Myth & Folklore

 Story Photo by Brandon Montrone from Pexels The monk began his pilgrimage through the forest just before dawn.  He did not want to attract any natural predators of the forest by making his way through there at a later hour in the evening.  As he was walking through the forest, he could only think about the news he and his companions heard in the monastery.  Two young girls’ mother and brother attacked and eaten by a panther!  “How terrible” he thought to himself and as the thought slowly slipped from his mind, he began to hasten his pace throughout the forest.  He was passing an immense tree when he saw a figure running towards him in red.  A girl had stopped in front of him and asked him “if anyone is following me tell them you have not seen anyone in this forest” and the monk agreed.  The girl continued to sprint at an impressive rate and soon the monk no longer saw her.  Not long after the encounter with the girl, the monk began to take a break when suddenly a beautiful horse cov

 Reading Notes  Photo by Jaymantri from Pexels Flying Ogre: I have never heard of this story before I stumbled upon it in this unit.  It is quite short, but I am looking forward to working with it whenever I write my story.  My plan is to keep the Ogre and the man pursuing it, but possibly change the monk.  I can add a little more of a backstory as to why this particular Ogre is important to capture.  I mentioned in my previous reading notes post that I am considering combining stories and I think I may do so for this story, Guan Yu, and the Panther.  These three stories stood out to me as I read through.  Perhaps, I could even combine the Panther and the Flying Ogres.  I thought it would be interesting to say that the reason why the one Ogre is so sought after is because it had disguised itself as a panther!  might be a fun twist to work with.   Source:  The Chinese Fairy Book , ed. by R. Wilhelm and translated by Frederick H. Martens (1921). Flying Ogres

 Reading notes  Photo by Ian Beckley from Pexels Guan Yu: I have only heard the name Guan Yu before reading this story.  I knew he was a warrior of some type just based off of the descriptions/depictions I have seen before.  I was surprised after I clicked on the story of The Chinese God of War and saw that he was the God of War.  I read this story and while short I think I can maybe make it more fun.  There was not a lot of fighting.  If you ask me, a story about the God of War should have a lot of battles in it.  So I think instead of just describing a battle, I am going to describe all of the preparations he does for a great battle.  I think it would add a different theme and add a lot of suspense and keep the audience wondering what will happen.  I was particularly fond of this story from Reading A because I personally found the others to not be that interesting.  I am considering doing a combination with another story within Part A because I have not yet considered doing that and