Native American Humor: Powerful Medicine in Louise Erdrich ’s Tracks by Jordan Higgins An old adage claims that laughter is the best medicine to cure human ailments. Although this treatment might sound somewhat unorthodox‚ its value as a remedy can be traced back to ancient times when Hypocrites‚ in his medical treatise‚ stressed the importance of “a gay and cheerful mood on the part of the physician and patient fighting disease” (Bakhtin 67). Aristotle viewed laughter as man’s quintessential
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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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narration of "The Step not Taken‚" consists of a structure which can be analyzed through archetypal theory. The author experiences all the stages of a monomyth during the narration. Paul‚ in the story‚ acts himself as both the benevolent guide and the trickster through an internal force. He questions himself on both sides of the argument created during his narration. Paul’s experience with a distraught stranger has him search for answers on how one should respond to another’s suffering. Paul initiates
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In trickster tales‚ another common element of these stories is the usage of “brain over brawn.” The purpose of brain over brawn is where the character may lack some physical strength‚ but makes up for it by outsmarting whomever it is going up against. In “How Stories Came to Earth‚” Anansi was not the most immense character‚ but he was able to capture Osebo the leopard by convincing him to put his paws on the sticks he planted on the outside of the hole. He was then able to wrap a string of webs
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2 Analyzing a Picture Book to Determine if it Exposes Multicultural Ideas to Children Introduction The focus of this analysis will be Gerald McDermott’s picture book Zomo The Rabbit: A Trickster Tale from West Africa (1992). It is a tale of a clever rabbit and how far he is willing to go in his quest for wisdom. This picture book is highly recommended by the New York Public Library as one of 100 picture books everyone should know. The
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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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what the prophesy in “How the Coyote Got His Powers” means and relate it to another text or historical circumstance that shares the same story or theme. Think back to our class discussion of many characters from the Batman movies and comics as trickster and Coyote figures‚ as well as the similarities between the Exodus of the Jewish population from Egypt as inspiration. Avoid using these examples if you can and look for one of your own. Pick one of the warning tales (Pentheus‚ Phaeton‚ Godfather)
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appear to have no specific gender‚ thus showing the unity of both the male and female divine. There are numerous myths that talk about the male divine. These myths show the male divine in several different roles that include the creator‚ warrior‚ trickster‚ hunter and the hero. When looking at the female deities they are mostly see as the earth or are embodied as a part of the female reproductive system. On the other hand‚ the male divine are not seen as parts of the reproductive cycle or in the different
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Creation Myths All cultures have tried to answer the famous question “where did I come from” and “how was the world created”. This is why every culture has creation myths. Although there are many similarities between cultures that were centuries and continents apart there are still many differences. These questions are still being debated by scientists and scholars in our technologically advanced society today. There are many patterns among creation myths. In many creation myths the first men were
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A spider in need of stories and a coyote in need of fire? Anansi is a spider who wants to get the stories from the sky-god Nyame. Coyote is just a coyote who cheats dice for fire. These are Trickster tales/ folk tales that teach a cultural value or lesson. Folk tales are passed down orally from generation to generation and very commonly use anthropomorphism‚ the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things. Both of these stories share their similarities and differences. In “How Stories
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