introduction
INTRODUCTION
I chose to
do my Storybook Project on
the topic of Celtic Stories because my name is Celtic.
When I discovered there was a Celtic goddess named
Rhiannon, I decided that it would be pretty interesting to learn more
about her. I also thought it would be interesting to learn more
about some of the
other Celtic stories (and it was!).
I have always been
fascinated with mythological stories, especially fairy tales. However, before doing this project I was
unaware that there were “Celtic fairies” and was interested to learn
some more. To learn the basics, I did a pretty interesting story
on the Differences Between Pixies and Fairies.
The goal of this project was to present these stories in an interesting way in order to take a break from the traditional stories that we have to read for class. Hopefully these stories were more creative and unusual than the traditional textbook stories we have to read for class.
The intent of this project was to inform the reader about the Celtic people and some of their stories. There are many stories so I obviously wasn't able to include them all, but I did provide my sources at the end of each story to provide further insight.
For starters, the word "Celtic" implies a cultural tradition maintained through many centuries of common history in the same general area. Celts are people who speak a Celtic language or who have an ancestry from an area where a Celtic language was spoken (Ireland, Scotland, Wales). Much Western European folklore is derived from the Celts. People often associate the word "Celtic" with something to do with lots of knotted and intertwined borders, which are used in Celtic artwork. Some examples of the artwork are shown on this web page. And, here is a cool picture of a family dressed in Celtic clothing.
Family
Celtic Renaissance Website
I had never studied any topic like this in school before, but I did (and still do!) enjoy going to the Medieval Fair inNorman
I included several interesting Celtic stories. The first story I included was about a goddess that shares the same name as me. Rhiannon! The next story I told was about about a goddess who is related to Rhiannon. Her name is Epona, the horse goddess. My next story was about Sequanna, the goddess off the River Seine. My final story was about a Sovereignty goddess, the goddess Medb.
As a side note, I really wished to include a story about Tinkerbell because the writer of Peter Pan, James Barrie, was Scottish! But, I ran out of time. You can learn more about Tinkerbell here.
In order to tell these story in a creative way, I narrated the stories from the viewpoint of a little girl. She has figurines of several different goddesses and fairies. When she locks the figurines into her beautiful and magical jewelry box/music box, the figurines come to life one by one and the little girl is able to travel with the characters as they tell her the story of who they are and where they came from (kind of like the Indian and the Cupboard, but a little different).
In the Indian in the Cupboard, a boy is given a cupboard by one of his brothers and his mother finds him a key for it. One of the two items is magical because the boy soon discovers that when he places a figure in the cupboard and locks it, the figure comes to life.
This topic fit really well into our Mythology and Folklore class because Celtic stories have a lot of mythology. And, as I mentioned before, Celtic stories are less well-known than other stories - so it was a great match.
I hope you enjoy my stories!
The goal of this project was to present these stories in an interesting way in order to take a break from the traditional stories that we have to read for class. Hopefully these stories were more creative and unusual than the traditional textbook stories we have to read for class.
The intent of this project was to inform the reader about the Celtic people and some of their stories. There are many stories so I obviously wasn't able to include them all, but I did provide my sources at the end of each story to provide further insight.
For starters, the word "Celtic" implies a cultural tradition maintained through many centuries of common history in the same general area. Celts are people who speak a Celtic language or who have an ancestry from an area where a Celtic language was spoken (Ireland, Scotland, Wales). Much Western European folklore is derived from the Celts. People often associate the word "Celtic" with something to do with lots of knotted and intertwined borders, which are used in Celtic artwork. Some examples of the artwork are shown on this web page. And, here is a cool picture of a family dressed in Celtic clothing.
Family
Celtic Renaissance Website
I had never studied any topic like this in school before, but I did (and still do!) enjoy going to the Medieval Fair in
I included several interesting Celtic stories. The first story I included was about a goddess that shares the same name as me. Rhiannon! The next story I told was about about a goddess who is related to Rhiannon. Her name is Epona, the horse goddess. My next story was about Sequanna, the goddess off the River Seine. My final story was about a Sovereignty goddess, the goddess Medb.
As a side note, I really wished to include a story about Tinkerbell because the writer of Peter Pan, James Barrie, was Scottish! But, I ran out of time. You can learn more about Tinkerbell here.
In order to tell these story in a creative way, I narrated the stories from the viewpoint of a little girl. She has figurines of several different goddesses and fairies. When she locks the figurines into her beautiful and magical jewelry box/music box, the figurines come to life one by one and the little girl is able to travel with the characters as they tell her the story of who they are and where they came from (kind of like the Indian and the Cupboard, but a little different).
In the Indian in the Cupboard, a boy is given a cupboard by one of his brothers and his mother finds him a key for it. One of the two items is magical because the boy soon discovers that when he places a figure in the cupboard and locks it, the figure comes to life.
This topic fit really well into our Mythology and Folklore class because Celtic stories have a lot of mythology. And, as I mentioned before, Celtic stories are less well-known than other stories - so it was a great match.
I hope you enjoy my stories!
The Introduction to My Story
There
was a little girl named Alanna who was given a beautiful jewelry box by her
great- grandmother. The jewelry box was brightly colored, much
like a rainbow. It had a twisted design on the top and sides that
little girl just loved. She thought it to be one of the most
special things she owned, especially since it was given to her by her
Grandmother Guinevere. The little girl did not have any jewelry
to put in her beautiful new box, so she decided to store some of her
favorite figurines in the box. Little did she know what would
happen as she put the figurines into the magical box...
TO BE CONTINUED
TO BE CONTINUED
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