Myths And Legends

@JonicaBradley · 2 years ago

Writing Prompt #14: Monsters, Myths, and Legends

Monsters, myths, and legends have been around as long as humanity. I could go do a bunch of research and give you links, but I'm not going to do that today. Instead, I'm going to pose a question. Why...

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@Creepymeow · 1 year ago

Monster, Myths and Legends

Date: August 14, 2022 Prompt #14 of @JonicaBradley : Monster, Myths and Legends MONSTERS, MYTHS AND LEGENDS. "Don't go there, you'll die!" warned Ryan to his friend but the boy wasn't one to lis...

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@jasglaybam · 2 years ago

Spooky Series 3: Monsters, Myths, and Legends

I have shared some of my paranormal encounters in my previous articles and I delayed writing the continuation because this beautiful soul @FarmGirl said she had enough scare already lol. But I can't w...

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@kork75 · 3 years ago

Myths and legends: stories of pirates

To arouse the jealousy of the Spanish Roderigo, who does not want to know about her love, the beautiful Venetian Lorenza becomes in Palermo, in the absence of her husband, the Spanish captain Alonso d...

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@kork75 · 3 years ago

Myths and legends: pirate stories 2nd part

Henry Morgan succeeds the pirate Mansfeldt at his death. The corsairs acclaim him as their leader in recognition of his courage and skill. After joining a relative of his in marriage, Morgan studies a...

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@Ozzyy · 2 years ago

Myths, Monsters, and Legends

Myths. Monsters. Legends. The Supernatural. In my opinion, it is safe to say that we all - or at least a great majority of people on this planet - grew up with some fairytales that were native to our...

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@onlymythoughts · 2 years ago

Dragons and Monsters

This is my first post to this community and I am writing in response to the prompt from @JonicaBradley to write about Monsters, Myths, and Legends. Jonica asks the question, why are Monsters, Myths...

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@Bjorn · 2 years ago

The Big Black Cat

Two months ago I posted about a person who's been known to be a great story teller. When we were kids, we used to hear stories from our mother or grannies. They tell stories about monsters, myths, an...

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@Alther · 3 years ago

The Fate of a Fairy Tale

Amid the onslaught of technology and the era of social media, the existence of "fairy tales" is getting dimmer. Life is reluctant to die and doesn't want to be, maybe that's the fate of fairy tales...

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@Vasa · 3 years ago

The oldest on the planet - how Oxford and Cambridge differ and why they compete

Five centuries remained to our country until the foundation of the first university, when the competition between Oxford and Cambridge had already begun. Undoubtedly, these educational institutions wi...

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@LykeLyca · 2 years ago

The Mysterious Cave

Just off the southern part of Mindanao lies a tiny island that is made mostly of a huge rugged rock in the middle of the ocean. Here, there are tell tales and myths from the locals that centuries ago...

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@Sensaii · 2 years ago

Elements not seen in the house

Do you also encounter invisible elements in your homes? Here in the philippines it is believed that there are house dwellers who cannot be seen and it is: Shadow black or white: Photo credits: i...

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@cmoneyspinner · 2 years ago

My Foodie Luv: It's October ~ Let's Celebrate Apples!

In the USA, October is the month we celebrate Halloween , pizza, and apples! I especially like the fact that October is National Apple Month. It was founded as National Apple Week in 1904 and later e...

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@lukalaban1981 · 3 years ago

Giants: The Secret of Prehistoric Time

There are legends and myths in all parts of the world that describe giants in a similar way, and the credibility of these stories has so far been confirmed by several researchers. However, the biggest...

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@BeardedCake · 2 years ago

The TCG world is tremendously undervalued.

Good afternoon community, in my country is happening the Cyber Dai something similar to the holidays of offers in the United States and I found extremely interesting the non-valuation of products of 1...

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@JocV · 2 years ago

Little venice

Did you know that this city is not found in Dubai or in the United States or in Australia, it is in Venezuela and is the capital of the state of Bolivar, it is a magical place with many stories, myths...

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@Scotty17 · 2 years ago

Did Dinosaurs Walk among Humanity?

Our teachers taught us in school that dinosaurs lived billions of years ago. They taught us that humanity wasn't even around during the time of the dinosaurs, and that a catastrophe - thought to be th...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

The Kreutzer Sonata: How Art Inspires to Art, which Inspires to Art...

One of the greatest classical composers created a violin sonata, which was dedicated to a French violinist, after whom it has been named. Actually, it was first dedicated to another violinist, but the...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Egyptomania & Horror Literature

Most of you have encountered fictional horror stories involving mummies – either in literature or on film. But it is not a modern invention; the old Egyptians themselves wrote mummy stories. The fourt...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Magic Mirror on the Wall...

Although mirrors have many scientific and decorative uses, for most people a mirror is merely a practical tool for looking at themselves. Therefore, in a large part of the world the mirror is a symb...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Names in the Ptolemaic Dynasty, Their Meaning & How to Write Them in Original and in English

This post is a brief explanatory supplement to my articles about Cleopatra and the Ptolemaic Dynasty. " Cleopatra -the Serpent of the Nile? " " The Ptolemaic Dynasty of Egypt " " The Crocodile, a...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Dog Star & the Dog Days - Sirius & the Egyptian Calendar

Old Egyptian years were Sidereal . That is a solar year also taking into account the heliacal rising of a fixed star [the moment it becomes visible above the horizon at or just before sunrise]. The s...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Richard Wagner: Opera Giant & Pioneer of Fantasy

“ One supreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy-imagination that creates. Imagination is the creative force. Imagination creates reality.” (Richard Wagner) On 2...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Colours X: Yellow, Gold & Orange in Focus – Imperial, Courage, Creativity...

This time we will look at Yellow, Gold & Orange, and also on the special relation between Yellow and the Human Eye. Yellow & Gold In China, a specific hue of yellow was an imperial colour, correspo...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Pachomios, Christian Monasticism & Saint Catherine of Alexandria

Pachomios & the Origin of Christian Monasticism Christian monasticism originated in Egypt in the 320s, and its founding is attributed to Pachomios (292-346 AD) from Thebe (today's Luxor). When he die...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Anubis

Anubis is probably the Egyptian deity whose appearance is best known to the general public: a black jackal, or a man with a black jackal's head. Though biologically it has been shown that "jackals" i...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Byron & Shelley: Egyptomania & Shelley's Funeral

Lord Byron (1788-1824) and Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) lived a long time in a sort of ménage à trois , together with Shelley's wife, Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein. It ended with Shell...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

The Treasure Of Lake Qaroun

What do you say about one of the world's largest treasures at the bottom of a lake in Egypt? Nobody knows if this treasure exists, but the legend about it is described in both the Bible and the Qur'an...

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@Mictorrani · 2 years ago

Sepia, Grisaille & Verdaille: Monochrome Art... and how about Japan?

What colour pigment was originally made from a substance secreted by cuttlefish? Now made synthetically, the colour is still called the same. The answer is sepia . It is a secretion of the common cu...

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@Mictorrani · 3 years ago

Real Dogs in Egypt – in History and Now

This is the third and last article of my ongoing series about the Canines of Egypt, Mythical & Real. The two previous ones were " Anubis " and " Other Dog-like Deities of Egypt: Wepwawet, Khentymentiu...

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