12. The Dog-Husband- The whole thing with a person being fond of a dog I get, but then the dog being a werewolf-type thing is an interesting, Twilight-esque twist lol. Wow; can you see racist? Why can't a person have a relationship with a dog-man, anyway? And I feel like leaving a person to die because of a relationship is a little extreme. Can you imagine giving birth to puppies and then caring for them as if they were legitimate children rather than puppies? What do you even do? But you would have thought that she would suspect them of being dog-men as well, seeing as their father could change his shape--I mean, if a dog-men has sex with a full-woman, than you would expect that the children would be 3/4 man and only more likely to take human form, right? (Don't even attempt to follow that logic, haha.) You shame the woman for having dog-children, but then as soon as they start catching whales with their mother's instruction you come back to them and make them your chiefs? Their logic/reasoning might be worse than mine. . .
13-14. The Youth Who Joined the Deer- At least the man at first thought that what he was doing was wrong and that he should go back to his wife and children; I mean, that's a step in the right direction towards respecting your wife, right? Oh, stupid, stupid, men. . . "Go hunt for us, we will even send out some of our own people so that you can kill them and we can all dine on their flesh." <--this, the logic of deer-people. Oooooh, okay. So the deer can be killed as long as you keep their bones to throw in the water and bring them back to life. Totally understandable and all. And who wouldn't be anxious to be killed for the benefit of the people if you're just to be brought to life again? It actually really intrigues me that the deer-woman would want to return with the hunter to his home tribe--though I guess they have to return sometime if they're to teach the natives the proper way to hunt deer. Loved this story! Very intriguing, if a little odd at times, haha.
15-17. The Girl and the Turkeys- Pretty sure this is going to be a Cinderella-esque tale, but we shall wait and see. . . They don't even give her hand-me-downs--no, they have to give her old, worn-out rags instead. Why? Why are people so cruel at times? Beautiful but with ragged and dirty clothes, kind to all animals and longing for kindness, humble and poor--yeah, I'm guessing this is the Native American Cinderella story. (I actually read this story once when I was a kid--the Zuni version--though not this particular version. It's interesting to read it again and compare and contrast it with all of the Cinderella stories that I've read/watched since. Who knew turkeys could be so kind and had such a great fashion sense? I sure didn't! Can I have a turkey to do my hair and makeup every morning? Though, that would be such a weird ritual, haha. Awww, noooo! She abandoned her turkeys, they ran off to the hills and she is left as she was before. . . What a depressing ending. :(
18-21. The True Bride- [This was an interesting tale, but since I commented so much on the other stories I decided to just read and enjoy this one rather than do my whole stream-of-consciousness thing. Apologies if this disappoints you!]
And there you have it, folks! Another unit come and gone, and just in time for a busy but insanely awesome spring break, haha. Woooooo!!!
Ciao!
Image Information. Girl with dog; photo by amayaeguizabal, 2014. Pixabay.
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