Week 1 Storybook Favorites

There was one project that drew my attention more than any other, The Cherokee Campfire. I was drawn to this because I have deep Cherokee roots, my great grandmother co-write the Cherokee Constitution. I’ve also read some of these stories before in my Cherokee classes. I love how the Cherokee stories center around animals. Especially the wolf, known as “waya”, the rabbit, “tsistu”, and the turtle, “saligugi.” In all of the stories the animals are personified and it makes the stories very unique and enthralling. I also enjoy how strong of personality traits each animal has in any of the stories that they are told in.

The next storybook I looked at was The Legend of Odysseus. I have been a fan of Odysseus since I first heard of his Epic as a child. He is easily my favorite hero of all the Greek stories. He has just always come off as the most well-rounded hero so to speak. I especially like how this storybook featured Odysseus’s encounter with the Cyclops. I have always thought that it is such a funny visual to imagine Odysseus and his men sandwiching themselves between sheep to sneak past the Cyclops. I also am a fan of how cunning Odysseus can be. Offering the Cyclops some libations to wash down the taste of his comrades was such a funny thing to me as well. It is a great way of adding humor to lighten something that is very grim.

The last storybook I read was The Love of Apollo. I am immediately drawn to anything that has to do with Apollo since he is my favorite god. That also is direct tie to the Oracle at Delphi being my favorite oracle because of Apollo and how the natural gasses in the ground actually were found to cause hallucinations. I love the way the author of it formatted it as a satyr telling the tales of Apollo’s love as punishment.

Here is a screenshot of The Love of Apollo; the image is of Apollo and Marsyas.