Today I'll talk about creatures in fairy tales or mythologies.
I think many people know some of those: such as Dragon, Unicorn, Pegasus, Griffin or and so on, because they have told in all medias. They have part of some animals. For example, Unicorn has one-horn of Narwhal in hose's body, Pegasus has wing in hose's body. Griffin has eagle's head and wing and lion's body.
There are some creatures who don't have part of another animals. For example, Fenrir , the told in Northern myth, is large large wolf. It looks like normal wolf, but there is no wolf such as large one. It's creature. Loogaroo is also wolf, but it is appearance which human turned into it. Cu Sith is large large dog, and Cait Sith is cat who can walk with hind leg (Sith means fairy).
People have created many creatures that people never seen. I don't know they are genuinely came from imagination. Some creatures came from mistake. Person who looked dugong thought it is mermaid. Which is first? Mistake or imagination?
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Avalon―the apple
Avalon is legendary island. It is heaven for the Celts. They say that King Arthur sleep in there. There is some opinion which is where is the island. One of them told that the island is Glanstonbury.
Avalon means island of apple. In Celtic, aval(abal, afal) means apple, so they say that the word, aval, changed in avalon.
The apple is symbol of the immortality, and same time, it is symbol of the death. Pick apple, the symbol of the immortality means death, so the apple have two meanings which are disagree with each other. It have more means when it is drew as a coat of arms/crest; love, rejuvenation, full of vitality, and also kingdom of ground(with cross).
An Apple is told everywhere. The Bible say Adam and Eve eat it and then be banished. The Greek myths say there is beautiful grove which has tree of golden apple.
In Celtic, there is Mag Mell as home of dead. It is put into gratify field. It is said that there are so many apples which never run out.
In any story, apple is told with paradise. Why people think apple as tree with paradise? It is very interesting point.
Avalon means island of apple. In Celtic, aval(abal, afal) means apple, so they say that the word, aval, changed in avalon.
The apple is symbol of the immortality, and same time, it is symbol of the death. Pick apple, the symbol of the immortality means death, so the apple have two meanings which are disagree with each other. It have more means when it is drew as a coat of arms/crest; love, rejuvenation, full of vitality, and also kingdom of ground(with cross).
An Apple is told everywhere. The Bible say Adam and Eve eat it and then be banished. The Greek myths say there is beautiful grove which has tree of golden apple.
In Celtic, there is Mag Mell as home of dead. It is put into gratify field. It is said that there are so many apples which never run out.
In any story, apple is told with paradise. Why people think apple as tree with paradise? It is very interesting point.
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