Pa(tel) me about Myth and Folklore

This is it. My last post for this class. I can't believe I'm finally done! It is truly a bittersweet feeling. I have loved taking this class and Indian Epics last fall. These classes are truly one of a kind! I am so, so, SO close to being done with college. It's CRAZY. Just this Monday I realized that this is my last full week of taking classes as an undergrad student. I just have one big paper and two finals, and then graduation, here I come! I am so ready to be able to say "Master has given Dobby a degree, Dobby is free!" Literally me next week.  My biggest regret regarding this class is that I gave up on my storybook. I had big expectations for myself and I'm disappointed that I didn't meet them. But mostly disappointed at the fact that I gave up because I knew if I had really tried, I could've done really great on my storybook. However, that's not saying that I'm not proud of what I have already. Trying to write in first person a

This is my second to last post for this class and I wanted it to be my favorite extra credit assignment, Wikipedia Trails. I started the trail off with the article about Inferno . Not Dante's, but Dan Brown's. I have read the first book, Angels and Demons, in the Robert Langdon series by Dan Brown. Inferno is the fourth book in this series which I am hoping I will be able to read soon. I was curious to see when this book came out because I knew it's been a while but I wasn't exactly sure how long it has been. From there, I went to the article about the Duomo  in Florence, Italy. I was curious about this because I have seen many pictures of it and wanted to know when it was built. I watched this show on Netflix called Medici which is about the Medici family and I remember the Duomo being present during the time period portrayed in the show. I learned that the plan for it to be built started in 1296 and was completed in 1436, almost 140 years later. Duomo in Flor

I finally made it to my last reading notes of the semester! That's crazy. I was honestly thinking about find some shorter stories to read so I could get done quick. However, I'm glad I decided to read Inferno for this last week's reading. As I was reading, I learned that some of the circles have different levels to it which I think is interesting because that just adds even more depth to the entire "inferno" of hell. I got really confused during these part B readings so I had to use Wikipedia to help me figure out what these circles were about. The Seventh Circle is divided by three rings, which house all of the violent people. Dante and Virgil have to first go around the Minotaur from the Sixth Circle to get to the Seventh Circle. First ring: for the people who do violence against neighbors. Second ring: for the people who do violence against self. Third ring: for the people who do violence against God, art, and nature. The Eight Circle of Hell is c

I remember having to read Inferno back in sophomore year of high school. I thought it was cool back then because I used to read a lot back in high school. I wanted to read it again because I forgot almost all of it. The one circle I remember a little more about is the Third Circle because that was the one I had to do a presentation on. The Third Circle is where the gluttonous people reside. They are basically bombarded with rain, sleet, and hail all the time. Cerberus, the three-headed monster, guards the gluttons who are lying in the dirty, tainted water. He claws them and flays them which makes them howl like dogs. And this is basically how the souls in that circle of hell spend their whole time. When Cerberus sees Dante and Virgil, he tries to attack them but Virgil saves them by stuffing Cerberus's mouth with mud. And while Cerberus is busy trying to eat the "food", Dante and Virgil escape around him and go to the next level. Inferno: Cerberus and Pluto . from Da