she hears a bird singing  She rudely tells it to be quiet Some invisible force ties her hands behind her back, she is kept there until her husband comes to find her He knows about Boio. The wife didn't know that the bird was Boio They go to the princess...

 These notes are from The Wicked Husband   from Notes on the Folklore of the Fjort by Richard Edward Dennett (1898).  This is such a short story, but I think that I could write an interesting version of this little tale Maybe a microfiction or just a story with a low word count. I like that a lot happens in such a short amount of time.  The couple is getting into an argument! It seems to be a silly argument-- It's over the amount of palm-nuts.  It's hard for me to understand the dialogue--but the man is forcing the wife to go with him into the woods (for palm-nuts). This is where is gets violent, so I'm going to quickly summarize without a lot of detail  He kills his wife! Over a petty argument I thought that this story might be okay with the husband killing his wife Like she disobeyed, so it was okay. BUT no:) The husband is punished for his crime He is burned on a fire, while the smoke is used to dry his wife's body So I don't really want to write th...