As i read about the folklore's and traditions of Puerto Rico, i questioned how much could they possibly have. Then i thought to myself do we have that much in America? American folklore's is what i mean, not individual folklore's from different countries. It was very insightful on how folklore came about, who from and passed down. We can see the same examples in America due to the influences of natives, and immigrants from all over the world.
However, i can see alot of folklore are just made up due to coincidences. Some even seem as they were made up and just randomly passed down as new superstitions. some examples stated were lack of killing spiders or precious stones with meaning. We have our own such as don't cross a black cat or a broken mirror symbolizes seven days of bad luck. They seem as just little stories for children. However there was a great deal of similarities such as the weddings and lullabies.
The fables themselves from "Three Wishes" slightly confused me. They didn't show an obvious moral like Aesop's fables, and they lack a description of a lesson learned at the end. So i didn't know what to really make of it other than the boy was stupid, the ant persevered or seemed gullible, along with given the run around, and you she be careful who or what you marry because he or she may be some type of wicked creature. The witch story however was very similar to a Soucouyant from Trinidadian folklore. This witch or creature however took off her skin to suck blood from young children and came back before the sun came up. So i wonder if it is two variants of the same folklore that have been changed over time.
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