The Egyptian Pyramid (compared to the Mayans')

This is the Egyptian Pyramid.

This is the wonder of the world, one of the unsolved mysteries.

How could the the Egyptians build such an enormous building? This huge building needs advanced technology to complete, but during the Iron Age, people didn't have such technology. So, how did Egyptians build the pyramids? Although many scienctis had inferred how the pyramids were built, not everyone has agreed.

Among the inferences, two are acceptable:
1) The aid of aliens;
2) The physical method--the Egyptian may have such knowledge...
and mine--time-travel again.

The aliens maybe suitable, but this is barely a match with the existence of aliens. We don't know much about the existence of them, maybe there are aliens, or maybe not. So, this inference has 50:50 chance to be right.

The knowledge of the Egyptians were limited, so the second theory may be wrong; but the third one may be acceptable...I had explained the method to travel trough time...so, what do you think?

Do the Egyptians and the Mayans share the same origin? But their gods are not the same, with the exception of Ra being the same as the sun god of the Mayan, and if these two civilisations shared the snake god, why can't they be from the same origin?

The Mayan Pyramid (compared to the Egyptians)

This is the Pyramid of the Mayan Empire.

This largest pyramid of the Mayans reached 34 meters high, of course, this is lower than Khufu's. There were boulders surrounding some of these pyramids (most are now ruins). The Mayan Empire was called also the 'Empire of the Sun', since the Mayans prayed to the sun as their main god. Besides this, they also prayed to snakes.

Unfortunately, the Mayans were defeated by the Spanish in 1521. And this is what I hated the most, the Spanish destroyed all of the historical remains of the Mayans!!! This is the most foolish act in history! The books left were failed to be translated, all because of the Spanish!

The Chinese Dragon

The Chinese Dragon!

Ha! I finally found this picture, the most beautiful Chinese Dragon~!

And you can see there's a unicorn beside it, just ignore it (it appeared accidentaly). This dragon's motions are actually the Chinese emperor's favorite. The dragons symbolising the ruler always bind themselves or roll themselves up.

Beyond the Myths—Greek, Roman, and Norse—Part Two

This is about wars, the aggressive nations that show no mercy upon the weak.

There is no doubt that the Greeks were great fighters. Spartans trained themselves since they were only kids, while Athenians studied philosophy and the art of mythology. In 776B.C, the first Olympic game began. The Greeks believed that the gods lived at Mount Olympus, where the Olympic games were held. Zeus, the lightning god, was said to be the head of the gods. During the Dark Age, the Greeks started to fall, followed by the victory against Persians. But Sparta and Athens fought against each other, ending with the victory of Sparta. But Thebes defeated Sparta in the end. In the end, Greece lost in the war against the Macedonians. Then the Macedonians became a part of Rome, and this is why the Greek culture is a bit similar to the Romans'. Even the gods of the Romans are same as the Greek, but their names were different.

Next up is the Norse peoples of Northern Europe, they are Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. These countries are believed as the homeland of the Vikings. In 787, the Vikings launched their first raid on England beaches. Then in 795 and 834, Ireland and Netherlands were invaded by them. But the Vikings were defeated by the English, and there was peace, for a while. Until 1030, the Vikings still had their own religion and trust in mythology. But after this, the Holy Roman Empire captured their lands, and they were converted to Christianity. The Vikings finally gave up their gods, and the Holy Empire destroyed their things and the historical remains. This caused the loss of Norse mythology studies, only other culture-related counties maintained the lead of Norse myths, like Germany.

While the Vikings fell, there was a civilization building up in Ancient America.

Beyond the Myths—Egypt, China, and India—Part One

People fought for their benefits, for glory, for victory, even for peace. But not every war ended with peace, most war brought suffering.

After the Ice Age, humans established the first civilization.

Egypt was established during the Stone Age, while the Chinese had done this 1000 years before, they were scattered. The lower part of Egypt fought with the upper part of Egypt, it ended when Menes, the pharaoh of the upper part conquered the lower part. He then united Egypt and combined the crowns of Pharaohs into one. There were a few gods during the reign of Khufu, the owner of the largest Pyramid in the world. The Egyptians invented paper made from trees, it was useful in their artwork. As the Egyptians began to capture more land from other tribes, their territory grew. Then the Persians invaded Egypt (525-404B.C.) and this was during the late period of Egypt. Then Alexander the Great overran Egypt, the Egyptians surrendered before Alexander launched his first attack, and named Alexander ‘The Son of Ra’. Egyptian culture and myths fell after this, they left only the Pyramids and Mummies for us to study.

In Asia, the earliest civilization was established on the upper part of Huang He (a river with yellowish water), the ancient Chinese used club with a roughly-made stone knife as weapon. As they lived near the river, they gained food easily, so they had time to think: Who brought us to this world? Then they imagined all kinds of legendary tales as their answers. After Qin Shi Huang united China, the prophet of China started Dao; they studied myths and taught people the morals. Chinese symbolize the dragon as the emperor; they believed that the dragon was the greatest animal. And they also symbolize the Phoenix as the queen. The dynasty of Han was the strongest period of China, there were many inventions like paper, bombs, compasses and china. Then the temporary decline of China was during the reign of the Mongols. But the Chinese drove them off and established the Ming dynasty. Then the Manchu ruled China in 1644, but the people were still studying mythology. The studies died when the Europeans invaded China.

In about 321 (easy to memorize) B.C., the foundation of India was done. Buddhism started, Ashoka converted to it. Ashoka was the emperor of India (269-230B.C.), he listen to his people’s advice and views. Buddha was born in 563B.C; he was believed to have saved suffering people. This religion, a part of mythology, spread into the land of East Asia. The people of the East Asia believed in this stuff, until now.

These 3 countries have a similar, internal disorder. It was a matter of the ruler; nearly every civil war happened because of the mistake of an emperor. When the people lost their confidence in the king, they rioted. This is why the empire of Egypt fell.

On the other hand, the Chinese civilization was the longest-lasting kingdom until now. The Indians were nearly 4500 years after the Chinese. Until now, many Chinese still have a superstitious belief in myths; this affected the advance of China.

Inactivity

I apologize for my inactivity lately... I've been working hard at my blog (if you've gone there, you might notice several changes)

Anyway, I've just ran through all that Myth Guy has posted and corrected any grammar/spelling mistakes. Now I guess I should post some mythological stuff too.

I don't have much to tell right now (I'm so sleepy) But remember when I promised to find out more information on that 'cute' little squirrel Ratatosk in Norse mythology? Guess what, that little guy happens to be a real devil. Apparently there is an Eagle at the top of the world tree in Norse Mythology. Also, if you've been paying attention to my previous posts (and Myth Guy's) there's also Nidhogg gnawing at the roots of the tree. Well, it seems there is a constant dispute between these two fellas. And each time one of them has something nasty to say to the other, guess who passes the message? Yup, Ratatosk. He 'transports' all the gossip and insults between the two (what a life).

Quite funny for Norse people to think up these things...

Blog Improvement

Okay, now I realised that I there is just a few pictures in my blog. So, to improve, I 'm going to add more picture in each of my blog (atleast one). If you felt tired with my long long passage, inform me, I'll change it, okay?

The Age of Mythology

When did mythology start? It started when a civilization began, when a nation gets in touch with the others. There are many kinds of myths and legends in each different country. Therefore, I can’t tell you all of them one-by-one. Among to popular ones are Greek, Norse, Egyptian, Chinese, Celtic, Aztec, Oceania, Maya, Indian, and Roman mythology (it’s a bit same with Greek, since it replaced Greece).

The gradual decline of mythology started first in the Dark Ages, people lost their confidence in their religion. Malaria spread all over the Europe, many people died everyday. And the fall of Rome affected Mediterranean countries, and then civil war began.

Fortunately, the Renaissance revived mythology, scholars from different nations started to learn the art and culture of Greece and Rome, this started in Italy. The Renaissance spread over East Asia and Europe, many countries had improved their artistic culture, even new religions arose.

Now, after the Renaissance, came the reformation of religion. There were wars between different schools of religion, like the Muslim and the Christians. After that, every country began to improve their technology (afraid of war, I think).

Some European countries wanted to trade with Asia, but the Ottoman had blocked the way between Europe and Asia, so the Europeans had to sail. The ship-building skill and the technique of navigation had improved; people of Europe started to explore the sea. The most active countries of the sea exploring included Spain, Portugal, England, and France. Businessmen of these countries sailed to Asia; they brought not only trades, but also culture. This is why some of the countries in Asia have culture similar to Europe’s.

During the Industrial Age, mythology falls once again. America rises, no more myths, but trades. But China still had its own style, the Chinese still believed and studied mythology (and this is why we Chinese’s technology is behind European countries). Some of the Chinese philosophers built a new religion, the Dao. Dao means to calm yourself and to think clearly. Later there was Li Xue, the scholars of Li Xue kept asking the unknown and solved it.

But when the Europeans attacked China, these studies stopped. War always hinders studies.

And When World War I and II happened, mythology fell entirely. It revived after 1970s (after the Vietnam War, I think). Now, people start to combine mythology with scientific facts, since mythology is a part of religion.

And I think I can remember where I put my old books, since I typed this whole passage without even taking a glance at my history text book…

The Undersea Civilization

Is there any unknown creature on earth?

Do you reckon only sea creatures, like fishes, prawns, and whales live in the sea? The sea covers ¾ of the earth, this large area contains many kinds of living things, we can’t deny the possibility of undersea civilizations.

Atlantis is one of the undersea civilizations I have heard of, after it was fell, many scientists guess that the Atlantians evolved into undersea creatures. This inference of evolution created a stir worldwide.

One of the mysteries of earth, the Bermuda Triangle might have a connection with Atlantis. The mysterious "walls" surrounding the triangle maybe the invention of the undersea civilization. But how could this civilization improve and research technology that is far more advanced than us? They must spend a long period to evolve into undersea creatures, or be able to make the necessary adaptation to their changing environment.

Therefore the above theory might be wrong, but there is another mystery yet to be solved, the origin of the Red Indians. Many people wonder where the origin of the Red Indians is, if they didn’t cross over the Bailing Channel, between Russia and Alaska. The American Continent was separated by the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean from the European and Asian Continent, so if mammals doesn’t successfully evolved in the American Continent, then how come the Red Indians exist? Maybe they rised from the sea? Or did they just fall from the sky?

The myths and legends explain these, but they are not always the right. Myths and legends always add color and emphasis. But some philosophies or theories might be acceptable, like the Atlanteans.

This is a science question, but not only science can answer it.

This is why I want to combine science facts with mythology; personally, I do like science, too.

Now, the third and forth paragraph I mentioned needs your comments, either mythological or scientific, or both.

Place of Death

This is a Minion.

Now, here’s a question about death: Where do you think we go to after we have died?

This isn’t a tough question for neither ancient Greeks, Egyptian, or Norse peoples…These people have their own stories about this question.

Well, for the Greeks, they believe people will go to the underworld of Hades, Erebus after death. The Greeks buried the death with a coin; they believe the coin will be used to pay the sailor of the river Stynx. And those raging souls will become shades for vengeance. Hades, the god of death rules over the underworld.

As for the Egyptians, I know only the Pharaohs, they keep Pharaoh’s organ is a box and place the body inside a coffin. The corpse was preserved tidily and stored in the center of the Pyramid, guarded by a Sphinx.

The Norse people, on the other hand, believed people who didn’t die in war go to the fiery place of Hel, the daughter of Loki. There the soul doesn’t have any peace, they suffer. But the warriors who died in battle will go to Asgard, lead by Valkyries, maidens of Odin.

We Chinese believe a good person will become a part of god after he/she has died, the bad person suffer in the hell. And the normal one reborn as a man or animal, it depends on his/her value.

Okay, that’s all!

Phoenix

The Phoenix--does it really exist, or did it exist?

This bird burns itself into ash and is reborn after 500 years. It is popular among Egyptians; they believe it is a noble creature and it will stop all bad things from happening.

But this flaming bird doesn’t always show itself, some believe only a kind and person who needs help would be able to see it.

Think of it, how could a bird burn itself and come out unscathed, this can’t be true. But how could they imagine such things, they imagined so many legendary creatures…But none of them are real. I believe at least one of them is true, a real thing that exists.

Dragons

This is Nidhogg.

Dragons are evolved or mutant reptilia, with large bodies and scary motions. But not every dragon is dangerous, Chinese dragons, for example, signify nobility and wisdom. Chinese dragons have four legs, no wings, and are scaly. Not every Chinese dragon breathes fire, some of them live in the sea or in caves. They do not need wings to fly, and they crawl.

But European dragons are not the same, they are always evil, disasterous, and are always killed by a hero in fairytales. These dragons have a pair of large wings to fly. They spit flames from their mouth, which are full of fangs.

And there is a dragon chewing on the roots of the World Tree in Norse mythology, Nidhogg. I didn’t find any dragons in Egyptian mythology, but the Greeks have a lot of them. Chinese dragons are the symbol of the kings; the rulers of ancient China wore clothes patterned with dragons. Chinese believed that dragons brought health and wealth to them.

Dwarves and Elves

For the dwarves and elves, they are common in Norse Mythology. The dwarves have excellent skills in producing weapons and jewels out of gold. Even Odin’s weapon, a spear, was made by them.

Elves have characteristics like dwarves too, they both have sharp-ended ears, are tiny, and have basically the same facial shapes. Elves barely come out during the day; they only come out at night. Elves live in forbidden forests.

These tiny creatures who didn’t live with humans didn’t really like humans. They seldom met humans face-to-face. But they had some similarities with humans, like greed and jealousy.

The dwarves are absolutely different from giants; they have only one main purpose to live for: mining gold and using them to produce things…

The elves, on the other hand, just play around and enjoy themselves.

Mutants

DO you realize that ancient people liked mutant creatures--like the bull-headed Minotaur, winged-horse Pegasus and more?
I don't understand why they keep 'making' stories which include these creatures. There must be at least one real creature among all of them...but which one?

The mutants seem to have different genes in their body, so that they have different characteristics. But some of them seem to be impossible, like the Chimera.

Mutants include half-breeds, trolls, dragons, etc...And giants. Giants, I think, could possibly exist. Because it’s just an overgrown human, and its actions are like ancient cavemen. So I do really think Giants exist...even now...

Circe--Greek

This is Circe, the witch who lived on a island near Greece, and transforms people who sail to her island to pigs...

I wonder if present science facts can solve this mystery...The genes of human don't change easily, and if this is not a legend, I don't believe magic can transform us into a lower-level mammal.

Circe may be a person who successfully researched the method of changing genetic systems...

Chinese Mythology

No wonder I felt something is amiss...I had missed out the Chinese Mythology!
Now, I'm gonna add in this subject...

The Chinese civilization was built up 5000 years ago, as a Chinese, I know a lot about this long period of history. The Chinese civilisation began as various tribes and clans, then Qin Shi Huang--the first king who ruled all the nations of ancient China started his dynasty.

By that time, the rich had nothing to do, so the creative-minded started mythology study. And then as the Indian culture came to China, Buddhist tales and morals affected the Chinese.

Then the first tale of gods began.

The Golem--Greek

the Golem

This is the rocky golem in Greek mythology, it's better to say that it's a 'non-lifeform creature'.
A golem is grouped together by rocks, isn't it similar to the present thing--robots?

I wonder how ancient people " foresaw" our invention...

Atlantis

Somehow I'll solve the mystery of the lost empire--Atlantis...

For 3 years I tried to track Atlantis, trying to find out how on earth did this empire fall...But I failed. Nobody is aiding me...So I wasted my time...But I am yet to find out the similarities between the Greek legend and Atlantian tales.

So, one day, I continued my journey to discover Atlantis...I collected a lot of tales about it. Then I was reminded of something--time travel.

A person may travel through time if:
1) he had the same speed of light--but this never happens;
2) he managed to travel through the blackhole--with the speed and energy he earned, he may travel by time, but before he succeeds, he might be crushed by blackhole;
3) he is helped by aliens;
4) or, this is a bit ridiculous--the gods aided him.

The high technology of Atlantis shows that the Atlantian's weapons or lifestyle may be the same with us. According to legends, the Atlantis attacked Greece once, they arrived by large ships and unknown weapons (at that time nobody knew what they were).

There is no way that a empire can invent such items at that time, no civilization can improve their technology so fast in a short period. But a time-traveler can do this, and this gave me an idea.

The Bermuda Triangle might be where Atlantis located, and the mysterious "wall"might be a supernatural defensive wall invented by the time-traveler...
But the Greeks said Atlantis might be located near the island Crete, and the havoc made by the volcano destroyed it.

Nobody knows why and how Atlantis disappeared, but somehow...I'll get the answer.

Chronicles of the Gods: Thor and the Giants

There was one time the Thunder God Thor, Loki and his two servants, Thialfi and Roskva, went to Jotunheim to challenge the giants. The king of the giants challenged Thor and his companions. Loki took the first challenge, an eating competition.

Loki was fast fast, but the opposing giant ate everything including the plates, the bones etc. Thialfi was up next, his was a race. He was fast, but the challenging giant won even before he knew it. Thor then challenged the king of giants to a drinking match, but as hard as he tried, he could not finish the drink. Thor was then challenged to lift up a cat, he could not even move it. Thor took on the final match--wrestling with an old woman.

He lost.

Thor was not actually that weak, the king of the giants had used magic to fool them. Loki ate fast, but his opponent was Fire, who devours everything in its path. Thialfi was as quick as ever, but his opponent was Thought, the fastest thing in the world (the fastest thought goes at about 580kmph actually, doesn't sound that fast to me : )As for Thor's drinking match, the drinking horn was filled with the ocean, but he drank so much he created the tides. The cat whom Thor tried to lift was actually Jormungand, the terrible sea serpent which circles the universe. As for the old lady, she was old age itself! Thor put up a great fight, but old age beats everyone in the end...

Well, that's how it goes I think. There may be some errors so......

Norse Mythology: Norse Worlds part II

Hello! I'm back again!

As I have promised, I will now give a slightly more detailed explanation of the Norse Worlds.

There were nine Norse worlds, held in place by the mighty tree: Yggdrasil.
At the top of the tree, the stars sparkled and birds flew. At the bottom of the tree, a dragon called Nidhogg gnawed on the roots. A squirrel called Ratatosk runs busily up and down between the branches and the dragon. I'm still trying to find out more about this cute little mythic figure ;)

Norse people believed that their world (Midgard) was linked to the gods' world (Asgard) by a rainbow bridge, the "official watchman" of the bridge is the god Heimdall. The middle worlds are circled by a huge sea-serpent, Jormungand.

Well, that's all for now, tune in for my next episode: Chronicles of the Gods: Thor and the Giants

The Similarity of Gods and Goddesses

You see, since I study mythology...I found that Greek, Norse & Egyptian gods and goddesses have a shared and similar 'life'. They live just like us humans, and they also suffer from pain, dissappoinment, sickness, and being attacked...They don't live peacefully like Buddhist Gods...besides, they fight against each other to get something they want...and they also argue a lot...they have children--we call them 'Heroes'--who were half-breed, monster etc. Actually, I don't like these kind of 'sacred gods'...I wonder why those ancient people liked their gods so much...

Hei, something noteworthy!

When I was using a search engine to find out more about myth & legend, I "accidentaly" found something cool!

The division of Greek mythical creatures into two main categories is purely for organization purposes. These categories - "hybrids" and "monsters" - serve to distinguish between different types of mythical beings.

Hybrids : a hybrid is a composite creature - examples are the centaur (combination of human and horse), and the harpy (human and vulture); these mythical beings populated the imaginations, literature, and art of the ancient Greeks.

Hybrids included: centaur, cockatrice, giants, griffin, harpy, satyr (faun) and sirens.

Monsters : the monsters section mainly features beings that are singular entities - in other words, there is but one Minotaur, Medusa, or Pegasus in Greek mythology; monsters were generally either friends or foes to various Greek heroes.

Monster included: Argus, Cerberus, Charybdis, Chimera, Cyclops, Hydra and etc...

There's still more to explore...

Osiris--Egyptian

The god of death--Osiris, he is always dressed in white with his Crook and Flail, Osiris is shown as a man with a beard wearing white mummy wrappings. I will tell you his tale later...

Chimera--Greek

This is the mutant creature--the Chimera or Chimaera, it is a combination of a goat, serpent & lion...the Chimera is a creature of the sky, possibly linked to storm and thunder. A savage beast, sprouting fire from its mouth, it devastated the land until it was killed by the hero Bellerophon who flew over it riding his winged horse Pegasus.

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Norse Mythology: Norse Worlds part I

I'm gonna give a brief introduction to the field I'm strongest in--the Norse Mythology :)
Just as a summary, Norse people believe that there are nine Norse worlds, all held in place by the tree of life, I can't remember the name of the tree, though. Anyway, the tree is split into three sections. There's the upper worlds, the middle worlds and the lower worlds.

The Upper Worlds:

Alfheim: Land of the light elves
Asgard: Land of the Warrior gods and godesses
Vanaheim: Land of the gods and goddesses who make things grow

The Middle Worlds:

Jotunheim: Land of the giants
Midgard: Land of the humans
Nidavellir: Land of the dwarfs
Svartalfheim: Land of the dark elves
(I've recently read that dark elves are actually dwarves, I'm still looking into that)

The Lower Worlds:

Muspell: Land of fire
Niflheim: Kingdom of the dead

That's all for now, stay tuned for the next episode: Norse Worlds: part II !

Valkyries--Norse

The Valkyries are maidens of Odin, they serve Odin and lead dead soldiers to the glorious hall Valhalla...

Trolls--Norse

This is an ugly one--the forest troll. It lives deep inside the dark forests of Norse lands...ready to hurl rocks to you~WAMP!!!

Scarabs--Egyptian

This is the giant Scarab of Egypt, who crawls on the shifting sands...waiting for food to hunt...WAMP!!!

Pegasus--Greek

This is the winged-horse, Pegasus...It is an incarnation of Medusa's blood, when Persues killed her...then Persues mounted it and defeated the sea monster which was trying to kill the princess caught by the Mermaids...

Mountain Giants--Norse

This is the Mount Giant, with his awesome muscles and a huge club that could smash your head off easily...

Collosus--Greek

This is the giant Collosus...Who chrushes down the Wonders of Greece...Piercing weapons are useless against his Gold Armor...

Cyclops--Greek

This is my favorite--the single-eyed beast, Cyclops!
He is the son of Poseidon, he guards Zeus' thunderbolts...

Awesome!!!

Avenger--Egyptian

This is the Avenger, the avenging-beast that haunts the shifting sands of Egypt...
I'll find out more details about him... :D

Anubis--Egyptian

This is the soul-stealer--Anubis, the son of Osiris...
I'll find more details about it...or should we say "him"...

OK, here's the other detail:
He guided the souls of the dead from the world of the living to the world of the dead. Anubis was also responsible for weighing the actions of the deceased in terms of good or evil. He is also considered the inventor of embalming and mummification, who had embalmed and mummified the dead god Osiris.

Other Names: Anepo, Anpu
Father: Osiris, Set, or Ra
Mother: Isis or Nephthys
Wife: Mat
Depicted: Anubis is usually depicted as having the head of a jackal.

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Here, I'm ready to tell you about Greek, Norse and Egyptian Myths...

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