The Queen of Snakes from The Olive Fairy Tale Book by Andrew Lang, 1907 Illustration by Henry Justice Ford |
The Chinese New Year begins on February 10 and ends on February 24 and 2013 is the Year of the Snake.
“Ancient Chinese wisdom says a Snake in the house is a good omen because it means your family will not starve. This could be taken metaphorically to mean that a Snake could never have a problem with his family starving because he is such a great mediator, making him good at business. Or it could mean that a Snake would be willing to sacrifice his possessions, something the Snake has a lot of, in order to pay for his family’s food.
Any way it is interpreted is representative of the Snake’s character and is a measure of the value he puts on his material wealth. The Snake is keen and cunning, quite intelligent and wise.”
For more information on this sign and the others of the Chinese Zodiac visit http://www.usbridalguide.com/special/chinesehoroscopes/Snake.htm
Here
are some stories to get your storytelling juices flowing, or in this case,
slithering!
SSSSSSSSTORIES
The Fairy Tale of the Green Snake and
the Beautiful Lily
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
http://wn.rsarchive.org/RelAuthors/GoetheJW/GreenSnake.html
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Girl and the Snake – Sweden
http://tinyurl.com/dxcw5n8
The King of the Snakes and Other Folk-lore
Stories from Ugandahttp://tinyurl.com/dxcw5n8
http://tinyurl.com/c7nkznm
The
Legend of the White Snake - China
http://www.chinapage.com/wsnake.html
Rabbit Plays Tug-O-War – Native American
http://tinyurl.com/btxxdzm
The Rainbow Serpent - Australia
http://tinyurl.com/arv2cb6
The Three Snake Leaves - Grimm
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~spok/grimmtmp/013.txt
Snake and Serpent Husbands in Folktales –
D.L. Ashliman
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/snake.html
The Snake and the Pauper – Haiti
http://tinyurl.com/c8yxdz9
The Snake with Five Heads – Native American
The Snake with the Big Feet – Native American
http://tinyurl.com/d9hda5q
The Snakes Bride – Bhutan
http://tinyurl.com/dxzc3xf
The White Man and the Snake – South
Africahttp://tinyurl.com/dxzc3xf
http://tinyurl.com/dyqy9fs
The White Snake – Germany/Grimm
http://www.authorama.com/grimms-fairy-tales-36.html
Why Frog and Snake Never Play Together - Africa
http://tinyurl.com/d9hzpnk
Why Mongoose Kills Snakes - Africa
http://tinyurl.com/bolyrnz
BOOKS
Kidzone.com
http://www.kidzone.ws/lw/snakes/activities-books.htm
CRAFTS
These
two sites offer fun snake crafts, coloring pages, activities and more.
Enchantedlearning.com
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/chinesenewyear/
CURRICULUM
DiscoverEducation.com
- Reptile Adaptations for grades 4-6.
http://tinyurl.com/b9rf9tv
Prontolessons.com
http://www.prontolessons.com/reptiles.html
http://www.prontolessons.com/reptiles.html
GAME
Snow Snakes – An Ojibwe
game for grades 2-8.
http://intersectingart.umn.edu/?lesson/22
http://intersectingart.umn.edu/?lesson/22
Karen Chace 2012 ©
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