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Holme-Next-The-Sea in Norfolk is the site of Bronze Age timber rings, the most famous found in the late 1990s and named 'Sea Henge' by the media.
An earlier one was found nearby in the late 1970s, and one only a hundred metres away in the 2000s. 'Sea Henge' had a central focus of an upturned oak with its roots creating a possible 'altar' or place for laying out of the deceased. The later ring may have been the base of a burial mound. Possibly a regional centre for funeral rites at the end of Peddar's Way, similar to Stonehenge in Wiltshire, where the sun sets spectacularly over the sea. Sadly, none of the timbers from the rings can be seen on the beach, 'Sea Henge' was relocated to a museum in King's Lynn and the later ring was allowed to be eroded by the sea. It is still possible to see the Bronze Age peat beds being exposed by the sea and the remains of preserved ancient trees. edit. See on the Map-olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Sea_Henge,Holme-Next-the-Sea
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Hindu mythology tells of how the Ganges was the heavenly river that descended from to form the Ganges that now crosses India.
King Baghiratha performed pennance in a bid to gain the salvation of sixty thousand of his ancestors who as ashes were had been trapped in the underworld, and in so doing gained the prize of the Ganges descent from heaven. However, the force of the fall would split the earth apart, and so Baghiratha persuades the god Shiva to break the fall of the river's descent by using the coils of his hair. The Ganges falls from heaven onto the coils and can then gently fall onto the Himalayas, before Baghiratha led the river out across India and into the ocean so that it could plunge to the underworld to save his ancestors. See the source of the Ganges on the Map-Olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=The_Ganges'_Descent_from_Heaven Yutu - The Jade Rabbit Stone - Beijing
Jade Rabbit Stone is found in Beijing's Phoenix Ridge - Fenghuangling - Nature Park. Jade Rabbit is the pet of the Chinese Moon Goddess, Chang E, and can be seen on the face of the moon using a mortar and pestle to crush the elixir of life. Chang E was summoned to the palace of the Jade Emperor, and she placed her beloved pet on Phoenix Ridge so that whilst she was gone it could eat and drink. Jade Rabbit explored Phoenix Ridge and played with the other rabbits that lived there. Chang E returned from the palace but couldn't find Jade Rabbit, but with her orders from the Jade Emperor she had a mission to accomplish, and couldn't take any more time to find Jade Rabbit. Jade Rabbit waited and waited at the exact spot where Chang E had left her and turned to stone. So is the Jade Rabbit seen on the moon the spirit of Jade Rabbit returned to the Moon Goddess Chang E. Was the re-union complete when China's first lunar rover landed and explored the moon in December 2013, called by the Chinese public 'Yutu' - Jade Rabbit in an online vote? See on the Map-Olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Jade_Rabbit_Stone_-_Beijing The flagship of Admiral Horatio Nelson, HMS Victory, at the Battle of Trafalgar (1805).
The oldest warship still in service. See on the Map-Olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=HMS_Victory_-_Nelson's_Flagship Native American legends tell of Oniare living in the Great Lakes.
The Iroquois gave the dragon-like water serpent, with a horned head, the name Oniare. Hiding in the waters of the Great Lakes it would prey on travellers, overturning their canoes and using its poisonous breath. Travellers could avoid its wrath by making offerings, or by calling upon Oriane's enemy the thunder god, Hinon. Sightings by the descendants of the European settlers, also report a sea serpent creature from the 1800s through to the 1990s, where it is called affectionately, Bessie. See on the Map-olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Oniare_-_Iroquois_Lake_Monster Yep, using our Map-Olah map it is now possible to travel routes from Land's End to John o' Groats and know that you are never more than 30 miles away from a legendary location or site of historical interest.
Routes can go from Land's End in Cornwall, through England and Wales, and then up to Scotland towards Caithness and onto John o' Groats! The Map-Olah map of legends and history has now gone international, with legendary and historical locations across the globe.
The Map-Olah map now has over 60 legendary and historical locations, almost ensuring that nowhere in England and Wales is over 30 miles away from one of the locations on our map (yep - there are just a few areas that are just outside of the 30 mile radius of any location - but very few). Locations are steadily being added for Scotland we've almost made a route up to John O'Groats, from Land's End in Cornwall, once we've got Scotland mapped the detailed focus will shift to Northern Ireland to add to its legendary locations. So with the map and site growing, we've begun to branch out to global locations, starting with a Native American legendary location for the USA and Canada, and then taking in the Chinese capital Beijing and the Italian capital Rome. Keep discovering with Map-Olah - and keep coming back, there's plenty more still to come! Between Land's End and the Scilly Isles is said to lie the submerged kingdom of Lyonesse, inundated in one night of storms.
A sole survivor rode ahead of the onrushing waves to make it to the higher ground at Land's End, his horse shedding a shoe as he raced. The kingdom had been ruled by the father of Tristan, of Tristan and Iseult fame, and all that remains of its capital, are the rocks of the Seven Stones reef now out at sea. Numerous villages and their churches were said to be lost, and on a calm day the bells of the submerged churches can still be heard. As well as the Tristan & Iseult link to Arthurian Legend, Alfred, Lord Tennyson located Arthur's final battle against Mordred in the kingdom of Lyonesse. Still today the remains of bronze villages lay off the coast of the Scilly Isles. See on the Map-Olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=The_Cornish_Atlantis_-_Lyonesse |
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