The devils dyke

The Devil was angry at the conversion of Sussex, one of the last counties to be converted from Paganism, and especially at the way churches were being built in every Sussex village. So he decided to dig right through the South Downs, a range of hills along the south of Britain. He swore that he would dig all the way through the hills to let the sea flood Sussex in a single night and drown the new Christians. He started inland near the village of Poynings and dug furiously sending huge clods of earth everywhere. One became Chanctonbury hill, another Cissbury hill, another Rackham Hill and yet another Mount Caburn.

Towards midnight, the noise he was making disturbed an old woman, who looked out to see what was happening. When she realized what the Devil was doing, she lit a candle and set it on her windowsill, holding up a metal sieve in front of it to create a dimly glowing globe. The Devil could barely believe that the sun had already risen, but the old woman had woken her rooster who let out a loud crowing and Satan fled believing that the morning had already come. Some say, that as he fled out over the English Channel, a great lump of earth fell from his cloven hoof, and that became the Isle of Wight; others say that he bounded northwards into Surrey, where his heavy landing formed the hollow called the Devil's Punch Bowl

Ricky sledge

Review: I choose this myth because the name of it caught my attention and i never really heard a folktale about a devil. When i was growing up i was told a lot of scary stories by my grandfather who had a crazy imagination but not crazy like the Devils Dyke.

Hercules

greatest hero of Greek mythology -- Heracles. Like most authentic heroes, Heracles had a god as one of his parents, being the son of the supreme deity Zeus and a mortal woman. Zeus's queen Hera was jealous of Heracles, and when he was still an infant she sent two snakes to kill him in his crib. Heracles was found prattling delighted baby talk, a strangled serpent in each hand.

Labor Eleven: the Apples of the Hesperides The Hesperides were nymphs entrusted by the goddess Hera with certain apples which she had received as a wedding present. These were kept in a grove surrounded by a high wall and guarded by Ladon, a many-headed dragon. The grove was located in the far-western mountains named for Atlas, one of the Titans or first generation of gods. Atlas had sided with one of his brothers in a war against Zeus. In punishment, he was compelled to support the weight of the heavens by means of a pillar on his shoulders. Heracles, in quest of the apples, had been told that he would never get the them without the aid of Atlas.

Shicoren Adams

Review: The reason why i pick this myth is because its my childhood favorite.Its been my favorite myth and movie for like 8 years.I even tell the story to my sisters and brothers sometimes when i feel like it.Also i pick this myth becase i really needed a grade.Yo like no joke i really need a grade.And at of all the myth there are i thouht this was the best one.

ENGLISH VERSION

San Agustín makes the observation of which the Church celebrates the celebration of the saints in the day of its death. Since then he was indicated tonight like the one of San Juan, very next to the solstice of winter in the South Hemisphere and to the solstice of summer in the North Hemisphere.

From primitive times, this has been a date of celebration, in which in some places - on all Andean it is used to arm great bonfires, to remove “in you walk” the image of San Juan Baptist and to make great celebrations in the towns.

In our country, this day is celebrated of diverse forms, but most traditional it is the “supper at night of San Juan ", whose menu, based on the preparation of meats, varies in all the regions of the country. What exceeds is distributed between the assistants, who take to their houses a plate with a little each thing. In Chiloé, for example, it is prepared with lamb meat, it is vacant, pig, hen and turkey. Whereas in the province of It dims, one is curanto of vegetables and meat of bovine.

Also, every year, the 23 of June to 12 at night, are made several rituals to at night take advantage of the “magical energies " San Juan. In this date superstitions or tests are put in practice diverse, between which they emphasize: to seat underneath a fig tree with a guitar, to put Popes underneath the bed, to put three papers with desires underneath the pillow, to throw sperm of candle in a water source, to spill red, or to read the future in an egg yolk.

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Tonight one opens the door that introduce us to the knowledge of the future and to the magical dimensions of the reality. it is the night in which the burials burn, the Devil walks loose and the fields are blessed by the Baptist. In the morning, very early people wash to the hair and the face with blessed waters and begin to call, three consecutive times: - San Juan! , San Juan! , dame milcao I will give bread you. Previous night two they have been the most important events: the dance of tropom and the tests. Some of these tests are:

l. The young person who leaves to the dawn and is with a dog his husband will be a goloso dog during his life. (Castro)

2. When leaving, after the 12, one is with a black cat is bad luck for the future - happiness if the cat is of another color. (Chulín)

3. If it leaves, after midnight, with a black hen and gives to returns seven times the house, will find the Devil. (Chulín)

4. To first that it finds and it embraces, after 12, it can be its pair. (Matao)

5. If to midnight a cross in the trees becomes, will produce the double. (Matao)

6. If at 12, it watches the moon later and the fig tree, it will see it bloom. (Chulín)

7. The fig tree and the “manger” (fern) bloom tonight. Who has one of these flowers will be very lucky.

8. Who sees bloom the good grass tonight will be very lucky whenever it maintains it privily. (Matao)

9. If haba buries one and it is going it to see midnight of San Juan, it will bloom. (Chulín)

10. In the eve the flower of hortensia stands, in a jar with earth and water. Soon an order is made putting faith in the baptism of San Juan. (Achao)

11. It is necessary to wash the hands with slope water to maintener young and the hair to conserve it beautiful. That night the waters are in favor blessed of the Baptist. (Cheniao)

12. When it rains that night on the following day or, it is going to have abundance of apples. (Achao)

13. Before the exit of the sun it is necessary to water the trees with slope water, so that they give enough fruit during the year. (Achao)

14. In order to have good sowing it is necessary to throw a piece of candle the night of San Juan. (Quenac)

15. If that night is requested under the fig tree that wants enamored his to it, it will leave certain. (Quenac)

16. In order to obtain wealth it is necessary to descuerar a black cat in the mountain and with that leather to be made a wallet. (Cheniao).

17. In order to obtain a magical key it is necessary to cook alive a black cat in the heat of mounts, locking in itself in a circle so that the visions are outside. Once cooked, one of the bones will have the virtue to open any door. (Castro)

18. In order to learn to touch guitar (Tocoihue) is necessary to be placed during tonight under a huiguera or in the encounter of four ways where it will appear the Devil to teach to him (Chulín).

19. If one watches at the mirror the Night of San Juan it will appear the Devil. (Cardinal red)

Skittlesdaddieh

Review:

i choose this myth because first is about my culture i find that is a very intresting myth alot of people do it and i find it easy because it has the steps and its history behind the myth

The Headless Horseman

One cold winter night, early in the New Year, a certain Dutchman left the tavern in Tarrytown and started walking to his home in the hollow nearby. His path led next to the old Sleepy Hollow cemetery where a headless Hessian soldier was buried. At midnight, the Dutchman came within site of the graveyard. The weather had warmed up during the week, and the snow was almost gone from the road. It was a dark night with no moon, and the only light came from his lantern.

The Dutchman was nervous about passing the graveyard, remembering the rumors of a galloping ghost that he had heard at the tavern. He stumbled along, humming to himself to keep up his courage. Suddenly, his eye was caught by a light rising from the ground in the cemetery. He stopped, his heart pounding in fear. Before his startled eyes, a white mist burst forth from an unmarked grave and formed into a large horse carrying a headless rider.

The Dutchman let out a terrible scream as the horse leapt toward him at a full gallop. He took to his heels, running as fast as he could, making for the bridge since he knew that ghosts and evil spirits did not care to cross running water. He stumbled suddenly and fell, rolling off the road into a melting patch of snow. The headless rider thundered past him, and the man got a second look at the headless ghost. It was wearing a Hessian commander's uniform.

The Dutchman waited a good hour after the ghost disappeared before crawling out of the bushes and making his way home. After fortifying himself with schnapps, the Dutchman told his wife about the ghost. By noon of the next day, the story was all over Tarrytown. The good Dutch folk were divided in their opinions. Some thought that the ghost must be roaming the roads at night in search of its head. Others claimed that the Hessian soldier rose from the grave to lead the Hessian soldiers in a charge up nearby Chatterton Hill, not knowing that the hill had already been taken by the British.

Whatever the reason, the Headless Horseman continues to roam the roads near Tarrytown on dark nights from that day to this

Marcus Jenkins

Review:I choose this myth because its a timeless classic and everyone has heard of the Headless Horseman. Also because as a kid i always was scared of the headless horseman after watching t.v. shows, and movies with the mythological horror. Its a great story and a great character that will never die out in the USA.

Creation Story, Cronus and Rhea Birth of Zeus

According to Greek mythology, in the beginning there was nothing. This was called Chaos. From this nothingness came light, Mother Earth (Gaia) and Sky (Uranus) were formed. From Gaia and Uranus came six twins known as the Titans. The six twin Titans were named Oceanus and Thethys, Coeos and Phoebe, Hyperion and Thea, Creos and Themis, Iapetos and Clymene, and finally Cronos and Rhea.

Gaia and Uranus also gave birth to three Cyclopes, three giants, each with fifty heads and one-hundred arms. Uranus disliked his offspring, so he forced them to return to their mother’s womb. The pain of carrying the numerous children angered Gaia, and she made a plan for revenge against Uranus. She called upon the Titans to help her. The youngest, Cronos (master of time), came to her aid. Cronos, with his mother’s help, created a sickle and cut off his father’s genitals when his father came to be with his mother.

Cronos cast the cut off genitals into the sea. According to some versions of the myth, the goddess Aphrodite was created from the blood that dropped into the sea. In addition some of the blood dropped on to the earth creating all types of scary offspring.

After defeating his father, Cronos married his sister Rhea. The two had six children: Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades, Poseidon and Zeus. Cronos, after each birth, swallowed the first five children because of a prophecy that climed one of his children would overthrow him. Rhea tricked Cronos with the sixth child. Zeus, instead of handing Cronos the child, she gave him a rock in a blanket. Cronos swallowed it believing it was the baby. Rhea then smuggled the baby Zeus to the island of Crete to be raised by nymphs. Later Zeus would return to defeat his father in the battle between the Olympians and the Titans.

Marcus cardwell

Review:

This story is an interesting one. It talks about the birth of zues the most powerful god and king of all, and ruler of the sky's. Living on mount olympus. I think this is a good it also talks about the creation of other gods and the beggining of the great war between titans and gods. i chose this story because it spoke to me.

Aladdin

The story of Aladdin was told to Galland by a Syrian storyteller and the French scholar included it in his translation of One Thousand and One Nights (1704), an embellished and modified version of the original. Aladdin is a folk tale that appears only in forged Arabic manuscripts and was either an invention of the storyteller or part of the Syrian oral tradition. However, Aladdin became one of the most famous and recognizable characters of the Arabian Nights.

Aladdin, a character from the folktales of Persia*, appears in the collection of stories known as the Thousand and One Nights (or the Arabian Nights). Legends from Europe to China often contained characters like Aladdin—ordinary people who came into possession of magical devices and through them acquired wealth and power. Aladdin's magical tools were a ring and a lamp that controlled supernatural beings known as genies.

Aladdin was the lazy, irresponsible son of a poor tailor. A sorcerer tricked him into entering a treasure-filled cave to seize a magical lamp and gave him a ring that would protect against evil. Aladdin found the lamp, but he refused to give it to the sorcerer until he was outside the cave. The sorcerer blocked the entry to the cave, imprisoning Aladdin within.

Through a series of accidents, Aladdin discovered that rubbing the ring brought forth powerful genies, who released him from the cave. He also discovered he could summon the spirits by rubbing the lamp. The genies offered to fulfill Aladdin's every wish. He asked for and received a magnificent palace and the hand of the sultan's daughter in marriage.

supernatural related to forces beyond the normal world; magical or miraculous

genie spirit that serves the person who summons it

sorcerer magician or wizard

sultan ruler of a Persian or an Arabic state

The sorcerer, meanwhile, was determined to gain control of the magic lamp. He tricked Aladdin's wife into exchanging the lamp for a new one and then commanded the genie of the lamp to move Aladdin's palace to Africa. In time, Aladdin and his wife defeated the sorcerer and recovered the lamp. Then they had to prevent the sorcerer's wicked younger brother from seizing it. After

Donte Lindsay

Review:

I chiose this myth beacuse of the charterrsctics . it is a true myth for three reason one beacuse it is ficton. two beacuse of the charters. three beacuse of the charters backrounds it is like a love story that is why i chose this myth

Bloody Mary

She lived deep in the forest in a tiny cottage and sold herbal remedies for a living. Folks living in the town nearby called her Bloody Mary, and said she was a witch. None dared cross the old crone for fear that their cows would go dry, their food-stores rot away before winter, their children take sick of fever, or any number of terrible things that an angry witch could do to her neighbors.

Then the little girls in the village began to disappear, one by one. No one could find out where they had gone. Grief-stricken families searched the woods, the local buildings, and all the houses and barns, but there was no sign of the missing girls. A few brave souls even went to Bloody Mary's home in the woods to see if the witch had taken the girls, but she denied any knowledge of the disappearances. Still, it was noted that her haggard appearance had changed. She looked younger, more attractive. The neighbors were suspicious, but they could find no proof that the witch had taken their young ones.

Then came the night when the daughter of the miller rose from her bed and walked outside, following an enchanted sound no one else could hear. The miller's wife had a toothache and was sitting up in the kitchen treating the tooth with an herbal remedy when her daughter left the house. She screamed for her husband and followed the girl out of the door. The miller came running in his nightshirt. Together, they tried to restrain the girl, but she kept breaking away from them and heading out of town.

The desperate cries of the miller and his wife woke the neighbors. They came to assist the frantic couple. Suddenly, a sharp-eyed farmer gave a shout and pointed towards a strange light at the edge of the woods. A few townsmen followed him out into the field and saw Bloody Mary standing beside a large oak tree, holding a magic wand that was pointed towards the miller's house. She was glowing with an unearthly light as she set her evil spell upon the miller's daughter.

The townsmen grabbed their guns and their pitchforks and ran toward the witch. When she heard the commotion, Bloody Mary broke off her spell and fled back into the woods. The far-sighted farmer had loaded his gun with silver bullets in case the witch ever came after his daughter. Now he took aim and shot at her. The bullet hit Bloody Mary in the hip and she fell to the ground. The angry townsmen leapt upon her and carried her back into the field, where they built a huge bonfire and burned her at the stake.

As she burned, Bloody Mary screamed a curse at the villagers. If anyone mentioned her name aloud before a mirror, she would send her spirit to revenge herself upon them for her terrible death. When she was dead, the villagers went to the house in the wood and found the unmarked graves of the little girls the evil witch had murdered. She had used their blood to make her young again.

From that day to this, anyone foolish enough to chant Bloody Mary's name three times before a darkened mirror will summon the vengeful spirit of the witch. It is said that she will tear their bodies to pieces and rip their souls from their mutilated bodies. The souls of these unfortunate ones will burn in torment as Bloody Mary once was burned, and they will be trapped forever in the mirror.

Brian Nunez

Review: I chose this myth because, it reminds me of a camping. When me and my family would sit around the campfire and tell scary stories while roasting marshmellows. Its a very traditional american myth. Ive even tried chanting her name in the bathroom like the myth says to do. I am not going to lie i was very scared while doing it. Do it your self and see what happends !
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Bloody Knife Folklore

Many and many a year ago, two Micmac warriors from rival villages got into a terrible argument. Harsh words were exchanged, and then knives were pulled. The warriors battled back and forth on the banks of a small creek. They fought with the ferocity of grizzlies, tearing at each other with their knives, ripping at each others clothes and hair.

Suddenly, one of the warriors slipped on the muddy bank and fell into the waters of the creek. His bloody knife slipped from his hand and sank down and down to the bottom, landing upon a rock just beyond his reach. The warrior strained his pain-wracked body towards the knife as his blood filled the waters of the creek, but it was just beyond his fingertips. He thrashed and clawed towards his knife, desperate to reach it before his rival killed him, but no matter how he stretched, it always slipped out of reach.

On the bank above, the victorious Micmac warrior saw his rival sink into the blood-stained waters and lay still, the knife just a hair-breadth beyond his fingertips. He did not rise again. The fallen man's people found him a few hours later and tenderly rescued his body from the rippling waters of the creek. But when they tried to retrieve his bloody knife from the rock beneath him, it always slipped beyond their reach, though the creek was not deep.

Many and many a year has passed since that bloody day by the creek, and still the blood-stained knife lies beneath the rippling waters of the creek. Whenever anyone tries to reach it, the knife slips out of reach. It is like trying to touch something on the bottom of the sea, although the creek itself is not deep. Even the rushing waters of the spring season do not move the mysterious knife or wash away the blood staining its blade.

For this reason, the creek is called Wokun - meaning "knife" by the Micmac people, and the white men call it "Bloody Creek"

Tishaya James

Review:i picked it becuase i like the myth. also i liked scary things thats one reason why i picked it. The other reason is i think its interesting to me...........