Mythology and Folklore 101

The Huhu Gets Married  Bibliography: This story is part of the Cherokee Myths unit. Story source: Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney (1900). Link to Story I really liked this story because I felt like it is every mother's dream to see if her future son-in-law has what it takes to be her daughter's husband. It would be kind of fun to make it a story about how the mother puts her future son-in-law through a series of test versus just having him go to the field to work. I think that through the tests his true character would show and that in the end, he was not the right person for her daughter. I really like this scenario because I think that too often women do not take into account their mothers opinions of their significant other and sometimes the mom ends up being right. Personally though if my mom didn't like my future husband I would not marry him. Another thing I may do in the rewrite is not had them get married because divorce is just as sad.  Mar...

Tobacco and Strawberries  Bibliography: Cherokee Myths unit. Story Source: Myths of the Cherokee by James Mooney (1900). Link to Story After reading the story I thought it was interesting that it was basically two separate stories one about tobacco and the other about strawberries. I think if I was to retell the story I would go into more details on the tobacco rather than the strawberries. I would probably change the tobacco to be something more modern such as an iPhone, coffee, or some other sort of food product. I think the coffee would be interesting because so many people rely on it my story could have a lot of depth since it would be something missed by so many people whereas, tobacco is only used by a limited number of people. Since the story is called tobacco and strawberries if I was to mention the strawberries I would go into more depth on how they were the fruit that brought the husband and wife back together. As of right now, my option is...