Iron MikeyJ Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 (edited) I'm asking this to any of my European friends on here, do you believe or have you ever spent much time thinking about old folklore? It doesn't matter where it originated, I'm just curious and interested in all of it. Over here in the US, we don't really have much knowledge or awareness of such things, the closest would probably be Native American folklore. But in Europe, and the UK in general, you have a vast and rich history of such topics. Does anyone believe any of the stories, or is it just nonsense? I was reading about Nessie today, which led me to Kelpies, which I had never heard of before. I find the whole thing very interesting. I have also looked into Fairies and Leprcauhns in the past. I would appreciate any stories or thoughts anyone can share on these topics, anything really. I guess I lean more towards the possibility that many of these stories probably were based in some sort of facts, but were either destroyed or turned into fables by Christianinty. They all have very Pagan origins, which leads me to believe they may have some validity, because the Church wanted to wipe out all things Pagan. Like I said, over here in America, these stories don't really exist, or are very few and far between. But perhaps in the old country, your granparents shared such stories with you and what not???? Edited November 16, 2014 by Mike420 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lithium Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 It's just nonsense, like all other religions and superstitions. It's interesting from a historical perspective, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyndaRose Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 I am attending Celtic and Medieval events in the Netherlands, selling my products 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 It's just nonsense, like all other religions and superstitions. It's interesting from a historical perspective, though.At least Nordic gods are fucking cool. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgy Zhukov Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Wikipedia is an excellent source of information on folklore. Germanic, Slavic, Norse, Native American, Chinese. You name it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Nova Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Are you telling me this is fake? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted November 16, 2014 Share Posted November 16, 2014 Are you telling me this is fake? Looks like my gran taking a dump. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted November 17, 2014 Share Posted November 17, 2014 I like classical mythology, Homer's Iliad, Virgil's Aeneid, etc. I think folklore is the lifeblood of a country. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted November 17, 2014 Author Share Posted November 17, 2014 I have no idea what they are saying, but I like the song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) Robin Hood...Is actually folklore.There was no Robin Hood.That's the only modern day folklore I can think of still alive here today.He's not really mythical, but a hero of the people, IDK, was Johnny Appleseed real? Edited February 8, 2015 by Snake-Pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Red Cap! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I just learned what a Redcap was.Sounds messed up.'They dye their hats red with the blood of their victims' 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I always pictured Hoggle from Labyrinth was actually a Red Cap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I have never heard of one in my life.Gosh... They prey on people traveling the border between Scotland and England Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DR DOOM Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 My dad is from the Scottish Borders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 (edited) The Werewolf. - Woodcut; Werewolf Attack, by Lucas Cranach the Elder, 1512First recorded by Gaius Petronius Arbiter (/pɪˈtroʊniəs/; c. 27 – 66 AD), a Roman courtier during the reign of Nero ... Who knew? And then again in England by a Saxon guy in the early 1500s... Maybe the thing came to these shores from that old Roman Empire, and, believe me; The Werewolf was my Boogie Man when I was a child. Watching an American Werewolf in London (1981) @ home at a young age only introduced me to it. Seeing the thing tare up Leicester Square and running around the Underground didn't help neither.I first heard of Warren Zevon's song; Werewolfs of London, sung by Adam Sandler on Youtube I pass this all the time. Edited February 8, 2015 by Snake-Pit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron MikeyJ Posted February 8, 2015 Author Share Posted February 8, 2015 @Snakes,Yes Johnny Appleseed was real, his name was John Chapman. Of course his story was GREATLY exaggerated over the years. But he really did go around planting apple trees. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Len Cnut Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 I always pictured Hoggle from Labyrinth was actually a Red Cap.Did you ever get the feeling during that film that David Bowie was just taking the piss throughout? He has the expression on his face for almost the entire movie that makes it look like he's delivering every line like he thinks it's hilairious. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Okya, but I doubt Paul Bunyan's real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteron Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 The Loch Ness Monster is a modern myth. The first sighting was 1933The only recorded sighting before then was 565AD. From another website, "The first recorded sighting of Nessie was in 565 A.D. by Saint Columba. Saint Columba was an Irish missionary praised for spreading Christianity in Scotland. On one trip to the highlands, he ran across a group of people burying a man who had been bitten by the monster in the River Ness. The Saint supposedly asked another man present to swim across the river. When the man jumped in, the monster rose from the depths and Saint Columba, invoking God’s power, banished it. The story was written nearly a century after the supposed encounter; but even so, it remains a popular piece of “evidence” used to demonstrate Nessie’s existence"Accounts from Irish missionaries, historically, have to be taken with a pinch of salt. They were more story tellers than truth givers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselDaisy Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 The interesting thing about the Loch Ness Monster myth is, scientists had to take it seriously as there is just such a, thought to be, extinct order of marine reptilia, Plesiosauria, which bares a striking resemblance to descriptions and photographs of 'Nessy'. Here is a specimen,The idea of a, previously thought to be, extinct specie surviving the K-T Extinction can not be overruled. After all, approx. 25% of species did survive the catastrophe including mammals, crocodilia, fish and sharks and avian dinosaurs (i.e. birds). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmarBradley Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 The interesting thing about the Loch Ness Monster myth is, scientists had to take it seriously as there is just such a, thought to be, extinct order of marine reptilia, Plesiosauria, which bares a striking resemblance to descriptions and photographs of 'Nessy'. Here is a specimen,The idea of a, previously thought to be, extinct specie surviving the K-T Extinction can not be overruled. After all, approx. 25% of species did survive the catastrophe including mammals, crocodilia, fish and sharks and avian dinosaurs (i.e. birds).Looks like Lapras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 10, 2015 Share Posted February 10, 2015 This takes me back... omg...my stop...Northern Line/Tottenham Court Road(Out of all the stops it had to be on)... It had to be on mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake-Pit Posted February 11, 2015 Share Posted February 11, 2015 Vunter Slaush Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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