Diving into Mythology

Customizing your canvas profile is something that I suggest everyone to do. The reason I did it is because I saw one of my peer's tech tip on it and decided to look into what all you can do. The main thing that I did was change my canvas picture to an updated picture of me. I feel like this is really helpful for the professors who use the canvas site in order to get to know their students. Also, this my peers are able to see this image when click on the students in the class. I kept my display name the same because I only go by one name. However, this is a nice feature for people who go by their middle name or nick name! Overall, I think canvas is an awesome site and everyone should explore it a little bit.

Coyote Steals a Man's Wife Story source:  Jicarilla Apache Texts  edited by Pliny Earle Goddard (1911). This story starts out very interesting. A man was standing on a rock and it rose into the sky. The coyote stole the man's wife and moved away with her. The man remained on top of the rock where he lived alone because he could not get off of the rock. The rest of the community also moved away leaving the man on top of the rock completely alone. After a long time of  living  on the rock, the man got off of the rock and came into the place where the community used to be and no one was there. He went from camp fire to camp fire searching for his  wife  and the  people who he used to live with but at each campfire they were not there and had not been there for awhile. Finally, the man reached the camp of the coyote and his wife. The coyote was out hunting but came back with a deer. The man wrapped three stones in deer fat and fed th...

Coyote Secures Fire Story source:  Jicarilla Apache Texts  edited by Pliny Earle Goddard (1911). I chose this story to take notes on  because  it is dealing with animals and that is the focus of my portfolio. Also, I live in Lawton, OK which is close to a large part of the Apache tribes. Upon a hill, the fireflies had their came and were the only animals who had fire and they were playing hoop and pole with the otters. There was no way to get to the firefly camp because there was no trail leading up to the camp. The coyote was frustrated by this. He was seeking a way to get to the fireflies in order to get the fire, but he could not find a way to get there. He went to the children and asked if they knew if there was a way to get to the camp and the children would not tell him. He came back later to the children with berries and bribed them to tell him the way to the camp. The coyote set on his way to the firefly camp. When he reached the camp he entered into a g...

Once upon a time there was a huge fight between the animals and the birds in a forest. The forest they lived in was full of huge trees, plentiful nuts, plants, and fruits, and large rivers. Even though there was enough food and water for everyone the animals and birds could not seem to live together in the forest peacefully. There was constant fights over the water, food, and where each of the animals and birds lived. One day the leader of the animals, the bear, and the leader of the bird, the eagle, decided that they would play a game of baseball in order to decide who would be in charge of the forest. All of the animals and birds gathered in an open field on one Saturday morning. There was tension in the air as each of the teams warmed up and got their heads in the game. Right before the game was about to begin two little mice walked up to the birds and asked the eagle if they could join his team. The eagle was very confused by this because the mice could not fly, did not have wing...

The Ball Game of the Birds and Animals Source:  Myths of the Cherokee  by James Mooney (1900). The story  go  the ball game of the birds and the animals begins when the animals  challenged the birds to a great ball game. The leaders of each team made the arrangements and decided on a day in which the ball game would take place. The captain of the animals was the bear, who was very strong. On the way to the ball field the bear was throwing logs and showing his strength, boasting to the other animals and birds. The animal team seemed to have many strengths: the strong bear, the tough terrapin, and the fast deer. The captain of the birds was the eagle. The birds had many strong players as well including the hawk and other large strong birds. However, they were still scared of the animals. When the game was about to begin two mice came up to the eagle and asked if they would join the bird team. The mice claimed they tried to join the anim...

The Journey to the Sunrise Source:    Myths of the Cherokee  by James Mooney (1900). A long time ago there was a group of men who set our to see where the sun lives and find out  what the sun is like. They packed corn and extra pairs of moccasins for their trip and began to walk east in order to find the sun. Along the journey they met tribes they knew, but as they got farther from home they started to meet tribes that they have never heard of before. They met tribes of all different beliefs and learned form them. They kept on traveling until finally they came to the place where the sky reaches down to the ground during the sunrise. They found that at the point where the sun lived there was an arch and a solid rock was always swinging through the door in which the sun comes out of every morning. One of the men tried to get into the door once the sun had passed through but he was struck by the rock. None of the other men were willing to try that...

Original Source : The Monkey's Fiddle Story source:  South African Folk-Tales  by James Honey (1910). ( vervet monkey ) One day there was a monkey who decided to leave his land due to the lack of resources and exhausted animals that lived in the land. The monkey went to live with his uncle who provided him work and shelter. The monkey worked very hard for a couple of months and then one day decided to return home. The monkey's uncle gave the monkey two gifts in return for working so hard over the past couple of months. The monkey received a bow and arrow and a guitar from his uncle and started his journey home. On his way home, the monkey ran into a wolf who was exhausted from trying to hunt a deer all day. The monkey offered to help him by using his bow and arrow to shoot the deer. The monkey and the wolf feasted on the deer and were very happy. However, soon the wolf became jealous of the monkey's bow and arrow and demanded that the monkey give it to him. They argu...