Myth-Folklore

IN A LAND, far, far away there lived a maiden, and her name was Paulina. Now Paulina was not like any of the other maiden's who lived in the kingdom. This maiden was independent. She lived off in a forest, next to a river, in a cottage all alone. She did not like to be seen because she was always gawked and laughed at by the others. Unlike the ideal maiden, Paulina was six feet and three inches tall, she was as strong as an ox, and could put away more mead than any other man in the land. She had big burly arms and thick thundering thighs. Because of her stature, she had to make her own clothes and became quite good at it too. That was one thing she did not mind when forced to visit the kingdom's village, her clothes were more extravagant than anyone else's. One day, Paulina had to run some errands. So, she put on her best dress and fanciest shoes, she fixed her hair and makeup, grabbed her satchel, and left for the kingdom. She first stopped at the bakery, no one could re...

As I said before, for this week's reading I chose the Stories from the Faerie Queene by Mary Macleod.   I wanted to mention something that I found interesting in the first story in part B of this reading unit titled, What Britomart Saw in the Enchanted Chamber . I know I have mentioned things similar to what I am about to point about before, but I can never pass it up because it is sort of a fascinating quality in stories. What I am referring to is how the characters Britomart sees are portrayed in the scene. She sees beings, i.e., men and women, however, they are also feelings that people have, which you can identify by their name and the way that they carry themselves, i.e., the clothes that they have on their backs, the facial expressions that they carry on their faces, the way they walk, etc. To give a few examples, some of these characters are Fear, Desire, Doubt, Fancy, Danger, Hope, Dissembling, Suspicion, Grief, Fury, and Spite, quite honestly the list kept dragging on. I...

When searching for a story that I wanted to read for this week I stumbled upon  Stories from the Faerie Queene by Mary Macleod . The first thing that caught my eye was the word  Faerie Queene,  I have never seen it spelled in that way before. I looked it up to see if there was any difference between that and the spelling of  fairy queen , but I could not find anything different. I assume it was just the language from the time when Edmund Spenser wrote the original poem. The other thing that made me want to read this story was the magical weapons. I thought there would be some useful ideas for my project and the storytelling assignment.  Right off the bat, the reader  is introduced  to the enchanted weapon, which is a spear that Britomart uses to knock Sir Guyon off of his horse. I thought that their introduction to the enchanted weapon and characters was great because it immediately creates some conflict between the characters. Sir Guyon is upset ...