Mythology and Folklore 101

Reading Part B: Arabian Nights unit. Story Source: The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898).  Aladdin Growing up as a child I really enjoyed the Disney Movie Aladdin! I think this story was interesting because you can kind of see where Disney got their inspiration from for their movie. You can definitely see how Disney tends to only focus on the positive details of a story, even though in reality all stories have their obstacles. I think if I was to retell this story I would tell it in the perspective of the princess and how she felt. Or I may tell the story in the perspective of the evil Magician. I really liked reading these stories though because they were the "adult version" of the Disney movie Aladdin.  ( Aladdin & Jasmine )

Reading Part A: The Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1898).  The Parrot and the Ogress After reading the short stories in the Arabian Nights Part A section  I think I want to focus on the story about the Parrot and the Ogress. The direction that I may go for my storytelling is to have the husband actually find out that what his wife did to the parrot. I may make the "punishment" she did to the parrot more relatable to situations now versus the ones given in the story. I did not really like how the wife punished the bird but I think maybe I can tie it to a bigger moral of the story being that the wife was jealous of the parrot or that she was mentally insane.    ( The Parrot )