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Week Two Reading Overview

Tibetan Buddhist Tantric Wrathful Diety
Source: Wrathful Diety
I chose this specific image because to me, the wrathful Buddhist deities are the more intriguing ones, they tend to be the ones that people do not spend time focusing on. I was also inspired by Life of the Buddha readings that I scheduled to be completed during Week five


Learning Interests:

Choose from CLASSICAL and/or BIBLICAL units for Weeks 3 and 4.

Week 3: Iliad

Week 4: Women in the Bible

Choose from MIDDLE EASTERN and/or INDIAN units for Weeks 5 and 6.

Week 5: Life of the Buddha

Week 6: Arabian Nights

Choose from ASIAN and/or AFRICAN units for Weeks 7 and 9. [Week 8 is review week.]

Week 7: The Monkey King

Week 9: Brer Rabbit

Choose from NATIVE AMERICAN units for Weeks 10 and 11.

Week 10: Great Plains

Week 11: American Indian Tales

Choose from BRITISH and/or CELTIC units for Weeks 12 and 13.

Week 12: Robin Hood

Week 13: Celtic Tales

Choose from EUROPEAN units for Weeks 14 and 15.

Week 14: Italian Fairy Tales

Week 15: Russian Fairy Tales


Remarks:

       I am very excited to be learning about folklore this semester. I was raised (informally) Buddhist by my father, so I learned a lot about the Buddhist practices, but being taught by a white man who is a self-taught Buddhist in Oklahoma, I have little cultural knowledge. Because of this, I am specifically very interested to learn more about Buddhist folklore and mythology to get a better sense of the culture. In high school, I had a great interest in Greek and Irish mythology, so I am hoping to reinvigorate some of that excitement in this class. I specifically chose Italian regional fairy tales because I am going to be studying abroad in Arezzo this summer, so I thought it might be good to have a little background on the mythologies as a preface to my trip abroad. There is nothing, to my knowledge, that is missing from the UNTextbook, if I had it my way, there would be more Buddist/Hindu folklore, but overall I think that there is a brilliant and diverse spread of options to choose from. Overall, I am very excited about this course, and I cannot wait to dive into the chosen readings.

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