I think the statement that every story is the same is, at base value, true, but that’s ignoring the complexities of individual stories. Every example I try to think of does fall into the hero’s journey shown in the video, but I think that’s just because it’s such a simple thing that everything has to …

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I love nothing more than to lose myself in a good story. As a kid, I had probably a dozen books of beautifully illustrated fairy tales, folk tales, legends, and mythology that I devoured and begged my parents to read to me again and again. Even now, I love a good myth or fairy tale. […]

As far as my thoughts on this week’s theme, it’s definitely a different area of exploration for me.  I mean, outside of my kids being into Marvel/DC Comic superhero stuff to which I’m not sure falls within either or these categories, I’m totally unfamiliar so this will all be new for me.  I’m sure that …

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I love the theme of mythology and folklore. I’ve always enjoyed reading about different myths and legends, and stories that involve them. When it...

Using a theme of legend, myth and folklore is different and something that I’m not quite used to. My first thoughts when I saw that we would be using his theme, I pictured a medieval time setting and questioned how I could possibly use this to convey my work. However, after researching a little more …

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I like some aspects of this theme like the fairy tales and the myths, but I am not sure about the rest and how to incorporate them into posts. When I think of the theme, I mainly think of Grimms’ fairytales and Disney movies. I also think about Greek mythology. The theme is not really … Continue reading Thoughts on the Theme

This type of theme will be very interesting to study for this class. Yes, many different myth-based stories share the same reasoning on why to tell it. They all are an over exaggeration of the truth about humans/animals/world/etc.  During this course, we will be able to differentiate and compare between the past with these themes … Continue reading "Thoughts on Myth/Folklore Theme"

Honestly, I believe this is a great theme to assign this class because I think everyone can relate at least a small part of their lives or even their childhoods on it. Everyone knows the stories of Cinderella or even the wicked witch of the west. Individually, each person can go far and in many …

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Legendary. Personally, when I think of legendary, I tend to think of stories such as urban legends and myths. I think of stories that I have been told by my parents but have also been told through different cultures and generations. My parents are Peruvian and so, I grew up hearing a lot of foreign … Continue reading The Legendary DS106

This semester we will be using the theme of “legend, myth, and folklore.” This theme makes me a bit nervous since I’m not big on these sorts of things. I think an interesting direction to take this theme might be adding our own twist. If we used existing folklore and added our own twist to …

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I was super disappointed when folklore was removed from the Historic Preservation department. I love a good legend, or myth, or folktale (I think most historians do). We all have stories, we grow up on stories, we make our own stories. The world is layered with myths and legends. Some things are built on them.…
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