Our class has been busy studying myths from old and diverse cultures and found that there are many themes that drive these stories to teach through the generations. Some were told to teach lessons and warn of stranger danger or mixing with others from other tribes. Many were to help with worship and producing crops to feed the citizens of the society. It was interesting to hear so many myths with similar messages told slightly differently. This reminded me of the game of telephone where children sit in a group and tell a phrase to one person, who tells the phrase to the person sitting next to them, who in turns tells the next, and so on. It made me wonder if their was only one tale or myth and if these retellings were from descendants of that left the original tribe. There is one way of telling, but a fun thought.
Each student had the opportunity to create our own myth and website. I had chosen a few different ideas but the one that made it through was the idea of not to eat the watermelon seeds. We have all heard this whenever we have watermelon, but why can't we? Check out the fun on my website at https://christywhalen106.wixsite.com/mythicalthoughts. I am not an expert, but working on it. This was a lot of fun.
https://watermelonfest.org/
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