Reading Notes: Saint Blaise and His Beasts, Part A

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I found this story very interesting, mostly from the fact that Saint Blaise is based in a town in Armenia where my mothers family originated from. That is also why my blog has its name, in case anyone was curious. Its exciting to read something about my ancestors home land, as very few people now even know Armenia is a country. 

I really enjoyed this Narnia-esque story where wild animals are drawn to a man because of his kindness and generosity. I think that it provides a very good message to many about how we should all look out for one another. I think that this is a theme that I would like to use in my story, where there is some use of the idea where animal are connects to humans because of their personality. Perhaps a story where there is a world where each person has a spirit animal. Such as, a very nice, wise old man might have an old badger for a spirit animal, while an evil criminal would have a viscous raccoon for a spirit animal. I think that I will continue the topic of there being some kind of secret expression that is frowned upon by the establishment, such as music or dance or even religion like the story.



Bibliography
Classical Topic, Saints: Saint Blaise and His Beasts. Source: The Book of Saints and Friendly Beasts by Abbie Farwell Brown (1900).

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