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Legends

Legends. Legend?. Lost city of Atlantis. Legend?. King Arthur. Legend?. Robin Hood. Legend?. Paul Bunyan. Legends. Folktales Help explain the past Passed down from generation to generation. A Chinese Legend. Explains the Beginning of China. Huangshan (the Yellow Mountains).

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Legends

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  1. Legends

  2. Legend? Lost city of Atlantis

  3. Legend? King Arthur

  4. Legend? Robin Hood

  5. Legend? Paul Bunyan

  6. Legends • Folktales • Help explain the past • Passed down from generation to generation

  7. A Chinese Legend Explains the Beginning of China Huangshan (the Yellow Mountains)

  8. China’s Beginnings • Egg cracked • Created sky and earth

  9. P’an Gu • Came from egg • First man • Grew for 18,000 years • died

  10. P’an Gu’s Body Becomes… • Head split – sun and moon • Blood – rivers and seas • Hair – forests and meadows • Perspiration – rain • Breath – wind • Voice - thunder

  11. An African Legend Explains why the sun shines more brightly than the moon

  12. Sun vs Moon • God created Moon (bigger and brighter) and Sun • Sun became jealous and attacked moon • Sun begged for mercy • Sun attacked again & threw Moon into the mud • Moon now was not as bright

  13. God steps in…. • Sun brighter and shines during the day for kings and workers • Moon shines only at night for thieves and witches

  14. A Rumanian Legend Explains the creation of mountains and valleys

  15. God made the heavens • He use a ball of thread to measure the heavens • Began creating earth beneath them • Mole offered to help

  16. Mole helps…. • Mole held the thread while God wove and shaped the earth • Mole let out too much thread so earth was too big to fit under the heavens • Mole was afraid and buried himself

  17. Help from Bee • God sent Bee to ask Mole to find out what should be done • Mole did not answer • So Bee had a plan…..

  18. Bee’s Plan

  19. Bee hid in flowers to overhear Mole (as he would often talk out loud to himself) • Bee heard Mole say to push mountains up and valleys in • Bee flew away to tell God

  20. Curse turned to Blessing…. • Mole heard Bee fly away and cursed Bee (Feed on yourself) • God turned Mole’s curse into a blessing: Bees make honey • Mole lives underground and is afraid to come out

  21. Legends explain: • Creation • Deeds • Stars • Why maple trees have red leaves • Geographic features • Many more

  22. Learning About the Past • Writing developed more than 5,000 years ago • Laws, poems, speeches, battle plans, letters, contracts • Legends were then written down • Many were thought to be fact • Archeologists and anthropologists work together to find the truth about legends

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