Viking history The Vikings themselves did not write down their historical events. Historians have had to use other, more indirect means of reconstructing what Viking life was like. The Eastern Route A thousand years ago the Vikings traveled the Eastern Route, to the huge market places in Russia. There is an old Danish document from the 13th century that shows a boat route from Denmark along the Swedish coast to Åland, and via Hitis and Hangö to Reval, i.e. The Viking ships The Viking ships were ca 15 meters long, and they had a mast and textile sails. Read more about the Viking ships Burial ceremonies Funeral ceremonies varied. Viking mythology Viking mythology includes an elaborate creation myth, as well as a graphic description of the future ending of the world, at Ragnarok. Ginnungagap An infinite number of winters before the earth was created there was only the Great Abyss, a gorge of unfathomable depth. Yggdrasil, the World Tree Over time the Gods grew weary of living with the giants in Ginnungagap.
Fairy Tales Theme Page Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales Theme Page This CLN Theme Page has links to two types of resources related to the study of Stories, Folklore, and Fairy Tales. Students and teachers will find curricular resources (information, content...) to help them learn about this topic. Absolutely Whootie: Stories to Grow By A collection of over 30 children's stories from around the world organized by type (Adventure, Animal Tales, Fairy Tales, Farmers & Villagers, Legends, Kings & Queens, Magical Creatures, and Riddles), or retrievable by target age, theme (e.g., honesty, kindness), continent, or country of origin. Animals: Myths and Legends About 30 tales about animals. Ask Eric Story Telling Lesson Plans This set of lessons on Story Telling focuses on grades K-4. (The) Campfire Stories handbook Included in this collection are Ghost Stories, Indian Legends and Tales of the Outdoors. Christmas Stories Over twenty Christmas stories. Eldrbarry's Folk Tales This site provides a selective listing of stories.
Godchecker.com - Your Guide To The Gods Grimm Fairy Tales Menu Aschenputtel / Cinderella - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict - Quiz (Quotation identification) Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten / The Bremen Town Musicians - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict - Quiz (Unscramble paragraph order) Brüderchen und Schwesterchen / Brother and Sister - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict Daumesdick / Tom Thumb - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict Dornröschen / Sleeping Beauty - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict - Quiz (Keyword completion -1810 ms) Von dem Fischer un syner Fru / The Fisherman & His Wife - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict Der Froschkönig / The Frog King - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict - Quiz (Matching) Die Gänsemagd / The Goose Girl - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict Hänsel und Gretel / Hansel and Gretel - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict - Quiz (Identify audio clips) Hans im Glück / Hans in Luck - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict - Quiz (Arrange audio clips) Jorinde und Joringel / Jorinda and Joringel - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict Rapunzel / Rapunzel - Dual Lang - Text+Glossary/Dict
Inuit Myth and Legend Inuit mythology is a repository of Inuit culture, passed down by elders through generations to enrich and enlighten. My Mother's Story By Solomon Karpik, 1987 (courtesy DINA/PAN 83PR87 29). Inuit mythology is a repository of Inuit culture, passed down by elders through generations to enrich and enlighten. Mythology and Legend The definition of a myth is as fluid as myths themselves. The Inuit People Inuit who make their homes across the vastness of Canada's Arctic belong to a much larger family that extends from the Bering Sea through Alaska and northern Canada to Greenland. Inuit Mythology Like all mythology, Inuit myths and legends are both entertaining and instructive. Ancient Inuit oral traditions were employed as the most important method of conveying and preserving ideas, augmented sometimes by small carvings that may have served as illustrations for events. Myths and Beings Some Inuit myths are thought-provoking in their deceptive simplicity. Preservation
Hans Christian Andersen The Druid and Phoenician Coarbs of Ireland "These Corybantes are the Irish Curbs or Coarbs. It is not surprising that they came from Phoenicia." - Sir Godfrey Higgins The ancient Druids in Ireland and Culdee priests of Iona had called their priests by the name of the Coarbs. The Corybantes were the followers of the divine Virgin (parthenos) known in the ancient mysteries in the East by such names Core or Kore. In the West in Ireland, this mythology in continued by the followers of the Virgin and the serpent son Christos being directly connected to the priesthood of the Druid Coarbs. There is also the Old Irish Virgin myth of Brigit (Brigid or Brighid meaning exalted one) who is the daughter of the Dagda and one of the Tuatha Dé Danann, and the wife of Bres of the Fomorians, with whom she had a son, Ruadán. Here is a prayer to Saint Brigid: Brigit, ever excellent woman, golden sparkling flame, lead us to the eternal Kingdom, the dazzling resplendent sun. All have their Virgin Mothers; all have their Infant Redeemers. 2. 3.
Fairies and Fairy Tales: Classic Fairytales and Fables Classic Books : Fairytales and Fables Classic Fairy Tales Arabian Nights Grimm's Fairy Tales Perrault's Fairytales Hans Christian Andersen Fairytales Oscar Wilde Fairy Tales e.e. cummings Fairy Tales Herman Hesse Fairy Tales Fables de la Fontaine Aesop's Fables Fairytale Scholarship From the Beast to the Blonde: On Fairy Tales and their Tellers. Jack Zipes(Editor) Traditional Irish Fairy Tales James Stephens, Arthur Rackham (Illustrator) Fairy Tales and Fantasies in Illustration Vol 2 by Yoshihiko Funazaki, G-Sha(Editor) Fairytale As Art Form and Portrait of Man Max Luthi Special and Hard-to-Find Editions Editions illustrated by Art Passions illustrators are on their specific pages: Edmund Dulac, Gustave Dore, Arthur Rackham, Sulamith Wulfing, Maxfield Parrish, and others. If one of these books is unavailable, enter the keywords here before you give up:
IRISH LITERATURE, MYTHOLOGY, FOLKLORE, AND DRAMA Irish Writers OnlineIrish PlayographyStudy Ireland: Poetry - BBCIrish Women Writers - M. OckerbloomIreland Literature GuidePoetry Ireland / Éigse ÉireannEarly Irish Lyric Poetry - Kuno MeyerSonnets from Ireland - E. BlomquistColum's Anthology of Irish Verse - Bartleby.comBREAC - Digital Journal of Irish Studies Medieval Celtic ManuscriptsThe Book of KellsCarmina GadelicaCELT Irish Electronic Texts Irish Writers OnlineIreland Literature ExchangeBibliography of 19th-c. Jonathan SwiftJonathan Swift ArchiveJonathan Swift Biography - IncompetechGulliver's Travels - U. Bram StokerDraculaBram Stoker Biography - Classic Literature LibraryBram Stoker's Dracula - Carstens smith Oscar WildeThe Official Home Page of Oscar WildeWilde Biography - BBCOscar Wilde OnlineCELT: Oscar WildePoetry of Oscar Wilde - Bartleby.com George Bernard ShawShaw Biography - C. William Butler YeatsYeats Biography - Poetry FoundationCollected Poems - W. Donn ByrneByrne Biography - J. Fine Art The Faery Harper Oisín
Sumerian Myths Sumerian civilization originated in what is now southern Iraq, just upriver from the mouths of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. "Civilization" in this context means a settled town or city-dwelling people who possess a stable agricultural technology (including domesticated animals) and have developed a hierarchical system of social classes (peasants, laborers, slaves, craftsmen [smiths, masons, carpenters, potters, etc.], farmers, fishermen, merchants, doctors, architects, priests and temple attendants, bureaucrats, scribes, advisers, priest-kings). Since the climate of southern Iraq is hot and dry, agriculture requires an extensive irrigation system of canals and dikes. Often, the Sumerians wrote as if their civilization (agricultural techniques, cities, classes of people) came first, and people later. (Why do you think they thought this way?) Map of Mesopotamian Archeological Sites (Oriental Institute, University of Chicago) The Creation of Humans Sumerian Creation Questions1. 2. 3. 4.
Sumerian Gods and Goddesses Sumerian Gods Is Anu holding the symbolic Holy Grail of a Bloodline he created? British Museum Nephilim, Anunnaki - Royal Bloodline - Creators "Those who from Heaven to Earth came" The Sumerian King List allegedly recorded all the rulers of Earth over 400,000 years who were said to be gods, demigods, or immortals ... or one soul playing all the roles. In Sumerian Mythology the Anunnaki were a pantheon of good and evil gods and goddesses (duality) who came to Earth to create the human race. Talismans | Kabbalah | Amulets Creating Bloodlines According to Ancient Alien Theory, the Anunnaki, and other alien groups, came to Earth and seeded the human race in many variations. Physical evidence of ancient astronauts is found throughout the planet, leading one to conclude that different races visited here at different periods in Earth's history, or the same aliens return and set up various programs (civilizations) in which they could remain and experience. These would include: Middle East, Egypt, India,