Week 2: The one that stuck out to me was Jewish Fairy Tales because I took a Jewish Literature last year. I'm also a sucker for any kind of fairy tales, so it was awesome to see that legends like the "Bogey-Man" exist in Jewish Fairy tales! Judaism is one of the world's oldest religions, so Jewish fairy tales literally have all the material in the world.
Week 4: I obviously had to choose the Ramayana because I was in the Indian Epics class last semester! I had never heard of Rama until the class but now I truly think of him as one of literature's most fascinating heroes. You really see his rags to riches story and then his fall from grace. I feel like he is a character that people can debate and have lots of opinions on!
Week 6: A unit that caught my eye was Brer Rabbit from Africa because it reminded me of the Br'er Rabbit from Disney. I had no idea this character was from Africa, but it really does make sense now. I love discovering the roots of characters and their existence in other cultures.
(Cover image of a Brer Rabbit children's book from Pinterest.)
Week 8: I'm a little embarrassed to admit this but I clicked on tales from the Pacific Northwest since I read Twilight and there's a story about "The Third Wife" from Native Americans. These tales do not deal with the reasoning behind why vampires hate werewolves, but maybe in years to come I won't have to be embarrassed to admit I enjoyed the story of "How Dog Stole Fire."
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