Story Planning: [[Fire Shaman]]

I still feel rather sick and I opted for Story Planning, I hope that's okay.

Fire Shaman as a Young Man-MTP

• The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds: "...that the burning logs and the red coals took on a curious shapes and made odd shapes only he could understand.
• He sees visions in the fire and people go to him.
• Research animals that mean different things in American Indian Lore.

Animals Researched:

• Manataka Animal Spirit Guide and etc.

EX: "Bear is spirit keeper of the West, the place of darkness, maturity and good harvest.  From this place, Grandfather Bear gives strength, introspection and knowledge. 
Bears are active during the night and day.  This symbolizes its connection with solar energy, that of strength and power, and lunar energy, that of intuition. It enhances and teaches those with this totem how to develop both within themselves.
Grandfather Bear is a solitary dweller and master of his domain.  This teaches us the importance of independent thinking and to seek peace in quite meditation to    
Bears are sensitive to Mother Nature's cycles.  They sleep long hours in the winter living on fat stored in their bodies.  It teaches us how to go within and find the resources for survival and how to remain balanced amid change.  This medicine is a reminder of the great circle of life and rebirth, renewal and fresh beginnings. 
The stars above in infinite meadows of heaven show us the Great Bear in the Sky, Ursa Major, as a sign of the greatness and infinity of bear wisdom.    
Bear is the embodiment of strength and is fierce to a threat on its lair.  It is not wise to come between the mother bear and her cubs, teaching us ways to always protect those we love.   

Fire Shaman as Old Man-Pinterest

The bear holds the teachings of introspection. When it shows up in your life pay attention to how you think, act and interact. 

Use Bear, Elk and Eagle. 

Man goes to the Fire Shaman and asks help to gain knowledge and strength to overcome the hurdles of being considered a handicapped American Indian. The Fire Shaman suggests that the bear that he will fight in the great forest will give him the strength and knowledge that only he can give. That is when he will be happy and get all that he desires."

• Each person coming to fire shaman will start off as a weakness and a strength is given to them by the way of animal. Not all will have to kill the animal. One has to kill (represent strength that they need) One has to take the eyes of an Elk to gain observation. Lastly, to be a "clairvoyant listener" one must convince the owl that they mean no harm, it is then the owl gives the person a gift.
• Owl gifts: Maybe something a long the lines of a magical fruit or nut of some sort that the person must ingest to gain the eyesight. I like the idea of introducing a very normal piece of food with magical abilities.

The shaman lives out the last of his days surrounded by peace after having helped various people find their own happiness. His powers grew weaker as he got older. It is this weakness that he was able to find solace from his own mind.

American Indian Fairy Tales 

by W.T. Larned, with illustrations by John Rae (1921).

Little Boy and the Girl in the Clouds.

Reading Notes: [[Larned's American Indian Fairy Tales, Part B]]

[SOME SPOILERS]
1. The Boy Who Snared the Sun: No story ideas.

Different Arrows-Pinterest

2. The Boy Who Snared the Sun (Cont.): No story ideas.
3. The Boy Who Snared the Sun (End): "...silver arrows with which he chased darkness from the valley." Man uses precious stoned arrows.

• Look up type of stones. Also, the meaning of those stones and etc.
• Come up with a battle of some sort (or something else that will include the stone arrows).
• An-ne-mee-kee the thunder, causes thunderstorms. Who is this person? Go into detail about An-ne-mee-kee.

4. How the Summer Came: The permanent winter (working title?). No more summer, what it is like to live with no summer? Child causes summer to happen again by making the sun.

Eyes-Pinterest

5. How the Summer Came (Cont.): A lot of stories seem to connect together. It's strange.
6. How the Summer Came (End): Three eyed Manito.

• One eye glows red when angered, one eye glows blue when sad, and one eye glows yellow when happy.
• Three instances that brought about each emotion.
• Seer of some sort? Maybe a villain?

Again, I never expected the majority of the stories I read this week to connect together like they have. It's oddly amazing.
7. The Fairy Bride: Puk-widgies, mysterious fairies.

• Bring in famous photo from the 1900's. 



American Indian Fairies-KeyWordHut

• How the little girls tricked the fairies into taking photos. Make girls Indian to tie into the storytelling. Maybe put them on a reservation of some sort.

Trickster fairies- Mischievous interactions (think Indian in the Cupboard). The fairies were trapped in a cupboard for hundreds of years, only to be freed in modern times. They cause trouble until Neen (modernized name)comes back puts them back again.
8. The Fairy Bride (Cont.): No story ideas.

I know it seems like I haven't read the stories. I have and I have enjoyed them very much. I just came down with some wicked head cold/chest thing (don't know what it is). So, therefore my brain has shut down completely through the majority of today's assignment. At least I got SOMETHING...#death

Reading Notes: [[Larned's American Indian Fairy Tales, Part A]]

[SOME SPOILERS]

1. Iagoo, the Story Teller: Beautiful colored shells strung into necklaces for the girls. Idea: The necklace was made to see ancient American Indian ancestors. Iagoo makes it and goes on a spiritual journey, when he puts it on.

2. Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind: Land of sunflower, describe the land. No Dialogue.

• Shin-ge-bis, the shape-shifter. Three shape-shifting adventures.

3. Shin-ge-bis Fools the North Wind (Cont.): Kabib-on-okka: Evil ice villain tries to turn the world into ice. Shin-ge-bis stops him.

Fire Spirits-Pinterest

• Makes large fire out of the wood, in the forest. Then he melts the ice.
• Kabib-on-okka song, make story based on that. Ancient man tries to scare Shin-ge-bis.
• Kabib-on-okka second song, tries to blow out fire and spreads it instead.
• Kabib-on-okka the shrinking man (write process). Shin-ge-bis, the magician shrinks him.

4. The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds: "...that the burning logs and the red coals took on a curious shapes and made odd shapes only he could understand.

Man as Animal-Amazon

• He sees visions in the fire and people go to him.
• Research animals that mean different things in American Indian Lore.
• Magic Hill? Causes the land to go from desolate to lush (describe-description story, no dialogue.

5. The Little Boy and Girl in the Clouds (Cont.): The helpful coyote: Makes it his mission to find missing kids because he lost his own.

• Was human until he went to a shaman to turn him into a coyote to better find his child.
• Has never found child, but never gave up. It is not until he found the kinds on the mountain, do they tell what happened to his own kid.
• Coyote didn't know kids beforehand.

Holy-moley! Kids were asleep for a month!!
6. The Child of the Evening Star: Looking into the hearts of different men. Qweenee-Describe what she sees in each mans heart.

  

Qweenee and Husband-IndianArtCollectors

• Keep poor man aspect in the story, but give more detail.

7. The Child of the Evening Star (Cont.): Well... I got so involved in the story I forgot that I was looking for potential stories! :/

8. The Child of the Evening Star (Cont. again): Geez...I loved this story so much!

9. The Child of Evening Star (End): I  got lost in the story and I find that wonderful! It has been a while in this class for that to happen. Not since I finished Andrew Lang's fairy-tales.