If you’re interested in the Norse myths, you should check out Maria Kvilhaugs translations. For the longest time, translators never translated the names. Which on one level makes sense, because they’re not always super easy to translate from old norse to modern english, but the difference it makes is pretty stunning.
Compare these two:
Thor wanted a ferryman named Harbard to ferry him over the river to Asgard, after he had hunted giants one day. But Harbard was Odin in disguise, and he-outwitted him by turning Thors noisy bragging into insults. In the end, Thor had to walk around the river.
And:
Rumbling Thunder wanted a ferryman named Greybeard to ferry him over the river to the dwelling of the gods, after he had hunted devouring forces one day. But Greybeard was Spirit in disguise, and he out-witted him by turning Thunders noisy bragging into insults. In the end, Thunder had to walk around the river.
Same tale, quite different things.
If you’re interested in the Norse myths, you should check out Maria Kvilhaugs translations. For the longest time, translators never translated the names. Which on one level makes sense, because they’re not always super easy to translate from old norse to modern english, but the difference it makes is pretty stunning.
Compare these two:
Thor wanted a ferryman named Harbard to ferry him over the river to Asgard, after he had hunted giants one day. But Harbard was Odin in disguise, and he-outwitted him by turning Thors noisy bragging into insults. In the end, Thor had to walk around the river.
And:
Rumbling Thunder wanted a ferryman named Greybeard to ferry him over the river to the dwelling of the gods, after he had hunted devouring forces one day. But Greybeard was Spirit in disguise, and he out-witted him by turning Thunders noisy bragging into insults. In the end, Thunder had to walk around the river.
Same tale, quite different things.
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Chinese Lore has a story about the moon which I've loved since I was young.
The Maiden and the Moon
Part I
Centuries and centuries ago, there were ten suns. Each of the suns would come out one at a time in a ten-day week. So although there were ten suns, there would only be one that shined each day.
But eventually, the suns all got bored of waiting for their turn so one day, they decided to all come out at the same time. The light was so bright, everyone was blinded once they stepped outside. The heat was so strong, none of the plants could grow. It became unbearable to live in. The Emperor of China did not like this at all, so he declared, anyone who could figure out how to fix this issue would receive a grand prize.
From a small village, the archer Hou Yi emerged, stating he would be able to help. No one believed him, at first. But, then Hou Yi pulled out a magic bow, and began to shoot down the suns, one by one. He left one sun to continue on providing light to the world.
The Emperor was ecstatic. He thanked the miracle archer and appointed him to become part of the royal court. And as his announcement declared, he presented Hou Yi with his prize; two immortality *****. The Emperor instructed Hou Yi to be very careful when taking these *****. There was one for him and one for his wife. They must only take one. Hou Yi thanked the Emperor graciously, and happily returned home to his wife.
Part II
Hou Yi's wife was a shrewd lady. She lived during hard times and she did what she needed to survive. When Hou Yi returned with his reward from the Emperor, she scolded him.
"Two immortality *****?" She screeched. "I bet he has hundreds of immortality elixirs and solutions and medicines in his treasury of his. You should have asked for more!"
"Go back immediately and ask him for more!" His wife yelled.
Hou Yi sighed. He knew he would never be able to satisfy his wife unless he went. So he set out again to the court of the Emperor.
Before he left the house, he placed the two ***** upon a drawer and warned his wife.
"the Emperor told me," he cautioned, "You must only take one." Hou Yi's wife simply nodded and waved him away.
Once Hou Yi had left, his wife examined the *****. The two white capsules lay in the palm of her hand. They looked to harmless. They couldn't possible have the power to grant immortality. She picked up one. So small.
Better take both to make sure she gets the full effect, she concluded. In one motioned, she swept both into her mouth and swallowed.
Instantly, Hou Yi's wife felt lighter. Her head and eyes were clearer. She felt as if she were floating on nothing. With a start, she realized she was actually floating. Her body was gently drifting up, like a balloon. In desperation, she grabbed the object nearest to her, an unfortunate white rabbit.
The wife continued up and up and up and up (for some reason roofs didn't exist so she just drifted away). She floated all the way to the moon, where she still remains today. As a punishment for her greed.
It's said that if you look closely on the night of a full moon, you can still see her, and her white rabbit.
Chinese Lore has a story about the moon which I've loved since I was young.
The Maiden and the Moon
Part I
Centuries and centuries ago, there were ten suns. Each of the suns would come out one at a time in a ten-day week. So although there were ten suns, there would only be one that shined each day.
But eventually, the suns all got bored of waiting for their turn so one day, they decided to all come out at the same time. The light was so bright, everyone was blinded once they stepped outside. The heat was so strong, none of the plants could grow. It became unbearable to live in. The Emperor of China did not like this at all, so he declared, anyone who could figure out how to fix this issue would receive a grand prize.
From a small village, the archer Hou Yi emerged, stating he would be able to help. No one believed him, at first. But, then Hou Yi pulled out a magic bow, and began to shoot down the suns, one by one. He left one sun to continue on providing light to the world.
The Emperor was ecstatic. He thanked the miracle archer and appointed him to become part of the royal court. And as his announcement declared, he presented Hou Yi with his prize; two immortality *****. The Emperor instructed Hou Yi to be very careful when taking these *****. There was one for him and one for his wife. They must only take one. Hou Yi thanked the Emperor graciously, and happily returned home to his wife.
Part II
Hou Yi's wife was a shrewd lady. She lived during hard times and she did what she needed to survive. When Hou Yi returned with his reward from the Emperor, she scolded him.
"Two immortality *****?" She screeched. "I bet he has hundreds of immortality elixirs and solutions and medicines in his treasury of his. You should have asked for more!"
"Go back immediately and ask him for more!" His wife yelled.
Hou Yi sighed. He knew he would never be able to satisfy his wife unless he went. So he set out again to the court of the Emperor.
Before he left the house, he placed the two ***** upon a drawer and warned his wife.
"the Emperor told me," he cautioned, "You must only take one." Hou Yi's wife simply nodded and waved him away.
Once Hou Yi had left, his wife examined the *****. The two white capsules lay in the palm of her hand. They looked to harmless. They couldn't possible have the power to grant immortality. She picked up one. So small.
Better take both to make sure she gets the full effect, she concluded. In one motioned, she swept both into her mouth and swallowed.
Instantly, Hou Yi's wife felt lighter. Her head and eyes were clearer. She felt as if she were floating on nothing. With a start, she realized she was actually floating. Her body was gently drifting up, like a balloon. In desperation, she grabbed the object nearest to her, an unfortunate white rabbit.
The wife continued up and up and up and up (for some reason roofs didn't exist so she just drifted away). She floated all the way to the moon, where she still remains today. As a punishment for her greed.
It's said that if you look closely on the night of a full moon, you can still see her, and her white rabbit.
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i look forwatd to reading all of these when I wake! Your surprises will be sent when I wake.
Thank you so much for sharing them with me :)
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i look forwatd to reading all of these when I wake! Your surprises will be sent when I wake.
Thank you so much for sharing them with me :)
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I think I read a different version,I don't remember anything about Chang é being shrewd.The version I know is that she took the ***** because Hou Yi came in and she didn't know what to do.And I'm sure she didn't take a rabbit.It went to the moon in a different way.
The Jade Rabbit
The Jade Emperor disguised himself as a poor,starving old man and begged for food from Monkey,Otter,Jackal,and Rabbit.Monkey gathered fruit from the trees,and Otter gathered fish from the river.Jackal stole a lizard and a pot of milk curds.Rabbit though, could only gather grass.
Knowing well enough that grass can’t be offered as food to humans,Rabbit decided to offer its own body,sacrificing itself in the fire the man had started.Somehow,though, Rabbit wasn’t burned.The old man suddenly revealed himself to be the great Jade Emperor.Touched deeply by Rabbit's selfless sacrifice,he sent it to the moon to become the immortal Jade Rabbit.
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I think I read a different version,I don't remember anything about Chang é being shrewd.The version I know is that she took the ***** because Hou Yi came in and she didn't know what to do.And I'm sure she didn't take a rabbit.It went to the moon in a different way.
The Jade Rabbit
The Jade Emperor disguised himself as a poor,starving old man and begged for food from Monkey,Otter,Jackal,and Rabbit.Monkey gathered fruit from the trees,and Otter gathered fish from the river.Jackal stole a lizard and a pot of milk curds.Rabbit though, could only gather grass.
Knowing well enough that grass can’t be offered as food to humans,Rabbit decided to offer its own body,sacrificing itself in the fire the man had started.Somehow,though, Rabbit wasn’t burned.The old man suddenly revealed himself to be the great Jade Emperor.Touched deeply by Rabbit's selfless sacrifice,he sent it to the moon to become the immortal Jade Rabbit.
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o cool! My parents always told me this version of the story. I always thought it was weird she randomly grabbed a rabbit (like where did the rabbit come from? Why a rabbit?)
I never heard of the Jade Rabbit either. My parents probably thought I was too young to hear a story about rabbit suicide lol.
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o cool! My parents always told me this version of the story. I always thought it was weird she randomly grabbed a rabbit (like where did the rabbit come from? Why a rabbit?)
I never heard of the Jade Rabbit either. My parents probably thought I was too young to hear a story about rabbit suicide lol.
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@panquequedemon isn't it awesome to hear different versions? [emoji=coatl love size=2]
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omg I love myths I even named my pet after one eingana witch from my research there were little to no references is an Australian creation goddess she is the mother of all water animals and people she is also a snake death
omg I love myths I even named my pet after one eingana witch from my research there were little to no references is an Australian creation goddess she is the mother of all water animals and people she is also a snake death
@Deeleebop interesting! sending a little something [emoji=coatl happy size=2]
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Ooooh wow, I've never heard of some of them! Very interesting!
Now, to the problem of not being able to decide.
The town in which I live is an old one and has quite a lot of myths and superstitioms - about how some mountains were made, about old buildings (very important about those: methods of torture) and even new ones and... practically every place has its story, which you could say about every town in the whole country. Unfortunately, I'm not one of the most educated people in these and I'm not sure if it's really interesting if you've never been there, but I'll tell one little story about the House of Art, which looks like this:
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It has the potential to look very out of place in the middle of the inner city which mostly consists of old houses but they fortunately didn't make the mistake of building it taller than the houses surrounding it, which makes it acceptable in my opinion.
Well, people call it the friendly alien. Alien because of the way it looks, friendly simply because they hope it is friendly. You might be able to see that one of those little windows looks into a different direction than the other ones. It shows a view of one of the most important sights, if not the most important one, the clock tower (which has a lot of history itself, like the other buildings on the castle rock (which is said to be "built" when the devil wanted to prove the people there are bigger mountains than the ones they know, but when he came back with a giant rock there were Easter celebrations so he got angry and threw the rock on the ground - it broke and now there are two mountains, one on the left and one on the right side of the river) , e.g. a chapel and another tower with a veeeeery big bell). That's less of a real story than a clarification of how important history is for the city, but I had no idea how to start XD
I could always tell a real myth, but ah, battery
Ooooh wow, I've never heard of some of them! Very interesting!
Now, to the problem of not being able to decide.
The town in which I live is an old one and has quite a lot of myths and superstitioms - about how some mountains were made, about old buildings (very important about those: methods of torture) and even new ones and... practically every place has its story, which you could say about every town in the whole country. Unfortunately, I'm not one of the most educated people in these and I'm not sure if it's really interesting if you've never been there, but I'll tell one little story about the House of Art, which looks like this:
It has the potential to look very out of place in the middle of the inner city which mostly consists of old houses but they fortunately didn't make the mistake of building it taller than the houses surrounding it, which makes it acceptable in my opinion.
Well, people call it the friendly alien. Alien because of the way it looks, friendly simply because they hope it is friendly. You might be able to see that one of those little windows looks into a different direction than the other ones. It shows a view of one of the most important sights, if not the most important one, the clock tower (which has a lot of history itself, like the other buildings on the castle rock (which is said to be "built" when the devil wanted to prove the people there are bigger mountains than the ones they know, but when he came back with a giant rock there were Easter celebrations so he got angry and threw the rock on the ground - it broke and now there are two mountains, one on the left and one on the right side of the river) , e.g. a chapel and another tower with a veeeeery big bell). That's less of a real story than a clarification of how important history is for the city, but I had no idea how to start XD
I could always tell a real myth, but ah, battery
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@ComfortZone still crazy interesting!! drop by later and share more!! I'm morbidly curious now[emoji=coatl scared size=2]
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ComfortZone still crazy interesting!! drop by later and share more!! I'm morbidly curious now