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"Gods, Demons and Others is a collection of ancient tales from India's complex history and mythology presented in their traditional setting, albeit with Narayan's urbane and affectionate, satirical style, bereft of any didactic interludes. The selection of stories includes only those that center on outstanding personalities who transcend the ...
George Beahm called it "quintessential King" and "a horrific little gem of a story". [2] Wiater et al. called it "a bizarre tale" and said that it is reminiscent of "The Monkey", a story collected earlier in Skeleton Crew, [3] however unlike the benevolent Chattery Teeth, the Monkey is a malevolent entity and responsible for multiple deaths in the story.
Such folk stories are frequently told as cautionary tales warning of the dangers of unknown women and to discourage rape. [1]The psychologist Erich Neumann wrote that in one such myth, "...a fish inhabits the vagina of the Terrible Mother; the hero is the man who overcomes the Terrible Mother, breaks the teeth out of her vagina, and so makes her into a woman."
A creation myth (or creation story) is a cultural, religious or traditional myth which describes the earliest beginnings of the present world. Creation myths are the most common form of myth, usually developing first in oral traditions, and are found throughout human culture.
Mary Shelley described Midas as a "short mythological comic drama in verse". [13] Her efforts to publish it as a children's drama suggest that she thought of it as children's literature. At this time, "instructional" literature for children was most often written by women, who were viewed as having superior knowledge regarding the raising of ...
Zeus is angry at Eros, who pleads for forgiveness, arguing that he is just a small child.Zeus, however, is not convinced, considering Eros' ancient age. Zeus demands to know why Eros continues to play tricks on him, causing him to transform into various forms: a satyr [note 1], a bull [note 2], gold [note 3], a swan [note 4], and an eagle [note 5], because Eros never makes women reciprocate ...
Anishinaabe: Flood Myth - an Algonquin Story Archived 2020-02-20 at the Wayback Machine [7] Anishinaabe: Turtle Island [8] Choctaw: A Choctaw Flood Story [9] Comox people: Legend of Queneesh [citation needed] Cree: Cree Flood Story [7] Cree (Knisteneaux): Knisteneaux Flood Myth [citation needed] Hopi mythology: Entrance into the Fourth World ...
I love that line in the poem, and it was a metaphor for my story, about taking a cup full of fire from the sun." [1] The Golden Apples of the Sun was Bradbury's third published collection of short stories. [3] The first, Dark Carnival, was published by Arkham House in 1947; the second, The Illustrated Man, was published by Doubleday & Company ...