Lindsi's Myth & Folklore

The story of Beowulf written by Strafford Riggs Wealhtheow honoring Beowulf I am actually writing about a few stories of Beowulf for my storybook so reading back through these has been very helpful for refreshing my memory! I love the story of Beowulf. Beowulf is a strong lad from the beginning. He is always quiet in his stories and he is quiet a young man as well. It is nice to see how he evolves through his adventures. Before Grendel he was pent up with anger of having not been able to show or use his true power. His peers and elders are envious of Beowulf for he had already defeated dragons and other arrays of monsters. He was much stronger than them at his age. Beowulf is the son of the Queen's sister. The first half of this tale takes us through Beowulf's first journey to show his REAL strength.

Crash Course Myth: Monsters, Horses, Dragons This was a really fun one to watch! The definition for monster, "to describe something or someone outside the bounds of acceptable form or behavior," means there are more monsters out there than we know. This definition can easily develop into many monsters depending on how a person perceived another's actions. I may think someone is a monster for littering because in my mind that is outside the bounds of acceptable behavior. Wendigo Monsters are very important for mythological stories. Without them who would the heroes fight? Monsters make our stories more interesting and fun. I like the story of the Wendigo because it shows a human fear much like all monsters do. The Wendigo is a monster that originated in Canada. It lives in the forest and its favorite food is humans. This story came to be because in dreadful winters food was scarce and the people would often go hungry. Unfortunately this would result in cannibalism i...

Organized After reviewing this Canvas Calendar tech tip I am kind of sad that I have not been using it the whole time I have been at OU. I love how clearly it shows all of the assignments for the class and crosses out the ones you have already completed. I usually write down everything in my own personal calendar, which is great, but sometimes I miss things or a professor changes the dates on something so this digital calendar is a great option for that. I recommend other students trying out this helpful organizational application. I am graduating this semester so I will not be able to use it much longer but I will use it while I can!

I really like this tech tip! DuckDuckGo is an extension you can add to your google chrome so you don't have to get those annoying ads everywhere you surf the net. It is a search engine that does not leave a trail. This prevents your identification from being seen, which helps with the ads that pop up from one thing you searched about a pair a Bombas socks getting all over your computer. On a separate note, if you have not tried Bombas socks you most definitely should. Anyways, I recommend trying DDG to your search engine! It is nice to not be tracked all the time. Peace! DuckDuckGo 

Crash Course Myth There are so many people in these videos it is hard to keep track! I think there is really something about the reason we have all of these stories about the rituals of death and gods and goddesses and such. People fear death and this is one way we cope with it. We want to think there are other ways to live after death. The Egyptians built huge pyramids to keep their leaders preserved so they might live again. I am surprised that Greek stories have such violence but I suppose stories have always had a lot of violence and do now more than ever. I learned the differences between gods, demigods, and heroes. Gods are born from even larger entities and other very strange ways. I thought it was very cool and a little dark that Kronos was worried his children would overthrow or become more powerful than him so he swallowed him whole, which was a poor decision on his part because they are immortal and powerful. I liked learning about Hercules in more detail. All I know a...

Mississippi Valley/ Great Lakes stories edited by Katharine Berry Judson Aurora Borealis Many of the stories in part B are how animals got their characteristics. How the deer got its short nose, how the bear got a short tail and such. I think it would be interesting to do this but with human characteristics. One story tells about what food the animals want but it must make sense with how capable they are. When the deer wanted to eat the Indians the rabbit said it could not be done because they are too strong and he was right. The indian killed the deer so now deer eat fruits and grass. There are also a few stories about the stars, moon and sun. These could be changed in many ways. In the some stories they are human and in others they seem more powerful. You can tell that animals are important in these Indian stories.

Mississippi Valley/Great Lakes notes edited by Katherine Berry Judson The first half of these were difficult to decipher. The writer makes it sound like the animals are humans or maybe demons I am just not sure. These stories are full of tricks, which I do not like much. Maybe I will change the stories around to not be so tricky or make the tricksters pay. I would also like to make the stories more clear for the reader. My favorite story was at the very end with the tar baby because it was the most understandable of them all. There are character's like Kon that were not explained very well so I would like to give the characters more detail. Tar baby