Thursday, October 22, 2015

Extra Reading Diary: American Indian Fairy Tales

The three stories from second unit of the American Indian Fairy Tales unit by Henry Schoolcraft are:

The Boy who Snared the Sun. This was a pretty nice story. The narrator remains in the Fairy Tales. He is the one telling these stories to his audiences. A girl and her little brother are the audience. They are also the main character along with a giant mouse. The narrator comes up with these stories on the spot when a subject arises. That is a different style of storytelling and I like it so far. The story also had other animals but the mouse was the biggest. The giant mouse frees the sun after the sun was caught but doing so, the mouse becomes small, the size he is today. It was kind of funny that they gave a reason for the mouse being so small.

How the Summer Came. This was an interesting story also. This told the history of Summer and how it came to Earth. A man named O-jeeg along with some animals are the main characters. The man is the one who brings Summer to Earth, which was filled with snow before. The man was said to have magical powers. That alone makes it my favorite out of the three. 

Picture depicting O-jeeg. 


The Fairy Bride. This was a story about fairies. A girl named Neen-i-zu is the main character. She dreams of not being a bride but staying with the fairies. She ends up as the bride of a male fairy. Oh the irony! The descriptions were interesting. 

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