so for my first paper that I'm writing and still trying to connect to my overall goal (of storytelling), I'm exploring mother goose and her possible connection to witches/witch-lore
the concept of weird that I'll be connecting my speculation is the concept that deals with "tales" and some sort of "foreshadowing (educating/advising about future) /divining/warning"
the associations:
elderly woman= typical witch figure (old women in margins of society especially widows)
goose= concept of familiars (do the bidding of the witch in exchange for something belonging to a witch [physical/emotional/spiritual] etc.)
Latin prayers= spells, charms/ rhymes (to educate the illiterate about Catholicism)
Anticatholicism -- catholics=witches (according to English Protestant/Puritans)
okay, I know Wikipedia is fickle (because anybody can put something in it- but it includes scholarly references and I can check them directly and see their credibility-- the archivist was helping me, and she discovered in Wiki, that Mother Goose originated in Boston, reported to have 10 children of her own- around the 1600s (historically this was around the time of witch hunts/trials in England)- Speculation- the witches in Boston could have tried to escape to the New World and settled in Boston, (or they could have been sent there to get rid of them- they could have been banished/exiled)...
here are the connections I'm finding so far, I still have to read more... any suggestions are welcome dear audience...
I met the children's library librarian (Roslin)... she gave me ideas on possible contacts for storytelling classes/teachers/ places etc.
I went to the Education Bld. and found resources for my ESL students- it's overwhelming because there are lots and I don't know where to begin, I got an idea that I can use these resources to help me with my own review for the Spanish language...
Posted by Michael Diezmos at September 19, 2007 3:49 PM