Wikipedia Trail from Dragons to Loki

I started my wiki trail out with dragons, I read a story from the other class that used these creatures and made me want to learn more. From there I looked up Norse mythology since I have always been a bit interested in it. I found it interesting that they had gods and goddesses for things like apples but I was more interested in learning about a skiing goddess they had so I went to check out Skaoi. Skaoi was not a let down and is an interesting goddess, I mean a goddess for skiing could only be that. On that page I saw that she was connected to Loki and was interested in learning about him. I went to the Loki page and learned that he is said to have helped the gods or may have been mischievous. Previously I had thought that he was only mischievous and was not a helpful deity.

Image info: Loki is being tortured with a serpents dripping venom. The goddess Skaoi is said to have bound Loki and placed the serpent over him.

Story Lab: EmpoWord

-Scope refers to boundaries of plot.. where and when it begins, the focus, background info that might be needed.
-Focus on important stuff to keep from boring the reader
-Sequence and pacing.. the order of the events and the amount of time given to each event
-Exposition- setting the scene, introducing characters, prepping for the journey
-Rising axn- things begin to happen, encounter conflict, set out on a journey, meet people
-Climax- peak of the axn, main showdown
-Falling axn- things start to wind down
-Resolution- everything is back to normal, things end
-In medias res- in the middle of things, start story with axn, then circle back to the earlier part of the story and fill in the blanks, continue on
-Can also bounce around in the story, fragments
-POV- impacts tone, mood, scope, voice, and plot
-Tone- emotional state of the narrator
-Mood- what emotions do you want your reader to feel?
- POV breakdown: 1st person (I, me, our) can include monologue, thoughts, etc
   2nd person (you, your) speaks to the reader, is the protagonist, or speaks to an absent or unidentified person.
   3rd person limited (he, himself, etc) observes and narrates but sticks near one or 2 characters
   3rd person omniscient (also third person pronouns) narrates from all knowing perspective , can include monologue and thoughts
   Stream of consciousness (uses inconsistent pronouns, or none at all) wandering and ungrammatical thought process of the narrator
-Characterization- development of characters thru axn, descriptions, and dialogue.. helps with building sympathy from reader
    Can introduce directly (thru description of them) or indirectly (thru behaviors, speech, thoughts)
-Round characters are very detailed, most important
-Flat characters are minimally detailed, briefly sketched or named, less important
-Static characters remain the same
-Dynamic characters change within the story, usually as a result of an event
-Dialogue- communication between 2 or more characters, connects reader to characters and let's them understand relationships
-Medium- way story is written via images, poetry, video, audio recording, "found" texts, illustrations, comics, journal entries, plays, blogs or social media


-See page 50 to review and get ideas on how to experiment with dialogue

Picture Info: Doge Meme

Source

Reading Notes: Naraka and Bana, Part B

Indra visited Krishna in Dwarka and told him that Naraka is nearly invincible. He took the sea's umbrella, took Mandara Mountain's jeweled crest and his mother's earrings. The earrings gave out ambrosia at the will of the owner. He then demanded Indra'a elephant so Indra asked Krishna to come help him kill him. Krishna agreed and Vishnu's eagle, Garuda appeared, Indra got on his elephants back and they all went to Pragjyothisha city.
Muru, a demon designed the city which had turrets, moats, and magic nets to capture the enemies. Krishna on the eagle flew over the arrows from the turrets, the moats and the nets. He cut the nets with his sword, dried up the moats with his fiery discus and battered down the walls of the city with his mace. Muru was at the bottom of the moat hiding under the water, when it dried up he had 5 heads, he had a trident that he tried to rush Krishna with. Krishna shot 5 arrows and they each hit Muru's head and he died. Within the city the 7 sons of Muru and Naraka's army tried to fight Krishna and Indra off but Krishna's arrows killed the sons and his sword killed the others so the army fled.
In the city they found all of the missing items as well as stables full of animals, and thousands of princes that were kidnapped and being held. They were all sent back to Dwarka.

Picture info: Krishna storms Naraka's city

Source:   Shri Krishna and Dwarka and Other Stories by C.A. Kincaid (1920)

Reading Notes: Krishna's Youth, Part A

King Kansa sent the demon Dhenuka to kill Balarama (Krishna's brother) in hopes that it would weaken Krishna and he would be able to kill him more easily. Three boys wanted to eat the fruit in the orchard where the demon hid ass a donkey but the donkey told them to go away. They returned with Krishna and Balarama. 

Dhenuka rushed Balarama but he ended up knocking his brains out against a fruit tree. The demons friends rushed Balarama and Krishna but they did the same and eventually the tree lost its fruit so all the boys ate the fruit. 

Another demon called Pralambha who was even stronger offered to kill them so he disguised himself and played with the boys. They played a game and the loser had to carry the winner on his back. Balarama won so Pralambha had to carry him on his back but he morphed back and ran away, Krishna was unable to catch him. 

Krishna told Balarama to knock him in the head so he did and he ended up dying. Balarma returned to Krishna. 

King Kansa left them alone for sometime. 

Krishna told the people of Gokula to no longer give thanks to Indra for the monsoon season but to give thanks and sacrifice to the Govardham mountain. They did so and when they got on top of the mountain they saw Krishna who accepted their sacrifices. 

Indra was mad so he sent down large rocks and floods that killed men. Krishna picked up the mountain and had the people hide under the mountain for shelter. 

Indra then came to earth and anointed Krishna as god of the cows and of the cowherds. All cowherds and milk maids threw him a party and passed out. They woke up in the middle of the night to find Krishna's dad, Nanda trapped and being crushed by a python. 

Krishna went to save his dad and the snake turned into a man who's name was Sudarshan. He said that he was cursed for being vain but when Krishna's foot touched him, the curse was ended. He then bowed to Krishna and was lifted to the heavens. 

                   Picture info: Krishna, the god of cowherds 

Source: Shri Krishna of Dwarka and Other Stories by C.A. Kincaid (1920)