Mythology and Folklore

Once Thunder, Lightning, and Snowflake were all going to the birthday of their close relative, Rain. They all were excited to go celebrate their cousin's birthday, but their mother, Cloud, was sick and could not go. As such, Snowflake was hesitant to go. "How can I leave my dear mother all home alone and in a terrible state while I go have fun with no worry", she thought to her self. Nevertheless, Thunder and Lightning were adamant that they all go and thus Snowflake tagged along. Despite the festive mod, Snowflake felt more and more guilty about her sick mother. She saw Thunder and Lightning cracking jokes and dancing, acting as if they had no worries in the world. Snowflake could not handle it any longer. She quickly took an Uber back home, and tended to her mother. Thunder and  Lightning, being the party animals of the family, remained at the party until the early hours of morning before they finally came back home. When they arrived, they saw that their mother had mir...

Part B of Indian Fairy Tales is like Part A in that it is a collection of short stories. The short story  How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went out to Dinner is typical like other short stories that explain aspects of life or impart wisdom. Personification is prominent in the story as the Sun, Moon, Wind, and Star are all portrayed as living characters. However, they are not presented as humans and still retain some of their celestial and Earthly qualities. Additionally, characters such as Lightning and Thunder are personified. The overall message of the story is to present how each of the celestial bodies and Wind acquired the characteristics that make them what they are known as today. Overall, the Sun and Wind are shaped to be greedy and unjust characters with no regard to their mother, the Star. On the other the hand, the Moon is shaped to be the justly and good one. While the story explains why the sun is scorching, the wind is dry, and the moon cool but bright, it also leaves the rea...

The Indian Fairy Tales are similar to the Jewish Fairy Tales I read last week in that they are a short collection of short stories. Like many short stories and fairy tales, the purpose is to impart a lesson or some wisdom to the reader which the Indian fairy tales cleverly do. Notably is the story of the T he Tiger, The Brahman, and the Jackal . This was actually a story that I had read earlier in the semester, and I had already wrote my own retelling of the story. Nevertheless, reading the story again reminded me of the trickery of the jackal in order to outwit the tiger. When analyzing a single story, The Broken Pot was a fun and quick read. The lesson from the story is not to be greedy and not to take advantage of people as the miser's fantasy of becoming rich and exploiting people would be his downfall. Being Indian, I did notice some details in the story that were unique to Indian culture. One example is the use of rupees in the story which is the currency of India. I also no...