Date:         Fri, 19 May 1995 14:10:55 EDT
From: the depths of time <mbarker@MIT.EDU>
Subject:      EXERCISE: Myths the Word
Comments: To: tomorrow's child <writers@mitvma.mit.edu>

Ready to roll?

Here we go...

1.  Thaukt (Thokk)  In Nordic myth a giantess who after the death of
Balder was the only person who refused to weep for his passing, thereby
preventing him from being raised from the dead.

2.  Hochigan  Being in the Bushmen Creation Legends.  In the beginning,
animals were endowed with speech.  Hochigan hated animals.  He
disappeared one day, taking with him the power of speech they had.

3.  Blodeuwedd  In Celtic myth she was "Flower Face", the wife of Lleu,
who conspired with Gronw Pebyr to kill him.  As a punishment she was
changed into an owl by Gwydion, the father of Lleu.

4.  Kaizuki  In Buganda he is the brother of Death, who is unsuccessful
in his attempts to kill his brother, and so prevent human beings from
dying.

5.  Toruguenket  The moon, the principle of evil in the Creation Legend
of the northern Tupi-Guarani tribes.  It is supposed that periodically
the moon falls on the earth and destroys it and that it is the source of
all baneful happenings such as floods and thunder-storms.

6.  Gwyddno  One of the heroes of British Celtic myth, also known as
Longshanks.  He was the possessor of the magic basket or cauldron which
formed part of the treasures of Britain and which was capable of feeding
one hundred people if food for one was put in it.

[myth quotes from"Who's Who in Non-Classical Mythology" by Egerton
Sykes, Revised by Alan Kendall, ISBN 0-460-86136-0, Oxford University
Press, New York 1993]

okay?  got your myth in head?  now, modernize it.  make a scene, a
story, revolving around the story inside the myth.  if you want to do
magic realism, that's fine.  or maybe you want to do a poem, exploring
the myth understandings?  sure, sure, why not?

myth and max, myth and max...a plaid on a pattern, that's myth and
maxing...

did you myth this one?
tink