Reading Diary: Congo continued

The Antelope and the Leopard 
The leopard bet he could hid from the antelope but he was easily found, then the antelope bet his life that he could hid from the leopard. The leopard looked and looked for him but only found a small dog who changed into a maiden. The leopard wanted to marry the maiden but she made the leopard declaw himself, chop off his ears and paw until he had killed himself. This maiden turned into the antelope and won the bet.
How The Spider Won and Lost Nzambi's Daughter 
Nzambi wanted to marry off her daughter and the spider said that he would marry her. The spider and other creatures went to the heavens to get fire from Nzambi Mpungu. When they returned the other creatures said they deserve marriage too because they helped.
The Turtle and The Man 
The man and turtle mad a large trap and then split it so they each had thier own trap. The turtle caught an antelope and an ox helped get it out and prepare it to eat, but when he asked for his share he didn't give it to him so the ox went to destroy his trap. He fell in and died. A leopard came to help to the turtle and when the turtle tried to trick him the leopard kill him and took all his meat.
The Gazelle and The Leopard 
The gazelle and leopard had a plantation together, but the leopard was the only one who put in work. The gazelle went to eat the crops with all his friends and the leopard was very angry when he found this out. The gazelle and his friends killed the leopard.
The Fetish Sunga 
Basa was a skilled fisherman, but he would lie to his family about how much fish he caught and he would smuggle it into his house. Sunga saw him do this and invited him to a feast. She took away his ability to lie.
The Rabbit and The Antelope 
The rabbit and antelope worked together, but the rabbit would leave the antelope to do all the work and eat their food. the antelope found out and told him he couldn't drink from his well anymore and the rabbit said okay. But the rabbit continued to drink from the well and the antelope set a trap and killed him.

Bunny Rabbit Eating 

The Fight Between The Two Fetishes
Lifuma went to the beach to gather shells and such to place around his sea-beach to show ownership. He tripped over an ant-hill and dropped his shells. He declared there should be no more ant-hills in his town.
The Fetish of Chilunga
There was a fetish who had the voice of a man and bird and was invisible. He would tie up the hands of the people who laughed at him or made him angry. One white man didn't believe in the spirit and was to keep watch of the presents and when he wasn't looking the invisible fetish took the presents and the white man believed.
The Leopard and The Crocodile 
A man cut up pine nut for a leopard and the leopard said that if he cut up pine nuts for only him the he would give him a lot of meat, but the man also made this deal with the crocodile. They both gave the man meat and then both requested to eating a dog, an animal they have never seen or eaten before, but the man didn't want to give up his dogs. He told them to meet in a certain location where he would leave the dog for them to eat but when they came it was just the croc and leopard who fought and killed each other thinking the other one was a dog.
Why The Crocodile Doesn't Eat The Hen
A crocodile wanted to eat a hen, but when he was about to eat it they hen would call him brother. The croc was upset by this and went out for expert advise. His friend said that the hen the turtle the duck and the crocodile all lay eggs so they are brothers in a way.
The Three Brothers
Three boys were abandoned by their mother when they were just babies. These brothers set out on their own and found food and became carpenters. They found their father and he went to tell the mother that he found her children. The boys found this women looking for them and they were about to kill her, but didn't when they found out she was their mother.

Week 6: Reading Diary: Congo

How The Wives Restored Their Husbands to Life 
A man Nenpetro had three wives who were always hungry so he went out to kill an ox. He killed one, but then was killed by another ox. One of the wived dreamt of her husband dead, the other guided them to the body and the other raised him from the dead. The man said the wife who raised him from the dead is the most prized.
How Gazelle Got Married
Nenpetro had two daughters, Lenga and Lunga. He said he would only marry them off to a man who could guess their names. An antelope came and couldn't, then a man with his dog came and couldn't do it. The dog stayed behind and learned the names of the daughters and got distracted an dead to go back to the palace many times to learn their names. He finally got back to his master and he married the princesses.
The Vanishing Wife
There was once two brothers and one lived a very lavish life style and the other was poor with no wife. He then had a dream about a woman who asked him to fish and cut the heads off the fish before returning. Then his dream came true and he went fishing everyday. He then tested to see if the woman really hated the heads and when she saw a head on the fish she vanished along with the house and servants.
Another Vanishing Wife 
once again there were two brother, but one was treated very well by his mother and the other was not so he ran away into the woods. He pulled leaves off a tree and they turned into a women who would be his wife and then she mad him attractive and gave him clothes and a house. He was told not to tell about the origins of his wife, but he did. And when he did, his wife, servants and house vanished.
The Jealous Wife
Two women had children and husbands and their husbands left to go trade. The elder wife wanted to kill the younger wife's child and waited until it was dark and killed hi,. When she woke up she realized she killed her own son instead and ran away with the body. When her husband found her made her ear casca tree and killed her.
Ngomba's Balloon 
There were 4 sisters who went out to go fishing, but one of the sisters had horrible sores all over her body. She was sent away from the other three and she started fishing on her own when a murderer came up and cured her of her sore. He then married her and brought her to his town. She made a balloon to escape back to her mothers town where he followed her. They out together a dinner and killed the murderer.
The Wicked Husband 
A woman asked her husband to get more palm nuts but he told her to go with her if she wanted more. He took her into the woods and cut off her arms and legs. The prince soon found out and took the body into town and smoked it with the husbands body burning in the fire.
How Kenga Lost Her Child
Two wives of the same husband had two farms. They agreed whatever was grown on their farms in theirs and not for the other. Kenga had a baby on Gunga's farm and Gunga wouldn't give it to Kenga stating that it was born on her land, therefore it is hers. The prince ruled that the child was Gunga's.
The Twin Brothers 
There were once twin brothers who were born fully grown and with powers. One set out to find his wife and did, then went to a town where no one returns. He was killed and his twin brother went out to find him and used his powers to bring him back to life. The once dead brother killed his twin and then went back to the town.

Fetish with a Mirror 

The Younger Brother Who Knew More Than The Elder
The younger brother went away to another town and made an agreement with the leader of the town he moved to. They made a trap and anything caught in it that was a male would be the younger brothers and anything female would be the town leader. Everything that fell into the trap was male until the younger brothers wife fell into the trap. The town leader claimed her as his because she is female.

Storytelling: Week 5: The Days Of Our Lives in Georgia

Narrator: Last week on The Days Of Our Lives in Georgia..... The kings counsellor, Stefan, wanted to test the loyalty and love of his wife, Daniella, and King Aaron so he killed one of the kings goats and served it to his wife for dinner. After the King realized he was missing a goat he sent out a reward of gold for any man who finds the thief and marriage for any woman who finds him.

King Aaron: Oh hello Daniella! How are you and Stefan? Where is he?

Daniella: That is actually what I wanted to talk to you about... King Aaron, Stefan is the one who stole your goat. He fed it to me last night and confessed to me that it belonged to you after our meal.

King Aaron: What? Stefan? That is very troubling news.  Now I have to execute him. That is not something I want to do because he is the best counsellor I have ever had.

Daniella: ...but we are still getting married? Right?

King Aaron: Um yes, that was the reward. I am still in shock about Stefan. I can not do the execution I will need another man in my court to do the execution. *yells* HAROLD!

Harold: Yes King Aaron?

King Aaron: I need you to execute my counsellor Stefan for the crime of stealing from the King.

Narrator: Little did the king know, Stefan and Harold were very good friends. Stefan told Harold about his plan to test the loyalty of the king and his wife. Harold let him leave the city and executed a criminal in his place. Many months had passed and the kingdom was starting to fall apart.

The Sad King

King Aaron: This place is a disaster. I have no idea what I am doing. I wish Stefan was still my counsellor.

Daniella: who?

King Aaron: STEFAN! Your ex husband and the best counsellor this kingdom had. We need someone like him to come.

Narrator: Harold overheard this news and went to tell Stefan the exciting news.

Stefan: The king said what? He wants me back?

Harold: Yes, if you go back and explain everything the king might take you back as his counsellor.

Narrator: Stefan ran back to the kingdom to see the the king overwhelmed with excitement and didn't even ask for an explanation.

King Aaron: I am so excited you are back and your work is worth way more than any goat.

Stefan: I did not actually cook the goat, I hid him in the kitchen and cooked one of mine instead, I was testing the loyalty of my wife, which is obviously something she lacked.

King Aaron: I know, she is not a great wife and I know she's been spending the kingdoms wealth for her own pleasures. I do not want her alive anymore...

Narrator: Tune in next week to see the plans unravel as the king and Stefan work together to end Daniella.


Authors Notes: This Soap Opera script story is based off the Georgian story "The Kings Counsellor."  I chose this story because it has a lot of drama in it with betrayal, execution and regrets. In the original story the wife does betray the counsellor and the king orders him to be executed and then regrets it. In this one I made the counsellors wife a little more heartless than the original story because she doesn't play huge part, but I assume she was not a great person. I chose the picture of the sad king because he seemed to be the one who was very upset about the execution, especially since he was the one who has him to be executed.

Reading Diary: Georgian Continued

The Strong Man and The Dwarf 
There was a very strong giant in the kingdom who could over power everyone and a small dwarf challenged him to a fight. The dwarf tricked the giant into thinking he was strong and they became friends and didn't fight. The dwarf continued to trick the giant into thinking he was strong throughout their friendship.
The Grasshopper and the Ant
The grasshopper and ant were good friends and they tried to cross a river where the any was caught in the current and drowning. This sent the grasshopper on the wild goose chase to get bristles to save the ant. By the time he was able to get all the things his friend was dead. This teaches the lesson help is only good in if it is done in time.
The King and the Sage
A beloved king asked his people to propose him with a question that would only be answered by "That is impossible." On the first two days nobody could stump the king but on the 3rd day a man proposed many questions. These questions all answered by, "That is possible," lead up to a final question that stated the kings father owed the man's father money. The king had to answer the question "That is impossible," and he laughed and gave the man many gold coins.
Teeth and No Teeth 
The Shah offered a splendid meal to the hungriest people in his village. Two men, an old man and a young man, came up and both said they have not eaten in three days. While they were eating both of them started weeping. When the king asked why the old man replied that he had no teeth and was sad watching the young man eat up all the food because he can chew. The young man replied that he was sad watching the old man eat all the food because he can swallow it whole.
The Fool's Good Fortune
There were three brothers and one of them was a fool and never knew what to say. He was beaten for saying the wrong things in bad situations. He then was in a tree with a bell where robbers were meeting. He knew he had to outsmart the robbers to take their money. He did and he built three palaces.
Two Losses
During a great storm a skipper was giving orders but a learned man could not understand him. The scholar said the skipper should have spent more time learning to speak correctly. The boat sprung a leak, so the skipper asked the scholar if he could swim and he replied no. The skipper told him he should've spent more time learning to swim.
The Story of The Dervish 
A man was told to go talk to the Dervish to hear some crazy stories. The dervish was sitting with an ass and a she-ass and started telling his story. He caught his wife cheating with their neighbor, but his wife turned him into a dog, and somehow he became the protector of the princess. Swans would attack her and the dog killed ten out of eleven swans and the eleventh said that she would help with his situation with his wife. The swan turned him back into a man and said he could whip his wife and turn her and his neighbor into any beast. He turned them into an ass and a she-ass.
The Fathers Prophecy 
A father told his son that he would never become a good man. The son grew up to be a pasha and ordered to see his father, who was a sick old man. The pashas men dragged his father to him where he confronted him and said that he is now a good man because he is a pasha. The father replied that he not a good man because of the way he retrieved him.
The Kings Counsellor
The king's counsellor wanted to test the love and loyalty of the king and his wife. The counsellor stole a royal goat and cooked it for his wife. The king said he would marry any women who found the thief of the goat and the counsellors wife turned him in and the counsellor was supposed to be executed, but he ran away. The king started to miss the hard work of the counsellor and the friend told him and he came back.

Goat 

The Hermit Philosopher 

There was a philosopher who spent most of his time outside and he wondered about natures symmetry. He asked why walnuts grow on bug trees and pumpkins and melons grow just on vines in the ground then he fell asleep under the walnut tree. A small nut fell on his nose and he understood nature, because if it was a pumpkin it would've crushed his head. 

Reading Diary: Week 5: Georgia

Master and Pupil 
A father and son play tricks on people by the son turning into talented animals. Then the father would sell the animal retrieve the money and start walking away, but when the son got a chance he would break away from the people who just bought him tun back into a boy and catch up with his father. When someone bought him as a horse, they shut him in so he couldn't escape. He then turned into a mouse and escaped but his new owner turned into a cat and chased him, this went on and on until he became a needle and the man chasing him was a thread and then he rolled into a fire killing the thread and the boy returned home to his father.
Fate
A young handsome prince went out to find out his fate. When he did it said that he was going to marry a weavers daughter who had been sick for 9 years and the prince did not like that very much and decided to change his fate. He found the weavers daughter and stabbed her in the heart and left money and fled the house of the weaver. One day when he was out hunting he saw a beautiful women and married her. After they were wed he put his hand on her heart feeling a scar where she explains that she was stabbed by a young man who visited their family and they bought a mansion with the money he left.
The Serpent and The Peasant 
A very nice king saw a vision of a fox hanging from the ceiling and asked all the people in the land to come help interpret it. A peasant coming from far away passed a serpent that told him that the vision meant the land was full of deceivers and asked him to bring back half the reward. The king had two more visions that the peasant and serpent helped with and only the final time the peasant shared his rewards.
The Two Brothers 
Two brothers were going on a journey and had 10 loaves of bread each and one of the brothers told his brother to share his half now and they will eat the rest later, but he left and then made them go separate ways. The brother with no bread went to hide in a hopper where he heard stories where he could get great wealth from a bear, wolf and a jackal. He went and became wealthy and when his brother heard of this he went to that same hopper where the bear, wolf and a jackal killed the brother.
The King and The Apple
A dying king gave his son a coffer and told him to only use it when he was in danger while hunting in the east. When the boy was hunting in the east he went into a tower where twelve men with drawn swords who said they were going to cut off his head. He opened the coffer and an apple rolled out and told him three riddles that the boy got correct.

Talking Apple 

The Three Precepts 
A young man was a slave to a clever man for three years and learned three lessons: 1.) Throw everything you find into the yard, 2) Never lend anything to anyone, and 3) Don't tell secrets to a woman. When he was released from his three years he found a snake and there it into his yard and this snake laid precious stones and made the man wealthy. The women forced the man to tell her his secret and he did and then another man asked to borrow a knife. With this knife he killed and robbed someone and the young boy was to blame because it was his knife.
The Cunning Old Man and The Demi 
There was a lazy old man who was kicked out of his home for not helping with the work. He reached a river where there was a demi and the old man tricked him into thinking he was more than just a regular man and was able to get the demi to carry him across the river and feed him. The man once again tricked him into thinking he could eat a lot so the demi told his jackal and wolf friends about the old man and when they arrived to the old man he tricked the demi again and the demi was turned into dust.
The Sheperd Judge 
There was a sheperd that spoke very well and the king told him that he should be a judge and he was if they took his eyes then he would be a judge so they took his eyes. A man and a women came to him as a judge and told him about how the man stole a calf from the woman. The judge ruled that the calf was the woman's and then he got his eyesight back.
The Priest's Youngest Son 
Once there was a dying priest with three sons, and asked then to read the psalter when he was gone. The oldest two didn't, but the youngest son did and received three horses from this. With one of the horses he was able to retrieve the princess and he married her. He also retrieved milk for his mother in law and healed her illness.
Mingrelian Proverbs 
There are 28 Mingrelin proverbs.

Storytelling: Week 4 Courtcase of Ka Likai

This is the court case Ka Likai vs. Husband #2. She is charging her husband with first degree murder and child abuse.

Ka Likai's Lawyer: Could you tell us a little bit about your marriage with your second husband?

Ka Likai: Of course. He knew I was previously married and I had a daughter when we met and got married, but through out our marriage he seemed very jealous of her. I was obviously obsessed with my daughter. I loved her with all of my heart and would do anything for her, she was the light of my life. She was very young so I had to pay attention to her and care for her.
When we got married he had a very stable job and was happy to go to work everyday and provide for our family, just like he agreed to do when we got married. After a while he refused to work and sent me out everyday to work. I had some suspicion that when I was away at work he treated my daughter very poorly. I would sometimes find bruises and cuts on her that were not there when I left for work in the morning. When I asked him about it he would say she was just playing a little too rough. He said he would never hurt her and I trusted him.

Ka Likai's Lawyer: So what happened on the day of the incident?

Ka Likai: I had to go on a long journey for work, because I was the only one providing for the family. I didn't want to leave my daughter for so long, but I trusted that my husband would take care of her. When I returned from my trip my husband seemed to be in a very good mood, which made me happy he had a change in heart, he even made me dinner. I asked where my daughter was and he said that she had gone out to play. I sat down to eat dinner and when I finished I was preparing to battle and pan to chew. When I went to retrieve the basket I saw a hand in it, the hand of my daughter.... I'm sorry its hard for me to talk about.

KaLikai's Lawyer: It's okay. Take time to collect yourself. What happened after you found the hand in the basket?

Ka Likai: I asked for an explanation and he admitted to killing her and... and... he even... he cooked her. He cooked her and fed her to me.

Jury: **Gasps and cries**

Ka Likai's Lawyer: I am so sorry Ka Likai. Can I get her husband up to the stand please?
                               How do you plead?

Husband #2: Guilty, and I do not regret anything I did.

Ka Likai's Lawyer: Please explain yourself.

Husband #2: That little girl and Ka Likai got what they deserved. She only married me so I would support her precious little daughter and she could spend all day at home with her and do nothing. She got away with it for a while. I went to work and gave her money that she would just spend on her daughter. I got fed up with it and decided not to work for her anymore.

Ka Likai's Lawyer: So you planned the murder and the supper? You knew exactly the horrible things you were doing when you did them?

Husband #2: Yes. And I would do it again if I had the chance.

Ka Likai's Lawyer: That's all I needed to know. You can step down now.


Authors Notes: I honestly chose the stories of Khasi because it kind of sounds like my name (Cassie), but I chose this specific story because it was a very shocking story where a lot happened in a small amount of words. It was very memorable due to the shock factor.
In the story of Ka Likai her second husband became very jealous of Ka Likai's daughter, enough to kill her and serve her flesh to Ka Likai. This story was very shocking and scary and defiantly could be portrayed as a court case. In the story you don't really get to know the husband, but it is pretty clear he is an evil crazy man. That is why in the court case I made him plead guilty, because he didn't seem to have any sympathy for his actions.
Ka Likai is the name of a waterfall in India that is very peaceful with subtle sounds of moans and cries. This story ended with Ka Likai throwing herself off the edge of the waterfall to her death. This story is told to warn windowed mothers before remarrying.


Waterfall of Ka Likai

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Engagement Announcements: Styles Brainstorm

Topic: 
For my storybook I was thinking about writing engagement announcements for famous couples in mythology. When people get engaged now-a-days they normally have a grand story and some like to share it on engagement announcement websites. There are many stories where boy meets girl, they fall in love, they get married. I was going to use the story of Cupid and Psyche , the story of Persephone, and the story of Zeus and Hera. There are so many love stories out there that I just need to find and read, but I am open to suggestions of crazy love stories that would make great engagement stories.
Bibliography: 
1. "Cupid and Psyche" by Ovid, from Metamorphoses (8 AD). Web source: Wikipedia.
2. "Persephone's Fate" by Ovid, from Metamorphoses (8 AD). Web source: Wikipedia.
3. "The Marriage of Zeus and Hera" by Pausanias from Description of Greece. Web Source: Theoi Greek Mythology.
Possible Styles: 
Modern Day. In this style I would talk about the stories as if they happened in 2016. This would be interesting and different, especially because the characters would be gods and goddesses or animals, or mermaid. Also its not very acceptable to marry your sister or kidnap your fiancé. How people fall in love and get married today is much different from how they do in mythology stories so it would be fun to try and change it to make it sound modern.
Males Perspective. These stories would be told in the opposite side of what we normally hear them. So maybe I would tell the story of Persephone in Hades perspective to show the audience his way of thinking throughout the whole kidnapping and what not. This wouldn't always have to be in the males perspective technically. It would just be the side of the story that we do not know.
Fly on the Wall. In this style it would be as if the characters didn't know there was someone else in the room with them. The person (fly) telling the story would just be observing their actions and listening to them talk without really know what is going on. The fly would have funny commentary and maybe reasonable thinking, to kind of put what is going on into perspective as far as how strange greek mythology can be.
Reality TV. These stories would be told as if this was going on in a reality T.V. so there would be breakaways and commentary from the people in the stories. There would be the man and women involved maybe in some stories like "Cupid and Psyche", Venus could pop in and add her thoughts. Other ones friends and family would voice their opinion all while the story is being told.

Zeus and Hera

Storybook Possible Topics

Possible Topic 1: Mermaids
I have always been a huge fan of mermaids and water and they play a big role in mythology. There are many stories they appear in or the whole story is about them. They are very elegant and beautiful, and some are known to lure men to their deaths, which is pretty cool. There is also the huge debate if mermaids are real or not and its always wonderful hearing those stories (even though I don't really believe them).
Research so far:
I have read some older storybook from students who previously took this class. I looked up the stories that they read for their stories and skimmed a few of them. I have also watched The Little Mermaid probably 80 or so times. A few stories I looked at were the Mermaids Wife, Menanna and Piskaret and The Beautiful Girl and The Fish.

Possible Topic 2: Real vs. Disney
Disney is known for taking very adult stories and turning them PG and colorful. I am a huge fan of Disney, but for most stories I like the original. Disney's Hercules is my all time favorite movie, but its not as happy, bright and cheery as the animated version makes it out to be. This is true with a lot of stories.
Research so far: I have seen just about all of the Disney movies like Tangled, Cinderella, Hercules and Alice in Wonderland, which I personally think is a great first step in research. I do know some of the real stories, but I do need to reread them a little further in depth. I think other people have done this topic so I could go and look at some of the old storybooks.

Possible Topic 3: Engagement Announcements
This could possibly be one of my favorite topic themes. There are so many love stories in Mythology that end in marriage and engagements and engagement stories are my favorite (I always cry). I would write this in the 1st person of the girl who just got engaged whether it be a long romantic story, or one where Hades stole her and brought her to the underworld. Because of the array of stories the engagement announcements would all be very different and hopefully leave you with a smile and a small tear rolling down your face.
Research: Like I mentioned I already know the story of Persephone and I know there are many more like that. Theres also Cupid and Psyche, but I do need to do more research on some of these stories. There are always the classics like Cinderella. I could also add a mermaid story or a story from the bible.

Possible Topic 3: Underwater Mysteries
This kind of  leads back to mermaids, but this is a little bit of an expansion on that. I was thinking I could almost write the stories like they are being broadcasted on the show "Unsolved Mysteries." These are stories that have no ending and lead you to use your imagination to solve them yourself, or keep you guessing forever. With stories about mermaids or water sprites or even monsters like the Kraken there are many things I could do with this topic.
Research so far: In the story of Odysseus he is sailing in most of his adventure so he encounters many water creatures. There are many stories about pirates and water sprites. One that really captures my attention is the Kraken. These things may have already been on "Unsolved Mysteries" now that I think of it.

Kraken by MaBuArt

Week 4: Reading Diary: Khasi

The Tiger and the Monkeys 
The tiger was the ruler of the jungle, but was very ignorant which lead him into being tricked. The monkeys made the tiger believe that a beautiful singing voice coming from the trees was their little sister. After hearing the sweet singing the tiger decided he wanted to marry the young monkey girl and was returning in a week to claim his bride. The monkeys mad a clay monkey but didn't connect the head to the body and tricked the tiger that he decapitated their sister.

A Tiger and a Money 

The Legend of the Iei Tree 
The Iei Tree sat on a hilltop and casted a shadow so large that it made living conditions unbearable. Some believed the tree was apart of an unknown god, but there were still men who would try and cut it down to save mankind. Overtime they did the tree would heal itself over night, until a little birds, Ka Phriet, told them that the big tiger licked the tree every night to heal it up. finally the men were able to scare the tiger away and finish the task at hand.
 Hunting the Stag Lapland
The Stag Lapland was a noble young animal who was loved by his mother very much. He wanted to go up the hill of Khasi, and even though his mother warned him he still went. When the people in the town saw him they hunted and killed him. When his mother found this out she cried and mourned so loud that the whole town heard. This love and affection is how the Khasi people now base their mourning off of.
The Goddesses Ka Ngot and Ka Iam
Ka Ngot and Ka Iam are twin sisters and Ka Iam is out going and boastful where as her sister is shy and timid. They decided to race to the land of Sylhet, but before the race Ka Iam confidently bragged about winning. They both morphed into rivers and Ka Ngot went slowly and tactfully, and Ka Iam tried to go very quickly and got stuck. They soon found each other and became many rivers, but Ka Ngot is still worshiped to this day because she had won the race.
U Biskurom
The man U Biskurom was sent down by the great God to help mankind with labour and making tools. When mankind saw how talented and sweet he was they took advantage of him and tried to make him do unreasonable things and when he couldn't, they abused him.  He said he had to ascend  to heaven to learn how to do those things and then he would return. When he got to heaven God told him he wasn't going to go back down because of how man kind treated him.
How the Dog Came to Live with Man
The dog belong to the kingdom with all the animals where humans were the eneThemy. The animals were having a fair where everyone brought something they worked for to sell. The dog came across a human family who fed him and gave him the string smelling food to bring to the fair. When the dog opened the container the stench was so strong they humiliated the dog and he went back to the humans to live with.

My Dog with a Sombrero

The Stag and the Snail 

The snail was disgusted by the way the stag was bragging about his swiftness that she challenged him to a race. She was able to keep up with him even though he was sprinting. The snail won the race and the stag, due to sickness, spit up his gull-bladder, which is why no stags have gull bladders. 

PART B 

The Leap of Ka Likai 

Ka Likai is the name of a peaceful waterfall that is completely silent except for a faint sound that sounds like a moan. The story says that there was a young married woman named Ka Likai and she had a daughter she adored. When her husband died she had to get remarried to support her child. When her new husband found this out he grew to ate the child and eventually killed her. He cooked the child into supper for his wife and had her eat it without her knowing. When he told her what he had done she ran to the waterfall and jumped off.
What Caused The Shadow On The Moon
There once lived a mother with 4 children; 3 girls and one boy. The youngest two Ka Sngi (girl), which means the sun, and U Bnai (boy), which means the moon, were the most beautiful. U Bnai was a very rebellious child and left home to live with goblins and vice. When he returned home he saw his sisters beauty and told her that he was to marry her. She was so upset that she threw hot ashes on his face, which left terrible scars that made him only come out at night.

Week 3: Reading Diary continued: Homers Odyssey

Reading B 

Ghost of Erebus 
Odysseus made the sacrifices upon arrival at the House of Hades and prayed to the god. Around the ship were the ghosts of all the dead and it started to scare Odysseus and his men so they made another sacrifice.
The Ghost of Elpenor and Teiresias
They soon saw Elpenor, who asked them to go back to the house of Circe and burry his body out of respect. Odysseus also saw his mothers ghost who was alive at the time he left his home. Teiresias gave them instruction on what to do on their journey home and Odysseus agreed to doing it, and then asked about how he can talk to his mother.
The Spirit of Anticleia
Odysseus speaks to his mother and asks her about everyone back home. She says they are okay, but heart broken without Odysseus. He asked his mother how she died and she told him that she simply died because she couldn't take the pain of him being gone any longer.
The Ghost of Famous Women 
Odysseus talked to many women who had children with god like Poseidon and Zues or daughter of such gods.
The Ghost of Agamemnon
Agamemnon told the men the story of how he died. He was brutally murdered by his wife and he asked Odysseus if he could tell him if his son is still alive. Odysseus said that there is no way for him to know if he is alive or dead.
The Spirit of Achilles 
Odysseus told Achilles of all the great things his son did for them in battle. All the men he killed and the victories he helped them win.
The Ghost of Ajax
Ajax did not talk to Odysseus because of a battle they had where Odysseus won all of Achilles armor. In the house of Hades Odysseus and his men saw all these other men being tortured for all thier wrong doings while they were alive. The men got scared and got on the boat and started to head home.
The Sirens, Scylla and Charybdis 
Odysseus a tied himself to the ship while his men filled their ears with wax as they sailed by the Sirens and their sweet song. The trip through Scylla and Charybdis was not as smooth. They threw them into the ocean from their boats.

Odysseus Tied to his Ship

Week 3: Reading Diary: Homer's Odyssey

Homer’s Odyssey

The Land of the Cyclops

Odysseus and his men are arrived to the land of the Cyclops at night. The Cyclops are aggressive men who live like savage cavemen. There is no law and order, no ploughed fields, markets or ship ports, and they all fend for themselves. The live in caves on the mountain slopes.

Odysseus gathered his men and they went to explore the Cyclops. His crew boards a ship and they found a cave where a monster lived in solitude.

Prisoners of the Cyclops

They went into the cave bringing the sweet wine Odysseus received from the city of Ciconians. Odysseus was hoping for a polite welcoming Cyclops, but instead he ate two of his crew members and then fell asleep. The men knew they had to leave but there was a stone covering the opening only the cyclops could move. 

The Cyclops Defeated 

The men found a club and sharpened it into point to use against the Cyclops. Odysseus got him to drink a lot of the wine he brought and he told the cyclops his name was Nobody. The Cyclops soon fell asleep and at that moment the men stabbed him in the eye with the sharpened club. When he called for help he told his neighbors "Nobody hurt me," and he looked foolish. 

Escape from the Cyclops

The men escaped by attaching themselves to the under bellies of the sheep, and it worked! When they got out Odysseus has to open his big mouth and yell as their escaping which leads to the cyclops throwing a rock and almost hitting them. When they were escaping Odysseus told the cyclops his real name. The cyclops told him that he fulfilled the prophesy that was told to him that he would be blinded by a man named Odysseus. 

The Curse of Polyphemus 

As they were sailing away the Cyclops cursed Odysseus, saying that he won't make it back to his home or if he is destined to then for it to be a horrible trip where he looses his ship and crew and he finds trouble when he arrives home. 

Circe's Magic

Eurylochus and eleven of the men went to Circe's house where she drugged all the men except Eurylochus, changing them into pigs. Eurylochus went back to Odysseus to tell him the news, and Odysseus went to go save them. On his way Hermes gave Odysseus herbs that would keep him safe and instructions that would free his men. 

Circe and her Swine, 1896 by Briton Riviére

The Moly Defeats Circe

The Moly is the plant Hermes gave Odysseus to keep him safe from the drugs, and it worked! Odysseus was able to beat Circe and free his men. 

On Circe's Island

Circe welcomed Odysseus and his men into her house for a very long time where they had endless food and wine. After a While the crew reminded Odysseus he was on a journey home and he asked Circe if they could leave. She agreed but told him that he has to make a stop at the House of Hades to visit a ghost, Theban. Odysseus reminded her no one has ever survived that trip in a black ship. 

The Death of Elpenor

Circe gave Odysseus directions and instructions on what to do when arrives to the House of Hades. As the men were leaving, one of the men, Elpenor, fell off the roof and died. His spirit was sent to the House of Hades, right where his previous crew was headed also.