Myth and Folklore as a gay Christian Witch

(photo found at pixabay ) As I read through Izanagi and Izanami I was able to pull out many ideas for my story. The idea that the gods and goddesses can make things out of the foam is a wonderful and magical way to describe creation.  The gender roles in this story could be switched within the new story as women in this time period of writing were not allowed to speak before a man. I could also use the idea of the floating bridge within this work to be able to provide a staircase.  I feel like a little bit of Drag Queen comedy so that is another possibility for this story.  Here is a link to the story Izanami and Izanagi  

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(Story is now at my portfolio ) (Picture of Wiccan Altar ) Before time on earth began the goddess and the god were there. Now the god and the goddess were intertwined within the same cycle, and in turn, the world was made by the combined power of the god and goddess. The god ruled the forests of the world while the goddess ruled the fields and the moon. There was no other creature in sight, and the deities felt lonely. The goddess spoke to the god to whom she had given birth who had grown into adulthood and said to him “Why should we not create magical creatures of our own to be able to be one with nature and to be able to harness the power of our spirits to take care of the Earth in which I am?” Thereby the god replied to the goddess who gave birth to him “I do not see why we cannot do what you might suggest. Perhaps it would be nice to be able to leave the earth with this caretaker while we continue our reign from the heavens.” The goddess replied in earnest “Oh how I long to ...

(Personal Photo)      As I was reading through the story of Lilith I noticed that I could pull out some things for a possible project later in the semester but here are some notes that I plan to possibly use for the story later this week.       The first thing is how Lilith is formed the story states that she was formed of the ground just like Adam this could set up the idea of the rib that helped make Eve could have came from Lilith and then the idea that a male helper for Adam would have came from his rib.       The second thing I noticed was how in the story Adam was feeling deserted and felt lonely which caused him to ask for a helper. The helper in the story could have been another male instead of Eve.       The third thing was how Lilith ran away from Adam. In turn she could have realized that she was lesbian and that she needed a female partner in life.         Bibli...

I think that no one understands how important feedback is until you take Media Writing and Storytelling in Gaylord College. In that class one mistake can cause a student to get a F on an assignment quicker than you can type the mistake. I feel as though other classes that I will and am taking as a professional writing major will indeed have a growth mindset train of thought. However, when dealing with news writing and journalism the idea of accuracy is such a big thing that manytimes one mistake can cause the student to quickly fail one of the main entry courses into the Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communications.      One of the articles that I enjoyed reading was the article titled Make Good Art . I enjoyed this because mistakes are one of the many ways in which students learn how to do the craft of writing. Students cannot become good at writing without making mistakes and learning how to look and fix those mistakes. So many times as a writer I think that I...

There are a few topics that I would be interested in and would like to expand on. The first topic is what would happen if Adam and Eve were not heterosexual but instead were queer. I would be looking at Lilith as a possible romantic love interest for Eve. I also would gain the opportunity to create a new character for Adam that he loves. My thoughts on this new character would call into question what would happen if Adam had a male lover that was his compatible partner in life and likewise for Eve. I would derive parts of my story from the Bible by looking into Genesis for the roots of the story then look into the story of Lilith for the other side of the story. (Picture of  Holy Bible ) The second topic that would be possible to place in my storybook would be a story about the end of the world and the rapture. This story would be influenced heavily by the book of Revelation in the Bible. The characters that I could use could be entirely fictional and could possibly be an LG...

Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4. Week 3: Adam and Eve Week 4: Gospel of Mark Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6. Week 5: Folklore of the Holy Land Week 6: Life of the Buddha Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. Week 7: Japanese Mythology Week 9: Lang Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11. Week 10: Cherokee Week 11: Apache Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13. Week 12: Celtic Tales Week 13: More Celtic Tales Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15. Week 14: Librivox Week 15: Dante's Inferno (The best writing weather nice and cloudy: Personal Photo)          Most of my readings I hope to draw from a biblical perspective on some of these readings I am most excited for the biblical readings and I am also super excited for the celtic readings as I have a little Irish in myself. One topic that I would like to read about which I ...