Reading Notes: The Giant Dog

In this story, the giant dog is very protective and will simply attack strangers. At the end, the story is told to explain the reasoning why the inland-dwellers are afraid of dogs. I really like the details in this story. They are very descriptive. I like how the giant dog pretended to be scared but suddenly he attacked all three of the dogs at once. 

I can rewrite this story and give the giant dog a chance to tell us why he attacked all of these people.  It's always interesting to rewrite a story in a different character's perspective. Maybe he was just trying to protect this owner. He was extremely smart and noticed that the people wanted to kill him. They were all planning to kill the owner because they were jealous of him. Dogs are usually protective and will do anything to keep their owners safe so we can also incorporate that into the story.

(Soldier and dog: Pixabay)

Bibliography: Eskimo Folk-tales by Knud Rasmussen. Web source.

Reading Notes: Qalagánguasê, Who Passed to the Land of Ghosts

This story is one of the Eskimo Folk-tales. In the story, it talks about a boy whose parents and sister have passed away. He is the only one left living with strangers. He is sad and lonely. He then encounters spirits. These spirits are not evil but nice. He then sees his sister and parents. I really like how this story incorporates shamans. Shamans are individuals that are able to enter the world of spirits whether if they are good or evil. This person is a healer.

I think I would change the characters of this story. It makes a lot of sense to me that the boy was sad and not treated well so his parents came back in spirit form to come take him. This is what shamanism is and I want to incorporate that in my story. I can write about a couple that was really in love and then one of them suddenly passes away. The one that passes away will later come get their partner and go to the spirit world together.

(Shaman tribal drum: Pixabay)

Bibliography: Eskimo Folk-tales by Knud Rasmussen. Web source

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