("Bear the changeling child to my bower in fairy land" - Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham, 1908)
Topic: Lost cities
Comments: I've always been interested in cities. I like how they are all different, yet the same. Lost cities are exciting because of the mystery that surrounds them. How does a whole city disappear? Was there something about that city that was so different that it caused an economic or social collapse?
Possible Stories: Atlantis is one of the most theorized "lost" cities. We do not know if Atlantis ever existed and if it did, all the possible locations where the city would have been are so far apart from one another. There are also many lost cities listed on Wikipedia.
Sample Story Comments: There are so many possible options with Atlantis, from making it some ethereal city to a realistic story that disappeared with a natural disaster.
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Sample Story: Lost City Wikipedia
Author: Unknown
Year: Last modified August 7, 2015.
Topic: Changelings
Comments: I listen to a podcast, Lore, and there was an episode about changelings. I think it is interesting how this trend of believing people were replaced with changelings spread like fire throughout Europe.
Possible Stories: Based on the podcast I have listened to, I know that there are many stories about changelings from Wales, Ireland and more locations in Western Europe. I searched Sacred Texts Archive and found numerous stories about changelings, so my options are endless.
Sample Story Comments: When searching for changeling stories, I found one that was about how to get rid of the changeling and bring back the person. In this story, it was a baby that was replaced by a changeling. One of the suggested methods of bringing the baby back was to throw it in a river.
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Sample Story: Another Changeling
Book Title: The Welsh Fairy Book
Author: W. Jenkyn Thomas
Year: 1908
Comments: I feel that I've learned a lot about Greek Gods, Christianity, Islam and other well known religions; however, I do not know much about Gaelic Gods. I would love to use this opportunity to learn more about Gaelic deities. I feel there would be as many tales as the Greek gods, so the story options are endless.
Possible Stories: I feel that because it is a polytheistic religion, that there will be numerous Gods or Goddesses to write about. I could read and write about the Sun-god or sea-god. Sacred Texts Archive has a collection of stories about the Gaelic Gods.
Sample Story Comments: I used Sacred Archive Texts to find stories, but I used Wikipedia to get a better understanding/background of the Gods. The one that interests me is Ankou, the god of death. He collects souls and protects graves.
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Sample Story: The Rise of the Sun-God
Book Title: Celtic Myth and Legend
Author: Charles Squire
Year: 1905
Topic: Trolls
Comments: Last year, I watched Norwegian film, Trollhunter. It plays on the Scandinavian troll folklore. I haven't explored the topic much, but I do have an interest in it. Norway seems to be particularly fond of their troll storytelling traditions.
Possible Stories: There are many norse stories about trolls. From what I've read so far, most of them are saying how trolls are unintelligent and harmful to humans, but they live isolated in mountains. I found a few interesting stories on Sacred Archive Texts that I can use for my Storybook.
Sample Story Comments: I found a story about a Troll that turned himself into a cat, and live with a poor old man until his rival had died. It is interesting because I did not know trolls can transform!
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Sample Story: The Troll Turned Cat
Book Title: The Fairy Mythology
Author: Thomas Kneightly
Year: 1870
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