My funky padlet by https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu Made with charm en-us 2022-06-17 13:18:46 UTC 2026-01-20 19:03:52 UTC hello@padlet.com The Kelpies, Grangemouth, Falkirk gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224035931 A kelpies is the most common water spirt in Scottish myths. The Kelpies are said to haunt deep pools, rivers and streams, it is said they drag people down and drown them.]]> 2022-06-17 13:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224035931 Loch Ness gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224038407 The loch ness is a place in Scotland, where a water monster, called Nessie, is found. a marine reptile that swam in the water and that's believed to have been extinct for 65 million years. But there's one big problem: We haven't found any plesiosaur bones in Loch Ness.]]> 2022-06-17 13:24:10 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224038407 Black Forest, Germany gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224040136 In Germanic mythology, Myrkviðr (Old Norse "dark wood" or "black forest") is the name of several European forests.]]> 2022-06-17 13:26:07 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224040136 Gondola Ride, Riva del Vin, Venice, Metropolitan City of Venice, Italy gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224041339 Here’s Avventure Bellissime’s history of the famous Gondola, a truly Italian boat. The history of the gondola is something of a mystery. Lost to the recesses of time, and argued over by scholars, no one can quite pin point exactly when the first gondola floated along a Venetian canal.]]> 2022-06-17 13:27:49 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224041339 Greenland gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224044115 The Northern Lights is loved by the foreigners but ‘’feared’’ by the locals!

This old Greenlandic myth says that when the northern lights are dancing in the sky, that is the greenlandic ancestors playing in the sky. So when kids whistle at the lights, they come closer and closer and eventually they will take your head and play soccer with it.

Another version of this myth is that the moving lights are the spirits of stillborn babies dancing in the sky.

]]> 2022-06-17 13:31:37 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224044115 Egypt gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224045659 Because the Nile was so important Egypt was seen as the image of the skies, where the gods sailed the “waters on high”; and so the Nile has a heavenly as well as an earthly source. Its flood transforms Egypt into a vast sea likened to the primordial ocean, the Nun. Out of black mud came green shoots of life and out of the primeval ocean came the gods and humans.]]> 2022-06-17 13:33:48 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224045659 Athens, Greece gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224046355 According to the ancient Athenian founding myth, Athena, the goddess of wisdom and war, competed against Poseidon, the God of the Seas, for patronage of the yet-unnamed city; they agreed that whoever gave the Athenians the better gift would become their patron and appointed Cecrops, the king of Athens, as the judge]]> 2022-06-17 13:34:50 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224046355 Ireland gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224048295 Pookas are a kind of fairy who just is interested in creating chaos in the mortal world. The Pookas was seen at night across the seaboard and rural Ireland. On any good day, the Pooka would come and destroy a farm, causing harm to animals and tearing down fences. On bad days Pookas would stand outside a farmhouse and then call people by their name. If the person came out the Pooka would take them away.]]> 2022-06-17 13:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224048295 Iceland gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224049367 More than likely the belief of elves in Iceland originated out of the respect Icelanders have for the country’s powerful nature. With lava fields, frightening eruptions, earthquakes, and more, the early Icelanders turned to stories to explain the nature around them. Inhabiting the wild landscapes are elves, trolls, ghosts, and more.]]> 2022-06-17 13:38:45 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224049367 Spain gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224052303 Saint George and the dragon is a myth from Spain. The myths says the Dragon terrorised people in Spain and a princess was offered to the dragon. When George heard about this he rode into the village, George slayed the dragon and rescued the princess.]]> 2022-06-17 13:42:42 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2224052303 Greece gw13kelleycluniejaim https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2229825903 The most popular myth about Europa says that she was the daughter of Agenor, a Phoenician king, and later became a wife of Zeus, the King of Gods. According to the legend, Europa was the epitome of feminine beauty on Earth. Zeus once saw her on the seashore of Phoenicia playing with her friends.]]> 2022-06-24 13:39:13 UTC https://padlet.com/gw13kelleycluniejaim/oue9qoggmhpxoyxu/wish/2229825903