Tuesday, September 29

Today is Tuesday of Week 6, and here is a link to Week 6. It's another week of stories from the Middle East and India in Myth-Folklore, while it is the first week of the Mahabharata in Indian Epics. I hope you will enjoy the new reading!

Class Procedures and Reminders

Week 6 progress. Now that we are in Week 6, it means the semester is one-third over: 5 weeks down, and 10 weeks to go. In terms of points, that's 150 points so far, with 300 to go (plus extra credit). So, if you have not done so recently, you might want to check on your progress so far. If you are not where you want to be in terms of points, you can start doing some extra credit to fill the gap.

Project Stack. As always at the start of the week, the stack is gigantic. If you turned in something on Friday or Saturday before noon, you should have comments back from me now, and you can check the stack to make sure I received your project. I'll keep working on the Saturday items in the stack today, and I should be able to start on the Sunday items too.

The following items are for fun and exploration:

Blog stream. Jill did the collage tech tip and made this cute collage of people and pets! More info at Jill's post. Collages are a fun way if you have lots of images you want to share at once.


Twitter stream. Some of you in Myth-Folklore read the Iliad earlier this semester; here are the opening lines read in ancient Greek!


And here's another video at Twitter: Gurdeep dancing in the Yukon again!


This is a picture of someone in India dressed as Yama, the god of death, waning people about COVID; it showed up at Scroll.in's article about speculative fiction in the age of COVID: The future of speculative fiction.


Storybook. And speaking of Yama, here is a Storybook from Indian Epics last year: No Birth, No Death: Transformation.


100-Word Stories. Death is a character in this Aesop's fable: Death's Warnings.


Some of you in Myth-Folklore have been reading the 1001 Nights version of Aladdin and the Lamp, so I thought you might like this cartoon about genies:


And something to inspire those of you who are doing some reading today, a quote Tyrion Lannister, a character in George R. R. Martin's Game of Thrones: Books are better.


And not one but two videos with the Game of Thrones theme done in Indian style: Mumbai Dhol Tasha Cover and Rishab Rikhiram.



September 29: Michaelmas. Today is the holiday of Saint Michael the Archangel. The holiday is known as "Michaelmas" in England. Below you can see Saint Michael battling the demon, a famous story in the Christian tradition. The city of Arkhangelsk (Archangel) in Russia is named after Michael the Archangel, and you can see the angel and the demon represented in the coat of arms of that city:


Here's a famous "Saint Michael" location: Mont Saint Michel in France, which is a UNESCO World Heritage location; here's an aerial view video: it's a tidal island.



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