Submit your homework and extra credit to [email protected] with the subject "FF2 – HW1 – HOL ID" or "FF2 – EC1 – HOL ID." Please submit your homework and your extra credit SEPARATELY, with your HOL name and ID somewhere in the email. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. The due date for the assignment is February 29. (I use this email for two related classes. Please label the work so I know which of the homework is which!)
Homework (maximum possible 30 points)
There are a number of options here, but you only need to do 30 points' worth. Anything over and I won't be counting them for extra credit (yeah, I see what you're trying to do...)
Fill-in-the-Blanks (10 points) - 1 point each
Worldly Wanderers (10 points) - 1 point each
Below are 10 names. Identify the name of the "faery world" found in their stories.
Three Worlds (10 points)
I have listed Avalon, Valinor, and the Summer Country as possible depictions of the world of the Fey. Pick one of them and look into the world. Then write what you've learned that I haven't already covered in the lesson (and I'm pretty sure I didn't really cover much!). Minimum 100 words.
Word Scrambler (20 points) - 2 points each
These are all words found in the lesson. (Hint: Not everything is one word).
Fill-in-the-Blanks (10 points) - 1 point each
- In ______ folklore, the world of the Fey is called ___________ ("Land of the Young") or ________, and is thought to be the place in which the Tuatha De Danann live.
- The king of Annwn is _____________.
- Both Tir Na Nog and Tylwyth Teg resemble the ______________ or the _______ of the _________, which is a prominent land in _____ mythology.
- Like ___________, ___________ is an island located to the west of Wales.
Worldly Wanderers (10 points) - 1 point each
Below are 10 names. Identify the name of the "faery world" found in their stories.
- Taran
- Morgan le Fay
- Bilbo
- Ossian
- Lanval
- Gwyn ap Nudd
- Arthur
- Gimli
- Guinevere
- Frodo
Three Worlds (10 points)
I have listed Avalon, Valinor, and the Summer Country as possible depictions of the world of the Fey. Pick one of them and look into the world. Then write what you've learned that I haven't already covered in the lesson (and I'm pretty sure I didn't really cover much!). Minimum 100 words.
Word Scrambler (20 points) - 2 points each
These are all words found in the lesson. (Hint: Not everything is one word).
- OARTGNIN
- NIOSSA
- YTTHYGTWEL
- GAMLELM
- GIONANIMBO
- FMRLAANOYGE
- TEEDIMDAHRL
- PIYARDN
- AVINOLR
- NLVOAA
Extra Credit (30 points)
Choose ONE (1) of the following:
A) Most of the stories mention the fairy world as a place of beauty, a place of immortality, and a place where magic exists separate from the mortal, non-magical world. But what really happens there when the travelers enter the world? Pick a faery world (either from the lesson or from another fictional depiction) and describe what really happens when the travelers enter. Do they really live out their immortal lives in peace? Is it really paradise? Or is that just an illusion, and it is just like the mortal realms, only a more magical one? Be descriptive! Minimum 300 words.
B) There are many ways that travelers enter the world of the Fey. Because a number of them are depicted as islands, obviously many use boats ferried by otherworldly creatures. Still, others have wandered forests and met faeries on white horses. Illustrate one method that people use to get to the faery world. ORIGINAL WORK PLEASE!
C) You are a traveler who spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find the Otherworld. Countless treks across forests and excavations to unnamed islands have left you with very little to go for. Suddenly, a disgruntled sprite--tired of your ruining precious good forest foliage--shows you the way. Recount your experience at entering the world of the Fey. You can do this through poem, song, a letter to some friend, a tea conversation, even an illustration or a photograph. Be creative!
All graphics must be uploaded to an image server like Photobucket or Imageshack. I'd prefer not to open attachments, please and thank you!
D) Below are a number of riddles that describe either a traveler in a particular faerie world or the faerie world itself. Because of the jumble in these riddles, you have to figure out which world the riddle is talking about. You don't have to know who the person is, but use the context clues to figure out which riddle mentions which world. Hint: Remember that Avalon, Valinor, and the Summer Country are NOT the only names of the Otherworld that I have mentioned in the lesson.
Figure out which riddle pertains to which faerie world. Some names are interchangeable, so you can use one or the other. (3 points each).
A) Most of the stories mention the fairy world as a place of beauty, a place of immortality, and a place where magic exists separate from the mortal, non-magical world. But what really happens there when the travelers enter the world? Pick a faery world (either from the lesson or from another fictional depiction) and describe what really happens when the travelers enter. Do they really live out their immortal lives in peace? Is it really paradise? Or is that just an illusion, and it is just like the mortal realms, only a more magical one? Be descriptive! Minimum 300 words.
B) There are many ways that travelers enter the world of the Fey. Because a number of them are depicted as islands, obviously many use boats ferried by otherworldly creatures. Still, others have wandered forests and met faeries on white horses. Illustrate one method that people use to get to the faery world. ORIGINAL WORK PLEASE!
C) You are a traveler who spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find the Otherworld. Countless treks across forests and excavations to unnamed islands have left you with very little to go for. Suddenly, a disgruntled sprite--tired of your ruining precious good forest foliage--shows you the way. Recount your experience at entering the world of the Fey. You can do this through poem, song, a letter to some friend, a tea conversation, even an illustration or a photograph. Be creative!
All graphics must be uploaded to an image server like Photobucket or Imageshack. I'd prefer not to open attachments, please and thank you!
D) Below are a number of riddles that describe either a traveler in a particular faerie world or the faerie world itself. Because of the jumble in these riddles, you have to figure out which world the riddle is talking about. You don't have to know who the person is, but use the context clues to figure out which riddle mentions which world. Hint: Remember that Avalon, Valinor, and the Summer Country are NOT the only names of the Otherworld that I have mentioned in the lesson.
Figure out which riddle pertains to which faerie world. Some names are interchangeable, so you can use one or the other. (3 points each).
1.
Across the sea, in misty shore, A land of great Britannic lore, Where King doth lay in sleep and wait, To hear of his round table's fate. 2. Fair golden hair his eyes do lay, This Irish lad living in Fey, When years have passed, the queen is pleased, His contract done, again released. 3. His soul is clean, a hero true, Whose daring deeds simply accrue, Once thrice the judging tasks him fine, Becomes the one among divine. 4. They run in haste, the sons have gone, Eilonwy's task is over and done, But she chose the travels of second life, Not of the isles without suff'ring and strife. 5. The Welsh know kings no mortal's seen, Faery paths closed, immortals been, And island west, as west can go, Or under earth the paths below. |
6.
The queen awaits, her sisters fair, They ferry men into their lair, The legends speak of heal and sleep, For those of knights with bruises deep. 7. Onward they go, on sombre steed, To lands of great immortal deed, Of trees that sing, entwined silver, gold, Land of wizards, elves, and hobbits told. 8. The people speak of lands wherein The spirits, demons, shades do sin, Yet in this world the fae belong, Immortalized in Ossian's song. 9. Elysium is but paradise one, For those beneath the telltale sun, But gods do meddle, their eyes roam fast, They of the pure, immortals last. 10. The war has ceased, his burden loose, His own small fate is his to choose, But havens grey call him to sea, And so he goes with Istari. |