Mythology and Folklore 101

In the town Cabul lived the daughter of an esteemed aristocrat. His daughter Zerah was one of the most beautiful women in the entire city. Her eyes were sparking, her teeth were pearly white, and on top of that she had a wonderful personality that drew everyone to her.  Zerah was always the talk of the town. She had men trying to court her from cities both near and far. Even when she was in the comfort of her own home she would constantly have men come to her door in attempts to win her heart. Eventually, Zerah became so fed up with men constantly chasing her she decided she was going to go on a much needed vacation.  Zerah packed up her belongings and told her father she was going to be gone for a few weeks. Her father was worried about her safety so he sent two men with her to protect her along her journey. As Zerah began her journey she constantly had to deal with men following her and change her course of travel so they would lose her. As Zerah and her men...

Reading Part B: The Merchant whose Daughter was Lost Bibliography:  Tales of a Parrot unit. Story source: The Tooti Nameh or Tales of a Parrot, by Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi (1801).  Link to Story As soon as I read the title of this story I immediately thought of the Movie 'Taken' with Liam Neeson. I think if I was to choose this story that I would make it similar to the movie and add some more action to it while keeping a similar storyline to the original story. I would probably make the daughter someone that traveled to a differnt country and all of the men there thought she was the most beautiful thing they had ever seen. Instead of the dad being in America like in the movie I will make him an important public figure. I think having this perspective will make it a little more interesting. Maybe instead of the men who are courting her rescuing her I may have the dad go FBI agent on them and he would rescue her.  ( The Movie Taken )

Reading Part A: The Parrot of the Ferukh Bag Bibliography: Tales of a Parrot unit. Story Source: The Tooti Nameh or Tales of a Parrot, by Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi (1801).  Link to Story I really like the farm tale stories. Last week I read the Arabian Nights story and there was also a parrot as a part of the main storyline. If I was to use this story for the assignment due Thursday I think I would make it relate to modern times. I really like the idea of giving parrots human characteristics. I have always been intrigued by how parrots can repeat what you say to them back to you. So I may take advantage of that by making the parrot seem more human-like. I may go into more detail on how the parrot made the wife his servant in order for him not to tell her husband that she has been cheating. I think it would be unique to end the story by the husband finding out about the wife cheating instead of her just getting away with it.  ( The Parrot )

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 )

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Life After Being A Giant.... After being injured by Moses the Giant Og life changed for the worse. No longer was Og the ruler of the giants he was not just an average human being. Og soon realized that it would be more difficult to adapt to being a human versus a giant that was used to towering over everyone.  Og was stunned by the fact that Moses who was much shorter and not at as strong as Og was able to strike him and change him into being an average human. Og said to Moses "how could you do this to me, was there any other punishment you could have given to me". Moses responded with anger and frustration saying "no Og you broke your word to the Father Noah who saved your life when the floods were coming, after all,  you could have died years ago you are lucky you have been a giant this long"  Og soon realized that he was going to have to adjust to being a regular human. Although Og was free of his "servant" duties he would have to establish...