Oktoberfest and Upcoming Event; Halloween

The first one is the Oktoberfest. Let's start with the historical background of the festival. Oktoberfest is a wedding ceremony. Prince Regent Ludwig, the crown prince of Bavaria and Princess Therese Von Sachsen Hildburghausen married on October 12^th, 1810. It took five days and It was like a festival. Moreover, at the last, they added the horse race and name after “ Therese’s Green”. In the following years, people wanted it again because they had fun. Without a royal wedding or festival, they wanted an organization. But their plans fell off because of the war. In the following years, they attempted to make this happen, but the wars and cholera made them a bad surprise. So they created the small organization in 1850 but after following years they made up for it. They began with roasted chicken and every year they added lots of spirits to the festival. The costumes, performances and of course the beer!

 But in the 20th century, they encountered problems just because of world wars, so they got cancelled. Everything was fine after the wars as far as they thought like that. They decided to new attempt at the festival in 1980. What happened this time? The bomb exploded in the main place of the festival! Don’t worry after that date they celebrated it well, every year it becomes a more popular event ever. And until this date, it keeps on growing and glowing.

 Then after all the historical information, how to celebrate Oktoberfest? okay first need is the Beer. Yes, it is funny, right? But that is true. After the wedding, people wanted it again as I said right? But they wanted more and more beer. Then let’s talk about the celebrations of Oktoberfest. It is the festival that lots of countries in the world celebrate such as Christmas. So while I am talking about the celebrations It will be based on Berlin’s celebrations because it is the place where that festival originated. The beers in giant glasses, the music and the games and rides for both old and young generations. Chicken dances, gingerbread necklaces and a giant tent which is decorated in old traditions. Mostly the mayor of the town taps the first keg and it means that the festival has begun. The people wear traditional, old-period costumes. Men wear a pair of shorts or pants which are traditional clothes. white shirt, very long socks and boots. 

Halloween

Halloween as all we know and celebrated on the last day of October. People are getting so excited and hilarious though. Costumes are mostly a little bit scary as they need to be. But why does it sound scary? Or more mysterious? This relies on the historical background. Samhain in Britain and Ireland used to celebrate it as a festival just because after this festival It was the beginning of New Year's Eve. Because winter’s beginning also means to new period. Then you will ask what is the point linked to scary themes and ghosts? Okay, the whole story is about the belief in Halloween. The belief is; that the souls of the dead people would return to visit their homes. So people use bonfires on hilltops to frighten away evil spirits. They wear masks and costumes that will make them unrecognizable by ghosts. The costumes were witches, goblins, fairies, demons and devils. It said that this festival was brought by the Romans when they conquered the Celts. Moreover, the colonists in America also invented festivals inspired by Halloween. Now in Britain, it is being celebrated as a secular holiday. And that famous prank invented; tricks or treaters. Then what would you choose trick or treat?

 Another untold story about Halloween is that about the witches. In the past, as all of you know witches were burned by uneducated people. Even healer women were burned just because they used the medical treatments as we know them modern methods now. But in this period people were dying even though they were flu. So tiny development in medicine especially if this development was made by women there was something which was absolutely witchcraft. In further times , that women were burned alive . So some sources offer that idea. At least we can Halloween is inspired by these cases.

 In modern life, it didn’t change at all. People wear scary costumes like witches, cartoon characters, viral moments or movie characters. Parties, decorations and more. If you want to make a costume for Halloween You can use the wasted materials with paint.

So, this year what are you planning to wear or to be?

Mythological; Movies

Sometimes you set everything; pyjamas, snacks and blanket but Movie or series? This one is missing. Some parts of your life: You are looking for mythological movies. And also animations are doing great at this point. Here there are some suggestions and these are also for family movie nights.

Avalon High:

    

Produced by Disney and one of the old Disney productions. The movie is based on the epic “ Arthur and round table knights”. Based on teen romance and fiction of the epic Arthur and round table knights. As you guess It is in Avalon High School. Will and  Allie, are our lead characters and we see the romance between two young lovers but at the same time, we see courtly love but the 21st-century version of the course. All people know that old Disney movies and series are always chef kiss. So bring your snacks and watch this movie with your family without hesitation.

Percy Jackson:

 Here is another epic movie; Percy Jackson. The movie has 2 movies in total; The Lightning Thief and Sea of Monsters. It focuses on Greek mythology. Here is our lead hero Percy, son of Poseidon in the movie. In the movie, There are main gods included such as Zeus, Poseidon, Ares and more. In the first movie, Percy is blamed for stealing Zeus’ thunders. I know The story reminded you of Prometheus the fire thief but this movie is a movie version of the book the same as the movie. And Obviously, Every scene will remind you of something or someone if you know and are interested in mythology. The final movie is based on Golden Fleece. There is the content we wrote about golden fleece, you can also check it out :

In Greek mythology, This story is based on Jason and heroes that they are challenged with many tasks to achieve the golden fleece Here we have Percy Jackson and 2 loyal friends one of them the daughter of Athena and a  satyr. They are challenging some tasks as Jason and Argonauts did. There are plenty of mythological statements and plots so There is no conflict or plot twist. Every scene is full of enjoyment and excitement. So You can add this movie to your watch list.

Gods Of Egypt :

In this title, This movie is an undeniable fact. Why I am saying that? Because If you ask for a suggestion for a mythological movie not all people on Google will show you this movie in the first line.

 

As you get from the title It is basically about Egypt gods. We have three sides in this movie; the Evil god side, the good god's side and the human side. Human and good gods' side are getting their power together to defend the evil god side. But As in every myth,  also in this movie, the good and bad sides are two brothers. Problems are caused by the gods but solved by the other gods too but gods are using human power to solve the problems that they caused. 

Hercules:

 

The next one is Hercules. The 1997 version of Hercules is one of the best family movies. To sum Hercules is the son of Zeus. He is a strong and friendly god. The animation is old but pretty good and nostalgic. I suggest watching it on Sunday with some snacks.

The Mask:

Stop laughing, and as an author, I am not joking Then what is the point of adding this movie to this title? This legendary movie is about a green mask, right? And whenever Jim carry wears this green mask he is turning into another personality who is tricky, cheerful, and silly. Who came to your mind? Someone is in Norse mythology maybe? Yes, Loki! The green mask and its features are an item inspired by Loki. Most of you watched this movie I know but This is one of the legendary movies so there is no exact time to watch this.

The Golden Fleece: How One love changes the woman in society?

The Golden Fleece, This masterpiece from Greek mythology portrays How greek gods are tricky and how Greek goddesses are overbold and obsessed. This story was written in a period of Homer so some parts can be familiar with Homer’s masterpieces such as Odyssey. The lead characters in both stories have a long journey full of adventures.

 Another similarity is that the lead female character falls in love with the lead male character through Cupid’s Arrow such as in Apollo and Daphne’s story which we already have a text about it.

 Here there is the link to Apollo and Daphne’story Click below : 

The story begins with a king called Athamas and he is getting sick and tired of his wife, Nephele. He married Ino as his second wife but Ino hated the children of Nephele. So She convinced her husband to sacrifice them to stop famine. Hermes Sent a golden ram to save them from being sacrificed but Helle the daughter fell off from the ram and died. Phrixus sacrificed the ram devoted to Zeus and the gave skin of the ram to Colchis’s king, the king of the place Phrixus landed.

After This, the new king is Pelias who deposed the king, uncle of Phrixus and there is a son called Jason son of that deposed king. Jason came back to his country to reclaim the throne. But Pelias didn’t know this child. An orphan said that There was a stranger who was wearing only one sandal and this stranger would take the king’s throne. Jason was wearing only one sandal so Pelias was afraid of this stranger when he saw him. And Pelias made a plan that if he wanted the throne then there was a condition that he took the golden fleece and brought it to the country. The Plan was obvious no one could achieve the golden fleece. Pelias Thought that He would die on this dangerous journey. Jason brought a group of heroes together including Hercules, Theseus, Peleus and Orpheus. They made a shio and called Argo.

In this journey, the goddesses such as Hera and Aphrodite helped Jason. Aphrodite sent Cupid to make the media fall in love with Jason to help him. Medea was not a Greek but Greek people loved her so much. She was a healer that kind of magician also. But She was an absolute beauty and a pure angelic soul. With the arrow of Cupid, She fell in love with Jason. Jason lied to her. He said they would marry but the only problem is golden fleece. Then lover Medea decided to help Jason. Because She was a  healer she knew some poison too. For Jason Medea made many mistakes for her people. She killed them to save Jason. After the tasks, Medea joined the team. They got the golden fleece and turned back to the country. Jason found out that Pelias killed his dad and his mother died of sadness.  

 What Happened to Medea and Jason?

The second part of the story is about waking up from magic and taking revenge. As you remember Jason lied to her that He promised to marry her. But He didn’t. Moreover, He married another woman who was the daughter of a king. She was desperate. Plus the people in town hated her. She killed her people to help Jason and she did many bad things to her people. As you know she was a healer. She was a good person so she was a healer but now she is a bad person. So People called her a witch.

But Before all things happened Medea was pregnant. She had two sons from Jason. He left them for the daughter of the king. Medea was mad. Nothing and No one is brutal more than a mad and cheated woman! Medea made a cruelest plan ever. She sent a gift to the bride of Jason. When they opened the gift of flame, the bride died. It wasn’t enough for Medea. She killed her sons to save them from Jason and Left Jason without inheritors.

In Every Human being, there is an evil side and also a pure side. All things happen and we choose one side. So It is important to balance between our pure and evil sides. If we choose one side then demolition is undeniable.

NIBELUNGENLIED: Medieval Myth

Nibelungenlied or das Nibelungenlied is a German myth and the perfect masterpiece for medieval literature. In this period oral literature is more highlighted. So that you will see the main themes of oral language and fairy tales like kissing a cursed princess and waking her up with a kiss.

Although It is a Germanic-Scandinavian myth It is also linked to European- Hun’s mythology. That means Two cultures in mythology will be mixed. The myth is separated into two main parts. In the first part, we will see the Germanic theme but more fairy tale-legend. The other part is the part that is linked to huns.

Let’s start with the First part. The first part starts with Siegfried. Siegfried started to work with blacksmiths. He was annoying to the blacksmith. So he made a plan to get rid of him. He sent Siegfried to the forest to get some coal. Plan was clear. He would be killed by a dragon on his way to the forest. Siegfried took the sword that he made himself, then killed the dragon and burned him. While the dragon was under fire he spilled some liquid- oil. He accidentally touches his finger with that. He figured out that this liquid made armor off his finger. So He tried to cover his whole body with it but while he was covering a leaf fell on his body, the point between his shoulders back. That means there was a point he was weak. In all stories, tales even life people always used to have a weaker point. Because human is human in the end. 

Anyways Let’s keep on the myth. He was an Avenger. Here he was becoming a hero. A dragon monster attacked the city and our hero saw He was covered with armor that none of the guns could kill him. He killed that monster and become a hero. He had the treasure but would share it with the city’s kings. The kings offered that they would give him the king of the swords called Balmung. But things changed with the arrogance of the kings. They decided to kill him But Siegfried was too strong and he killed them. Their dwarf Alberic wanted to take revenge but couldn’t then he became a vassal of him. Seigfried was not in to the treasure so he picked a ring and gave up on the treasure. Alberic said that the ring would not bring any luck to him but he didn’t take a lesson. He wanted an adventure so he went to Iceland.

He saw a cursed princess and kissed her. She woke up. He gave that ring to her. She was a Valkyrie of Wodan. She was a rebel so Wodan punished her with a curse. Until Siegfried kissed her she was under the curse. Her name was Brunhild. He stayed for a while in the castle of Brünhild then left.

He was in the country of Burgundians. He was a guess for a year there until the end of his appearance he didn’t see the kriemhild the sister of Gunther. Kriemhild was aware of him and She had a crush on him. On the last day When he saw her, he wanted her as a wife but thought that never happened then He wanted to try his chance. He talked with Gunther about it. He said that if only he helped to have Brünhild as his wife, he could marry Kriemhild. He did whatever he wanted. Gunther married with Brünhild and had a son named after Siegfried. The Kriemhild and Siegfried had a son, they named him Gunther. 

Everything was fine until the fight between the wives. They were praising their husbands then it turned into competence. Then Kriemhild confesses everything that he husband did to Brünhild to marry her brother. She told that Siegfried made a trick by being invisible to marry Gunther then how he took back the ring while he was invisible. Brünhild was angry, mad, and disappointed with him. She wanted to take revenge on her husband Gunther. They made a plan that they would take him to hunt then they would kill him on the weak point of his body. Before that day the kriemhild saw a vision of her dream. Two wild pigs attacked her husband. Everything, every flower was in blood. She told the dream to her husband but he didn’t take a lesson which he did the same about the ring. Hagen killed him. She was desperate when she figured out that he died. When Hagen approached the dead body, It was bleeding which shows he was the murderer but she couldn’t prove it. She swore the god she would take revenge.

The last part begins with the revenge plan of Kriemhild. She married Etzel/ Atilla the ruler of the Huns. After years She wanted to see her country. That was the revenge time. Her plan turned into a Russian bullet. Kriemhild side killed a person on the other side, other side killed a person on Kriemhild's side. End of it All people, who should have died, died.

We see that women suffered from men even in fictional stories. I am just joking but We see that the dominant feature of the tales is back to ancient times. A man punishes the woman and another man saves her. And the woman should be under a sleeping curse that a hero can save her with a kiss. Another point is that You can stop a woman who is blind for revenge. As we see if a woman is mad at something she can be evil and can bring the end of everything. In mythology, many mad women do evil things and don’t care who is suffering, such as in Lilith’s story or Aphrodite. OH, that is another text on the way. Spoiler alert!!!

  Although The title of  Tragic Story under the Water reminds the trip with a submarine, the Ocean Gate submarine, to see the shipwreck of the famous Titanic, the Ocean Gate submarine ended with death. As happened in Titanic and ocean gate submarine, In Atlantis story also has unanswered questions. But Atlantis is the more mythologic story told by Plato.

ATLANTIS IS THE WHERE?

There is no exact location that Atlantis exists in. Most of the research says that Atlantis is somewhere in the Mediterranean region. Moreover, It was a city held on islands. But As we know that continents are moving for years slowly but in past it was more vital. Whole continents were separated from Pangea the main continent so Some researchers think that it was a part of the north pole then the island of Atlantis moved to the Mediterranean region. Therefore the represented images and illustrations are more Greek themes.

    THE STORY OF ATLANTIS: Love Story

The legend of Atlantis is a city built by Poseidon, the god of sea, earthquake and storm. Why he did build it? Of course for the sake of love. He fell in love with Cleito the mortal woman. The city was at the top of the hill and he wanted to protect her at all costs.

The city was surrounded by five rings of water and tunnels. The city was guarded by towers and huge gates. It was decorated with stones coloured with black, white and red. Everything was awesome. Cleito and Posedion married but then Posedion got jealous of her. He started to think that he wasn’t loyal so He captured her to a place called Hill of Cleito. The hill was guarded and surrounded by huge moats and pillars.

 They had 10 sons, one of them called Atlas was the first ruler of Atlantis

   THE END OF ATLANTIS

 The question you are looking for ‘Well then how did it fall ?’ In every religion’s moral story It is obvious that if immorality rises then collapse is undeniable. This is happening here too. In Atlantis immoral behaviours which made the gods mad arose fast so, The gods sent earthquakes and fire to drown Atlantis. It worked. fire destroyed the city, earthquakes made tsunamis and flood and it drown.

For years It is told as a legend but Some discovered pieces are seen as proof that Atlantis is real

Love Turned into a Tree: Daphne and Apollo’s Story

Daphne and Apollo’s story is always heartbroken. Especially for the  Apollo …

Generally, It is an impossible love story which ends with a sad ending in Greek mythology.  But as an Author, This is a love story that was born of anger and revenge. But This story is describing what can happen If a man is rejected or even though a person – a god who has obstacles like being blind such as Cupid’s Greek counterpart can be the most powerful among the other good-looking gods-people. And being immortal tree, a tree is also a healer for years but also gives pain to a lover.

The story begins with Apollo’s returning from a war with the python, a huge snake treating the people. After turning back to the snake’s body, They made a special festival named after this snake as Pythian Games. After gaining such huge fame and glory Apollo was too arrogant and silly. So he was underestimating the other gods who seem like weaker than him. One day he saw Eros (a.k.a) Cupid’s Greek counterpart then he was making jokes around him. As like ‘Oh little winged boy, what are you doing with these men’s weapons, they are too dangerous for you! He always implied how he was a cute and winged boy because Eros was famous for his looks, wings and skills with archery. Apollo was jealous of Eros because of these. He was overthinking that Cupid the Greek counterpart was stealing his spotlight by doing nothing and not having anything but just being cute. And Eros finally got offended…