Myths And Legends
The Navigators Are Abundant Like Their Myths
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Myths and legends of Singapore are as varied as one can imagine, as their variety and diversity of cultures make there a lot of myths and legends. Singapore has an amusement park "that takes you to hell" that was built in 1937 by 2 brothers Sino-Burmese (Aw Boon Haw and Aw Boon Par) where there is a demon with his tongue out and has more than 1,000 statues dioramas vividly depicting tales, myths and traditional Chinese beliefs and exposing "10 wards of hell" and certainly in no other place in the world there is a theme park of its kind. The purpose of this is to teach moral park visitors and perhaps scare. Many of the myths and legends in Singapore come from sailors and navigators.
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Some of their myths and legends are:
- Legend has it that an Píncipe Sumatra Malay found a lion in Temasek and ordered him to find Singapore or "Lion City" and when he found he found he named the country as SINGAPORE making reference to lion that had order to find their place. Although it is noteworthy that there are no lions in Singapore so are said to be confused with a tiger.
- A legend says that Singapore was named in the twelfth century, when a prince of Palambang arrived on its shores and faced with a fierce lion and the call since Singapore gets its name which means "Lion City" in Sanskrit .
- Another myth about a man who can not stand the lies and say that if you listen to some, no matter where you will come and cut his tongue with a knife, but not only that, if you cheat on the exam will get you out the same organs and intestines because it says I do not need because you will be a person who will not grow and will not serve anyone anywhere.
- There is a myth which is the first Monday of April, which is considered a bad day to venture into the sea for Singaporeans by the belief that not only was the day that Cain was born, but it is also the day on which killed his brother Abel. So if you sail you run the risk of not returning.
- There is a myth which is the second Monday in August is not a good day for sailing because that's when God's wrath devastated to Sodom and Gomorrah and the sea may becomes cloudy
- The December 31 is not a good day for boaters since according to popular tradition was the day chosen by Judas Iscariot hung himself and believed that if you risk sailing boat capsize
- On Wednesday, in English, comes from "wodin's day" Wodin day, the patron god of sailors making it the best day to go sailing
- The coffins and flowers are not welcome inside the ships as they are considered to funerals and says "you're waiting for something bad happens"
- Like to wear open umbrella on a boat is strictly prohibited for boaters as implying a lack of respect for the gods and could provoke
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I notice that you mention a lot of myths, but they are very short is like a summary, maybe you can explain a little more and focusing more in your stories and put more images and videos to complement. Also you miss the apa norms.
ReplyDeleteVero i Know that i need the APA norms but i had some problems and I don't recall as were hence are not as corresponds, About the myths also i know that they are like a summary but I couldn't find much information about this topic, but thanks for your comment maybe I can improve this page. (Y)
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ReplyDeleteI liked all the myths and legends you write, I think all this information is very interesting for example the unlucky days and info about umbrellas on a boat. cool information.
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