Apollo's Oracle at Delphi The ancient Greeks built many, many temples. They believed each temple they built should honor only one god, no matter how big or elaborate the temple. Some cities built more than one temple to honor the same god.
Apollo enjoyed having temples built in his honor. He liked the gifts. The liked the attention. Everyone knew that Apollo was the god of music. He also brought out the sun each day. He had other special powers. Apollo could see the future, not always, but sometimes. Everyone wanted to know the future. So Apollo's temples were busy places, full of people full of questions about their future. His temples were so busy, in fact, that the stream of visitors asking him questions wore him out.
As the story goes ....
Apollo decided he needed an assistant, a wise woman, an oracle. An oracle, in ancient Greece, was someone who could see the future. But Apollo did not want any old oracle to speak for him. He wanted a real one. But there weren't any real ones, not really. The oracles he had met were always had vague answers.
For example, if you asked an oracle if you should plant your garden tomorrow, they might say "the frost will be gone if the gods will it." Not really helpful.
Apollo had the power to magically make someone truly see the future, just as he could. But Apollo didn't want to take the fun out of things. So Apollo set some ground rules for his oracle. He would use his magic to allow her to truly see the future. She had to tell the truth. But she could not be too specific. That would allow the possibility of misunderstanding. That would made it fun!
Apollo magically turned a young priestess into a real oracle. He magically built a special temple for her home. He magically told a few people here and there about his wonderful oracle.
It did not take long for the word to spread. People came from all over to ask Apollo's oracle a question. People had heard she could really see the future and could only tell the truth.
One day, a weary king came to the temple. He asked Apollo's oracle if he would the battle. She smiled and told him a great king would win the battle. That was exactly what he had wanted to hear. He went away happy, leaving many gifts for the oracle behind him.
When he led his men into battle, they lost. The king was killed. But people still flocked to Apollo's oracle. They knew she had told the truth. If only the king had listened. By Shriya
The Witch in a Bottle Set: Priory St. Peter in Dunstable In a cold winter morning a local woman called Sally was condemned to death because of her witchcraft magic. Her cat and her broomstick were also burnt along with her. They all suffered the same faith. But Sally did not die quietly as some of the monks did. She screamed loudly cursing to her last breath. She threatened the monks with a terrible revenge. Then the monks realised she was more horrible when she was dead instead of when she was alive. Then mysterious things started to happen. Invisible hands started to box the monk’s ears and the church altar candles flickered and spat with green glow. When Sally’s ghostly fingers touched the prayer books they burnt. They could not pray in peace or sleep in peace. Then one day a palmer came to exorcise Sally’s ghost spirit. But then the witch knocked him over and he got up looking very dizzy. Then he made a witch’s lure and put it in a bottle. Then when the witch’s spirit went into the bottle, palmer closed the top and said ‘’this bottle must never break.’’ And so he buried the bottle in a secret place in the church garden and said that nobody should dig there or it would break. Till present day no one ever dug there but if you go for a walk around there be very, very careful. THE END
Medusa Medusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaea (Earth) and Oceanus (Ocean). She was one of the three sisters known as the Gorgons. The other two sisters were Sthenno and Euryale. Medusa was the only mortal out of the three. She was originally a golden-haired and very beautiful maiden, who, as a priestess of Athena, was devoted to a life of celibacy; but, being wooed by Poseidon, whom she loved in return, she forgot her vows, and became united to him in marriage. For this offence she was punished by the goddess in a most terrible manner. Each wavy lock of the beautiful hair which had so charmed her husband, was changed into a venomous snake; her once gentle, love-inspiring eyes now became blood-shot, furious orbs, which excited fear and disgust in the mind of the beholder; whilst her former roseate hue and milk-white skin assumed a loathsome greenish tinge. Seeing herself thus transformed into so repulsive an object, Medusa fled from her home, never to return. Wandering about, abhorred, dreaded, and shunned by all the world, she now developed into a character, worthy of her outward appearance. In her despair she fled to Africa, where, as she passed restlessly from place to place, infant snakes dropped from her hair, and thus, according to the belief of the ancients, that country became the hotbed of these venomous reptiles. With the curse of Athene upon her, she turned into stone whomsoever she gazed upon, till at last, after a life of nameless misery, deliverance came to her in the shape of death, at the hands of Perseus. The End
A wise wizard and some curious cats Set: Betsw-y-Coey, Conwy, Wales Dated: 1553 AD – 1620 AD The inn Long ago, in Betsw-y-Coey, there stood an inn. It was visited by people who had just come back from Ireland and the inn was ran by two stylish and beautiful girls. The mystery But the only problem about the inn that the travellers complain about is robbing of their belongings every night like money. One person even lost his clothes! That traveller was furious, so he didn’t call in the police, he called in Hew the army officer. Huw is now a poet. Huw wore his velvet, red, officer uniform and walked to the inn. The strange gossip He said to the sisters “ Please may I have a room for the night as I’m going to Ireland because I need to catch the early boat,”. So without delay, the sisters happily led him to the spare room whispering excitedly. The explanation but no solution Then, after dinner, Huw asked for lots of candles and said “It’s a habit having burnt lights when I sleep,” so the enchanting sisters gave Huw a packet of white, wax candles. That night Huw lit the candles and stayed wide awake all night until at last he heard a soft noise... he peeped through half open eyes and saw two black cats crept through the hole in the wall. The answer The two black cats then started playing with Huw’s uniform, putting claw by claw on each button, popping each one undone. As they were about to grab Huw’s purse when Huw lifted his sword and out came a loud yowl and the black cats disappeared into the gloom. The next day, only one sister was at the breakfast table and Huw curiously asked “Where is the other sister?”, so without hesitation the one sister led Huw to the other sister’s room and thought ”Aha, I’ve now found the solution,” and said “You ,my lady, have no right to witch people” “As you get better, your magic will disappear. You understand?”. The witch nodded, quite sadly, and Huw made his words true. From that day onwards everything was silent at the inn. THE END
Apollo's Oracle at Delphi
ReplyDeleteThe ancient Greeks built many, many temples. They believed each temple they built should honor only one god, no matter how big or elaborate the temple. Some cities built more than one temple to honor the same god.
Apollo enjoyed having temples built in his honor. He liked the gifts. The liked the attention. Everyone knew that Apollo was the god of music. He also brought out the sun each day. He had other special powers. Apollo could see the future, not always, but sometimes. Everyone wanted to know the future. So Apollo's temples were busy places, full of people full of questions about their future. His temples were so busy, in fact, that the stream of visitors asking him questions wore him out.
As the story goes ....
Apollo decided he needed an assistant, a wise woman, an oracle. An oracle, in ancient Greece, was someone who could see the future. But Apollo did not want any old oracle to speak for him. He wanted a real one. But there weren't any real ones, not really. The oracles he had met were always had vague answers.
For example, if you asked an oracle if you should plant your garden tomorrow, they might say "the frost will be gone if the gods will it." Not really helpful.
Apollo had the power to magically make someone truly see the future, just as he could. But Apollo didn't want to take the fun out of things. So Apollo set some ground rules for his oracle. He would use his magic to allow her to truly see the future. She had to tell the truth. But she could not be too specific. That would allow the possibility of misunderstanding. That would made it fun!
Apollo magically turned a young priestess into a real oracle. He magically built a special temple for her home. He magically told a few people here and there about his wonderful oracle.
It did not take long for the word to spread. People came from all over to ask Apollo's oracle a question. People had heard she could really see the future and could only tell the truth.
One day, a weary king came to the temple. He asked Apollo's oracle if he would the battle. She smiled and told him a great king would win the battle. That was exactly what he had wanted to hear. He went away happy, leaving many gifts for the oracle behind him.
When he led his men into battle, they lost. The king was killed. But people still flocked to Apollo's oracle. They knew she had told the truth. If only the king had listened.
By Shriya
The Witch in a Bottle
ReplyDeleteSet: Priory St. Peter in Dunstable
In a cold winter morning a local woman called Sally was condemned to death because of her witchcraft magic. Her cat and her broomstick were also burnt along with her. They all suffered the same faith. But Sally did not die quietly as some of the monks did. She screamed loudly cursing to her last breath. She threatened the monks with a terrible revenge. Then the monks realised she was more horrible when she was dead instead of when she was alive. Then mysterious things started to happen. Invisible hands started to box the monk’s ears and the church altar candles flickered and spat with green glow. When Sally’s ghostly fingers touched the prayer books they burnt. They could not pray in peace or sleep in peace. Then one day a palmer came to exorcise Sally’s ghost spirit. But then the witch knocked him over and he got up looking very dizzy. Then he made a witch’s lure and put it in a bottle. Then when the witch’s spirit went into the bottle, palmer closed the top and said ‘’this bottle must never break.’’ And so he buried the bottle in a secret place in the church garden and said that nobody should dig there or it would break. Till present day no one ever dug there but if you go for a walk around there be very, very careful.
THE END
By Aaratrika
Medusa
ReplyDeleteMedusa was the daughter of Phorkys and Keto, the children of Gaea (Earth) and Oceanus (Ocean). She was one of the three sisters known as the Gorgons. The other two sisters were Sthenno and Euryale. Medusa was the only mortal out of the three.
She was originally a golden-haired and very beautiful maiden, who, as a priestess of Athena, was devoted to a life of celibacy; but, being wooed by Poseidon, whom she loved in return, she forgot her vows, and became united to him in marriage. For this offence she was punished by the goddess in a most terrible manner. Each wavy lock of the beautiful hair which had so charmed her husband, was changed into a venomous snake; her once gentle, love-inspiring eyes now became blood-shot, furious orbs, which excited fear and disgust in the mind of the beholder; whilst her former roseate hue and milk-white skin assumed a loathsome greenish tinge.
Seeing herself thus transformed into so repulsive an object, Medusa fled from her home, never to return. Wandering about, abhorred, dreaded, and shunned by all the world, she now developed into a character, worthy of her outward appearance. In her despair she fled to Africa, where, as she passed restlessly from place to place, infant snakes dropped from her hair, and thus, according to the belief of the ancients, that country became the hotbed of these venomous reptiles. With the curse of Athene upon her, she turned into stone whomsoever she gazed upon, till at last, after a life of nameless misery, deliverance came to her in the shape of death, at the hands of Perseus.
The End
By Navdeep
miss gale can we do the new myth story on are blog
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A wise wizard and some curious cats
ReplyDeleteSet: Betsw-y-Coey, Conwy, Wales
Dated: 1553 AD – 1620 AD
The inn
Long ago, in Betsw-y-Coey, there stood an inn. It was visited by people who had just come back from Ireland and the inn was ran by two stylish and beautiful girls.
The mystery
But the only problem about the inn that the travellers complain about is robbing of their belongings every night like money. One person even lost his clothes! That traveller was furious, so he didn’t call in the police, he called in Hew the army officer. Huw is now a poet. Huw wore his velvet, red, officer uniform and walked to the inn.
The strange gossip
He said to the sisters “ Please may I have a room for the night as I’m going to Ireland because I need to catch the early boat,”. So without delay, the sisters happily led him to the spare room whispering excitedly.
The explanation but no solution
Then, after dinner, Huw asked for lots of candles and said “It’s a habit having burnt lights when I sleep,” so the enchanting sisters gave Huw a packet of white, wax candles. That night Huw lit the candles and stayed wide awake all night until at last he heard a soft noise... he peeped through half open eyes and saw two black cats crept through the hole in the wall.
The answer
The two black cats then started playing with Huw’s uniform, putting claw by claw on each button, popping each one undone. As they were about to grab Huw’s purse when Huw lifted his sword and out came a loud yowl and the black cats disappeared into the gloom. The next day, only one sister was at the breakfast table and Huw curiously asked “Where is the other sister?”, so without hesitation the one sister led Huw to the other sister’s room and thought ”Aha, I’ve now found the solution,” and said “You ,my lady, have no right to witch people” “As you get better, your magic will disappear. You understand?”. The witch nodded, quite sadly, and Huw made his words true. From that day onwards everything was silent at the inn.
THE END
pesrsius and the gorgan
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