Reading Notes: Supernatural ad Fairy Tales

Supernatural: A Teton Ghost Story:

• ·         Indian culture.
• ·         Man came across an owl.
• ·         Went from one forest to the next.
• ·         He was awoken by the sound of a woman yelling, “My son! My son!”
• ·         Women walked up, she was from the olden days, buffalo robe with necklace and beads all over.
• ·         She lifted his foot several times and on the third time, she grabbed a knife to cut it off.
• ·         He awoke and shot at her and she ran away.
• ·         Next night he heard someone singing and so he called out to him.
• ·         The singer asked for food and even though he had a small amount he said he did not have any. The singer called him out and made it known that he knew he had some.
• ·         The man gave him some.
• ·         Later he noticed the singer was bones only. There was no flesh.
• ·         The singer was a ghost.
• ·         The ghost had his smoke go through his ribs and bones and not through his mouth.
• ·         The ghost offered to wrestle him.
• ·         The man made the fire bigger and noticed the ghost got weaker the closer to the fire he got, while the ghost got stronger the farther into the dark he got.
• ·         The man was able to push some more brush and make the fire bigger which cause the ghost to fall.
• ·         He ended up winning and receiving the reward the ghost said.
• ·         Now everyone listens to ghosts because of this.

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Fairy Tale: Beauty and the Basilisk:

• ·         Mom and three daughters.
• ·         The mother went to a market in the next town and asked what she should bring back.
• ·         Two of the girls mentioned a ton of items.
• ·         The third daughter asked for three roses but that she didn’t have to.
• ·         The mother bought all she could and started home.
• ·         She got lost and headed deep into the forest and found a palace.
• ·         There was a large rose garden. So she took three of them.
• ·         A basilisk came and demanded her daughter be in exchange for the roses.
• ·         She took them to her daughter and told her to wander to the palace.
• ·         She went and was told that she must nurse him in her lap for three hours a day.
• ·         On the third day, he brought a sword and told her to cut his head off.
• ·         She did and his head fell off and then he turned into a snake. 
• ·         She was told to cut that off too.
• ·         A young man appeared and said that she had saved him and that they have to marry each other.
• ·         There was a huge wedding. 

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