Scandinavian folklore

Slender Man Slender Man a fictional urban legend that was first created in 2009, the creature better known as slender man haves; no face, no hair, very...very thin and wears a dark black suit. Slender man sometimes for joking reasons portrayed like a boogeyman like creature. Basically his made in the horror stories, which many people can tell why. The Slender Man was made by something awful as internet meme, but technically made by some guy named Eric Knudsen. Unlike many urban…

A myth is a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving some supernatural beings or events. Simply put, a myth can be described as a widely-held but false belief or idea. Myths have been used severally by humans over the course of human literature. Examples of common myths include the stories of Icarus and Daedalus, that of Cinderella, Snow White and the seven dwarves and even the stories of…

Mythology is often seen as a beautiful maze of conflicting and colorful tales. Tales that depict real life phenomenon’s woven into creative theatrics lead by Epic Heroes. In the world of mythology, stories of homicide and suicide are matched by carefully crafted tales of parricide and regicide, and no one myth can give a true clear view of overriding the strong impulses that are found in humans, nature and societies all over the world. Myths have proven to be a wonderful guide for explaining and…

Omar Al-ekakili Teacher’s name English 102 9/15/15 How much can You Really Trust the Author While many people think of fairy tales as a way of teaching kids different life lessons, and those people are not wrong, but fairy tales hold much deeper meaning and scripts that kids might not understand. This leaves the job to the adults to decipher and learn the story and see what the author had intentionally put there and in many cases unintentionally leave clues and behaviors that can be used to…

Rebecca McKenney Introduction to Humanities Mr. Mansur 8 September 2016 Listening Log: Jeff Lynne’s ELO John Stickley (host of National Public Radio’s World Café) talks with Jeff Lynne on the January 8th episode of World Café. During the interview, Lynne talks about his career as a producer, his relationships with other artists, and the newest Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) album Alone in the Universe. Stickley mentions that Lynne has “never really been a fan of playing live. I gusee it has to…

The mythological tales that are studied today all stem from the early periods of Anglo-Saxon literature. These stories have been based on ancient views of heroism and larger-than-life characters(Beers 14). Each character in each epic faces many challenges and defeats, which form them into the character they are. Not only do the conflicts they face form them into who they are, but it is also the setting and plot of the story itself. In certain conditions, characters are forced to make important…

Trickster Animals in Native American Folklore Native American folklore is the beliefs, myths, or stories of Native American tribes. Folklore or the act or story telling is used to teach lessons, to help cope with the world, or to explain the origin of something. Often times folklore contains animals that are used to represent trickster. The tricksters are sly animals that device fellow animals for self gain. The most prominent tricksters in Native American folklore are the Coyote, the Hare,…

La Casa Matusita is an urban legend that is known to all people in lima-Peru. This haunted yellow house holds various types of mysteries. Many people prefer to avoid this house, especially during the night for pretty good reasons too. There is not only one, but two versions to how this urban legend goes. One tells of a man who found his wife in bed with another man. After killing both his wife and her lover with a knife, he killed his children and then turned the blade on himself. The other…

J. Michael Straczynski, the American writer and producer, said “[t]he point of mythology or myth is to point to the horizon and to point back to ourselves: This is who we are; this is where we came from; and this is where we're going. And a lot of Western society over the last hundred years - the last 50 years really - has lost that. We have become rather aimless and wandering.” Today when people think of the mythology of Rome, Greece, or Egypt, they might think of statues in museums or parks or…

Written history seems to gain more credibility than do oral history. Over time oral history transforms from what it initially starts with. For example, Nazi Germany slaughtered more than just Jews, but there are more accounts of the Jewish atrocities because there are more written records from the Jews. We do not have enough records of the mass murders of the Gypsies because of their oral culture. As time passed their oral history faded. In fact, when people think of the Holocaust it always…