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I decided to read some of the hero tales in the Native American unit. Just generally speaking, reading part A reminded me a lot of Indian tales. There was a lot of symbolism, a message with each story, and they also weren't very short stories. Each story had at least two parts, and I know with such a huge plotline in many Indian tales that it takes some time to read, especially the epics. It makes me wonder how these stories are used in the Native American religion: are they used as folktales or are these stories held as part of religious tales.
My favorite story out of Part A was the following:
The Jealous Uncle
- This story reminded me of the part in Mahabharata where Kamsa didn't want Krishna to be born, so 7 infants were killed. The difference in this story was that only boys were killed in this story
- This story definitely had a huge plot as it was a story that lasted 3 parts.
- Each item that was placed in that toy box had a role, and it symbolized each of his actions throughout the story.
- If I were to retell this story, I think I would want to tell it from the opposite gender perspective. It would be interesting to see how different this story would be if it was flipped, and whether the same scenarios would occur.
- I think it would be even better to retell the story from a girl's perspective, have different items put in her box, and different scenarios. I'm not sure if this would be deemed gender stereotyping, but it also would be a fun way to retell the story.
Bibliography: Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson Reading Guide Part A
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