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Fire Kettle. Found on Wikimedia Commons . The Magic Kettle This story comes from The Crimson Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1903). A man lived in a house on the top of a mountain.He heard a weird noise coming from the room behind him and there was a rusty old kettle in the corner of the room. He didn't know where the kettle came from or how it was in his house. He cleaned it and carried it into his kitchen, thinking that he was lucky because it was a good kettle and those are expressive. He needed a new kettle because his was getting old and had holes. Then the kettle began to warm on the fire and transform into a tanuki. It jumped out of the fire and ran around the room, as you would do if you woke up on a fire. The man had been very proud of his houses athletics, but the animal was now ruining it. He called to a neighbor for help and eventually they got it into a chest. They sat and discussed what to do with the creature, settling on selling it. T...

Traditional wedding at Meiji-jingu, 2006-10-29. Found on wikimedia . The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet This story comes from The Violet Fairy Book by Andrew Lang and illustrated by H. J. Ford (1901). A man and his wife live in a small village where bad luck struck. They eventually had nothing left but their daughter. They set off to start a new life somewhere else. Now the women in the family were working hard and getting things done while the father sat and thought about everything that they used to have. Eventually, he became bedridden. The wife and daughter grieved their loss, becoming sad and morose, getting no joy from life. One day, the mother looked at the daughter and recognized her beauty and was afraid for her. Her mother taught her everything she could. They lived like that for a few years, before the mother became ill. She called her daughter to say goodbye and tell her she would now have to take care of herself. The mother was worried the daughter's beauty w...

Codiesta by Techfiesta. Found on Wikimedia . NOW The heir to the so called thrown, the company was being walked away in handcuffs. He looked back on what had happened. How he got here. And all he could think was... Was this fate? THEN "Dad, I'm not saying that she isn't a wonderful person. Or that it would really even be a bad relationship. But an arranged marriage?" said Alex. "Son, you know why we have to do this. This will link out companies together and expand our empire. Isn't that what you want? To be the CEO of the biggest company the world has ever seen?" "Yes, but come on! I don't want to get married just yet. Plus, right now I like the way my life is." "Of course you do. But not all of the board members like your reputation as a playboy. It's having a negative effect on the company's perception in the media. DO you want this to be what tanks us?" "No! No, of course not. Just give me a little time ...

Vashlovani 17787 by Sarah Murray. Found on wikimedia . These stories come from  Georgian Folk Tales , by Marjory Wardrop (1894). The Hermit Philosopher A hermit who loves solitude lived off in the middle of nowhere, thinking on the trivialities of vanity.He spent most of his time outdoors because where he lived had no winter and little rain. He wanders through his garden contemplating things, like natures symmetry. The smaller fruit grows on the taller plants and the bigger more close to the ground. He was looking at a walnut tree and pumpkins. He kept thinking on why this is, walking his garden and meditating. He grew tired and rested beneath the walnut tree. Walnuts began falling and hitting him. He realized why things were the way they were and decided not to try to find faults in nature anymore. Teeth and No-Teeth The was a man who was the hungriest in the nation. Shah Ali wanted to see how much of the daintiest food he can eat at a time, so he sent out word that he wou...

Georgian Fortress Ananuri. Photo by Vadim Tolbatov. Found on Wikimedia . This story comes from  Georgian Folk Tales , by Marjory Wardrop (1894). Fate There is a king with one son. The son is loved by every princess. The king wants him to marry one of these princesses. The prince doe not want to be married to that princess. The prince wants to go off to find fortune and asks for three bags of money. He set out on his quest. He meets a disguised angel on the road. The angel asks what he wants. He wants to know his fate. The angel shows him to a castle where he will learn his fate. He sets out to the castle. He gets there and starts searching tough the papers on the ground for his fate. A man comes out of the castle to ask him what he is doing. The man tells him his fate is within, hw was looking in the common folks fates. They go inside and he sees his fate- to marry a weaver daughter who has been sick for nine years. The prince decides to change his fate and goes to find the w...

Romantic and Atmospheric Graveyard (World’s Best Music, 1900) by Helen Kendrik Johnson. Found on  wikimedia . From a very early age, Mindy realized that she had no fear. Her mother would ask her to do things and she wouldn't know why, like locking the door or staying in at night. Eventually, she started to seek out this mysterious feeling that drove her mothers actions. "Mother, I'm leaving," she said. "Oh Mindy, you mustn't. There are so many dangerous in the world," her mother replied. "I know, mother. I'm going to find them." And so she left on a quest to find fear. On her way she came across a group of vagrants squatting in a abandoned rail station. They looked at her with awe and confusion as she walked up to them. "Escuse me? Do you know where I can find fear?" she said. "Miss, now why would you be looking for something like that?" one of the bedraggled men replied. "I haven't been able to fi...

Signet-ring of the Black Prince (1330–1376), in the Louvre. Found on wikimedia .   The Soothsayer The main character is a man who looks older than he is, 40 to 50 looking 60 to 70. He was skilled and able to provide for his family. His wife is at the bath and there is a commotion; the soothsayer's wife will be there shortly. The bath woman at the baths paid her great respect hoping to earn favor. The wife felt slighted by this favoritism. She told her husband that he needed to become a soothsayer or leave. He discusses his current duties that he completes in order to care for her, leaving no time for studying to be a soothsayer. She kept her ultimatum in place. He didn't want to lose her, because she was exceptionally gorgeous. He went to a coffee shop to think through his options. His friend finds him and sets up a situation for him the next day. The bath woman will allow him to set up inform of the baths the next day and act like a soothsayer. But he could neither read ...

Romantic and Atmospheric Graveyard (World’s Best Music, 1900) by Helen Kendrik Johnson. Found on wikimedia .  Fear The main character is a little boy who doesn't know what fear is. He is trying to find fear; he can't experience it. He goes around trying to find fear, with different people trying to lead him to fear. First he runs into a group of forty robbers on a mountain and thinks, "you know what would be a great idea? getting closer to them and talking to them!" I don't think he is the brightest bulb in the pack... or he doesn't have fear so he can't see why this is a bad idea... either or. They send him into a cemetery to make food at night, again stellar idea, so he does. Then comes the supernatural elements trying to frighten him. A floating hand appears next to him and demands food, but he just slaps them on the wrist with a spoon. He isn't afraid and goes to ask the robbers what's next. They don't understand how he wasn't afra...

Image information: Fairy tale castle by Dobre Cezar . Photo is of Peleș Castle in Sinaia, Romania. Found on wikimedia . You can leave comments on my storybook found here .

T he Tower of Babel  by  Pieter Bruegel the Elder  (1563). Found on  wikipedia . When the Tower began, it was just an idea. The idea of reaching into heaven, of waging war against God. Now the Tower didn't have a choice for it's use. It's stationary you see. But it was proud. It would be tall enough to reach heaven, taller than anything in the world, it would be the best. Even if it didn't necessarily like the way it was being used. But what choice did it have, it is stationary. Now, the Tower grew, one brick on top of each other it grew taller and taller. It reached for the sky, with people buzzing all around it making sure that every brick was in it's place. And as the Tower grew, the people working on it changed. They began with the goal of heaven of reaching into the sky, but now people were angry, uncaring, obsessed. They dropped the bricks and wailed at the loss of time, because every brick took a year to reach the top of the Tower. But, they didn...

T he Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1563). Found on wikipedia . The stories for this section come from The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg (1909). The Curse of Drunkenness  Noah starts growing grape vines and producing alcohol of some sort, I'm assuming wine. He cultivates the vine takes from the Garden of Eden by Adam. Satan works as his assistant in the vineyard- as if that wasn't a sign that things were not going well. This first production of wine lead to Noah becoming a "man of the ground" and became the first man to get drunk, curse at his friends, and introduce slavery. Good job Noah. Satan begins his partnership by slaying animals and driving the blood not the roots of the vine. Direct symbolism about how the vines are corrupt and take away the innocence of the drinker. Before the wine, he is as innocent as a lamb. In moderation, as strong as a lion. And in excess, as silly as a monkey. The animals slaughtered for sacrifice on the...

Noah's Ark on Mount Ararat by Simon de Myle. Found on Wikipedia . This week, I chose the Noah section to read and study. Story source: The King James Bible (1611), Genesis 5-11 Noah: The Tower of Babel (Genesis) In the beginning, there was only one language in world. People worked together in order to build bricks to create tower. With this tower, men attempted to try to reach heaven. As a result, God punishes them for their ego. They now have a multitude of languages that limit communication between people. As a result, they cannot look forward to work together in the creation of the tower of Babel. The Flood Noah receives a message from God that there will be a flood that covers the whole world. At the chosen time, he gathered all the animals in the world two by two in order to same the species for the world after the flood. It rained for forty days and forty nights, flooding the world and destroying everything not in the ark. The water stayed at flood levels, with the ...

Meme I made When it comes to feedback, the quality of it is key. There's a wide array of types and flavors, and not all are useful to the person receiving it. This week I read How to Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn and How to Craft Constructive Feedback . They focused on how to give good feedback- observe, describe, suggest. Which, to be honest was just how I thought you gave feedback. You let them know what you are seeing from the page, then let them know how you think that affects the character or how the work is doing, and then you suggest a way to resolve it. You tell someone what they're doing well so they can know what works, let them know what you got from it in case it came across all wrong, and suggest areas that could be improved upon in a kind way. Like "I think the setting could use a little work here" "there isn't really a sense of space to make your dialogue go to the net level". Basically, I was though...

So, for my project, I'm choosing to focus on the Brothers Grimm and their mythos. I'm using the units from this class because I might as well get extra credit fro taking notes on these stories. Each story will be encapsulated in an object on display in the museum- clever name to come. And I'm thinking it can be written like museum labels with an audio element like a museum tour. The closed captioning would be below the Soundcloud embedding to allow for content on both media types. It could have cool features and be like a podcast. Maybe something like Lore meets Mysteries at the Museum? I really just want to be a writer for the Travel Channel if you can't tell. R. Anning Bell's illustration from a book of fairy tales in Grimm's Household Tales , 1912. Found on wikimedia .  Aschenputtel   This story would be shown through a bloody golden slipper. One that has blood crusted on the interior near the heel and toes. Maybe there could be an expert from each...

Vénus d'Arles by unknown artist. The work currently resides in the Louvre. Found on wikimedia . Psyche sighed from her pedestal, the one that people put her on so they could gaze upon her beauty. Her whole life had been life this, people wordlessly looking at her, unable to engage. Whenever she tries to strike a conversation, it always ends the same. People seem unable to form words or even thoughts when she is around, simultaneously making her revered and isolated from the world. People worshiped her, comparing her to a goddess they neglected in favor of Psyche. But it was so lonely, being held in such regard for her so-called loveliness.  The only people who talked to her were her family. Her sisters were jealous of her looks, but they were able to find husbands, much to the pleasure of their father. Her father, the one so anxious to hand her off to an eligible bachelor, constantly complained about her lack of suitors. Because people would rather gaze at her than hold a conv...