10th post

The myth that I chose is a famous myth from the bible my mom used to tell me. The myth is called the "Judgement of Solomon". The myth goes as follows, two women lived in the same house with each one of the women having their own child. One of the moms accidentally smothered her son. After she saw her son died, she try to switch between the two and pin it on the other mom that her son actually died. So each women claimed that the alive baby was theirs. So they went with the case to King Solomon. After many hours of deliberation, King Solomon called for his sword and said he was cutting the baby in half and giving a half of the baby to both mothers. The real mother cried out, "No, don't kill him. Give the baby to her." While the fake mother said,"Cut it in half." King Solomon was wise and knew that the real mother would be the one who would give up her baby, so it will live. He gave the baby to the real mother. This story is trying to explain to a person how to identify the truth and have good judgement. King Solomon was very wise to pull that move. I always loved hearing this story because it was so clever yet so simple.