http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/-t1.htm Find stories on myths and legends from around the world in here. Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:44:19 GMT 10 http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o96/ff-paranormal/phantomfoxghostieblack.jpg http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/-t1.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-white-birds-t2777.htm Mel_Kim There is a legend that white birds that look like albatrosses are seen on Salisbury Plain whenever a Bishop of Salisbury dies. This has happened several times and is quite well documented but i have never heard this tale have any of you? Myths and Legends Thu, 22 Oct 2009 16:44:19 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-white-birds-t2777.htm#20645 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-white-birds-t2777.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/dream-premonition-brother-s-murder-t2273.htm magssdoc How can a captain of ship out at sea, many miles from land, know of his brother's murder back home in Cornwall? We are not talking about a time when it is easy to have ship to shore communications and news can be sent from one place to another in an hour but of a time of sailing ships. Captain Edmund Norway was aboard the ship Orient, outward bound from Manila to Cadiz, he had just finished a letter to his brother so knew the date of his premonition, 8th February 1840. After writing ... Myths and Legends Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:10:10 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/dream-premonition-brother-s-murder-t2273.htm#17041 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/dream-premonition-brother-s-murder-t2273.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-premature-death-of-paul-maccartney-t1053.htm THE BOSS!!! Originally posted on ff2/phantom foxes by kinks The Premature Death of Paul MacCartney Did you know that Paul McCartney, the ex-Beatle, never actually left the band because . . . he died in 1966 and was then replaced by a lookalike? It sounds bizarre, and it is. The "Paul is dead" myth is one of the most popular myths set in the world of rock music and perhaps the most fun to follow up. It all began on October 12, 1969, when Russ Gibb, a DJ for Detroit's underground station ... Myths and Legends Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:04:28 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-premature-death-of-paul-maccartney-t1053.htm#5632 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-premature-death-of-paul-maccartney-t1053.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/was-the-griffon-cursed-t2274.htm magssdoc Built to explore the Upper Great Lakes, this ship was unique, built by the Europeans to allow them to explore, it was crafted from the timbers of the trees on the shores of the Lakes. Built in Upper Niagra, it saild on it's maiden voyage in 1679, only to disppear surrounded by stories. nightbirdsfountain.blogspot.com/2006/08/great-lakes-shipwreck-griffon.html greatlakesexploration.org/ - 9k greatlakesexploration.org/expedition.htm - Myths and Legends Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:24:36 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/was-the-griffon-cursed-t2274.htm#17042 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/was-the-griffon-cursed-t2274.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/spring-heeled-jack-phantom-rooftop-phantoms-phenomena-t2254.htm magssdoc Spring Heeled Jack first appeared in the early 1800's, and you would be forgiven for thing that it was just an urban myth, but since his first appeareance, there have been several bouts of 'Spring heeled jacks' or 'rooftop phantoms'. Straight out of the penny dreadfuls so beloved of the Victorians is the story of Jack, long before the Ripper, who terrorised Barnes, an area now in the southwest of London in 1838. There were stories of a spring heeled man with glowing red eyes attacking women ... Myths and Legends Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:54:45 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/spring-heeled-jack-phantom-rooftop-phantoms-phenomena-t2254.htm#16988 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/spring-heeled-jack-phantom-rooftop-phantoms-phenomena-t2254.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/picnic-at-hanging-rock-t2077.htm magssdoc When this film was released, it was touted that it was based on a true story. The book which I had read, was strangely enematic, never coming out fully and saying it was a work of fiction. As a result, the location of the film Hanging Rock in the Mount Macedon region of Victoria in Australia, has attracted many more visitors, trying to solve the mystery. The film starts with a party of schoolgirls from a Victorian boarding school departing for a St Valentine's Day picnic at Hanging Rock, ... Myths and Legends Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:11:10 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/picnic-at-hanging-rock-t2077.htm#16296 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/picnic-at-hanging-rock-t2077.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-legend-of-alton-towers-t1888.htm Anonymous Source Wikipedia The legend goes that on an autumn night in 1821, the Earl of Shrewsbury was returning to his home in Alton Towers when an old woman suddenly appeared in the road. The coach stopped to find why she was there, and then the old woman begged for a coin. The Earl cruelly dismissed her, so the old woman placed a curse on him. The old woman said, "For every branch on the Old Oak Tree here that falls, a member of the Earl’s family will die." The Earl dismissed ... Myths and Legends Sun, 02 Nov 2008 13:01:17 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-legend-of-alton-towers-t1888.htm#14755 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-legend-of-alton-towers-t1888.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/mark-twain-t1622.htm Mel_Kim Mark Twain was born on the day of the appearance of Halley's Comet in 1835, and died on the day of its next appearance in 1910. He himself predicted this in 1909, when he said I came in with Halley's Comet in 1835. It is coming again next year, and I expect to go out with it. Myths and Legends Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:40:08 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/mark-twain-t1622.htm#11926 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/mark-twain-t1622.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-flying-tripods-t1132.htm THE BOSS!!! Originally posted on ff2/phantom foxes by rudy guest The flying tripods Mysteries of the Yellow Emperor - The flying tripods (From the Mysteries of the Yellow Emperor Huang-ti (27th century B.C.), who, it is said, lived in those misty reaches of time before the Shang dynasty, China) The "Sons of Heaven" it was Huang-ti who had left the "largest footprint" in the Chinese mythology. He first made his appearance in the Huang He River basin. Huang-ti was very ... Myths and Legends Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:07:18 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-flying-tripods-t1132.htm#5797 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-flying-tripods-t1132.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-monster-of-troy-t1126.htm THE BOSS!!! Originally posted on ff2/phantom foxes by rudy guest The Monster of Troy In a small glass case in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts lies a strange ancient Greek vase. This odd vase is covered by a series of strange paintings, including one which has bewildered archaeologists for centuries, because the head of the monster is a dinosaur and the image shows man and dinosaur coexist? The painting in question is the oldest illustration of the story of the Monster of Troy, a creature described ... Myths and Legends Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:31:06 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-monster-of-troy-t1126.htm#5788 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/the-monster-of-troy-t1126.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/tintern-abbey-gwent-t1078.htm THE BOSS!!!
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Myths and Legends Sun, 16 Mar 2008 15:55:49 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/ghost-of-the-white-deer-t999.htm#5525 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/ghost-of-the-white-deer-t999.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/green-children-t942.htm THE BOSS!!! Originally posted by rudy The Green Children This story was told by medieval writers (Ralph of Coggestall and William of Newbridge), about the discovery of fairy children in the South of England in the twelfth century. There are two versions of the story, one placed in Suffolk and one in Norfolk, with only a small distance separating them. This is the Suffolk version. In Suffolk, at St Mary's of the Wolf Pits, a boy and his sister with green tinged skin were said to have been ... Myths and Legends Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:58:34 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/green-children-t942.htm#5434 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/green-children-t942.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/dando-and-the-wild-hunt-t941.htm THE BOSS!!! Originally posted by rudy Dando and the Wild Hunt There are many tales to explain the origin of the spectral wild hunt, this one is from the Parish of St Germans in Cornwall. It explains how a priest with low morals became a demon huntsman. In the medieval period the priest of the parish of St Germans was called Dando. Dando was not a figure of priestly virtue but abused his powers to enjoy earthly delights. He was not pretty to look upon, and his vices were reflected in ... Myths and Legends Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:55:02 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/dando-and-the-wild-hunt-t941.htm#5433 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/dando-and-the-wild-hunt-t941.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/will-o-the-wisp-t940.htm THE BOSS!!! Originally posted by rudy Will o' the Wisp The Will o' the Wisp is the most common name given to the mysterious lights that were said to lead travellers from the well-trodden paths into treacherous marshes. The tradition exists with slight variation throughout Britain, the lights often bearing a regional name. There are various explanations for the Will o' the Wisps, the most general being that they are malevolent spirits either of the dead or non-human intelligence. They have a ... Myths and Legends Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:51:00 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/will-o-the-wisp-t940.htm#5432 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/will-o-the-wisp-t940.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/piskies-cornwall-t939.htm THE BOSS!!! Originally posted by rudy Piskies (Cornwall) There are a number of creatures particular to Cornish folklore, although their cousins can be found elsewhere in Britain under a different name and guise. One of these strains is the Piskie also known as a Pixie in other West Country counties. The Piskie is a general name for a fairy race or tribe in Cornwall. In appearance they look like old men with wrinkled faces, and are small in stature with red hair. They dress in the colours ... Myths and Legends Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:47:22 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/piskies-cornwall-t939.htm#5431 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/piskies-cornwall-t939.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/black-annis-t937.htm THE BOSS!!! Originally posted by Rudy on Phantom Foxes Black Annis The area around the Dane Hills in Leicestershire, (now built upon) was said to be haunted by a creature known as Black Annis, possibly the remnants of some pagan goddess in darker times. She took the form of a one eyed wizened crone, immensely strong with sharp tearing teeth, long black claws and a blue face. She was said to hide in a giant oak, long since felled, that was once the remnants of a great forest, which covered ... Myths and Legends Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:39:20 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/black-annis-t937.htm#5429 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/black-annis-t937.htm http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/quicksand-mythbusted-t921.htm THE BOSS!!! Originally posted by Kinks on phantom foxes Quicksand : The Myth Exposed Quicksand is not the bottomless pit portrayed in Hollywood films that sucks in unsuspecting victims and swallows them whole. It is true the more people struggle, the deeper they sink into the soupy mixture. But its buoyancy makes it impossible to be completely submerged, scientists report today in the journal Nature. "Everybody thinks, thanks to Hollywood, that you can drown in quicksand. ... Myths and Legends Sat, 15 Mar 2008 14:04:15 GMT http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/quicksand-mythbusted-t921.htm#5389 http://the-phantom-foxes.forumotion.com/myths-and-legends-f36/quicksand-mythbusted-t921.htm