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The Mythology of Astrology:
I like this because it rhymes. I
would like to research the stories behind zodiac - specifically the
myths associated with the names, and the constellations. I don't know a
lot about astrology, so I doubt I would include any horoscopes or
anything like that in the project. Instead, I would retell the stories
associated with zodiac signs. There are 12 signs, and I would like to
include them all but I understand this may not be possible. If not, I
would narrow it down to signs that mean something to me (Cancer, Taurus,
Aquarius, Scorpio). I also thought about including astrological ages,
but I'm not sure how I could implement that just yet.
https://www.astrology.com/article/astrology-mythology-zodiac-signs/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_age
https://www.greekmythology.com/Myths/Zodiac/zodiac.html
Famous Treasure:
There are so many myths and legends involving treasure: The Ark of the Covenant, Blackbeard's Buried Treasure, Oak Island. I've been interested in buried treasure for so long, and I would love to research the legends and recreate the stories, possibly explaining their origin or someone finding the treasure. I have knowledge about many different lost treasures - real and legend. Recently the history channel started showing Beyond Oak Island which discusses lost treaures of the world. I think the show on history channel is a bit silly (it's been ten years guys, you've found nothing), but the story itself is fun to think about.
https://www.history.com/news/6-famous-missing-treasures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missing_treasures
Food in the Bible:
There are many mentions of food in the bible. For example, in 1 Kings 19:3–9, and angel gives Elijah a cake and water which keeps him full for the duration of his journey. I'm interested in what kind of cake they ate back then. They didn't have sugar, so I suppose it was sweetened with honey. But what was the rest of the cake structured out of?
Another example is bread. Bread is mentioned in so many biblical stories, and differs from the bread we eat today. How did they make it, what are the ingredients and process behind biblical bread making? I'm interested in this topic, because I like food and baking, and I wanted to learn the processes of early baking, and incorporate that into storytelling.
Cake in Greek Mythology:
Another food centered idea. There are three Greek myths having to do with cake (that I can find in short research) - Fornax, Pirene, and cakes adorned with candles for the Goddess Artemis. Like the topic above, I would be interested in researching the type of cakes made by the Ancient Greeks, and what their ingredients and process of baking was. Like the topic above, I want to learn the techniques and processes of baking. Is the process for the Greeks the same as Isreal and Judah? I would want to somehow incorporate that into a story, be it retelling the story and adding the recipe or something else.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirene_(mythology)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fornax_(mythology)
https://hankeringforhistory.com/the-history-of-the-birthday-cake/
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