Robbie Johnson's Mythology and Folklore Blog

 As many of us already know, having more than one spouse tends to cause issues. In some cultures they are able to make it work; however, the majority of people experience this powerful feeling called jealousy.  Once upon a time, there was a very rich king that had great looks, lots of money, and a huge palace that he lived in. He found himself wanting more than one woman so he married a second. His first wife had trouble having children and was unable to become pregnant. Because of this, the king spent more time in the bedroom with his second wife. As the basic rules of biology continue to govern, the second wife ended up getting pregnant. This caused the first wife to be very upset and jealous.  The first wife becomes so enraged that she decides to confront her husband and express her anger. She says things like "why don't you love me?" and "Why do you treat her so much better than me? I was here first!" The king responds and says "It is nothing personal, ...

 The Frog, the Bee, and the Bird This story intrigued me right from the start. I knew this story would be right up my alley based off of the name. I love these types of stories because there is always some sort of teamwork or crazy twist involved that really makes the story what it is. In this particular story, the 3 animals came together to kill an elephant that accidentally knocked the birds eggs out of the tree and killed them. I love the reason for the revenge, but they never explained why the frog and the bee wanted to help. If I were to rewrite this story, I would add some back stories for the frog and the bee and what the elephant did to them to make them want to kill him. I can very well see myself rewriting this story and loved every bit of it! ( Elephant ) Bibliography:  The Frog, the Bee, and the Bird  by  Ziya'al-Din Nakhshabi  

(The dark well:  the well )  I like how this story starts out with a king and 2 queens. I love this because there is so much a writer is able to do because we can add a jealousy aspect to the story. They did just that in this particular story. I gathered a lot of good ideas from reading this story and would have so much fun rewriting it in a new creative way. I found it interesting that instead of taking action on her own, the jealous queen altered the kings mind and made him hate his own son and become jealous of him. He ended up ordering his hands and feet be cut off and thrown into a well. There is already so much jealousy throughout this story and I love it. After the son is thrown into the well, I can come up with so many different ideas to how the son can enact revenge on his father. Overall, this was a really fun story to read and  these are just a couple of my ideas on how I could change the story up when I potentially rewrite it.  Bibliography:  Raja ...