Mythology and Folklore

(Vintage Ken from  Flickr ) Author's Note: For this story I chose to take the story "Creation of Man" from Catherine Berry Judson's book. In the story, all the animals come together to decide how to best create man, but they all want man in their own image. They start to create their own renditions of man, but all fall asleep before they finish. While they sleep, the wise Coyote destroys their renditions and finishes his own, creating the image of man. For my story, I chose to retell it in the form of a toy company arguing how to create the next best-selling male doll. I shortened the story a bit to avoid too much repetition, but may extend later on. "We need a new male-styled doll, one that's gonna rock kids all over the world," President Coy said.  His advisers and designers gathered around and all in turn started to put forth their ideas. One of the advisers named Lionel stepped forward first. Not knowing much about dolls, he ...

(Urban Coyote, Bernal Heights from  Wikimedia Commons ) For this reading I chose to focus on the story of the creation of man, as it is a concept I've really enjoyed the theories of over time. Of course there are the standard beliefs for this concept, such as God and evolution, but I enjoy hearing all of the theories. I clung to this particular idea because of its uniqueness. The idea of all of these modern day creatures coming together to form the idea of man is really interesting. I also enjoyed the part of the cunning character outsmarting the remaining ones who seemed to have intelligence and overwhelming beliefs that they were right. It was made clear from the start that Coyote was smarter than the other beings, but they all still believed they could create man better than him. He then showed them why it was he who would shape the image of man. Bibliography Creation of Man by Katharine Berry Judson, from  UnTextbook