Mythology and Folklore Blog

Astrology six word stories: Source  Six Word Stories For this storylab assignment, I read some six word stories from this website . Some of these stories are confusing, some sad, and some are funny! Who knew that someone could tell a story in only six words. One of the stories that really stood out to me was "I picked passion. Now I'm poor." by Kathleen E. Whitlock. I understand that a lot of these stories may have different meanings depending on the person, but to me this story means that the author chose to do what they were passionate about instead of having a job that they hated. Even though that job would have gotten her the money she needed, she was not happy and wanted to do something she was passionate about. I feel like this happens often in our world, where we get a college degree and work really hard for a job that will make us money, but ultimately will not satisfy our passions. I love how these six word stories can be up to interpretation depending on the pe...

Giulio Romano, wall painting of the Olympian gods , courtesy Palazzo del Te in Mantua For this week's storylab, I watched the three crash course videos over mythology. Before taking this class, I knew very little about mythology and folklore. Watching the videos helped me to learn more about it in depth. I've learned that mythology is open to so many different interpretations. They could be myths of historical fact, fictions, misunderstandings, and so much more. Mythology has been talked about for hundreds of years, and the one thing the video mentioned that was clear is that mythology is an  interpretation. Mythology stories are not considered facts because their meanings cannot be confirmed by a piece of evidence. Mythology is a "systematic study of myths". It was very interesting learning about theories of mythology and the hero's journey and the monomyth. Being a psychology major, I thought it was really interesting how psychologists were looking at myths for ...