For my folklore assignment I read three stories with several similarities and differences. For example the wailing woman, the bloody knife, and the hummingbird & the heron only focus on two characters. The wailing woman was about a woman who drowned her kids to get back at her husband the soldier who put her away(left her) and went to find a new wife. The story only mentioned the thoughts and feelings of the woman and the soldier. The bloody knife just discuss about two warriors from different tribes fighting with one another and one soldier kills him self in a accident. But they only mentioned the two soldiers not even their names. Also the hummingbird and the heron where about two friends having a race to see who would get all the fish in the world. Also all three stories made it hard to find the hero and the villain. Because one minute the hero is visual and the next her becomes the villain almost like their flip flopping. One more common thing about my stories they all seem like old tales that by they way its written had to be fictional. Like a myth of some kind steaming from the name folklore.
Even though they have likes there are visible differences like the wailing woman was about revenge . For example she killed her kids to get back at her husband for leaving her. Which none of the other stories depict anything about revenge but the wailing woman. The bloody knife was about two warriors fighting which none of the other stories consort of. And also the humming bird & the heron was about a friendly race which no other story was even friendly at that. Also it was the only story nobody died in.
In all majority of my stories are the complete opposite but in the end they did share some similarities when put together. They consist of death, violence, happiness, and confusion, but where still somewhat alike even thought the differences are more sightly.
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