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To celebrate new Zealand's national Waitangi Day we have a legend from Rotoroa:
ROTOROA, NORTH ISLAND, NEW ZEALAND Mokoia Island, in Lake Rotoroa, is sacred to the Te Arawa Tribe of the Maori people, and is the setting for the legend of Hinemoa and Tutenakai. The warrior Tutenakai lived on the tiny island and played music each night on his pipes with his friend Tiki. The music floated on the air across the lake and on its banks noble-born Hinemoa heard the notes the warrior played. Tutenakai visited Hinemoa's village and met her and they fell in love, but he had to return to his village on the island. He promise Hinemoa that he would play the music each night, so that she could follow the music and swim across the lake to the island to join him. Hinemoa heard the music and had selected six dry gourds to use as floats so that she could swim across the lake. She followed the music and made it to the island, gaining refreshment at the hot spring on the island, Waikimihia. By chance Tutenakai had sent his servant to collect water, and he reported back that there was a young woman by the spring. Tutenakai rushed down to greet Hinemoa, and they lived happily ever after. See on the Map-olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Lake_Rotoroa,_Mokoia_Island
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LLANGORSE LAKE - AFANC
15th Century poet Lewys Glyn Cothi wrote that the Afanc lived in what is now Llangorse Lake. Resembling a crocodile or a giant beaver the Afanc is said to prey upon those that swim in its lake, and its thrashings can kill those around it, and flood kingdoms. In Arthurian legend either Arthur or Peredur are said to have slain the Afanc. For Peredur the lake creature was invisible and able to fire poison darts, and only became visible when the Queen of Constantinople, dressed as a maiden, gave him an adder stone to carry into its cave. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Welsh_Lake_Monster_-_Afanc BEDDGELERT
Resting place of Gelert, Prince Llewelyn's faithful hound, who protected the Prince's heir from a fearsome wolf. The prince on return from a hunt found Gelert covered in blood and the heir nowhere to be seen, and so killed the hound. As Gelert yelped his last cry a child's cry was heard, and the heir was found unharmed with the body of the wolf nearby. The prince buried Gelert and never smiled again. See on the Map-olah Map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Beddgelert WORMHILL - 'DRAGON Hill'
Anglo-Saxon 'Dragon Hill' (Wyrma's Hill) - the hill where the dragon may have been said to have lived can be seen on the road to Miller's Dale, were the coils in the ground surrounding this small hill created by the dragon's tail? Wormhill's church is dedicated to St. Margaret of Antioch who had links to dragons, was the dedication to protect this Derbyshire village from the dragon? Find Wormhill the Dragon Village on the Map-Olah map: https://www.zeemaps.com/view?group=2653234&item=Wormhill |
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