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Myths are stories about supernatural beings, inearly times handed down orally from onegeneration to another

Myths attempt to Explain such ideas asNature Where did earth come from?Man .. Where did man come from?Gods.. How many? Role of gods?

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The intent of myths was

To offer imaginative interpretations of naturalphenomena and other mysteries of life as actsor influences of deities.

Not all myths are suitable for children because

there is some negative elements such asmurder, rape, incest

Good rule to preview EVERYTHING before youread to children

Anderson, N. A. (....). Elementary childrensliterature- The basics for teachers and parents.

page 84

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FEATURES

A collection of myths belonging to a people andaddressing their origin, history, deities,ancestors, and heroes.

Myths usually include heroes and supernaturalbeings, including gods who control naturalforces such as the seasons and death

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1. everyday natural phenomena such as thunderand lightning

2. -human emotions and experiences such aslove and death

3. -the main characters in myths may beanimals, deities or humans

4. -the actions may take place in an earlierworld or another world, such as underworldor the sky

Page 211Norton, D.E. (2007). Through the eyes of a child:an introduction to children literature. (7th ed.).Pearson: New Jersey

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Tutorial WEEK 1-QUESTION 2

FOLKTALES

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What is a Folk Tale?

A folk tale is astory with no

known author.Folk tales arepassed down fromone generation to

another by wordof mouth.

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PLOT

conflict and action abound in folktalesListeners are brought quickly into the actionEg: Jack fights with the giants bravely and

cleverlyConflict between characters representing goodand characters representing evil is typical of

folktales.Eg: Jack hero, Giant evil

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Characterization

Less developed than characters in other types ofstories.

Characters easily typed as bad accompanied bythose who are always good.

Children easily identify good and bad characters infolktales.

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Setting

The time in folktales is always the far distant pastusually introduced by some version of once upon atime.

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Theme

Contain universal truths and reflects the values ofthe times and societies where they originated.

The universality of the theme suggests that people

everywhere has responded to certain ideas andbeliefs

Eg: intelligent is superior to physical strengths isshown in the story where the much larger giant is

less intelligent than Jack

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Style

The language of folktales is often enriched withsimple rhymes and verses

Eg:"Though here with me you lodge tonight,

You shall not see the morning light;

My club shall dash your brains outright."

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Supernatural Adversaries and helper

1. Supernatural adversaries :

Giant and magician evil

2. Magical objects

a wonderful coat, a remarkable cap, an amazing sword,and a fantastic pair of shoes

3. Magical power

The magician cursed the dukes daughter into a deer.