Reading Notes: The Jealous Father

After reading the Jealous Uncle I decided to keep the jealous family member stories going with the father getting in the act. The way the Jealous Uncle went yesterday had me in limbo for what I thought this story was going to be about. I had a feeling the same thing was going to happen, and in a way it did. The father grew jealous over his sons for some reason. The father had his suspicions of one of his sons confirmed when he had returned from a hunt and saw marks on one of the wives he had. The father knew something was up and proceeded to lead the son to a rocky island to find eggs. This story sort of took the same route as the story from yesterday, but it was a little less gruesome and it seemed as the father was not a serial boy killer like the uncle was. The father left the son on the island to die. The son could definitely live a lot longer than the boys from the uncle story as there is, more than likely, a way better chance of surviving for a while on that island. The fun part of the story came to life as a Walrus came out of the water to greet the boy and comfort the boy after the events that had just occurred. I loved that the walrus is a magical walrus. The walrus asks the boy if the sky is clear which was surprising since walrus can not fly. It was interesting that the walrus acted as if the boy was his son but it didn't bother me too much from the fact that the walrus was magical. The story took a crazy turn with the death of the walrus. This was surprising as I was not expecting the walrus to die so suddenly. The lightning attack came from the son's father which was crazy to think about and the boy survived. The father was truly angry at the son as an old lady told him that there was a lot of trouble for the boy down the road and that he must prepare for the worst of the trip. The story itself was slightly different from the uncle story but still had the same storyline as the boy survived both attacks but the difference in surviving was polar opposites.

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Bibliogrpahy: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/heroes-jealous-father.html