Legendary Myths

Story 1 || 6 words: Always home, Tortoise never went out. Story 2 || 50 words: Jupiter threw a banquet with all the animals. All came except the Tortoise, for he never cared for going out and preferred to stay home. Annoyed, Jupiter decreed that the Tortoise shall carry his home upon his back, never being able to leave his home even if he so wished. Tortoise and its Shell - Courtesy of Wikipedia Author's Note: For this set of microfictions, I chose to write my own versions of How the Tortoise Got Its Shell. The original story tells of how Jupiter was about to marry a wife, and had a banquet for all the animals to come celebrate. Though, all came except the Tortoise, for he didn't care for going out and preferred to stay home. Jupiter was annoyed at this reply and decreed that the Tortoise shall carry his home upon his back, unable to leave away from his home even if he wished to. For my first microfiction of 6 words, much of the detail of Jupiter's banquet and...

Long ago, I remember naught about my childhood. The faintest memory I retain is that of my family. Though they weren't my birth family, I regarded them highly as such. My father went by the name of Sir Ector. I was the foster-brother of his son, Sir Kay. Thus, we lived together quite happily. Now, Uther Pendragon had passed, and the whole of England had succumbed into much turmoil. Many Knights yearned to seize the throne, but none were deemed worthy. Yet, there came word of a challenge that whomever shall seize a sword from a stone in front of the Great Church in London shall be the rightful King. Upon hearing this, Sir Ector, Sir Kay, and myself made great haste to travel to London for the great challenge. Alas, Sir Kay begged me to travel back home to retrieve his sword, for he had left it the night before. So, I travelled back home as swiftly as I could to retrieve his sword. Upon reaching the home, I found the door locked, as my mother had left to witness the tournament. ...

In search of the Holy Graal, Sir Lancelot came before a stone cross in front of an old chapel. Here he decided to tie his horse to a tree and take off his arms. Lancelot yearned to enter the chapel to be before the altar, but he could not, for he had a heart heavy with sin. So he turned back sorrowful and and lay down to sleep at the foot of the stone cross in front of the chapel. As he rested here, he saw a sick Knight come by, ailing over his turmoils from his quest for the Holy Graal. At this moment, a table of silver appears with the Holy Graal before it. The sick Knight rose up and prayed before the Graal, being made whole again. After that, the Graal went back into the chapel, and Lancelot yearned to pursue. Alas, he could not move, for the weight of his sins weighed down upon him. The sick Knight rose and kissed the stone cross. Seeing Lancelot, he questioned how a sleeping Knight could not wake when the power of the Graal was so near. The squire then replied that Lancelot...

This story begins with the death of Uther Pendragon, leaving behind an absence of a King of Britain. Every Knight yearned to seize the crown, and the country soon fell ill to broken laws and poor yields of corn. Merlin the magician came forth and rode to the place of the Archbishop of Canterbury, agreeing that the lords of Britain shall meet at the Great Church in London on Christmas Day. So it was said, and so it was done. As the lords left the Church on Christmas Day, they marveled at the sight of a sword struck in the midst of a large stone. So it was told that whomever shall pull this sword from the stone shall be the rightful King of England. Many Knights could not hold back their eagerness and sprang forth to try their luck at freeing the sword. Alas, many tried and all failed. Following their failures, two Knights were called forth to keep guard over the sword. Among the Knights was Sir Ector, with his son, Sir Kay. Arthur, Sir Kay's foster-brother also travelled with ...

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I can't believe I didn't learn about this "What If" grading spreadsheet earlier! I was debating on making my own spreadsheet to help me keep track of my overall progress in this Mythology and Folklore class, but now I don't need to make one! What I enjoy about these types of spreadsheets is that I am able to easily track my progress throughout the semester, as well as track my overall performance on previous assignments. Additionally, I am able to predict how many points I have left in the semester, as well as how much work I have left until I complete the course. I like how I am able to make a plan of which assignments I can complete to achieve the total number of points needed for the grade I want for this class! I can then enter my finished assignments into the "done" column to act as a checklist to easily view my overall progress towards my goal. Overall, I found the spreadsheet quite simply to use and well-designed. I will definitely be using this s...