Week 4 Lab

I decided to do the lab this week and I watched the Crash Course Myth Videos. I watched many of Crash Courses in high school and saw the opportunity to watch more and didn't hesitate to do so. The first video was funny as most of the crash courses are. The beginning was awesome with the slurpee comparison and it makes it easier and a lot of fun to listen to and learn from it. I love how they try to describe the word myth, and it was awesome to see them talk about it and try to explain how the word myth works.

The second episode was really interesting. I really enjoyed the discussion of theories throughout the video. i loved the art that was shown throughout the video. It was all awesome to look at and pause the video and look at it and try to fining meaning when it came to mythological ideas. The video does a great job with explaining the theories as it is a decently difficult subject to comprehend and learn.

The final video of the playlist  is awesome as the heroes of mythology are discussed and there isn't, usually, a great mythology story without a hero. Hero is a vague idea as the video discusses, but it is hard to have a story without that role being played. Hero's take roles throughout mythology that are different in almost every story. There are three parts to a hero's journey. Separation, trials and victories of initiation, and the return of the hero are the three most prominent categories of a hero's journey with many sub-categories throughout the three main ones.

Screenshot from the 3rd video on the playlist. https://youtu.be/XevCvCLdKCU

Bibliography: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrWYQjLLbXcigjUCnKKR86F5zrcQqfiP-

Reading Notes: The Darkness, Part B

The second story that I read from the Adam & Eve collection is the story "The Darkness". The story begins with God speaking to Adam and God explaining the situation to Adam. God tells Adam that he will send him back to Earth due to Adam transgressing as an angel and being sent to the "darkness' which is Earth. The darkness may seem like a punishment as it sounds horrible and almost certain death, but God puts his own twist on it stating that it was a learning moment for Adam not to transgress and sin. The story continues with multiple segments of dialogue between God and Adam, but most of the talking was coming from God himself. TO me, it felt like it was more of a lecture towards Adam than it was dialogue back-in-forth which is interesting. Adam & Eve, by the end, are extremely sorrowful for their actions that has caused them to be in the position that they are. The couple is sent on a journey that must be fulfilled before they are allowed to return to the garden which is interesting that God is so hard on the couple. Forgiveness is a big part of religion and seeing God punish people for mistakes they have made is a different feeling that I am used to getting from dialogue of God.

This is sort of image I thought of when I heard about the darkness. A foggy and not totally dark with a chance to return to a normalcy. https://images.app.goo.gl/sKRZv8uZRaaS5tTq7

Source: The Forgotten Books of Eden, edited by Rutherford H. Platt, Jr. (1926): The First Book of Adam and Eve 13-14-15 http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/adam-and-eve-darkness.html

Reading Notes: The Punishment, Part A

I decided to choose the story "Punishment" from the Adam & Eve collection of stories. I knew, vaguely, the story of Adam & Eve and most of my knowledge was just basic plot lines.  The story is mostly dialogue which I am not a huge fan of, but the story does a fine job of setting the scene and describing the situation to a point of understanding for me. I enjoy the dialogue from the angels in the first couple paragraphs of the story. It gives the feel of a click in high school and to me that gives off the feel irony. Angels are supposed to be the caretakers of those on Earth, and be humble and helpful when it comes to situations that arise on Earth. The angels in this story are talking about Adam and wondering how he isn't dead yet. It makes some sense the angels are acting that way since God is the one that said Adam was going to perish if he stayed in the garden but it was interesting to see the angels act in that kind of way.
Another part of the story that was very entertaining was when the serpent was introduced. The fact that God gave Adam & Eve some time to figure out what they were going to do without punishment is weird. The serpent, who is now a villain, was given no second chance and was sentenced to be the villain the rest of its years. The serpent was determined to not be the only one that was singled out. the serpent's main target was Adam and the final two lines of the story are great lines and a great segway into the next chapter of the story of Adam & Eve

This artwork captures an angel speaking to Adam & Eve about some situation that is going on. https://images.app.goo.gl/dKrDz5wG49XEFgRJ9

Source: The Legends of the Jews by Louis Ginzberg (1909): Book 1, Chapter 2 Adam. http://mythfolklore.blogspot.com/2014/05/adam-and-eve-punishment.html