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...

The lamb and the fish: Source I have never heard of this story, so I was curious to see what it was about. I have noticed that a lot of household tales have a character who has a deceased parent and a stepmother who is evil. This has made me realize that because of this, a lot of stepparents are often seen as hateful in real life. I was worried that this story would end badly, but luckily it had a happy ending! A brother and a sister are happily playing one day outside, and the evil stepmother turns them into a lamb and a fish by using witchcraft. The stepmother tells this man to kill the lamb for them to eat, but then the lamb starts to talk to the fish, which is her brother. The man realizes that they have been bewitched and does not kill the lamb. They end up going back to their human forms.  Bibliography: The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales translated by D. L. Ashliman (1998-2013). 

The Miller's Daughter and Rumpelstiltskin:  Source I remember reading the story about Rumpelstiltskin in a small children's fairytale book when I was younger. I always thought it was a little creepy how he wanted the Queen's first born child as payment for spinning gold. After reading this story again, many questions arise in my brain. Why would the miller lie to the King and tell him his daughter can spin gold when she can't? Did the King ever find out that his wife lied and did not spin the gold? Why did Rumpelstiltskin want the Queen's firstborn? There are many mysteries of this story that I did not realize until now.  Bibliography: The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales translated by D. L. Ashliman (1998-2013)