Mythology Blogs

Finding Freedom An orphan from birth, Kang always felt like an outcast in his African village. He had no last name, and therefore no title. No girls wanted to marry him and no men wanted to be associated with him. Although he remained polite and respectful to everyone he met, he could feel his resentment towards the village people grow the more they neglected him. As he grew older, he began to have thoughts of leaving his village. A new life surrounded by all new people became more appealing as the days passed by. However, they were the only village within miles of any other human civilization, and in order to go to a new village he would need to venture days through the wilderness. He finally worked up enough nerve and left in the morning.  Running away from the village- he never felt more free. It was as if he could run for hours without any pains or fears. Nightfall came and he found a large rock which to sleep by. He fell asleep peacefully but awoke to the sound of a lioness's ...

 The Boys Who Were Not Appreciated This title of this story caught my attention because it seems as if it is a mystery to what the boys will do. I initially guessed that the boys would be taken for granted and treated wrongly, and they would come back to get revenge on those who wronged them. However, it turns out I was wrong.  The story begins with introducing the two brothers. The elder one tended to the younger one when the mom was working for food. The boy's father had died, and the mother married another man who was very cruel. Over time, he turned her against her sons and began to neglect them. After a long day of waiting for their mother to return with food, the boys were extremely hungry. When the mother and her husband finally returned with rice, the husband refused to let the mother share any with her children. In fact, she kicked them out of the house altogether. The boys ventured until they found a widow who let them sleep, but they were quickly on the move looking...

 A Child of The Woods Usually I prefer to write stories which are based on elephants, or animals in general, as the main character. However, after reading this story I found I really enjoyed it and wanted to write notes so that I could remember and refer back to it again in the future. This story begins with a stranger that visits a large village in the middle of a jungle. There is one elderly woman that is loved by all the people, so he asks her why everyone admires her. She then answers by telling him the story of how she arrived here.  When she was young, she grew up in a typical village surrounded by people with whom she did not like. She describes growing more angry the longer she lived there. So, one day she fled to the forest to escape the feelings of hatred and the men in her village. She ran fast and far, never tiring. Eventually she laid down to go to sleep under a tree- not afraid of the beasts in the forest. She awoke in the middle of the night to a tiger standing ...