Nathaniel Vo MLLL-3043

The Princess and the Pea Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen A prince wanted to marry a princess but could not find a real one. A storm happened, and a real princess knocked at the gate.  The queen rigged the bed with a pea, and so the princess did not have a good sleep.  The prince married her because she could feel the difference with the pea.  The pea was put into a museum. The Emperor’s New Suit Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen An emperor wanted the best clothes and hired weavers to make something.  They convince the emperor that it is so fine that it is invisible to anyone unfit.  They all pretend to be working on the clothing.  All the ministers claim that they can see the clothing being worked on.  The emperor wears the "suit" and all the townspeople claim they can see the suit.  A child in the crowd says that he isn't wearing anything and the emperor realizes it. The Brave Tin Soldier ...

Grimm: Bearskin Household Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm A young man finished war but had nowhere else to go except to his brothers.  He was rejected with only his gun.  He went to go think under a circle of trees.  He heard a strange man with a green coat.  The man promised him wealth if he were to be found fearless.  The man told him to fire at a bear.  The strange man then told him that if he were to wear the bearskin for seven years without cleaning himself, he would have money in his pocket.  But if he died within the seven years, the man, actually the devil, would claim him.  He agreed to those conditions.  Within the first four years, it was easy to get shelter through the money, however after, he could not get shelter anymore from the inn.  He then gave money to the innkeeper who was having financial issues. The innkeeper was gratified and allowed him to marry one of his daughters.  The two older daughters fle...

Infancy: The Annunciation source: King James Bible (1611): Luke 1. The angel Gabriel visited the Virgin Mary to tell her that she would be pregnant with a Son of God and to name him Jesus.  He proved that it would be true by telling her that her barren cousin Elisabeth in old age would become pregnant too.  So Mary went to visit her and found that it was true. Infancy: The Nativity source:  King James Bible  (1611): Luke 2. Mary and Joseph gave birth to Jesus and laid him in a manger.  An angel of God told some shepherds to go to the manger and see the Christ.  The shepherds came and praised the baby, Jesus. Infancy: The Young Jesus source:  King James Bible  (1611): Luke 2. A man Simeon was very just and he got told by the Holy Ghost to see Jesus before his death.  Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the temple to offer a sacrifice.  Jesus and Simeon met, and Simeon praised Jesus.  When Jesus was twelve, he stayed at the tem...

Origin Stories: The Moon     The Man in the Moon :    The blacksmith wasn't satisfied with his life as a blacksmith because it was hot work, so he asked the wise man to be a stone, so he became a stone.  Then he saw that he was then underneath the stone-cutter, so he was made a stone-cutter.  Then the work of a stone-cutter was too much for him, so he asked to be the sun.  But the sun was hotter than all his other forms, so he asked to be the moon instead.  He then asked to be the moon, because it seemed cool.  But the heat from the sun was even greater, so he asked to be a blacksmith again, but the wise man refused to turn him back, and so the blacksmith ended as the moon. Laos Folk-Lore by Katherine Neville Fleeson   The Hare That Was Not Afraid to Die :    Buddha was born as a hare.  He had three friends.  Buddha taught moral law to each of his three friends.  He said to give to the poor.  His three ...

Folklore of the Holy Land: Moslem, Christian, and Jewish:  I come from a Christian background, and I've always been curious about the parallels between the three Abrahamic Religions.  I've always wanted to understand because I see so many rifts between the religions, and I want to understand their differences. Adam and Eve:   Coming from a Christian background, the story of the creation of man is very cut and dry.  So I think it'll be interesting reading about folklore about it, and seeing how it would tie in with my own understandings. King Arthur:   I've always been curious and interested in the stories of King Arthur, but I've never read anything about it since I'm not too much of a reader.  So this would be a good opportunity to read the stories. A depiction of the Creation of Adam painted by Michelangelo