Tagged: legends

According to legend an attractive woman arrived to the coast of Japan aboard the Hollow Ship. This woman was unlike the other women in the region. Local fisherman accompanied this strange-looking female inland, but they were unable to establish communication since this visitor could not...

In the Peruvian region of the Amazon jungle, there is an ancestral legend that tells the story of a boiling river, capable of burning any living thing that dares to swim in its waters. Now, a scientist has found the boiling river which according to...

– Where did the Tuatha de Danann come from? Legends of these people resemble those of ancient Greek gods, goddesses and archaic heroes; Could there be a connection? Do the Irish owe more to the Greeks than they know? It sounds like a fairy story,...

– Native Americans have wonderful legends of a powerful and magnificent Thunderbird that was sent by the Gods to protect humans from evil. When this huge, eagle-like bird soared the skies, one could hear its mighty wings beat with the sound of rolling thunder. Its...

Riding into battle, Odin was always accompanied by Sleipnir(or Sleipner), an amazing, eight-legged horse of supernatural strength. Odin has also other constant companions, namely, two wolves; Geri (Greedy) and Freki (Ravenous) and two ravens, Munin, (memory) and Hugin, (thought), ever present on the god’s shoulders....

In Norse mythology, Odin is a god of war, death, poetry and wisdom. He often spoke in beautiful poems. But before he became the god of poetry, he had to steal and consume the Mead of Poetry; a magical potion, even called “the stirrer of...

In myths and legends from around the world, birds play many different roles but first of all they connect the human world with the divine supernatural realm. Adarna Bird (or Ibong Adarna) is a beautiful legendary bird of the Philippines. Tradition says it has a...

Great power of the glacial melting water and movement of stones created some of the most spectacular potholes often called Giant’s Kettles (or Giant’s cauldrons). Legends of ancient people in the region say that these potholes were made by a devil who use to live...