Mythical Horses: Crash Course World Mythology #37
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Date: 2022-04-04
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Sasha
Never heard the buraq being a horse, only as some magical vehicle that took Muhammad during the Isra Mi'raj (the event of god's command for shalat being passed on, but I did search for it on google and it is depicted in pictures as a winged horse much like pegasus. and by the way the Indonesians has a legend resembling the Freya and the Builder story, Freya being a beautiful princess called Roro Jonggrang, and the builder being a prince from another kingdom called Bandung Bondowoso. Roro Jonggrang's father, Prabu Boko, is a crueld man-eating giant, wage war to Bandung's kingdom, short story Bandung defeated and killed Prabu Boko and then lay a siege on his palace. Prince Bandung was so mesmerized by the princess' beauty that he proposed to her only to be swiftly rejected. The prince insisted on his proposal and finally the princess agrees on two condition: first, the prince must build a well named Jalatunda, and second, he must build a thousand temples in one night. Eager to marry the princess, Bandung agree to the conditions and immediately work on the well using his supernatural power summoning all manner of jinns (some interpret as demons) to help him. He proudly displayed his work to the princess only to be tricked and buried alive in the well. With great effort, Bandung escaped and still madly in love with Roro Jonggrang that he forgave her trickery. To fulfill his second task, he again uses his supernatural power and used the jinns to help him build the temples. Upon finishing the very last one, Roro Jonggrang tries one last effort to trick Bandung. She and her maids lit fires in the east and begin pounding rice padi, a traditional dawn activity, to which the roosters are fooled thinking that the sun was about to rise, the jinns fled back into the darkness and leaving Bandung and the last temple unfinished. Bandung was furious when he learned of this deception and did not want to pay the blood price for sorcery alone. And thus the prince cursed Roro Jonggrang, turning her into stone becoming a feature in the last temple. The temple exist today in Central Java, Indonesia and is named Candi Sewu = A Thousand Temples, but in reality it consist of 249 temples. Or is it? ; )
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Never heard the buraq being a horse, only as some magical vehicle that took Muhammad during the Isra Mi'raj (the event of god's command for shalat being passed on, but I did search for it on google and it is depicted in pictures as a winged horse much like pegasus. and by the way the Indonesians has a legend resembling the Freya and the Builder story, Freya being a beautiful princess called Roro Jonggrang, and the builder being a prince from another kingdom called Bandung Bondowoso. Roro Jonggrang's father, Prabu Boko, is a crueld man-eating giant, wage war to Bandung's kingdom, short story Bandung defeated and killed Prabu Boko and then lay a siege on his palace. Prince Bandung was so mesmerized by the princess' beauty that he proposed to her only to be swiftly rejected. The prince insisted on his proposal and finally the princess agrees on two condition: first, the prince must build a well named Jalatunda, and second, he must build a thousand temples in one night. Eager to marry the princess, Bandung agree to the conditions and immediately work on the well using his supernatural power summoning all manner of jinns (some interpret as demons) to help him. He proudly displayed his work to the princess only to be tricked and buried alive in the well. With great effort, Bandung escaped and still madly in love with Roro Jonggrang that he forgave her trickery. To fulfill his second task, he again uses his supernatural power and used the jinns to help him build the temples. Upon finishing the very last one, Roro Jonggrang tries one last effort to trick Bandung. She and her maids lit fires in the east and begin pounding rice padi, a traditional dawn activity, to which the roosters are fooled thinking that the sun was about to rise, the jinns fled back into the darkness and leaving Bandung and the last temple unfinished. Bandung was furious when he learned of this deception and did not want to pay the blood price for sorcery alone. And thus the prince cursed Roro Jonggrang, turning her into stone becoming a feature in the last temple. The temple exist today in Central Java, Indonesia and is named Candi Sewu = A Thousand Temples, but in reality it consist of 249 temples. Or is it? ; )
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Onoufrios
It's so sad to always hear the word Romans accompany the Greeks. -
They leached on to them, took their originality to the point that people are confused when they look at statues of learn about gods,
and managed to even earn a place in mythology etc.
'Greco-Roman' is not a thing and it shouldn't be, especially here.
'Greek' is.
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It's so sad to always hear the word Romans accompany the Greeks. -
They leached on to them, took their originality to the point that people are confused when they look at statues of learn about gods,
and managed to even earn a place in mythology etc.
'Greco-Roman' is not a thing and it shouldn't be, especially here.
'Greek' is.
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Hinatta
You forgot the Mares of Diomedes from Greek mythology
(The Mares of Diomedes, also called the Mares of Thrace, were a herd of man-eating horses in Greek mythology. Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to Diomedes, king of Thrace, son of Ares and Cyrene who lived on the shores of the Black Sea )
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You forgot the Mares of Diomedes from Greek mythology
(The Mares of Diomedes, also called the Mares of Thrace, were a herd of man-eating horses in Greek mythology. Magnificent, wild, and uncontrollable, they belonged to Diomedes, king of Thrace, son of Ares and Cyrene who lived on the shores of the Black Sea )
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starsaur
Another very important fact about unicorns: contrary to the belief of some residents in the northwestern United States, unicorns can't use their horns to determine if a maiden is pure of heart. Their horns can only glow and play rave music.
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Another very important fact about unicorns: contrary to the belief of some residents in the northwestern United States, unicorns can't use their horns to determine if a maiden is pure of heart. Their horns can only glow and play rave music.
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TheShinblast
Tbh Buraaq is more like an omega ultra advanced alien technology, or in this case an extra terrestrial -means- of transportation that could transcends and even alter the dimension of time and space.
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Tbh Buraaq is more like an omega ultra advanced alien technology, or in this case an extra terrestrial -means- of transportation that could transcends and even alter the dimension of time and space.
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Hayley
4: 09 Uh, the Battle of the Centaurs was definitely not Michelangelo's final work. It was actually one of his earliest works- it was a practice piece meant to show his ability to potential commissioners.
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4: 09 Uh, the Battle of the Centaurs was definitely not Michelangelo's final work. It was actually one of his earliest works- it was a practice piece meant to show his ability to potential commissioners.
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Casey
My understanding is that -unicorns can only be tamed by a virgin- was an historical in-joke, because it takes a mythical creature to catch a mythical creature. :P
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My understanding is that -unicorns can only be tamed by a virgin- was an historical in-joke, because it takes a mythical creature to catch a mythical creature. :P
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ahobluo
2: 44 hahahaha. From where are you bringing these information? or you are just creating. Check from a reliable source before you publish something.
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2: 44 hahahaha. From where are you bringing these information? or you are just creating. Check from a reliable source before you publish something.
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FireAceDragon
2: 12 So Loki gave birth to Odin's favorite pet, making Odin as Sleipnir's uncle. I'm going to have a hard time seeing that in MCU now.
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2: 12 So Loki gave birth to Odin's favorite pet, making Odin as Sleipnir's uncle. I'm going to have a hard time seeing that in MCU now.
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Nyckel
The idea of the historical Muhammed riding around on a horse with a human face and everyone just playing it cool around it is pretty funny.
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The idea of the historical Muhammed riding around on a horse with a human face and everyone just playing it cool around it is pretty funny.
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