For the second half of the reading, I noticed similar trends with the origin story of the winds. I think about how this must have related to the northern lights and phenomenon like that. Overall, while the language in these stories is easy to read, the bluntness of it was not my favorite.
I thought that the story of the first woman was a really interesting story. The language of this story is very blunt and not romantic in the slightest. It was brutal to picture the image of the only woman being pulled into two halves. But, the creativity of the men to complete the woman out of wood was very innovative and resourceful. However, the ending seems indicate that the women in this culture did not play as significant of parts as they actually did. Here, their only real roles were being a good dancer and sewing.
Additionally, these stories got into the land of the dead. I thought it was interesting that when the girl awoke in her death she was led by her grandfather, who I presumed was also dead, because this concept means that in this culture they believed that one day you would be reunited with your dead loved ones.
Overall, these stories were interesting but not my favorite as far as readings have gone. The way this could have been improved upon would be to lengthen them because I feel like there is not as much detail and sometimes, while the language was easy to follow, the message to some of the stories was very uncertain.
Bibliography: Myths and Legends of Alaska, Alaskan Legends Unit, edited by Katharine Berry Judson
I thought that the story of the first woman was a really interesting story. The language of this story is very blunt and not romantic in the slightest. It was brutal to picture the image of the only woman being pulled into two halves. But, the creativity of the men to complete the woman out of wood was very innovative and resourceful. However, the ending seems indicate that the women in this culture did not play as significant of parts as they actually did. Here, their only real roles were being a good dancer and sewing.
Additionally, these stories got into the land of the dead. I thought it was interesting that when the girl awoke in her death she was led by her grandfather, who I presumed was also dead, because this concept means that in this culture they believed that one day you would be reunited with your dead loved ones.
Overall, these stories were interesting but not my favorite as far as readings have gone. The way this could have been improved upon would be to lengthen them because I feel like there is not as much detail and sometimes, while the language was easy to follow, the message to some of the stories was very uncertain.
Bibliography: Myths and Legends of Alaska, Alaskan Legends Unit, edited by Katharine Berry Judson
Image Info: in honor of Halloween coming up and the ghost stories within this unit: Ghost
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