Writing a myth and reading a myth—two totally different things in my eyes. I have now found that writing a myth is much harder than it looks. After reading some of the myths that we went over in class I thought, “Wow, this seems fun, seems easy, I can do this.” But now I’m having trouble with this assignment. I think that I have so many ideas about what I want to write my myth on, that when I actually sit down to write it, I become overwhelmed. I’ve decided to take things little by little, to help me with this not so easy process. I have broke down my myth topics into four broad ideas—love, communication, the sun and the moon, and animal/human relationships. From these topics I want to create four myths (so far I have only come up with one), and choose the one that I like the most for my myth website. It’s a bit time consuming but it’s the easiest way I’ve found.
With the myth presentations that were presented in class, I learned about the different kinds of myths and the lessons that are meant to be learned from these myths. This will be a good assignment to use when I’m trying to inform and entertain my students. I hope to use this in my classes in the future. I would also like for my students to come up with their own myths. This way the students and I can share and learn from each other.
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I really like the topics that you wanted to write about. They all sound really interesting. I think that you should even write the myths just for your self even if it's just a couple of quick drafts, just to have them. I can see how it would be really hard to pick from them but it sounds like you're on your way to a great myth. I can't wait to read it and see what you do with your website. I think the idea of having students make their own myths as a way of teaching them about myths is a really great idea. I really learned a lot just by writing them like I can see that you did as well.
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