Week 10 Reading Diary

Iagoo, the Story Teller
-His great knowledge is from family and nature, expecting these to be strong themes
-Uncle Dr. Suess Santa Claus
-Story within a story, but Iagoo is only kind of the narrator.

Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind
-Basically, we have spring and winter as gods/characters.
-The hero here can change into a duck.
-Theses stories generally have magical components, in a different way than other fairy tales
-"Cheerfulness and courage can overcome even the North Wind."
-The story ties back into the first layer, and the narrator continues to tell other stories to the children

The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds
-Nature preservation themes
-Animals running free and not "in cages"
-Mostly describes animals of an old time, where they are all friendly and none are dangerous
-They do not teach animals like this at the time of the storytelling
-Includes lots of animals and the different things that they can do, normal children's stories stuff
-Worm gets to the top with patience, taking a month, but saving the children.

The Child of the Evening Star
-10 daughters, only one at a certain point has not chosen a suitor to marry
-She turned down the handsome ones for a very old man because she had the ability to look at their heart.
-This is starting out as a much better lesson than other fairy tales
-His curse is lifted but then transfers to her, making her old
-Move to the evening star, magical, and have a son, title
-He longs for the people and animals of Earth, he is lonely
-Return to Earth, because these stories point out the beauty of nature on earth

The Boy Who Snared The Sun
-Iagoo comes up with a story of a little boy and girl who are brother and sister when there are giant animals and they are the only humans so that the brother and sister in his tepee will like the story
-Still themes of conquering nature, and in this case, growing up
-Animals character traits are determined by type of animal

How the Summer Came
-Getting more and more of the setting with Iagoo and the children
-He has a story for everything
-This one is for how the ice age ended
-This is another story where the hero is magical and he will conquer winter for the good of the people
-This is actually about the Big Dipper I think

The Fairy Bride
-Girl likes fairies, won't marry a tall hunter
-Hero still magical, or at least able to see magical things
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Read the Stories.