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We are sure that many of you still believe in unicorns. It seems wonderful to imagine that they still exist somewhere, and we just haven't found them yet. However, even the myth of such a magical creature has a very prosaic and even somewhat frightening explanation.
If it seems to you that website very skeptical and no longer believes in magic, then at the end of the article a real miracle awaits you!
great flood
Scientists believe that the legend of the Great Flood was based on the memory of major flood, the epicenter of which was Mesopotamia. At the beginning of the last century, during the excavations of the tombs of Ur, a layer of clay was found that separated two cultural layers. Only a catastrophic flood of the Tigris and Euphrates could lead to the appearance of such a phenomenon.
According to other estimates, for 10-15 thousand years BC. e. an incredible flood happened in the Caspian, which spilled over an area of about 1 million square meters. km. The version was confirmed after scientists found sea shells in Western Siberia, the closest distribution area of \u200b\u200bwhich is located in the zone of the Caspian Sea. This flood was so powerful that there was a huge waterfall in the place of the Bosphorus, through which approximately 40 cubic meters were poured per day. km of water (200 times the volume of water passing through Niagara Falls). The flow of such power was at least for 300 days.
This version seems insane, but in this case, it is by no means possible to accuse the ancient people of exaggerating events!
Giants
In modern Ireland, legends are still told about gigantic people who can create an island by simply throwing a handful of earth into the sea. Endocrinologist Marta Korbonitz came up with the idea that ancient legends might have a scientific basis. Incredibly, the researchers found what they were looking for. Huge number of Irish people have mutations in the AIP gene. It was these mutations that caused the development of acromegaly and gigantism. If in the UK the carrier of the mutation is 1 per 2,000 people, then in the province of Mid-Ulster - every 150th.
One of the famous Irish giants was Charles Byrne (1761-1783), his height was over 230 cm.
Legends, of course, endow the giants with great power, but in reality, not everything is so rosy. People suffering from acromegaly and gigantism often suffer from cardiovascular diseases, they have vision problems and frequent joint pain. Without treatment, many giants may not live past the age of 30.
Werewolves
The legend of werewolves has several origins. Firstly, The life of people has always been connected with the forest. Rock carvings of hybrids of people and animals have come down to us from the deepest antiquity. People wanted to be stronger, they chose a totem animal and wore its skin. On the basis of these beliefs, narcotic drugs also worked, which the soldiers took before the battle and imagined themselves as invincible wolves.
Secondly, belief in the existence of werewolves was also supported by the presence in people of such a genetic disease as hypertrichosis- profuse growth of hair on the body and face, which was called the "werewolf syndrome". Only in 1963 did the doctor Lee Illis give the disease a medical justification. In addition to the genetic disease, there was also a mental disease, known as lycanthropy, during the attacks of which people lose their minds and lose their human qualities, considering themselves wolves. In addition, there is an exacerbation of the disease in certain lunar phases.
By the way, the wolf from the world famous Little Red Riding Hood, according to, was none other than a werewolf. And he didn’t eat his grandmother, but fed his granddaughter.
Vampires
As for the scientific substantiation of these myths, in 1914 the paleontologist Otenio Abel suggested that the finds in antiquity of the skulls of pygmy elephants caused the birth of the myth of the Cyclopes, since the central nasal opening is easily mistaken for a giant eye socket. It is curious that these elephants were found precisely on the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus, Malta, Crete.
Sodom and Gomorrah
We don't know about you, but we always thought that Sodom and Gomorrah is a very large-scale myth and more like a personification of vicious cities. However, this is quite a historical fact.
Excavations of the ancient city have been under way for a decade in Tell el-Hammam, Jordan. Archaeologists are sure they have found the biblical Sodom. The approximate location of the city has always been known - the Bible described the "Sodom pentagon" in the Jordan Valley. However, its exact location has always raised questions.
In 2006, excavations began, and scientists found a large ancient settlement surrounded by a powerful rampart. According to researchers, people lived here between 3500 and 1540 BC. e. There is no other option for the name of the city, otherwise the mention of such a large settlement would have remained in written sources.
kraken
The kraken is a legendary mythical sea monster of gigantic proportions, a cephalopod known from the descriptions of sailors. The first extensive description was made by Eric Pontoppidan - he wrote that the kraken is an animal "the size of a floating island." According to him, the monster is able to grab a large ship with its tentacles and drag it to the bottom, but the whirlpool that occurs when the kraken quickly sinks to the bottom is much more dangerous. It turns out that a sad end is inevitable - both in the case when the monster attacks, and when it runs away from you. Really creepy!
The rationale for the myth of the "creepy monster" is simple: giant squids still exist today and reach 16 meters in length. They really represent an impressive spectacle - in addition to suckers, some species also have claws-teeth on tentacles, but they can threaten someone only by crushing it from above. Even if a modern person, having met such a creature, is very frightened, what can we say about medieval fishermen - for them the giant squid was definitely a mythical monster.
Unicorn
When it comes to unicorns, we are immediately presented with a graceful creature with a rainbow horn in its forehead. Interestingly, they are found in the legends and myths of many cultures. The very first images were found in India and are over 4,000 years old. Later, the myth spread across the continent and reached Ancient Rome, where they were considered absolutely real animals.
Jindo in South Korea. Here the waters between the islands part for an hour, opening a wide and long road! Scientists explain this miracle by the difference in the time of ebb and flow.
Of course, many tourists come there - in addition to simple walks, they have the opportunity to see the marine inhabitants who remained on the open land. The amazing thing about Moses' Path is that it leads from the mainland to the island.
Dear reader! Here are collected short parables, fables and legends for children of elementary grades. They are rewritten, written in short sentences. Easy to read children. fit for children of any class. Parables are added. If you have your own good parable, fable or legend, please send it. Or post it in the comments. Thank you! 🙂
Parable. Why be afraid?
One day there was a severe thunderstorm. All the children ran home. And there was no little girl.
Mom went to look for her. It was raining in the yard. Lightning flashed brightly. Thunder rumbled loudly.
Mom was scared. She closed her eyes from every lightning. And from every thunder - she covered her head with her hands.
Mom found her daughter on the street. The girl was all wet. She jumped and danced in the rain. And when lightning flashed, the girl lifted her face up. And smiled at the sky.
Mom was very surprised. She asked:
- Daughter! Are not you afraid? Are you scared?
But in surprise, the daughter replied:
- No, mom! I'm not scared! I don't know what is there to be afraid of?
And then she said:
- Mother! Look! I dance, and the sky photographs me!
The same parable performed by Alexandra
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Two apples
A parable about not jumping to conclusions.
A little girl brought two apples from the street. Probably someone gave it.
- Mom, look how beautiful apples are!
- Yes, beautiful! Will you treat me? Mom asked.
The little girl looked at the apples. Then she took a bite out of one apple. I thought for a second and…” I took a bite of the second.
Mom was surprised. And thought:
- What a greedy girl I have. She began to eat both apples, but she never offered me a single one.
But to her surprise, the girl handed her mother one apple with the words:
- Mommy! Take this apple! It is sweeter! 🙂
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Fable for children
Fable Lion and Mouse
The lion was sleeping under a tree. And under this tree was the Mouse's mink. The mouse began to climb out of the hole and woke up the Lion. The lion woke up and caught the mouse. The mouse began to ask:
- Let go! I promise to help you when you ask me.
The Lion released the Mouse and laughed. He said:
– How can you help me? You are so small.
Time has passed. The hunters wounded the lion. They tied him with a rope and decided to sell him to the zoo.
The lion roared strongly, but none of the animals came to the rescue. All animals were also afraid of hunters.
But the Mouse came running. She gnawed through the rope at night. And Leo was free.
Then the Mouse said to the Lion:
“Remember, you laughed at me for being so small. You didn't believe that I could help you.
Leo said:
“Forgive me, Mouse, for laughing. I did not know that there is a benefit from small animals.
Fable for children
Fable Dog and reflection
The dog walked along the plank across the river. She carried a bone in her teeth.
Suddenly the Dog saw her reflection in the water. She thought that another dog was carrying prey there. And it seemed to the dog that the dog's bone was much larger than hers.
The dog abandoned his prey and rushed to take the bone from the reflection.
As a result, the Dog was left with nothing. And she lost her own, and she could not take away someone else's.
This fable is about a cowardly heart.
No matter how much you help the cowardly, he will still be afraid.
Mouse heart
Young speaker Once upon a time there was a little Mouse, who was unhappy because he was afraid of everything. But most of all he was afraid of falling into the paws of a cat.
The little mouse came to the Wizard and began to ask him to make him a cat.
The wizard took pity on the mouse and turned it into a cat.
But then this cat became afraid of dogs.
The wizard turned the former mouse into a dog. But then he became afraid of wolves.
The wizard turned him into a wolf. But then he became very afraid of the hunters.
And then the Wizard gave up. He again turned him into a mouse and said:
“Nothing will help you. Because you have the heart of a cowardly mouse.
The Legend of King Solomon's Ring.
There is a legend about King Solomon.
This legend is about King Solomon and the magic ring. I think kids will understand it just as much as adults.
The wise man gave King Solomon a magic ring. He put this ring on the king's finger and said:
“Never take off the ring!”
This ring was inscribed:
"All will pass!"
When the king was sad, Solomon looked at the ring and read the inscription:
"All will pass!"
And the magic of the ring acted on the king. Solomon ceased to be sad.
The ring has always helped the king. Even when Solomon was angry, he also looked at the ring and read:
"All will pass!"
He smiled and calmed down.
But once there was a strong grief. Solomon looked at the ring and read the inscription. But he did not calm down, and even got angry. Then for the first time he took the ring off his finger and wanted to throw it away. But he saw that there was also an inscription inside the ring. He read:
“And this too shall pass!”
Solomon calmed down and smiled.
He never took off his magic ring again. And he made an expensive gift to the sage.
Parable for children
Where do zebra stripes come from? African legend.
Once upon a time, the zebra was one-colored. She was brown as an antelope. And Zebra didn't like it. But she didn't know what color to be. She liked black and white.
Zebra took two brushes and two cans of paint: white and black.
Each time she painted herself, now black paint, now white. And so the stripes appeared. I haven't decided which one to be, white or black.
Then Zebra decided to swim to wash off the paint. But the paint was already so ingrained that it was impossible to get rid of it. Since then, the Zebras have become black and white stripes.
Legend of Narcissus.
It was a long time ago. Back when people didn't have mirrors.
One young man was very handsome. And to see his beauty, he went to the stream to look at his reflection.
He looked at his reflection for a long time, and admired himself. Then a Fairy appeared from the forest and made a beautiful flower out of the young man. This beautiful flower stayed on the bank of the stream, admiring its reflection.
And people began to say to those who often look into their reflection:
- Do not admire yourself for a long time, so as not to turn into a flower, like Narcissus
Parables for children
The legend of how the kangaroo got its name.
The famous navigator James Cook sailed to Australia. There he saw amazing animals that jumped with huge jumps on two legs.
The surprised captain asked a local resident:
- What is the name of this animal?
The native shrugged his shoulders, because he did not understand anything.
Cook asked again:
- Who is this?- and pointed to the jumping animal.
The native replied:
- Kangaroo.
In the local language, this meant: "I do not understand you".
Cook asked:
- Kangaroo?
The native nodded his head.
– Kangaroo
Cook wrote in his journal that he saw amazing animals that run by jumping on two legs. And these animals are called: kangaroo.
Parables for children
Dispute of Sun and Wind. Who is stronger?
The wind boasted how strong it was. The Sun decided to teach the Wind a lesson. It said:
- You see, there is an old man in a raincoat. Can you take off his cape?
“Of course I can,” Wind replied.
The sun hid behind a cloud, and the wind began to blow. Stronger and stronger, until finally it turned into a hurricane. But, the stronger the wind blew, the stronger the traveler wrapped himself in his cloak.
The sun said:
- Enough! Now it's my turn!
The wind died down and stopped.
And the Sun smiled at the traveler and warmed him with its rays. The old man cheered up, he felt warm - and he took off his raincoat.
And the Sun said to the Wind:
- You see! There is another power as well.
Since then, the Wind has ceased to boast of its power in front of the Sun.
Parables for children
Parable. How to split equally?
Two brothers lived in the same village. Father will give them a field. And the brothers decided to divide the field in half.
We started to share. Either it seemed to one that the other got most of it ... then vice versa ... No way they could draw a border. We thought and guessed ... we almost got to the fight ...
And they decided to turn to the Sage.
- Tell me, Sage ... How can we equally and peacefully divide the field among ourselves?
And the wise man says:
- Do it. Let one brother divide the field in half as he decides to do it. And the second - let him choose from two halves: which part will be his, and which will go to his brother.
So they did. One brother divided the field in half. He tried very hard to make the halves the same. The second brother chose one half of the field. And he was also pleased. After this incident, the brothers began to share everything in this way.
Parables for children
How to treat your work.
Three workers carried bricks. A boy came up to them and asked:
- What are you doing?
The worker wiped sweat from his forehead and replied:
- Don't you see that we carry bricks?
- But why?
“Baby, we have a job to do.
The boy did not understand why people carry bricks. He approached another worker and asked:
- What are you doing?
He rolled up his sleeves and said matter-of-factly:
- Can't you see? - We earn money.
- What for?
- What do you mean why? I need money, otherwise I didn't go to this job.
Then the boy went up to the third worker.
- What are you doing?
The man smiled and said:
- Like what? We are doing a good job. We are building a house for good people. People will live happily in it. I am glad that I have already built many beautiful houses.
The boy thought. People do the same job for different reasons. And with different moods.
Children's parables
Fight with a lion
The lion was resting in the shade of a large tree after a hearty meal. It was noon. Heat.
The Jackal approached the Lion. He looked at the resting Lion and timidly said:
- A lion! And let's fight!
But there was only silence in response.
The jackal began to speak louder:
- A lion! Let's fight! Let's arrange a battle in this clearing. You are against me!
The lion paid no attention to him.
Then the Jackal threatened:
- Let's fight! Otherwise, I’ll go and tell everyone that you, Lev, were terribly afraid of me.
The lion yawned, stretched lazily, and said:
- And who will believe you? Think! Even if someone condemns me for cowardice, it is still much more pleasant than the fact that they will despise me. To despise for a fight with some kind of Jackal ...
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Parables for children
Fly and bee
The mosquito asked Mukha:
– Are there any beautiful flowers nearby?
But the Fly answered Komaru:
- There are no flowers here. But there are many good garbage heaps. You definitely need to fly to them. There are so many interesting things.
The mosquito flew. And met a bee. He asked:
- Bee! Where are the trash cans? I can't find them anywhere.
And the bee replies:
- Don't know. I saw only beautiful flowers nearby. Let's fly together and I'll show you.
Parables for children
Ghost tree.
Not far from the road stood a large withered tree.
One night a thief passed by on the road. He saw a tree in the dark. But this silhouette seemed to him in the form of a policeman. The thief got scared and ran away.
In the evening, a lover passed by. He noticed a graceful silhouette from a distance and thought that his beloved had been waiting for him for a long time. His heart beat with joy. He smiled and quickened his pace.
One day a mother with a child passed by a tree. The kid, frightened by terrible tales, thought that there was a ghost near the road and burst into loud tears.
But the tree has always remained only a tree!
The world around us is a reflection of ourselves.
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Parables for children
Who else could I be?
There lived two brothers. One brother was a successful man who achieved fame for his good deeds. The other brother was a criminal.
Once the police caught the criminal, and the case was taken to court. Before the trial, a group of journalists surrounded him, and one asked a question:
- How did it happen that you became a criminal?
- I had a difficult childhood. My father drank, beat my mother and me and my brother. Who else could I be?
After a while, several journalists approached the first brother, and one asked:
- You are known for your achievements and good deeds. How did it happen that you achieved all this?
The man thought for a moment and then replied:
- I had a difficult childhood. My father drank, beat my mother, my brother and me. Who else could I be?
Parables for children
ALL IN YOUR HANDS
Parable
Once upon a time, in one city, there lived a great sage. The fame of his wisdom spread far around his hometown, people from afar came to him for advice.
But there was a man in the city who envied its glory. Once he came to a meadow, caught a butterfly, planted it between his closed palms, and thought:
- I'll go to the sage and ask him: tell me, oh wisest, what kind of butterfly is in my hands - alive or dead? - If he says dead, I will open my palms, the butterfly will fly away. If he says alive, I will close my hands and the butterfly will die. Then everyone will understand which of us is smarter.
That's how it all happened. An envious person came to the city and asked the wise man: “Tell me, oh wisest one, which butterfly is in my hands - alive or dead?”
Gazing into his eyes, the sage said:
"All in your hands".
Parables for children
Parable. TOY MASTER
In a distant country, there lived an old man who was very fond of children. He constantly made toys for them.
But these toys turned out to be so fragile that they broke faster than the child had time to play with them. Having broken another toy, the children were very upset and came to the master to ask for new ones. He gladly gave them others, even more fragile ...
Finally, the parents intervened. They came to the old man with a question:
- Tell us, O Wise One, why do you always give our children such fragile toys that the children cry inconsolably when they break them?
And then the wise man said:
- It will take quite a few years, and someone will give these former children their heart. Maybe, having learned not to break fragile toys, they will be more careful about someone else's heart? ..
The parents thought for a long time. And they left, thanking the Teacher.
Parables for children
Paper
The teacher called his students and showed them a sheet of white paper.
– What do you see here? the Sage asked.
"Point," answered one.
All the other students nodded their heads to indicate that they also saw the dot.
“Look closer,” the Master said.
But no matter how much the students peered, they saw nothing but a black dot.
And then the teacher said:
- You all saw a small black dot, and no one noticed a blank white sheet ...
So I have more to teach you.
Parables for children
About trading methods
Once an ancient old man appeared in the market wearing a skullcap and an oriental robe embroidered with an unusual ornament. The old man was selling watermelons.
Above his product was a sign:
“One watermelon - 3 rubles. Three watermelons - 10 rubles.
A bearded man comes up and buys a watermelon for three rubles...
Then another watermelon for three rubles ...
And in parting, he happily says to the seller:
- Look, I bought three watermelons, but paid only 9 rubles, not 10. You don't know how to trade!
The old man looks after him:
- Yes! They buy three watermelons from me instead of one, and then they teach me how to trade ...
Children's parables
The Parable of the Two Wolves
Once upon a time, an old Indian revealed to his grandson one vital truth.
- You see, in every person there is a struggle. This fight is very similar to the fight between two wolves. One wolf represents evil: envy, jealousy, regret, selfishness, greed, lies... And the other wolf represents goodness: peace, love, hope, care, kindness, fidelity... And other good qualities of a person.
The little Indian thought for a long time. And then he asked:
- Grandfather! Which wolf wins at the end? Bad wolf or good wolf?
The old Indian smiled almost imperceptibly, and answered:
- Remember: the wolf you feed always wins.
Parables for children
A stupid boy
A little boy walks into a barbershop. The hairdresser immediately recognizes him and tells his clients:
- Look, this is the most stupid boy among all in the world! Now I will prove to you.
The barber takes $1 in one hand and 25 cents in the other. Calls the boy and invites him to choose:
– Do you choose 1 or 25?
- Twenty five!
Everyone laughs. The boy receives 25 cents and leaves.
Soon, one client catches up with the boy and asks:
- Boy! Tell me why did you choose 25 cents and not 1 dollar? Are you really that stupid that you don't understand that $1 is more than 25 cents?
- Fine! And what will I get for it?
You'll get another 25 cents.
The boy receives the coins and says:
- Because the day I choose $1, I think the hairdresser will stop being happy. Visitors will have nothing to laugh at. I will become "smart", I will no longer be "stupid". And I can't get 25 cents every time.
Children's parables
The Legend of the Temple with a Thousand Mirrors
Many hundreds of years ago, high in the mountains, there was a Temple with a thousand mirrors. Many people went to him.
One day, a dog entered the temple. Looking around, the dog saw a thousand dogs in the mirrors and, frightened, bared his teeth.
At that moment she saw a thousand grinning dogs. The dog growled. And the echo answered with a growl..
With its tail between its legs, the dog ran out of the temple, confident that evil dogs live in this temple.
A month later, another dog came to the temple with a thousand mirrors.
She entered it and, looking in the mirrors, saw a thousand friendly and peaceful dogs. She wagged her tail. And I saw a thousand friendly dogs.
Barking joyfully, she left the temple with full confidence that this Temple is full of friendly dogs.
- The world is often only a reflection of ourselves: if we look at the world brightly and joyfully, then it answers us the same!
Parables for children
Bucket with apples
A man bought himself a new house - big, beautiful - and a garden with fruit trees near the house. And nearby in an old house lived an envious neighbor.
Once a man woke up in a good mood, went out onto the porch, and there was a pile of garbage.
What to do? Your porch needs to be cleaned. Also, find out who it was. And I found out - an envious neighbor.
I wanted to go and quarrel, but, after thinking, I decided to do it differently.
I went to the garden, picked up the most ripe apples and went to a neighbor.
The neighbor, hearing a knock on the door, thought maliciously: “Finally, my neighbor is angry!” Opens the door.
To his surprise, there was no one there, only apples. And on the apples a note:
Whoever is rich, he shares it!
Children's parables
Bad words.
Two friends quarreled. And one began to say bad words about his friend to all his acquaintances.
But then he calmed down and realized that he was wrong. He came to a friend and began to ask him for forgiveness.
Then the second friend said:
- Fine! I will forgive you. Only under one condition.
- What?
“Take a pillow and release all the feathers into the wind.
The first friend did just that. He tore the pillow. And the wind carried the feathers all over the village.
A contented friend came to another and said:
- Completed your task. Am I forgiven?
Yes, if you put all the feathers back into the pillow.
But you yourself understand that it is impossible to collect all the feathers back. So the bad words that have already scattered throughout the village cannot be taken back.
Sincerely, Oleg Bolsunov, trainer of rhetoric.
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The contents of the section are legends and sagas, epics and epics, canons and apocrypha of religions from all over the world.
Myth(Greek μῦθος - legend, legend) - a story, an archaic story about gods, spirits (later about heroes). Myth is historically the first form of culture, compensating for the inadequacy of the practical mastery of nature through semantic kinship with it.
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Ancient Greek geographers called Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia) the flat area between the Tigris and the Euphrates. The self-name of this area is Shinar. The center of the development of the most ancient civilization was in Babylonia ...
The Hittite religion, like the entire Hittite culture, developed through the interaction of cultures of different peoples. During the unification of the disparate city-states of Anatolia into a single kingdom, local traditions and cults, apparently, were preserved ...
The main monuments that reflected the mythological ideas of the Egyptians are a variety of religious texts: hymns and prayers to the gods, records of funeral rites on the walls of tombs...
The earliest references to Ugarit were found in Egyptian documents of the 2nd millennium BC. Two huge royal palaces were excavated, striking contemporaries with their luxury, temples of the gods Balu, Dagan and, possibly, Ilu, houses, workshops, a necropolis. An archive of the 14th century was also found. BC, which includes magical and religious texts...
The myths of Ancient Greece - their essence becomes clear only when taking into account the peculiarities of the primitive communal system of the Greeks, who perceived the world as the life of one huge tribal community and in the myth generalized all the diversity of human relations and natural phenomena ...
Northern mythology represents an independent and richly developed branch of Germanic mythology, which, in turn, in its main features goes back to the most ancient Proto-Indo-European history...
Vedic mythology - a set of mythological representations of the Vedic Aryans; Usually, Vedic mythology is understood as the mythological representations of the Aryans of the period of the creation of the Vedas, and sometimes the period of the creation of the Brahmins ...
Buddhist mythology, a complex of mythological images, characters, symbols associated with the religious and philosophical system of Buddhism, which arose in the 6th-5th centuries. BC. in India, during the period of the centralized state, and widely spread in South, Southeast and Central Asia and the Far East ...
Unlike ancient mythology, well known from fiction and works of art, as well as the mythologies of the countries of the East, the texts of the myths of the Slavs have not survived to our time, because at that distant time when myths were created, they still did not know writing ...
Why is this on a site that was originally designed for myths and various religious and anti-religious things? - There is simply no desire to replenish myths now. Did not hear? - Ukraine was attacked. And the devastation in the minds of Sikelyov is worse than religious. About myths later.
March 7, 2019
the Orthodox day of the holy martyr Eugenia
321- by decree of the Roman emperor Constantine, Sunday is declared a day off
1274- died Thomas Aquinas, philosopher and theologian, saint
1530- The pope denied the English king Henry VIII the right to divorce, which prompted the king to create the Anglican Church
1693 Pope Clement XIII (Carlo della Tore Rezzonico) was born
1724 Pope Innocent XIII (Michelangelo dei Conti) died
1768- under the agreement between Russia and Poland on the territory of the Commonwealth, Orthodox and Catholics are equalized in rights
1965- for the first time in Canada, services in English were held in Catholic churches
1984- Polish students staged a sit-in at the Stanisław Staszek College in Metna, demanding the re-installation of crucifixes in classrooms
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Holy father? I have sex with my fiancée 15 times a day... Is it a sin?
- Yes, my son, lying is a great sin.
The Creator sat on the Throne and thought. Behind Him stretched the boundless expanse of heaven, bathed in the splendor of light and colors, before Him the black night of Space rose like a wall. He rose to the very zenith like a majestic steep mountain, and His divine head shone in the sky like a distant sun...
Sabbath day. As usual, no one follows it. Nobody but our family. Sinners everywhere gather in crowds and indulge in fun. Men, women, girls, boys - everyone drinks wine, fights, dances, gambles, laughs, shouts, sings. And do all sorts of other nasty things...
Received the Mad Prophet today. He is a good man, and, in my opinion, his mind is much better than his reputation. He received this nickname a very long time ago and completely undeservedly, since he simply makes predictions, and does not prophesy. He doesn't claim to be. He makes his predictions based on history and statistics...
The first day of the fourth month of the year 747 from the beginning of the world. Today I am 60 years old, for I was born in the year 687 from the beginning of the world. My relatives came to me and begged me to marry, so that our family would not be cut off. I am still young to take such care upon myself, although I know that my father Enoch, and my grandfather Jared, and my great-grandfather Maleleel, and great-great-grandfather Cainan, all entered into marriage at the age that I reached on this day ...
Another discovery. Once I noticed that William McKinley looked very sick. This is the very first lion, and from the very beginning I became very attached to him. I examined the poor man, looking for the cause of his ailment, and found that he had an unchewed head of cabbage stuck in his throat. I couldn't get it out, so I took a broom stick and pushed it in...
... Love, peace, peace, endless quiet joy - this is how we knew life in the Garden of Eden. Living was a pleasure. The passing time left no traces - no suffering, no decrepitude; sickness, sorrow, worries had no place in Eden. They hid behind its fence, but they could not penetrate it ...
I'm almost a day old. I showed up yesterday. So, anyway, it seems to me. And, probably, this is exactly so, because, if it was the day before yesterday, I did not exist then, otherwise I would remember it. It is possible, however, that I simply did not notice when it was the day before yesterday, although it was ...
This new creature with long hair is very annoying to me. It sticks out in front of my eyes all the time and follows me on my heels. I don't like it at all: I'm not used to society. Go to other animals...
Dagestanis - a term for peoples who originally live in Dagestan. There are about 30 peoples and ethnographic groups in Dagestan. In addition to Russians, Azerbaijanis and Chechens, who make up a large proportion of the population of the republic, these are Avars, Dargins, Kumti, Lezgins, Laks, Tabasarans, Nogais, Rutuls, Aguls, Tats, and others.
Circassians (self-designation - Adyge) - people in Karachay-Cherkessia. In Turkey and other countries of Western Asia, Circassians are also called all immigrants from the North. Caucasus. Believers are Sunni Muslims. The Kabardino-Circassian language belongs to the Caucasian (Iberian-Caucasian) languages (Abkhazian-Adyghe group). Writing based on the Russian alphabet.
Who doesn't love funny stories? When the world is in a state of turmoil, it's good to get a little distraction with fiction, movies, or video games. However, it is worth remembering that many fantastic stories were actually a reflection of very real events.
Even some myths and legends, oddly enough, turned out to be true, and in many cases the reality, quite provable by scientific means, managed to surpass fantastic stories.
In the south of France, there is an ancient Chauvet cave (Chauvet-Pont D "Arc), in which our ancestors lived 37 thousand years ago. At that time, mankind did not yet have advanced technologies and there were no highly developed civilizations. Ancient people were mostly nomads, hunters and gatherers who had just lost their close relatives and neighbors - the Neanderthals.
The walls of the Chauvet Cave are a real treasure trove for archaeologists and anthropologists. Pigmented prehistoric art that adorns the walls of the cave depicts an array of wildlife, from giant deer and bears to lions and even furry rhinos. These animals are surrounded by images of people's daily lives.
Because of the amazing rock art, Chauvet Cave is called the Cave of Forgotten Dreams.
In 1994, a rather unusual picture was discovered on one of the walls, similar to jets rising into the sky and overlapping images of animals.
For several decades, most scientists considered this an abstract image, which in itself is extremely unusual, because all the drawings in the cave basically depicted quite literal things.
Explanation
Asking the question: “what if a volcanic eruption is depicted on the cave wall?”, Scientists traced volcanic activity in the region during the creation of cave paintings.
It turned out that just 35 kilometers from Chauvet, the remains of a powerful eruption were discovered. Surely the eruption of a large volcano, which occurred in the immediate vicinity of the dwellings of people, led them to the idea that such an incident should be captured for future generations.
Residents of the Solomon Islands willingly share the legend of an ancient leader named Roraimenu, whose wife decided to secretly elope with another man and settle with him on the island of Teonimanu.
In anger, the chief sought out the curse and went to Theonimanu in his canoe, decorated with the image of the waves of the sea.
He brought three taro plants to the island, planted two on the island, and kept one with him. According to the rules of the curse, as soon as his plant starts to grow, the place where the other two were planted will disappear from the face of the earth.
The curse worked. Standing on top of a mountain, Roraimenu watched as a neighboring island was swallowed up by huge sea waves.
In real
Theonimanu Island really existed and really disappeared as a result of seismic activity. The only thing that scientists cannot say for sure is exactly when a strong earthquake destroyed the underwater foot of this volcanic island and forced it to sink under water.
The strong waves that the leader observed from the top of the mountain turned out to be not so much the cause of the disappearance of the island as the result.
At that time, the peninsula was not divided into two states and was home to a developed empire with excellent science.
That spring night in 1437, several astronomers recorded a noticeable flash in the dark sky. According to them, this outbreak did not go out for two weeks. Someone considered this phenomenon a divine sign, and someone - the birth of a new star.
scientific explanation
In 2017, a team of researchers solved the mystery. Scientists have linked this event with activity in the constellation Scorpio. It turned out that the flash did not indicate the birth of a star, but rather a death dance, in astronomy called Nova.
Nova is the result of the interaction of a white dwarf - the dead core of an ancient star and a companion star. The dense core of a dwarf steals its partner's hydrogen gas until it reaches a critical mass. After that, the dwarf collapses under the influence of gravity. It is this explosion that can be seen on the surface of the Earth.
The indigenous tribes have a rich oral tradition that passes the history of peoples from generation to generation. One such story has been passed down through 230 generations of the indigenous Australian Gugu Badhun tribe. This fascinating history is seven thousand years old and older than most of the world's civilizations.
An audio recording from the 1970s captured a tribal chief talking about a huge explosion that shook the earth and created a huge crater. Thick dust rose into the sky, and people who went into this darkness never returned. The air was unbearably hot, and the water in the rivers and seas boiled and burned.
The research team subsequently discovered the dormant but once strong Kirrara volcano in northeastern Australia. About seven thousand years ago, this volcano erupted, which could well be accompanied by the consequences described.
Initially, the Chinese dragon played the role of an antagonist in Japanese folklore. However, in the 18th century, this role went to the giant sea catfish Namaz, a mythical monster of enormous size that lived in sea waters and was capable of causing strong ground shaking by simply flapping its tail on the bottom. Only the god Kashima could immobilize Namaza, but as soon as the god turned away, the catfish took up the old and shook the earth.
In 1855, Edo (today Tokyo) was almost completely destroyed by a magnitude 7 earthquake that killed 10,000 people. At that time, people blamed Namaza for the catastrophe.
In reality, the earthquake was caused by a sudden rupture along the junction of the Eurasian and Philippine tectonic plates. According to scientists' forecasts, such an earthquake may happen again, but now we have scientific evidence of the causes of such disasters and it would never occur to anyone to blame the sea monster for the movement of tectonic plates.
Pele is the name of the Hawaiian goddess of volcanic fire. It is said that she chose Hawaii as a refuge from her older sister. She hid under each island until she found a place for herself in the depths of the main island, forming the Kilauea volcano.
This is why the legends say that Kilauea is the fiery heart of Hawaii. And this is scientifically confirmed: at least on the surface of the islands, Kilauea is the volcanic center of the archipelago.
The legend also says that Pele's tears and hair can often be found around the volcano. However, the presence of frozen "tears" and "hair" is easily explained by physics.
When lava cools rapidly, especially in water or cold air, it turns into volcanic glass. When lava cools while in motion, its splashes sometimes form tear-shaped droplets; in other cases, the jets solidify into thin glass tubes that look like hairs.
That is why people passing by an active volcano can easily find the petrified tears and hair of the ancient fiery goddess living in the depths of Kilauea.
Do you know why a Chow Chow dog has a blue tongue? If such a question had been asked to a resident of ancient China, he would not have hesitated to answer. There is an interesting Chinese legend that says: “In very ancient times, when God had already created the Earth and populated it with animals, birds, insects, fish, he was engaged in the distribution of stars in the sky. During this work, quite by accident, a piece of the sky fell off from him and fell to the Earth. All the animals and birds, in horror, fled to the sides and hid in secluded places. And only the most courageous Chow-Chow dog was not afraid to approach the fragment of the sky, sniff it and lightly lick it with its tongue. Since then, the Chow Chow dog, and all of its descendants, has had a blue tongue." Thanks to this beautiful legend, Chow Chow, and today, is called "the dog that licked the sky."
The Austrian city of Salzburg is known not only for its picturesque surroundings, famous resorts, but also for many historical sights. And, perhaps, the main one is the Mirabell Palace with a complex of fabulous gardens. The pink stone from which the palace is built gives it lightness and airiness. Of course, this is a wonderful creation of architecture, but it is not considered the main highlight, but, namely, the Mirabell Gardens. Fountains, a garden of dwarfs, stone lions, trees and flower beds - very bizarre forms, elegant balustrades, a theater with hedges - it's impossible to describe everything. This must be seen. The real pride of Austria.
Venice - a city shrouded in a light haze, seems almost ephemeral and exists only in our imagination. But still, you can see it not only in pictures and in the movies, it actually exists with all its squares, canals, bridges, cathedrals. I think that everyone who has not been there dreams of making a romantic trip to Venice to capture the mysterious and mysterious essence of this unusual and magnificent city. One of the main symbols of the city is considered to be a gondola. Perhaps someone noticed that they are all the same color and, like black swans, cut through the waters of the canals of Venice. There is a legend that answers the question: Why are all the Venetian gondolas in the "city of love" black?
Salzburg is one of the most beautiful and unusual cities in Austria. Located at the very foot of the Alps, literally 5 kilometers from the border with Germany. The very name of the city is associated with a nearby salt deposit. It has been mined since time immemorial. According to legend, the fortress was built here to control the export of salt. So the name Salzburg, which means Salt Fortress, appeared.
If someone has ever been to Krakow, they will never forget the charming atmosphere of this city. Complex history, unique culture, unique architecture make Krakow a real paradise for poets, musicians, artists and just for any person. The city covered with legends gladly reveals its secrets to everyone who visits it. If you were not lucky enough to visit there, then I strongly advise you to read the book by N.G. Frolova "Old Krakow". One of the parts of this book is called "Characters of the City Spectacle". Whoever does not participate in this eternal Krakow performance: musicians, poets, warriors, kings, artists, adventurers...
For the first time this monument appeared in St. Petersburg in 1999 on Malaya Sadovaya Street 3. The work of the sculptor V.A. Sivakov. The exact name is "Monument to the Stray Dog Gavryusha". But as soon as he was not called a monument to a good dog, and Gavryusha, and even just Nyusha. After sitting there for 8 years, the dog gave birth to either a rumor or a legend. Teenagers really liked the dog. And so they came up with the idea that if you write a wish to a dog, then it will definitely come true. Since then, the courtyard on Malaya Sadovaya, where the dog stood, has become a place of pilgrimage for tourists and residents of the city.
Saint John of Nepomuk is one of the most revered Czech saints in Prague. Considered the patron saint of Prague and the entire Czech Republic. He lived in the XIV century, during the reign of King Wenceslas IV and was a priest. What Jan of Nepomuk did wrong to the king is not exactly known, but one of the most plausible assumptions is as follows. Being the queen's confessor, he refused to reveal the secret of his wife's confession to Wenceslas IV. For what, after long tortures and torments. the king ordered his execution. The priest was put in a sack and thrown from the Charles Bridge into the Vltava.
Charles Bridge is one of the main attractions of Prague. It was built by order of King Charles IV in 1357. For five centuries it was the only bridge across the Vltava. Later, in the 17th century, they began to decorate it with sculptures, the number of which reached 30. So the bridge turned into a real open-air art gallery. Nowadays, the bridge is pedestrian and it has been chosen by artists, souvenir sellers, street musicians and, of course, tourists. Many legends of Old Prague are connected with the Charles Bridge. Here is one of them.
