Myths, Legends & Other Water Related Stories Of Old.
(Note: This is really just a
start –CF-)
MYTHS – (mith) n. 1. A story, presented as historical, dealing with the cosmological and
supernatural traditions of a people; their gods, culture, heroes, religious
beliefs, etc. 2. A popular fable or folk tale. 3. A Parable;
allegory.
LEGEND – 1. An unauthenticated story from early times, preserved by
tradition and popularity thought to be historical. 2. Such narratives,
collectively. 4. Loosely, the fame of a person or place.
The above from: The New
Illustrated Webster’s Dictionary of the English Language, published 1992,
Pamico Publishing Co., Inc., NYC, NY.
On this page I will attempt to
chronicle any myth that has a relation to water and the strange things seen on
it, coming out of it or going into it, that may have a baring on events of the
past that are realized by the tales of our times.
Keeping in mind that Troy was once a myth…..
JAPAN
The Kappa: Ugly, Fishlike
Aliens of Japan?
According to well-known stories
originating in Medieval Japan, a breed of humanoid creature called the Kappa
was believed at the time to dwell in rivers and swampy areas. These
beings were diminutive in stature and scaly of hide. They walked erect, though
their extremities ended in odd, webbed structures that looked not unlike claws.
There hung down from their large mobile ears weird appendages resembling long
narrow earrings. Their eyes were triangular and elongated, while on the top of
the head there sat what appeared to some observers to be a bald spot, to others
a big ball of yarn out of which stuck four lengthy darning needles.
Then and now--there is still the
occasional report of the sighting of one of the creatures--the Kappa have
received a bad press in Japan. This may have something to do with their
grotesque appearance. Whatever the case may be, legends have grown up around
them suggesting that they are dirty; greedy and lazy--very much like some of
the "wee folk" of the Celtic legends.
At
the same time, extraordinary endeavours have been imputed to the Kappa. The
medieval chroniclers of Japan claim that these creatures lived in large
'shells' floating on the surface of the water. Every once in a while, the
shells would shoot skyward at enormous speeds, hurling their occupants up and
away until they were lost from sight in the sky.
Was this because the Kappa were
maintaining contact with space vehicles orbiting the earth? Were the Kappa
connected in some way with the unidentified flying objects which, according to
innumerable reports, were observed in Japan with great frequency from at least
the twelfth to the fourteenth centuries? Some of the chroniclers practically
sound as if they are reporting regular air traffic crisscrossing above the
islands of Japan!
This reference: The Chinese Roswell, by Hartwig Hausdorf, pp. 139-140,
published 1998.
No reference given to the original source.
NOTE: Add Jonah & Leviathan ???????