Mythology-Folklore

It is important to not take negative feedback to heart and focus work on improving yourself continuously throughout life in various factors whether that is at home, school, or in the workplace.  (Feedback Image; Web Source:  Pixabay ) The most productive feedback experiences I have had were from professors who I came into office hours for. The most negative were the first drafts or second drafts that were worth many points. I was so afraid of getting points off, so I was more worried about the grade and check marking the rubric rather than really determining if my paper was overall improving. The kind of feedback that helped me grow the most is feedback that I asked for. I was in orchestra throughout middle school and high school. In addition, I had private lessons. I was fine with her feedback because it was expected. Getting negative feedback when you do not expect can be hard.   I read  Why It's So Hard to Hear Negative Feedback  and while it was true th...

Map of South Asia; Web Source:  Wikimedia One topic I am interested in is Pakistani/Indian Folklore. I read  Love Like Salt , and I liked it a lot. It was very interesting to hear the story from the perspective of the king and the perspective of the daughter from different countries.  I am interested in this topic because I am Punjabi/Kashmiri. I understand the history of the region. My family lived in present day India before the partition. I am very familiar with the culture.    I would want to switch up the characters for this story. I am interested in incorporating the stories of  Raja Rasalu .  The story behind his birth is very intriguing as well as the jealous maidens test for him.   I am also interested in  Indian Nights Entertainment  for the same reason that it is an Indian story. I am interested in the romantic tales because my parents are very traditional. They met for the first time on their wedding day. ...

I fell in love with a beautiful girl. We have been dating for 5 years. I have hirsutism, and she was the only one who looked beyond my appearance. I finally decided to tie the knot with my beloved. I was really excited to propose and wanted to secretly break the news to my potential in laws before I proposed.  I knocked on the beautiful brown door.  (Wooden Front Door ;  Web Source:  NeedPix  ) This was the first time we had met, and they were not excited to have me as their son-in-law. Instead of welcoming me with open arms, they called me a lion. They said I had to shave my head and shave my legs in order to marry their daughter. I was astonished, but I went along with their strange demands. They seemed completely harmless. I came again the next day with a shaved head and shaved legs.  They made more demands. They said I needed to give them money and not just a dollar or two but just $5,000 (no biggie.)  I went to the bank and gave them everythi...

One of the most interesting stories throughout the anthology was Pygmalion's story about how he met the love of his life.  (The Origin of Sculpture by Jean-Baptiste  Renault;  Web Source:  Wikimedia ) The Man in the Moon is an origin story from Laos. It shows how the moon was created. It is a story about a blacksmith who was unhappy with his job and wanted to be a stone, a stonecutter, the sun, and lastly the moon. Being a blacksmith was too hot. A stone was painful. A stonecutter was tiring.The sun was hot, and the moon was even hot. A wise man let him change every time except the last time when he wanted to be a blacksmith again. I feel like this story shows that you should be happy where you are.  There was a man who did not want to marry any girl. He created a statue and fell in love with it. He wanted to marry it, so he asked Venus to help him marry a bride like the statue he made. Venus gave him a bride like the statue. This story is very interesting and s...

                                      As someone who is Punjabi, one story that intrigued me was Raja Rasalu.                                                                                                                          (Raja Rasalu; Web Source: Mythology.blogspot.com ) Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4. Week 3:  Bible Women Week 4:  Adam and Eve  Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6. Week 5:  Folklore of the Holy Land: Moslem, ...