Fables and Folklore

The medieval "wheel of fortune" (Rota Fortunae) was the concept that the Goddess of Fortune chose the fates of men arbitrarily or at random, as if spinning a wheel of chance.

The modern "Wheel of Fortune" is a long-running game show created by Merv Griffin, once a daytime show and now syndicated in the early evening by Sony Entertainment.

Paul Bunyan was the famous hero lumberjack in American folklore.

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He was executed because he tried to blow up the parliament with a group.

The plan involved blowing up the Houses of Parliament on 5th November. This date was chosen because the king was due to open Parliament on that day.

At first the group tried to tunnel under Parliament but found out that they can rent a cellar under the houses of lords. But Guy Fawkes was caught when he was going to explode the gunpowder.

Guy Fawkes was found guilty of treason and executed along with Thomas Wintour, on 31st January, 1606.

The two men were both hanged, drawn and quartered

Answer: The oldest reference to Atlantis can be found on two diaologues created by the ancient Greek philosopher Plato, around 360 B.C. The dialogues' names are Timaeus and Critias. Yet it should be noted that in Critias, Plato mentions Altlantis as knowledge obained from Solon, a law magistrate in 6th century BC Athens. In the text it says that Solon heard about the island of Atlantis on a trip he made to Egypt from two priests called Psenophis of Heliopolis and Sonchis the Saite. The priests translated the history of ancient Athens and Atlantis, recorded in Egyptian hieroglyphic scrpit into Ancient Greek for Solon. They mention that the location of Atlantis was off the pillars of Hercules, which is how the Ancient Greeks refered to the Gibraltar Straits, and that it sunk 9000 years before their time-so 9600B.C. Hope this helps.

Many witnesses have described Nessie as a plesiosaur.But how would this creature of sixty five million years ago be found in a lake created by glaciers in the last ice age.The odds are very long against plesiosaurs being in the lake.Almost all evidence has been proven to be some other natural event,and as of yet no true evidence exists.Besides,the lake water is cold,and it would be difficult for reptile like creatures to survive there.

The Atlantean Eurasian commonwealth empire which comprised of all of north south americas and australia new zealand japan and the spice islands and most of africa their armed forces and navies and armies came to the aid and rescue of the byzantine empire at the fall of constantinople in 1453 and defeated the turkish armies and navies and the marriage of the byzantine emperor and the atlantean empress mother who was the mother of prester john who was the emperor and priest king of the empire united both the byzantine and the atlantean empire under one dominion.

While Daniel Boone certainly is a great American legendary character, he also was a real person. He was born November 2, 1734 in a log cabin near present-day Reading, PA. Some historians say that his greatest achievement was the exploration and settlement of Kentucky.

Folktale- a short story that events that explain or narrate certain supernatural or mysterious facts but are meantultimately to entertain and express most values Folktales are a type of folk literature(genre) that has 6 elements: -They usually do not have an identifiable author or often retold. -They originate as oral tellings. -They have characters that are either all "bad" or all "good". -They have fantastic or unrealistic elements (a talking computer....) -A moral or lesson that is easy to figure out. -The folktale is set in a vague, historical past "long ago" ex. Paul Bunyan is a folktale

# They are associated with a definite time # They are associated with a definite place # " Culture # " racial bias # Centered around a definite hero or heroine # Are commonly (in the original form) composed in sing-song metre or even poetry # Come from an oral tradition, passed down by rote # Are often grossly exaggerated # Are often composite tales # Don't shy away from the incredible or even magical.

The Mayans created a calendar that only goes out to 2012. Some people have interpreted that as saying that the world will end in 2012.

*The Mayans lived by a 5000 year calendar. Their 5000 years ends on Dec. 21, 2012, or more commonly called 'winter solstice' which is the shortest day of our calender year. What 12-21-12 will be is a natural occurance that happens every 26,000 years. This natural phenomenom is the Earth actually will 'wobble' on it's axis. My theory is just this. The Earth is millions of years old. It wobbles every 26,000 years. The world didn't end 26,000 years ago and it won't end on Dec. 12, 2012 either. We may have weird weather or other natural disasters due to this wobble but it doesn't seem we have to worry about 2012. But this world will not go on forever like it is. I don't think it will be ready in only 2 years.

Typically numbers with an "8" in it. This is because the Chinese word for 8 sounds similar in pitch with the word "wealthy." Also, 6 and 9 are considered lucky in Chinese culture.

On the contrary, the number "4" is unlucky because it sounds similar to the Chinese word for "death."

'Panchtantra' was written by Vishnu Sharma during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya (3rd century BC).

Robin Hood would have worn turnshoes. There is a link below to an article on them. It is very short, but has a picture.

Atlantis may or may not exist. Scientists found evidence of advanced civilization on the island of Thera, Santorini and/or Azores.

yes i have been there i don't mean the one under the sea i mean the one thats on paradise island

the sphinx was created to ward off evil spirits while the spirit passed on to the other side it is said it was the guardian and protector of the innoncent it was destroyed by germans -------------------------- The Myth of the Sphinx is that he was guardian of a valley which a hero had to pass through on a quest; it was known to ask riddles and devour anyone who couldn't answer the question. This is a (very) old story and there are several versions of this tale in which the Sphinx has different aspects although the riddle always remains the same. The real world statue of the Sphinx near the Pyramids is often linked to the Egyptian god Anubis (guardian of the Underworld) so in some stories the hero is on a journey to bring a loved one back from the land of the dead although sometimes it is mere treasure or glory that he is looking for. The riddle goes along the lines of: "What walks on four legs in the morning, two during the day, and three at night?" The answer is man as it represents the three stages of human life. A baby crawls on all fours, an adult walks and an old man walks with a stick.

Somewhere in Transylvania. Count Vlad Dracula, aka "the impaler" was said to have portraits of himself among the impaled corpses of his enemies, thus the rumor began that the Count was a cannibal, starting the Vampire myth.

Atlantis is mythological and its location is uncertain. It may have been supposed to exist in the Mediterranean Sea, or perhaps in the Atlantic Ocean (which takes its name from Atlantis). A lot of places thought to have been Atlantis could just have been Atlantean colonies. Some people say that it existed off the east coast of South America.

Atlantis was destroyed by a great war between Humans and Nephilim and the floods sank the city-nation. Due to Nibiru's orbit being close to Earth at the time, and man fallen from grace, human evil was rampant. Much like it is today. That's why they say to keep POSITIVE when they come! The Nephilim looked just like humans, but they were much larger and stronger. We are related to the Nephilim, but we have double-helix DNA and they have multi-helix and is able to use more of their Brain. Anu the leader came around on Nibiru's next orbit created the second city UR was created to recreate the enslavement of man to collect gold to repair Nibiru's broken atmosphere. It has been told in scripture about the Nephilim, and we the human race were created to terraform Earth for them, which word comes from Anglo-Saxon word Erda (Erdaz), which means ground, soil, and earth, the word would be spelled Eorthe or Erthe in Old English and Erde in German. Like UR, we want to show our "God's" that we completed Earth for them in their likeness. The day of judgment will be soon, scripture says. Remember be POSITIVE!

Romulus and Remus.They were later found by a shepherd who raised them as his own children.

i just read that it is possible that it is larger then Turkey Greece and another nation but it is between it so apparently it isn't big enough to be an actual continent but big enough to be at least half or one fourth of Australia i can be exact tho sorry T.T but it is pretty big i am guessing

In the most common stories of genies they live in lamps.

A supernatural story is one about things that do not physically exist in nature. This includes the areas of religion, paranormal phenomena, and spiritual subjects. The stereotypical supernatural story is about ghosts, magic, or the occult.