Folklore

Most Native American tribes have a long ongoing tradition of sharing stories about their history and beliefs. These stories and legends weren't written down, but were passed down orally from generation to generation. Native Americans were great writers and had were very honorable people to one another and their land. Traditional Native stories like “Song of the Sky Loom” by a Tewa Indian, “Sun My Relative” by a Havasupai Indian, and “I Have Killed the Deer” by a Taos Pueblo Indian are very…

Passing on Traditions, One Generation at a Time The world is revolving and advancing more efficiently each day. Although some things change and exceed any expectations, other things stay the same. Traditions are ideas, activities, lifestyles, or customs that are passed down from generation to generation. It could be something you carry on everyday or a certain day of the year. In the book, Night Flying Woman, by Ignatia Broker, the idea of traditions is portrayed many times. The book Broker…

The Grecians are famous for their mythological interpretations of the natural world, tales fill with gods, heroes, and monsters are set to represent and educate the ethical beliefs of the country to its people. Tragic heroes are often at the core of these stories. According to Sophocles, “though nobles, [heroes] are swayed by emotions like pity, grief, love or desire for fame”1, this often lead to them through a journey to gain fame or to redeem themselves (Misra, pg.26). Often their journey is…

Where The Wild Lamassu Are I chose this particular limestone masterpiece made in Iraq in 750 BCE, for the Assyrian palace, because I felt a personal connection with the Lamassu. Growing up, my family had many statues such as the large and beautiful four seasons around the yard that tower over a human, mythical creatures hidden in the gardens and trolls from Norway hidden around the house spontaneously scaring guests. Also, as a child my favorite book was Where the Wild Things Are, The Lamassu…

Analysis of Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty is one of the most popular fairy tales heard and recited around the world. Some people have tried their best to make this fairy tale disappear from a historic collection of fairy tales, as the heroine was deemed “the most passive and repellent” (Tatar, pg. 117, 2017). However, different versions and film adaptations of Sleeping Beauty has been created for centuries. Hence, this version of the fairy tale that will be analysed throughout the essay has…

In Native American culture, folktales are passed down from generation to generation and used as a means of conveying messages and lessons about life. Many times in folktales, there are supernatural spirits that become embodied in human or semi-human characters and their stories are then often left up to the interpretation of those reading or hearing the tale. Much like folktales, ambiguity within “Deer Dancer” by Joy Harjo is leaves the story up to the interpretation of the reader. One way to…

The Devil and Rumpelstiltskin Literature is full of genres. The genres can be complex to simple. They also can seem to be equate, especially if it is in the same genre. The genre of fairy tales or folk tales is an entire genre of made-up stories for children usually ending with a theme or a life lesson. Grimm’s Fairy Tales is a twisted version of the known fairy tales. It distorts the downplayed child’s version. Two stories in Grimm’s Fairy Tales, The Devil and his Grandmother and…

This story explains the story of fairy tale in which the dreams play a big role in this story. This story also explain the inter wishing of a person and his faintly over his love one. He believes to have power, to get the women of his drams and to find a way out of the frost. A woman was raise in the Holocaust and now her story is told in a fairy tale so little children can understand. This story is manly a flash back that she had. Her grandmother was killed for her religion, not knowing she…

In contemporary times, the word “myth” signifies a misrepresentation of facts, rumors, or imaginary stories. According to William Bascom, “Myths are prose narratives which, in the society in which they are told, are considered to be truthful accounts of what happened in the remote past (9). In other words, a myth narrates important historical, religious, and social aspects of a period, but contains a famous cultural hero that mirrors that society. For example, the life and death of the Volscian…

"Obsessed by a fairytale, we spend our lives searching for a magic door and a lost kingdom of peace" (Eugene O'Neill). People are brought up being taught that that a fairytale is a fictional story that may feature folkloric characters and enchantments, often involving a far fetched sequence of events. But the reality is fairytales are fabricated stories, intended to deceive the reader. Disney deceives its readers by heavily fluffing up its stories with enchantment, taking away the story line…