Reading Notes: The Jealous Uncle

This I decided to with the hero stories of the Native Americans. I really enjoyed the stories from last week and was excited to read more stories. I read through a lot of them and came upon The Jealous Uncle. I thought it the story title was hilarious and could be a great story to be able to read and it did not disappoint. The story was nothing like I thought it would be. The story began with death. i was in aww as the uncle of the story killed both of his nephews in the first paragraph of the story. The story continued and it got to the point of the uncle having the gender of the baby hidden from him so he did not have any competition. It is an interesting concept to think about but it makes a little sense. The fact that the gender of the boy was hidden from him for so long is impressive. The uncle eventually found out and was disappointed that it would be hidden from him, but once he found out the uncle had to kill the nephew. the boy was warned and he prepared for the worst. The story took a surprising turn that was awesome for the boy. The boy used a sour cranberry that he was given to aid him when he was taken into the woods. The boy was trapped under a log and the uncle had left to go back to the village and let the boy die in the woods alone. The boy rubbed the cranberry on the log and the log opened up and let the boy free from the hold that the log had. The best part of the story came from the boy going back to the village. The boy brought wood back to the village as kind of a punch at the uncle that had tried to killed him hours earlier. This motivated the uncle even more to kill the boy which was concerning for the boy and the rest of the village if there were more boys to come to the village. The story was nothing I expected when I read the title but it didn't disappoint and it was an extremely fun read.

Yupik mother and child https://images.app.goo.gl/vBTintHBaGVMoNje8

Bibliography: http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/06/heroes-jealous-uncle.html