Blog 11

LECTURE ANALYSIS

In India, there is this idea of possession. Women are far more affected by this idea than anyone else. However, in Folklore, there are some key points that are shared between the Indian culture and the Americans. The genres and expressions are the main concepts being explored by both. But we still have, the beliefs and the beliefs statements, supernatural experiences, and religion.

Religion is tied closely to american folk and fairy tales. A lot of the stories have different ways of incorporating the bible, quran, and other works into the make of the tale. Most times, these inclusions are the main motifs and falcons. But, their religion is a little different. First, they say that “Jesus is the new chicken.” They have strong religious beliefs that one shouldn't marry or have babies until marriage. This is very similar to christianity. However, if the Indian community gets word of this they have to be excommunicated.

Being possessed is a large phenomenon within many of the tales. This means that someone has been hypnotized to commit crimes. For example, Cinderella was possessed by the devil.

Margaret Lyngdoh talked about lineage and heritage. She also talked about Enchantment. This is the transformation from human to animal. This is in both Indian and American tales. We also have the idea of the three sections of a human: the body, heart/soul, and renewal.

This lecture and presentation was pretty good to listen and learn from. However, it was a little hard to comprehend their language at certain points so i think I missed some of the information being transcribed. But, this did strengthen my knowledge of fairy tales because it helped me understand and juxtapose the different cultures. I am more open to learn about other cultures and their take on fairy tales.

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