Myths and Legends from around the world - True or false?

Myths are false with a hidden sense. Legends are more or less historical with a proportion of imaginative elements

The Maya prophecy, a new day dawning from winter solstice, December 21, 2012 AD

The 7th century Mayan prophet Pacal Votan left a universal message for future generations of an evolving Earth. Proclaiming,"If Humanity Wishes To Save Itself From Biospheric Destruction It Must Return To Living in Natural Time," he foretold of our accelerated technological society, and the resulting damage of our collective divergence from Natural Law in exchange for materialist values. Earth and her inhabitants are currently travelling through the cycle known both as "the triumph of materialism" and "the transformation of matter". The Maya predicted this final cycle would be a time of great forgetting in which we drift very far from our sense of Oneness with Nature and experience a kind of collective amnesia. Like a memory virus in which we begin to believe the limited reality of appearances and grow dense to the spiritual essence which fuels this world, so humanity's sense of ego and domination has grown.
http://www.13moon.com/prophecy%20page.htm

How the Bear lost his Tail    

Fox was sitting on the frozen water, surrounded by fish. He knew that Bear was hungry, and decided to play a trick on him. "Hello brother Fox" said Bear, his mouth watering. "Where did you get all those fish?" "I caught them" said Fox, pointing to a hole in the ice. "But you don't have anything to fish with" said Bear. "I used my tail" said Fox. Bear was totally blown away by this. "You used your Tail?" he shouted. "Sure. It's the best thing for catching fish. Shall I show how?Then you'll always have as many fish as you want to eat." "Yes please" said Bear in his deep, gruff voice. His mouth watered again. Fox pointed to the hole in the ice. "There's no fish left in there. Let's go to another part of the lake where there's more." ....
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/bear1.htm

How the Rainbow Was Made

Overhead, two little bluebirds were playing games with each other. The first little bluebird would chase his friend across the meadow one way. Then they would turn around and the second bluebird would chase him back the other way. Zippity-zip went the first bluebird as he raced across the sky. Zappity-zing went the second bluebird as he chased him in the brilliant sunshine. Occasionally, Nanbozho would shade his eyes and look up…up into the endless blue sky to watch the two little birds playing. Then he went back to work, painting yellow centers in the white daisies. Above him, the two birds decided to see how fast they could dive down to the green fields below them. The first bluebird sailed down and down, and then pulled himself up sharply just before he touched the ground. As he soared passed Nanbozho, his right wing dipped into the red paint pot. When the second bluebird dove toward the grass, his left wing grazed the orange paint pot....
http://www.americanfolklore.net/folktales/mi6.html

Pandora´s Box

Zeus, set Hephaestos the task of creating a clay woman with a human voice. Athene, goddess of wisdom and Zeus' daughter liked the clay figure and she breathed life into it. Zeus was pleased with what he saw, he named the woman Pandora and sent her as a gift to Epimetheus. Epimetheus fell in love with Pandora and married her. Zeus gave Pandora a wedding gift of a beautiful box. There was one condition however...that was that she never opened the box.... Finally she could stand it no longer. One day when everyone was out she crept up to the box, took the huge key....
http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/carolrb/greek/greek1.html

Maya Gods and Goddesses

The ancient Mayans had a complex pantheon of deities whom they worshipped and offered human sacrifices. Rulers were believed to be descendants of the gods and their blood was the ideal sacrifice, either through personal bloodletting or the sacrifice of captives of royal blood. The Mayan vision of the universe is divided into multiple levels, above and below earth, positioned within the four directions of north, south, east and west. After death, the soul was believed to go to the Underworld, Xibalba (shee bal bah), a place of fright where sinister gods tested and tricked their unfortunate visitors...
http://www.crystalinks.com/mayangods.html

The Men in Black are beings who appear anywhere major UFO sightings take place

They go about threatening people who have claimed to have seen UFOs into not asking about what they witnessed. They wear sunglasses. They wear black suits. They have olive complexions. They drive black mint-condition vintage luxury cars or fly in black helicopters. Some think that they are government agents. Some think that they are alien agents. The first reported occurrence of Men in Black was traced to Albert K. Bender, the editor of a flying saucer publication called the "Space Review". In the October 1953 issue he placed an announcement stating that he had come across information that would solve the flying saucer mystery...

Books about myths and legends

Myths & Legends: Stories Gods Heroes Monsters Author: Philip Wilkinson Myths & Legends retells the stories central to every culture that have been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years. Coverage extends from the well-known tales of the Ancient Greeks, which hold the key to the origin of such phrases as "Achille´s heel," to the lesser-known, but richly colorful, myths of the Americas and the East. Topic spreads explore characters and stories in terms of their cultural, psychological, and religious meanings and show their power, purpose, and influence both in their own time and in today´s world. Feature spreads visit the sacred sites that can still be seen today, and underline the importance of themes that appear across cultures and through the centuries. In looking at such universal themes as creation, heroic trials, tricksters lessons, and death and the afterlife, Myths & Legends investigates how different cultures have addressed questions such as How was the world created? How did man learn to use fire? and Why do we grow old?	Giants, Monsters, and Dragons Author: Carol Rose There are three criteria for inclusion in this near-comprehensive reference work on a relatively narrow aspect of folklore: the creature cannot be divine, it must be a supernatural being from mythology, legend, folklore, or classic literature, and it may be a cryptozoological or symbolic being, such as a heraldic beast. Although various other sources treat giants, monsters, and mystery animals, none seems to cover them all at once, and this work´s inclusion of the symbolic element appears to be unique. Entries give basic descriptions of each creature as well as its activities, region, culture, and historical period, and each entry is both cross-referenced and referenced to a selected bibliography. In these pages you will meet extraordinary beings from Hindu and Navajo religions, Scandinavian tales, Russian folklore, Lithuanian stories, Irish oral history, American tall tales, and Aztec myth. Just some of the monstrous entourage: • Baku, a benevolent Japanese monster with the body of a horse, the head of a lion, and the legs of a tiger, who helps people by devouring their nightmares. • Kurma, the giant tortoise of Hindu myth, whose upper shell forms the heavens and lower part the earth. • Missipissy, the feared fish serpent of North America´s Great Lakes region.	Greek Myths and Legends Author: Cheryl Evans, Anne Millard, Rodney Matthews This superbly illustrated reference guide is a thrilling introduction to the characters and adventures that make up the Greek Myths. Includes condensed versions of all the most famous stories brought to life with stunning pictures. - Includes a "Who´s Who" in Greek mythology - Stunning illustrations bring myths and characters to life.	Ancient Egyptian Myths and Legends Author: Lewis Spence Superb in-depth survey explores animism, totemism, fetishism, creation myths, Egyptian priesthood, cult of Osiris, numerous deities, Book of the Dead, alchemy, Egyptian art and magic, legends and a host of other topics. Erudite, clearly written work, enhanced with over 50 photographs and illustrations.

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