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    theFiascoProject: An Origin Story At the beginning of second semester during my sophomore year, Eva approached me about some lyrics she had written. “I wrote a lot over break,” she said, shoving her hands in the pockets of her jeans and looking down at her SHOE. “I know you’re a music person, do you think we could work on this sometime?” We had met in art class earlier that year, where we quickly learned that we had more in common than we had initially thought. A friend of a friend, we ended up

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    The first origin story presented in the text is one that is most subject to scrutiny. For the purpose of this paper, the interpretation used here is from an archaeological teacher that used this text as a way to explain the origins of the same three subjects I am discussing. By interpreting the proposed origin story of bronze through the corresponding text and looking at the time period Enmerkar is believed to have ruled with the historical and archaeological data that has been discovered from the

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    Every family story and origin is unique to the members of the immediate group, while including the traditions passed from generation to generation. From the scent of their house and clothes, special holidays, vacation spots, memories, what they eat and how it is served; all of these elements of life are distinct to a family. These elements are incorporated into what is viewed as normal life in a way that we don’t see how our lives differ from those around us, until we are faced with a situation where

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    Essay on Origin and Story of Soy Sauce

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    restaurants or even in packets from your Chinese take-out place but it is used all over the world But have you ever wanted to know exactly is soy sauce, or how its made and what gives it that dark color? In this paper I will discuss and explain the origin of soy sauce, how its made and the different types of soy sauce there are,

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    An origin story is an account of how a culture, a people, or a fictional character came to be. Many of these cultures have their own ideas of how the universe was created. For example, it is written in the Jewish bible that God created the heavens and the earth. This is the origin story from the beliefs of the Jewish people. Chinese and Greek Origin stories are very different, but are slightly similar as well. The Chinese origin story goes as follows: In the beginning there was a huge egg containing

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    The Story of Echidna Fast Facts
 Pronunciation: Origin: Greek Home: Phrygia, Tartarus Role: Guardian of Earth’s Treasures, Mother of All Monsters Parents: Gaia and Tartarus, or Keto and Phorkys Spouse: Typhon Children: Cerberus, Chimera, Colchian Dragon, Gorgon, Hydra, Ladon, Nemean Lion, Orthrus, Sphinx (Possibly also: Caucasian Eagle, Phaea, Scylla) Who is Echidna? Echidna is a guardian, goddess, monster, or mother of the sprits that are the alternative to the Olympians, dependent on the source

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    Fictional Superhero Origin Story Superhero Origin Story Oliver Queen is the son of Lance Queen and Moira Queen. Oliver’s sister is named Thea and she is eleven years old. Oliver is seventeen. The Queens live in Starling City and own a family company known as Queens Consolidated. The organization manufactures electronic devices. Lance Queen is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at Queens Consolidated. Malcoln Merlyn is a general manager at Queens Consolidated. Malcoln is married to Rebecca and they

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    creation stories that will be discussed in this paper are the Navajo Origin Legend and Scientology’s Story of Xenu. The Navajo believed that the gods made humans out of corn and wind and he gods sent them off to procreate. While the Scientologists believe that Xenu the all powerful emperor killed all of the beings that inhabited the 76 planets he ruled over and created new beings and implanted all the knowledge tat humans have today over 75 million years ago.

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    have been prominent constituents to Native American culture since the 1800s in order to pay tribute to their early beginnings, preserve the historic truth, and allow future generations to continue their legacy. While reading this selection, “Origin of Folk Stories,” by Arthur C. Parker, it is of capable understanding as to where the storytelling had been derived from in correspondence to this specific tribe called the Seneca. Parker identifies himself with the Seneca tribe through his father’s descent

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    Read the Grimm Brother's Cinderella ( National Geographic web site.) and at least one other version of the story (see course materials for a list--remember, Disney versions are not a choice for this comparison.) How are the versions similar? Different? Appropriate response is one to two well developed paragraphs. In both stories Cinderella’s mother died while she was still young, and her father re-married a vile woman with two equally wretched daughters who abused Cinderella. Further similarities

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