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Tuesdays & Wednesdays Reading Notes on one page because of their similarities and order if events What is a Myth? - The word myth is not exactly a word that has a solid definition - We have seen people use this as a word that shows something false - That is actually a myth ( insert joke here ) - Here we have a situation where we don't have solid definition of the word tale because it's described in many different ways - Here we usually see it as a story that is not meant to be taken seriously  -significant and staying power are two essential things that myths show that is why they keep the stories going after thousands and years - We see a lot of myths as origin stories where they describe how the world started - we see many cultures have stories of how the world and the people in it came to be and why they exist - this is a vast subject to tackle considering there are science and religion that fight against these myth stories - we believe that these stories w...

I used the crash course video and wrote my thoughts over the video. To start, the video mentions that the topics of Mythology are endless; he describes it as mixing a bunch of different ice cream flavors and slapping a name on it. Many myths are very, very, very old, which is why you can hear a lot of myths told in different ways. Stories get changed over time, and events are added, changed, or taken away from the story over time to modernize it. A lot of these myths are not translated in their original form. People are still unsure about the interpretation of these stories or why they exist. Myth has a blurry line with religion, and it hard to separate them because of their variety of stories. In some myth stories, it explains the origins of life or what we call an "origin story." It contains content for why our earth has these instances, such as why the flowers grow, where the sunsets. This is where religion and mythology get confused. I am not religious, so I enjoy thes...

Wow! This semester is almost over which seems crazy to me. I feel like this semester really flew by because of how busy I really was. This might be my famous last words for the semester so im going to incorperated everything. When I first started this class, I felt like it was a lot to keep up with and there was a lot of new things to learn which kind of scared me because I thought I was always doing it wrong. I then noticed that there really is no wrong way to blog because of the uniqueness of everyones blog, and every is very different in their own good way. I now have no issue with blogging and I actually learned a lot of important tech tips from this class and a little grammar skills I need to brush up on.I like how everyone is really encouraging about the stories and I create and how I can take pride and publish something I put a lot of time and effort in to. I wish that there were more classed like this where you can show lots of personal interesting details about yourself. I f...

-Medusa was hunted by many warriors that wanted the claim of the price of her head. -They were turned to stone by her face -She was only mortal of her four siblings, and was very beautiful -She remain pure for the sake of athena -People came to athenas temple to see medusa and all her beauty -Athena started to notice it and became upset with medusa and became to resent her for her looks -People were taken with medusas beautiful hair -When Medusa was walking along the story, she was confronted by Poseiden, god of the sea. - He liked her because of her beauty but she turned him down many times. -If she wanted to stay in athenas temple she had to stay a virgin -Poseiden was in a fued with athena, and saw Medusa as a possession he could steal from athena. -He was tired of being rejected by Medusa so he decided he would take her by force -Athena gave Medusa no protection, so Poseiden took medusa -Athena ws displeased with Medusa so she turned her once beautiful hair into a head...

Long ago, there was a king called Uttanapada, who had two wives, Suniti and Suruchi. Suniti was not a rich woman who often seemed sad, while Suruchi was young, charming, and lived a life of lush and fortune. Suniti had a boy named Dhruva, and Suruchi had a son named Uttama. Uttanapada would always visit Suruchi in her palace but would never think of visiting Suniti. One day, Dhruva reached Suruchi palace, where his father Uttanapada lived. He walked in to see Uttama sitting on his fathers' lap, telling jokes and laughing. Dhruva went to hug his father and sit on his lap like his other child. He ran over and climbed on the couch, and while making his way up, he felt a tight grab on his shoulder. He turned around to see it was Suruchi grabbing hold of him, she said, " Where do you think you're going, Dhruva?" and she yanked him down. He replied he was only trying to sit on his fathers' lap like his other child was doing. Suniti shamed him and said, " you are ...

-Offerings to Shiva and Vishnu include leaves, food, and many more -Invoking the mind without domesticating nature is the trait of Shiva -Brahma is the opposite -Durga rides her lion and disobeys domestication -Her nose ring shows she is still free, but still domesticated -She is Brahmas defiant daughter -Kanya-Kumari must marry the next day before sunrise to ensure a happy marriage, but Shiva lives far away in the mountains, so he must travel to her through the night -Laws and rules distract from creativity -Durgas has unbound hair which represents lack of domestication -She complains that her husband shiva does not work but her mother tells her that she chose her husband -Her striking image is her yellow skin like tumeric -Her skin color is a cosmetic and also a medicine -Kali is the one who saved Krishna from the evil Kansa, who tried to kill him as a baby -Durga is not only a daughter of one god, she's the goddess of all gods -She is a mixture of all the devas com...

-Gias Secret- she is the earth mother -The only way her son culd leave her womb was by casterating his father -Sedna and her father were attacked by a flock of seagulls and her father cast her overboard -he cuts of her fingers and arm when she tries to get back into the boat - she sunk into the ocean -Adya laid three unfertilized eggs -Bramha, Vishnu and shiva were born from three unfertilized eggs - They were the three main gods -Adya cursed bramha and said there would be no temples in his honor -She thought of Vishnu as far too shifty and decided to turn to Shiva -He agreed to be her lover if she gave him her third eye, which she accepted -He used it to release a missle that turned her into ash - The ash came three goddesses, who become the wives of Shiva, Bramha, and Vishnu -This was a time before gender -The males have to compete for the femlae- like in birds where they choose based on the based characteristics -There is always remainder males, every womb is special ...

In the village of Yumana lived a woman named Yashoda who had received a unique child from the gods. The child, whose name is Krishna, had supernatural powers and was talented beyond any other child in the village. He was placed in Yashodas bed the night Krishna was born to protect him from his enemies. Yashoda thinks that she is the birth mother of Krishna but does not understand where all his power is coming from. Little does Yashoda know that she is raising a gifted avatar. Krishna was just a boy when he started to realize his talents and started using them to stir up trouble. He was always getting yelled at by the villagers to stop his nonsense, and sometimes they would even go as far as returning him to his mother. Yashoda did not know what to do about her son's playful demeanor. Krishna felt as though this was just harmless fun that older people did not understand. One day he decided that he wanted to try a new prank out by stealing butter from female workers and see if th...