Caleb's Myth-Folklore Assignments

    Finders       It was late last Friday night. I had just finished doing my homework for school. Suddenly, a car passed by the window. Its headlights flashed into my room, and I saw something shine in the corner. I walked over to pick it up. It was a very pretty ring. Three small diamonds sat centered around the gold band. It's my sister's graduation ring. Our parents had spent a small fortune on it. How did she manage to leave it in the corner of my room? I kind of want to keep it. What's that old saying? Finders keepers; losers weepers!  Ring Ornament Metal by Pashminu on Pixabay Keepers      I had been looking for my graduation ring for weeks! Hiding my hand from mom and making excuses this whole time has become really exhausting. I was just about to give up and tell them what happened when my sister sat down for breakfast. On her finger, my ring! What was she doing with that? I asked her where she had found it. She told me it was j...

    These are notes on the story, The Fetish Sunga , for part B of week 9 reading. (fishing on the sea coast; sketch by Dennett  from the book) Plot     A selfish man hides the fish that he catches at the river. He lies to anyone who asks him about it and says he has no fish. A fetish, named Sunga, watches all of this and is very disappointed in his lies. One day, while catching more fish than he has ever caught, Sunga sends her daughter to fetch the man. He follows her along the river, which has dried up to provide a road, to a wonderful town at the river's water shed. There, Sunga makes him partake in a great feast and drink lots of wine that removes his ability to speak. Now, he can no longer lie to people and must use signs to communicate. Thoughts     I don't really understand what the guy's goal was in hoarding the fish. The story said he had so much some of it was rotting. I guess he was just weird and selfish. He's clearly not prideful or ...

   I chose to take notes on How Kengi Lost Her Child  for this weeks first reading. ( Photo from the source book ) Plot This is a really simple plot. Two women have land split between them by their shared husband. One day one of the woman takes some beans from the other woman's farm. The second woman is very cross about this and demands that they set some ground rules. They agree that everything birthed on their land belongs to them and the other has no claim to it. Life goes on. One day the second woman comes to the first woman for some tobacco to help aid her pains. She sit on the woman's land and smokes. She gives birth to a baby. The first woman claims the baby as her own and they argue. They go to a town to have the dispute settled. The prince decides that the first woman is acting within her rights because of the agreement they made. The baby is hers.  Characters There's not much to say about characters here. It's a short story. I get the feeling that the secon...