Mythology and Folklore 101

The Arrival of the Dragon Bibliography: Beowulf unit. Story source: The Story of Beowulf by Strafford Riggs with illustrations by Henry Pitz (1933). Link to Story I think that if I was to retell this story I would completely disregard everything. Like I have said before I am not a fan of any of the stories in this unit. They are not interesting to me and I find it hard to be creative about them. I think that I would write a story about the Beowulf and the Dragon. There was a show on MTV about a teenage werewolf so it would be kind of cool to write a story about two creatures a dragon and a wolf who were humans most of the time but had the ability to change into a werewolf or dragon. I would just write about a time where their human emotions were set off and they turned into their alter egos. After that happen they had people who were trying to hunt them down.  Warewolf

The Jealous Uncle Bibliography: Native American Hero Tales unit. Story Source: Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson (1929). Link to Story This story reminds me of the Bible story of Cain and Able and Cain ended up killing Able out of jealousy. I think that jealousy is often something that can destroy us. If I was to rewrite this story I would focus more on how the Uncle had to experience the wrath from God after having committed such a crime. I may make it an "Indian god", but I am not sure if I feel comfortable writing about a god that is not the real God. I want to add more detail to the punishment he receives and that his family eventually finds out that it was him who had been killing his family members. I want to make sure that the focus is the moral of the story which that jealousy is an evil monster that can lead us to do terrible things.  Jealousy