Mythology & Folklore

(Mad Tea Party: Wikipedia )   A Mad Tea-Party There was a table set out under a tree where the March Hare and the Hatter were having tea. The table was very crowded but they encouraged Alice to join for these was plenty of room. They offered her wine even though there wasn't any and then the Hatter made personal comments about Alice's appearance like her hair. Alice found this to be rude but the Hatter completely ignored her feelings and began to talk in riddles.  There was bantering back and forth until silence fell upon them. Then the Hatter checked his pocket watch  to check what year it was. This puzzled Alice greatly. A Mad Tea-Party (cont.) The dormouse was asleep at the table and the Hatter poured tea on its nose. Then the Hatter asked Alice if she had guessed the riddle which she hadn't and had given up. She told them their riddles were a waste of time and they were confused. She said she beats time when she learns music and the Hatter said he kept time by being on

  (The White Rabbit: Wikipedia ) Down the Rabbit-Hole Alice was very tired siting with her sister on the bank with having nothing to do. She was reading a book without any pictures or conversations. She was pondering the book in her own mind when suddenly a white rabbit ran by. There was something remarkable about the rabbit for she heard him say he was very late as he took out a pocket watch from his coat pocket. She saw him pop down a large rabbit-hole under a hedge and Alice went down after it, falling deep into a dark hole. The sides of the tunnel were filled with pictures, maps, cupboards, and book shelves. She began to think she was falling through the earth and her mind began to race with an endless amount of thoughts! Down the Rabbit-Hole (cont.) Alice continued to fall down, down, down and her mind was racing with thoughts about the earth above like her cat, when suddenly she came down upon a heap of sticks and dry leaves with a thump. She got to her feet and saw the rabbit wa

(Chief Black Tail Deer and his family: Wikipedia ) The Rabbit and the Grouse Girls The rabbit to the side of a hill where he saw the grouse girls. He claimed he could get them fine skin with bangles on it to slide down the hill. He asked them to get inside the skin, but the girls were afraid. The rabbit flattered them and coxed them into the sack and quickly closing it shut. Bringing it to grandmother, he asked her to watch it while he went to get willow sticks for spits. The girls begged to be let out and the grandmother let them get away. The rabbit was very angry when he came back.  The Rabbit and the Bear The rabbit was out of arrows and the fall hunt was coming. He needed flint to make the arrowheads and the only place to get it was the old bear chief. The rabbit set out to the bear’s village where he came to a hut. The woman welcomed him with a fire for his feet. The next day, the rabbit went to the bear and the bear showed how his body was half flesh and half flint. The rabbit t

  (Portrait of Indian Chief Sitting Bull: Wikipedia ) The Rabbit and the Grouse Girls The rabbit went out in the winter to the side of the hill away from the company of all girls. They were the grouse girls. The rabbit called out to them and told them he could get them a fine skin with bangles on it that tinkles. He ran away to his tepee and brought a skin bag with red stripes and bangles on it. The grouse girls were afraid to get inside it, but the rabbit coaxed them all in. The rabbit then slung the bag over his back and went home. He got to the tepee and told his grandmother he had a bag full of game and the grouse girls began to cry. The grandmother said she would let the grandchildren out. As the old woman opened the bag, the grouse flew up and grabbed her leg. The rabbit got back and was very angry she let the grouse out. The Rabbit and the Bear The grandmother and the rabbit were out of arrows and the fall hunt was coming soon. The grandmother told him to make flint arrowheads a