Monday, March 27, 2017

Reading Notes: Native American Marriage Tales, Part A

Pipued Buffalo Wife
Princess and the frog crossed with the Minotaur
I what the man to stay dead- change the entire plot into a revenge story of the mother for taking advantage of her. Make the man fall in love with her then take that love away-when he comes to reclaim his family trick him into believing his son was helping but instead give him false hope. Make it really dark an depressing-revenge is best served cold plan

Splinter-Foot Girl
Story of the wild girl- foot stuck child- and her savage beauty. How graceful and fierce she is. Could be a story of her growing up in the on the edge of the wild asking why she is so different then other people. I want her to save herself- she kills the bull-perhaps out of need or by accident-but not because of hate-I want her to be a woman on the edge of civilization-who has nature bow to her whim. But not as an nymph or sorceress-but as someone at ease in the wild. or maybe she left of her own accord-not understanding marriage then when the bull chased her she killed him. I want her to be strong and independent- but slightly off in her reactions and understandings of the human world.

Eagle and Whale Husbands
 two sisters abandoned in the forest. They fall asleep together but awaken in different  places- one in the heights one on the coast- each taken by two different men. The girls grow up separated but always yearning for one another company. Well cared for and educated. They eventually die and become spirits of the wind- an ocean breeze and the warm breeze. Finally they reunite on the coast as a hurricane.

Wind Elemental by HoiHoiSan
DeviantArt
Bibliography: Tales of the North American Indians by Stith Thompson: Source 


No comments:

Post a Comment