Class Procedures and Reminders
Congratulations, Meghan! The academic awards for this year have been announced, and Meghan in Myth-Folklore is the "Outstanding Senior in Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering." Yay, Meghan!
Project Stack. If you turned in a project before 6PM on Sunday, you should have comments back from me now, and I will keep working on the Sunday assignments today. Meanwhile, as always you can check the stack to make sure I received your email.
The following items are for fun and exploration:
Blog Stream. Ryan's Wikipedia Trail is a nice example of the interconnectedness of things Indian: From Sita to Buddha. This is Raja Ravi Varma's beautiful painting of Sita:
Free Audiobook. Today's free audiobook is Stories from the Faerie Queen by Jeanie Lang. These are Arthurian legends as found in Spenser's epic English poem known as The Faerie Queen. It includes the story of Britomart!
Featured Storybook. This Indian Epics Storybook has a college dimension: Hanuman and the Naked Philosophers. A college student and his friends are in possession of an ancient Greek manuscript bearing the name Χάνουμαν — could this be a Greek account of Hanuman, the flying monkey god and most devoted follower of Rama?
India Video. Here is an Epified video about the Names of Hanuman.
India Item. This is a proverb from ancient India that tells the moral of a story: Beware the tiger who offers you a golden bracelet, the idea being that the tiger lures you with a golden bracelet... and then eats you up!
Myth Video. Here's a fun storytelling style: rap battle! In this case, Zeus versus Thor. The lyrics are fabulous, but be warned: NSFW.
Myth Item. Here's a mythological map: it's Monsters in America.
Writing. This cartoon from Tom Gauld reminds you of why it's important to proofread for typos. A typo can change the whole story:
And here's some mythology humor: Odysseus and Facebook.
Growth Mindset Cats. These cats knows that the creative process starts with making observations.
And the more specific observations you can include in your writing, the better. Lively details are great... zombie nouns are not so great: Beware the Zombie Nouns!
Event on Campus. You can come here the renowned poet Nikki Giovanni tonight at 7PM in the Reynolds Performing Arts Center (details).
Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.
April 11: Margaret of Navarre. Today is the birthday of the French writer Margaret, Queen of Navarre in the year 1492. You can read about her remarkable life and career at Wikipedia, and selections from her book The Heptameron will be one of the reading options coming up in the Myth-Folklore class! Here is her portrait:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
April 11: Margaret of Navarre. Today is the birthday of the French writer Margaret, Queen of Navarre in the year 1492. You can read about her remarkable life and career at Wikipedia, and selections from her book The Heptameron will be one of the reading options coming up in the Myth-Folklore class! Here is her portrait:
Check out the Twitter stream for information and fun stuff during the day, or click here for past announcements.
