https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht 1st Quarter en-us 2017-11-18 16:06:15 UTC 2023-05-24 11:01:37 UTC hello@padlet.com johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208383510 What are the common themes/messages of popular Spanish legends/folktales?
How do the legends/folktales affect Spanish cultures?
How do Spanish legends/folktales compare to those popular in the United States?]]> 2017-11-18 16:07:49 UTC https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208383510 johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208383986 Origin Stories- Many Spanish legends explain how things got their name, how things in nature came to be, and why things are the way they are
Punishment- Multiple legends show characters facing serious punishment to possibly deter people from doing certain things
Miracles- Legends describe faithful and generous people (a majority of the time they are poor) being granted miracles]]> 2017-11-18 16:13:18 UTC https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208383986 johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208386506 This legend is the origin story of the yerba mate tree in Argentina. Its leaves are used to make the famous beverage, yerba mate, which has the caffeine content of coffee, the euphoria of chocolate, and the health benefits of tea. In the story a poor family is given the trees by the moon because they had given all the food they had. Another common theme present in this story is miracles being granted to those who show compassion and generosity.]]> 2017-11-18 16:38:41 UTC https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208386506 johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208387296 2017-11-18 16:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208387296 johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208387810 This is the origination story of Argentina's national flower, the Ceibo. It is another one of Sofia M's favorite Argentinian legends.]]> 2017-11-18 16:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208387810 johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208388305 Other popular Spanish origin stories include "Poinsetta," "The Badger Names the Sun," The Toad's Spots," and "Somersault Street." Poinsetta is the story of a young girl named Pepita who feels bad that her family can no longer give a gift to baby Jesus on Christmas because her mother became too sick to finish a blanket. Her tears cause Poinsettia flowers to grow out of the weeds she decorated the crib of Jesus with. 
The legend "The Badger Names the Sun" explains why the Sun has its name and why Badgers hide in holes.
"The  Toad's Spots" explains why toads have spots. A toad hid in the guitarcase of a crane going to perform at a party in the clouds. The toad was dropped down to Earth, resulting in numerous bruises which healed over time, becoming spots.
Many streets in Mexico City near the Main Square used to have names which recalled some true or imaginary event. An example of this was Somersault Street which was named after a legend. After a rich and loved Spanish nobleman named Don Mendo died, his niece with an unpleasant personality and who only cared about money, Paz, tried to claim his fortune. However, in order to claim Don Mendo's fortune, his will required Paz to do three somersaults in the pavilion built in the center of Main Square. Paz ended up giving her inheritance to the Orders of Saint Francis and Mercedes and the street in front of Mendo's mansion was given the name Somersault Street in memory of this legend.]]> 2017-11-18 16:55:46 UTC https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208388305 johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208394745 Many Spanish legends have the theme of punishment.  In many legends characters are punished for killing others such as La LLorona and  El Silbon. In the famous Mexican legend, La Llorona, (The Wailing Woman) a woman kills her children to either prove her love for her husband, or to punish her husband. Because of this La Llorona is forced to wander the lands in search of her dead children for eternity. In the Venezeulan legend El Silbon, (The whisperer),  a man that killed his father  to eat his organs is forced to carry a bag with his father's bone across the region. 
Another example of a Spanish legend with a theme of punishment is the Lame man of Olancho. A poor farmer named IIsidro asked his neighbor Juan, a lame man, to help him pay for medicine to cure his wife. Juan answered that he needed all his money so Isidro prayed for God's blessing. When Isidro went home, he found his wife completely cured. Hearing this, Juan went to a church with his pure gold chain as an offering to God in exchange for curing his lameness. Juan succeeded and was able to run out of the church. However, when Juan talked with Isidro after the miracle, he complained that a miracle cost Isidro nothing and him a gold chain. All of a sudden, Juan's leg became lame again and a gold chain fell out of the sky near his feet.

]]> 2017-11-18 18:01:52 UTC https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208394745 johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208397300 After reading a multitude of Mexican, Latin American, and Central American legends, I have found that common themes are origin stories, punishment, and God/nature-given miracles. Legends seem to affect Spanish culture by encouraging good morale and faithfulness to God, while discouraging selfishness and spite. Also, people like to remember legends so they name things like streets after them. I thought that United States folklore would be drastically different from Spanish folklore but I was wrong. United States folktales are surprisingly dark and have a common theme of punishment as well. ]]> 2017-11-18 18:32:24 UTC https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208397300 johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208397679 http://www.americanfolklore.net/ss.html
https://www.worldoftales.com/South_American_folktales/South_American_Folktale_1.html
The Whisperer-http://latinolife.co.uk/node/1226
"Stories from Latin America" By Genevieve Barlow
About Yerba Mate- http://guayaki.com/mate/130/Yerba-Mate.html
Yerba Mate Legend Video- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f95ZMikCrKM&t=11s
Ceibo Tree Legend- https://insidebuenosaires.com/2014/01/09/the-legend-of-the-ceibo-tree/
La Llorona video-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfR6Kfw1RCA
https://fairytalez.com/region/spanish/
Authentic- Sofia M. from Argentina

]]> 2017-11-18 18:36:40 UTC https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208397679 johnson_ben417 https://padlet.com/johnson_ben417/kxcz7hpiqsht/wish/208505582 I have found that many American Tall-tales also have themes of punishment including A Bakers Dozen and The Eavesdropper.  In the New York Christmas story A Baker's Dozen, an old lady came into a bakery asking for a dozen Saint Nicholas cookies, considering a dozen to be 13 cookies because there was a custom of bakeries in the town to give an extra cookie.The man that owned the bakery refused to give the old woman an extra cookie because he believed customers should get exactly what they paid for. Each week the old lady returned to ask for a dozen of cookies, cursing the man's shop more each time he refused. The man lost most of his business and his family's money was running out so he went to the church to pray to Saint Nicholas. When he returned to his shop he made a batch of Saint Nicholas cookies that turned out fine, and then Saint NIcholas appeared. Sadly, Saint Nicholas asked the man if after all the generosity God had shown, couldn't he spare one extra cookie? After that the man always considered a dozen to be 13.
In the Maryland Tall-Tale, The Eavesdropper, a farmer is punished for his curiosity of whether cattle talk to each other at midnight on Christmas Eve.

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