Taylor's Myths

I decided to watch the  Crash Course Mythology  video.  Many myths come in many different versions. You may come across the same story but may be a little different due to interpretation. Some problems with myths are there are not any real authors. Though the eyes of a folkloreist proper myths only deal with the creation of the world, and many myths are religious. There are some myths that don't have any supernatural story lines.  It is mentioned that myths always include some sort of God. I was not aware of that. I feel like it would only be appropriate to have some sort of superior being in my storytelling. I have noticed that the mythical stories that I have came across and the different cultures that I have studied, all have their own version of how the world was created.  Before watching this three part series I did not know what Euhemerism meant. It is interpreted today as myths being primitive explanations of the natural world or as time-dist...

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...