Reading notes: Tibetan Part 2

There were several Folk tales I read for today. A lot of them ended with someone dying. If the person was in the wrong they were the one who would be grieving. The one that stood out to me was "How the Rabbit Killed the Lion". This did not give a good lesson. From reading this I only learned it is ok to lie and trick people if it is in your favor. This is not what it should be about. If I was going to do this as an assignment then I would change the ending. In the way of the rabbit is in the wrong and he would get what he deserves. The other one that stood out to me was "How the Raven Saved the Hunter". Sadly in the end the raven dies because the hunter was foolish not to listen to what the raven was trying to warn him. I may do a retelling of this story. I may have the raven live in the end or change the roles of who dies. But I really enjoyed reading Tibetan Folk Tales this week.

The Lion and The Rabbit Blogger

Bibliography: Tibetan Folk Tales by Albert Shelton Link to source

Reading Notes: Tibetan Folk Tales Part 1

This week I read several Tibetan Folk Tales. Each tale had a moral to it. At the end of each story it explained what the moral of the story was. I really like this because it made sure you learned the lesson that was being taught.

I think my favorite story was the How the Fox Fell Victim to His Own Deceit. It's teaching a lesson to never come in between friends or never break up a friendship because you feel like you are being left out. I think I may use this for my retelling this week. I may change the animals or make them people. I haven't quick decided yet.

The story that was my least favorite was Covetousness. Everyone dies in the end of the story. I understand the greedy part of it, but the part where the elephant dies because he was trying something new I do not think this was a good lesson. In the end it said don't try something that is not meant for you but to me it seemed that the elephant was just wanting to try something new.

Overall I really enjoyed the readings today and can't wait to read more tales tomorrow.

Cover of the Tibetan Folk Tales, Blogger

Bibilography: Tibetan Folk Tales by Albert Shelton Link to Source

Story: Cat Prince

Once upon a time there was a dashing prince. He was so charming that he could get any girl he wanted but he had his heart set on a witch. His parents did not approve of this as a good chose for a wife. So when it came time for the prince to wed his parents pick out a princess from two kingdoms over. Now the prince didn't want to marry her. So the witch had come up with a plan to meet at the old oak tree at sundown the night before he shall be wed and the two would runaway together. They had both agreed on this plan.

Two days before the wedding the princess came to the palace. She was beautiful, probably the most beautiful person the young prince had ever seen. She had caught him in a trance and couldn't imagine marrying anyone but her. The prince rushed into the wedding preparations. He spent the those two days getting everything ready.

The sun had begun to set the night before the wedding and the witch was waiting under the oak tree just as they had agreed. She waited there until there was no more sunlight. Her young prince never showed, so she went to investigate where he had gone. When she got into the palace she saw her prince's arms around the princesses shoulders. This made her furious. She made the princess vanishing in thin air and casted a curse over the prince for his betrayal. She then turn the palace into a huge forest with the oak tree at the center and turn the prince into a black cat . Where he shall remain until he he could see the good from the inside instead of just outside.

The Cat Prince BuzzFeed

About 20 years had past and everyone had forgotten about the vanishing princess and  city. To the point that a small market had been built in the forest with the old oak tree in the center of the market. Once a week the cat prince would go down to the market and an old women would offer him a bowl of milk, but every week he would ignore it and go after a very young very beautiful girl. He had managed to get two girl attentions but when he got back to there homes, he would speak and frighten the girls. Making them believe he was some type of demon. Both times he was kicked out of the house and return home to the oak tree.

Until one day he made his rounds and once more the old women laid down the bowl of milk. He was so hungry he decided to take the old woman's kindness. After finishing it, he hopped up on the table to meet the woman's gaze. She began to pet him and talk about her life. The cat prince sat there and listened until the end of the day. She offered him a place for the night. He gladly took the offer. When entering the woman's home, which was more of a shake, the women began to talk to him once more. He found a comfortable place on the the ground and admired her.

She said "you're a pretty nice cat. I'll keep you if you'll have me." The cat prince nodded in response. With the nod the cat prince was transformed into an old man. The witches curse had finally been broken, and the two never stopped loving each other till the end of their days.


Author's Notes:
I chose the story the Enchanted Prince. The original story reminded me of beauty and the beast. But I wanted to change it slightly to were the prince had a better lesson to learn. I also wanted to keep it in a classic time period because I felt like the setting fit better. I also added a back story to the witch and the prince as well as the prince breaking his promise to meet the witch.

Bibliography: Filipino Popular Tales: Enchanted Prince by Dean Fansler. Link to source

Reading Notes: Philippines Folktales

When reading this weeks readings there were several that were similar to ones that I have read in earlier weeks. The one that was the most similar was "The Devil and the Guachinango" this had the same last couple of paragraphs as the turkish folktale, "The Imp of the Well" The devil jumps into the young women and the Guachinango scares the devil out of her. This is the excat same ending in the turkish tale.

Tagalog couple, wikipedia

Also "The Enchanted Prince" was very similar to the fairy tale classic beauty and the beast. This followed the ideas very close. with a witch turning the prince into a creature for a current amount of time until a maiden could break the curse.

I think for this week I may use the story of the three friends or the three brothers. these two stood out to me. If i would retold this, I would change the ending in both. The second one I felt like there was no lesson learned. And in the first one I am not a fan of the ending. I need to read the second part to see if I want to use those stories instead, but I really enjoyed reading theses tales this week.

Bibilography: Filipino Popular Tales by Dean Fansler. Link to source

Story: Seeking Luck

Once there were twi sisters Leisl was the eldest and kelly was the youngest. Growing up these two sisters where very different in the way of their luck. Leisl always had good luck, while kelly's best friend was bad luck.
    One day the two girls where sitting at home when a knock came to the door. Both rushed over but kelly tripped over her own two feet. It was a messenger. His name tagged read Mr. Lucky. "I have a package here for a ms Leisl." She ripped open the top and it was filled with multiple gifts from her boyfriend. Kelly still on the ground said "why is it that she gets all the good luck. Where's my luck?" Mr. Lucky smiled and replied. "your luck has been asleep for quick sometime now."
    Pulling herself up she crossed her arms. "Asleep? Asleep! Why is he asleep?" Mr. Lucky gave the box to Leisl and said "he's due to wake soon." "where is he? I'm going to wake him up." Mr. Lucky laughed at her. kelly got up in his face almost missing his tie. "ok ok. he's asleep two towns over in the old McQueen hotel" She let go of him and headed to the hotel.
    She past the flower shop and the flowerist stopped her. "where are you off to Ms. Kelly?" "I'm off to wake my luck." The flowerist smiled, "When you wake him can you ask him why my flowers die within a day." Kelly nodded and continued walking. A man walked out of a big building with casual clothes and a brief case. Kelly ran into him knocking his brief case open. "Sorry excuse me miss, Where are you in such a rush?" He said. "I'm off to wake my luck." She replied. after all the papers where picked up the man said, " Oh when you wake hime can you ask why people don't respect me?"  She nodded and headed on her way. She was almost there when a homeless women stopped her. "I'm sorry miss but where are you in such a hurry?" "I'm off to wake my luck." kelly replied. "Oh when you find him can you ask him why I can get no money for food?" Kelly nodded and headed her way.
   She finally made it to the hotel and found the room that her luck was in. He was asleep on the floor. She ran over to him and kicked him in the side. "Wake up." Her luck jolted awake. "What do you want I'm not scheduled to wake for another year." "I need you up now. I have some questions for you." She told her luck the question that where asked. "tell the flowerist the reason why her flowers are dead is there is gold clogging her water. tell her to pull them out and her flowers with live. Tell the business man is because he's the CEO and should dress like one. Tell the homeless women when ever she sees a fool to take there money." Kelly nodded and head back. She ran into the business man.
  "My luck said that you are the CEO and you should dress like it." "You right! Do you want a job as my personal assistant?" "no thank you I have other business to attend to." she smiled and headed her way to the floweriest. "My luck told me the reason your flowers are dying is that your pipes are clogged with gold. pull out the gold and you flowers shall live longer." The flowerist smiled. " Oh my come help me get out the gold and we shall spilt it." Kelly shook her head. "No thank you I have other business to attend to."  and headed to the homeless women. "I know why you have no food. my luck says when you see a fool take everything they hold valuable." The homeless women smile and said, "Hey miss look up." Kelly looked up. and the homeless women attacked her and took all her valuables.  "And you my dear are a mighty fool."

Don't pass up an opportunity when it is given to you.

illustration of the man you woke his luck blogspot

Author Notes: I based off the story the man who when looking for his luck. I wanted to change it slightly. To where he didn't die in the end but still learned a lesson.

Bibliography: Pursian Tales Translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer Link to source

Reading Notes:Pursain tales part 1

Out of all the readings  I did for this unit I think my favorite one was the first reading. It reminded me of little red riding hood and the three little pigs all in one story. There was a lesson to be learned from this one. I think this is why I like it so much. I feel like if you can't learn something from a story then the story is not doing it job. I think I may use this in my weekly story.
I really wasn't a fan of the second story. The city of nothing in the world. I felt like this one keep rambling on and on. I started to lose interest in it very quickly. I am not to sure what this story was about. As well as Susku and Mushu. It turns very extreme in the end. To the point of moaner where three characters end up harming themselves. I think this is a little extreme, and for that reason I am not a huge fan of this story. If i was going to retell this story I would use the same writing aspects but change the plot line a bit. I think I am going to wait until tomorrow when I read part two to pick my story of the week. When I Started reading it I thought it was going to be a love story not an epic tragedy.

Cover Of Fairy Tales Blogspot

Bibliography: Persian Tales translated by David Lorimer and Emily Lorimer Link to post

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