Teacher Resource: What is Traditional Literature? Traditional literature is a genre that deals specifically with stories that were passed down through oral storytelling from generation to generation. Traditional literature consists of songs‚ stories‚ poems and riddles from anonymous sources. There are many forms of traditional literature (myths‚ fables‚ epics‚ ballads‚ legends‚ folk rhymes‚ folktales) and many of the categories do overlap. Folktales are a major form of traditional literature
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nature and the spirits. The dream catcher originated within the Ojibwe tribe. The story behind the dream catcher is about a great spirit‚ Iktomi who is the great trickster and searcher of wisdom. One day he appeared to an old spiritual leader in the form of a spider. Iktomi spoke to him in a sacred language about the cycles of life we go through. While Iktomi spoke to the man he span a web onto the man’s willow hoop that had feathers‚ beads‚ horsehair and offering on it. He told the man that each
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cultures that make it a beautiful place. When given the right tools children can see it that too. Many books and movies can show children how being different is great and help them learn about others’ cultures and lifestyles. Anansi the spider is a book that does just that. Anansi the Spider was written and illustrated by tale spinner‚ Gerald McDermott. McDermott has created over twenty-five books and films. He was admitted to Detroit Institute of Arts at only four years of age. Through his school
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Trickster Tales “Fool I will now take you to the Sky-God.” Anansi said this quote when he was capturing the animals for the stories‚ in the story “How Stories Came to Earth”.Anansi was trying to capture the animals for the stories with the help of his wife. His wife was the brains‚ he was the brawn. As in his wife was the plan designer‚ Anansi was the one who does it.There are many similarities and differences in the trickster tales “How Stories Came to Earth”‚ and “Master Cat or Puss in Boots”
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Cat: Puss in Boots”. In each of these three tales the main character spins webs of deceit by tricking people or‚ in some cases‚ animals into doing what they want them to. This includes Anansi’s act of tricking a snake into stretching himself out so Anansi could tie the snake to the stick in “How Stories Came to Earth.” Another form of deceit used‚ this time‚ in “Coyote Steals Fire” is when Coyote pretends to be dead in order to steal the fire from Thunder. In the story “Master Cat: Puss in Boots” Puss
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Loki‚ the people from Ghana had Anansi‚ and the Greeks had Prometheus. Just as it is in folklore‚ films often utilize the trickster archetype and none more so than John Hughes’ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Ferris displays the classic characteristics of a trickster; he mediates between parties of people‚ applies “shape shifting” by the way of disguises‚ and displays quite a bit of amorality throughout the film. These actions call to mind the myths of Loki and Anansi as they both have stories that possess
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The Disney movie franchise‚ Pirates of the Caribbean‚ and the Anansi Myths both have trickster figures. These tricksters‚ Jack Sparrow and Anansi‚ parallel each other in their abilities to use deception and wit to outsmart others for their own ambitions. However‚ whereas Jack Sparrow avoids violent confrontation‚ Anansi is willing to kill. In Pirate’s of the Caribbean‚ the treacherous pirate of the seven seas‚ Captain Jack Sparrow‚ is a disdainful trickster with questionable ethics and who focuses
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the center. Another story being told about the dream catcher is the Lakota Legend. The story about this legend started out with an old Lakota spiritual leader that had a vision up on a high mountain. Iktomi‚ the teacher of wisdom appeared in the form of a spider in this vision. "Iktomi took Elder ’s hoop which had feathers‚ horse hairs‚ beads‚ and offering on it and began to spin a web." (Unltd‚ http://www.cynaunltd.com/dreamcatcher_legends.htm.) The Lakota leader passed his vision on to some
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possess human traits‚ ambitions‚ and emotions. In the first story‚ the trickster‚ a spider named Anansi‚ shows human qualities in many ways‚ one being that he is married to another spider named Aso. Together‚ the two spiders show another humanistic trait because they possess curiosity and wish to “know the beginnings and endings of things” (Kaleki 40). This shows anthropomorphism because although Anansi and Aso are insects‚ they exhibit the desire to learn the history of earth and how everything came
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Three Tricksters and Their Objectives Often when a character works toward a goal‚ he or she breaks rules and strays from morality if necessary in order to complete the task. Great benefits typically motivate these characters to work hard and use methods that they would typically consider unacceptable.The tricksters in the folktales “How Stories Came to Earth‚” and “Coyote Steals Fire‚” and in the fairytale‚ “Master Cat: Puss in Boots‚” trick other characters in order to receive a benefit. The ways
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