Why I Fell in Love with 'Twilight' When I first heard about Twilight, I thought wow, another vampire book. My friends kept on asking me, did you read that book Twilight. So one day I went to my school library and checked out Twilight. I felt as if I was actually in Bella's situation. I read that book in one day. The next day when I went back to school and told everybody that I read the book. I went back to the library and checked out New Moon. I read that book in two days. I read 'Eclipse' and 'Breaking Dawn' all in the same week. I was/am very interested in … [Read More...]
When I first saw Twilight I thought it was really interesting. The reason I was so interested in it because I am a Native American and I love reading and watching films about Native American stories and folklore. The funny thing is that most of it was true except the whole Vampire part. What is more interning is the fact that the author makes you wonder. Some questions you might ask yourself while thinking about the Twilight Legends are: Are there actually Vampires out there? Are they real? Could they really live like they did in the movie … [Read More...]
Quileute Legend In Quileute Legend, in the past there was a war between the Quileute and the Ozette (Eyii'-elat). A Quileute man lost all his brothers in battle. He retired to a hill on the northern side of the mouth of the Quileute river, and cried at that place. That night there was a full moon, and the nights were very clear. On one of these occasions he viewed something in the river, with several animals swimming about it. At sight of this, the man quit crying, and, took off his blanket, then dived into the river and swam towards it. He swam right … [Read More...]
Most societies have folklores and legends of witches, werewolves, Sasquatch, and creatures that walk amongst us. The Navajo Indians or Deni' people have Skinwalkers. They are those who trot along here and there on all fours, those who change skins depending on powers they seek, those who follow the 'Witchery Way', the ones that the Navajo people defer from talking about for fear of reprisal. The Skinwalkers are the Witches Witch, the Highest Priest or Priestess who turns evil, who practice cannibalism and necrophilia, those who are no longer human - but are … [Read More...]
"Twilight 5" Progress Hindered By Salary Disputes The studio that produces the "Twilight" vampire saga seems to be suffering from a lack of enthusiasm for getting the 4th installment signed. Summit Entertainment is ready to finalize deals with Kirsten Stewart (Bella Swan), Robert Pattinson (Edward Cullen), and Taylor Lautner (Jacob Black). Director Bill Condon is already signed to complete the "Breaking Dawn". Both films are scheduled to be shot back-to-back beginning in the Fall, to be released in November 2011 and Summer 2012 by latest … [Read More...]
Hunt for the Skinwalker I was gripped with fear at what I was watching in the headlights of the car. At first it seemed to be a un-clothed man shrouded in some sort of an animal hide. A violent storm was raging and the rain was falling in buckets as I concentrated focusing my eyes in on the figure not ten feet in front of the car. There was a flash of light and what followed can only be described as 20 minutes of pure terror that left both myself and my vehicle in shambles, we both were a total wreak. There have been countless stories about … [Read More...]
The Quileute, also known as Quillayute, is a Amerindian people in westerly Washington state in the United States, presently numbering around 750. The Quileute people settled onto the Quileute Indian Reservation after signing the Treaty of Quinault River of 1855, later reauthorized as the Treaty of Olympia in 1856. It's located near the southwesterly corner of Clallam County, Washington at the mouth of the Quillayute River on the Pacific coast. The reservation's primary population center is the community of La Push, Washington. The 2000 census accounted the … [Read More...]
Vampires - Do we really see them as monsters? Vampires always fascinated us, it is an undeniable fact. And after the frenzy that the Twilight Saga has created, do you still wonder why? It's not so hard to guess. First of all, vampires are the only pretty monsters, don't we all agree. It's kind of hard to find an interest in fur-covered or rotten or simply rotten creatures (although werewolves have stepped up a notch lately and I am a big wolf fan myself). Myths, stories and legends, quileute or not, that talk about the world's most beautiful and … [Read More...]
Jacob whispers "Have you heard of the Quileute Legends?", Bella becomes fixated on the tale he begins to tell. .. For anyone who has read any of the books in the Twilight Series written by Stephenie Meyer the legend of how the Quileutes descended from wolves has held fascination and excitement. Many sites go out of their way to downplay the myth which is an important part of history in the lives of the Quileute Tribe. Is it so different from our own creation story of how God created the first man and woman? Q'wati, the Transformer, is the guardian … [Read More...]
Quileute legend may contain on occasion customary customs of day-to-day life and even comprise spiritual or mythic elements. In the beginning, the Quileute had no form of writing so every legend had to be communicated orally from generation to generation so as to preserve and record their history. There can be both a moral and psychological theme to the work, in addition to entertainment value, depending on the nature of the storyteller, the manner of the telling, the ages of the audience members, and the overall context of the performance . The … [Read More...]