Taylor's Myths

For reading part B I chose to a story out of the Bible Women section,  Elizabeth and Mary  . Elizabeth is known as the wife of Priest Zechariah. They were both old and Elizabeth could not bare children. He had been praying for a son and because him and his wife was obedient to God and angel named Gabriel appeared before him and told him that they would bare a child. The angel told him the son it not to drink wine or any alcoholic beverage and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit.  Zechariah could not believe it and doubted the angel. He made him silent until the child is bon. God also gave Mary a child as well, who she was to name Jesus. I think this could be turned into a story where the two men who are husbands are like, How in the world are you are pregnant and we have not had intercourse. I could do an infidelity story but in the end the women were really pregnant by the Holy Spirit. However, the women will have to fight for their marriage.   Gabriel...

This week I chose to read about the failure of man in the  Adam and Eve  unit. There is a serpent that is very manipulative to Eve. Adam and Eve were placed in a garden and was told by God. They can eat from all of the trees except for one. They are not to eat the fruit of the tree. Adam commanded Eve not to even touch the tree. However, the serpent confined her to do so. This kind of reminds me of the time when we are kids and out parents says, " Hey, don't you do that". That, maybe being, playing with fire or talking to strangers. I think that could be a good story line to base off of this story. As the story continues, the serpent eats the fruit off the tree and does not die. Eve was then conflicted because God told her if she ate from the tree she would die. So she felt as if she was being lied to and ate the apple and she saw death fall upon her. Now she gets all living things to eat the fruit so she is not alone. God appears and is disappointed. I think I can do...

My reading notes for part be will come from  Biblical Stories plus Apocrypha  specifically the Noahs Ark Unit.  :  The Legends of the Jews  by Louis Ginzberg (1909): Book 1, Chapter 4 Noah [ LIBRIVOX AUDIO ].  This story is taking place after the flood has happened. The story starts of my saying the earth took its old form at the end of the year of punishment. Noah was scared to leave the ark because he though God was going to flood the earth again. He did not abandon the ark until God promised he would not do so. This kinda reminds me of when I was a little kid and I would make my mom promise me something before I would do a certain task. I may create a story based off of my childhood experience. Noah wept when he stepped off the boat because of how terribly everything was destroyed. He said to God  that he should have had more mercy on the creatures. God had Noah pick two of every creature to save. I think it wold be cool to have the animals in ...

I chose to pick a reading from the   Gospel of Mark  Unit from the King James Bible (1611). I enjoyed a few readings in Unit A like, The Miracles of Jesus and Jesus the Healer. The Gospel of Mark is familiar to me because I was raised in a christian home.    Gospel Book of Otto III The setting of t his story is in the Gadarenes. It is explained to be a sea close. A man with a unclean spirit and couldn't be tame him. He would cut himself with stones. I think I want to give the man a name, maybe angel. I know that may seem weird to name a disturbed man angel. However, I think in my story I can maybe change his outcome to something as great as an angel.  Angel asked God what must he do not to be tormented and God demanded the unclean spirit must come out of the man . God possessed the pigs with the demon spirits and the pigs ran down the hill and drowned in the lake. People could not believe the demoted possessed man was pure. What is weird is...

I chose to take notes Origin Stories:The Moon. In the overview, It mentions how different cultures have different approaches to how things are made. It is always interesting to me to see the creativity in some of the stories. The Man in the Moon story was interesting to read because the man started out as a blacksmith. He complained and was granted to turn into a rock. His complaints were endless and he turned into multiple things until the wiseman told him he has to stay being the moon. If I were to re-write this story I would use the same story line but just change the things he turn into. I have always had this weird obsession with sloths. I think it would be cool to talk about how the sloths were made in a mythological way. I am probably going to start the character off as a teacher and have him complain about how bad the students are. Next, I am going to have him turn into a landscaper  because he wants peace and then he turns into fish because landscaping made him thirs...

Of the Pretty stranger who Killed the King notes: The main character is MBOTU a famous king of Old Town, Calabar. He had many enemies and they wanted to kill him but they couldn't. The people of the town was not strong enough. Therefore they found a witch that could turn herself into anything she wanted. This reminds me of situations we have today within out presidential and governmental system. There are always a group of people who are not pleased with decisions made during elections or even after elections. They may not be satisfied with the decisions the president makes. I am thinking I may choose a past President of the United States and have one of the citizens that want to kill the President to turn into the Vice-President or someone who does not pose a threat to the President. It would be a cool idea to maybe have multiple people running for Vice-President and have the one he likes the most, turn on him. The king became aware of the witch because of how beautiful she wa...

Unit Nigeria   leopard Unit Nigeria caught my attention because I just completed my capstone over countries in Africa and Nigeria was one of them. The story that particularly intrigued me is The Fish and the Leopard's Wife. I think it is funny how the fish is a great friend of the leopard. Considering how today, a cat/leopard is known to kill fish. Maybe this story will give me the inside scoop on why cats/leopard's have a like to kill fish!    Unit: Bible Women Abraham, Sarah, and the Angel, by Jan Provoost Unit : Bible women caught my attention because it is familiar to me. I grew up in a christian house-hold. So, some of these stories are familiar to me. The story that I find interesting the most is the story of Sarah. I think it is mind-blowing that Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born unto him. Considering what I know about human anatomy, that is quite impressive.  Unit: Egyptian Myths Unit : Egyptian Myths see...