Official Mod's Contest - 'Fairy tales and Mythical Characters'

Home country: Croatia

Mythical creature: Veles 

Slavic god of earth, waters and the underworld, associated with dragons, cattle, magic, musicians, wealth and trickery. He is also the opponent of thunder-god Perun, and the battle between two of them constitutes one of the most important myths of Slavic mythology.

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In his role as a trickster god, he is in some ways similar to both Greek Hermes and Scandinavian Loki, and like them, he was connected with magic.

Veles was also believed to be protector of travelling musicians. For instance, in some wedding ceremonies of northern Croatia (which continued up to 20th century), the music would not start playing unless the bridegroom, when making a toast, spilled some of wine on the ground, preferably over the roots of the nearest tree. The symbolism of this is clear, even though forgotten long ago by those still performing it: the musicians will not sing until a toast is made to their patron deity

One of his attributes, as mentioned, were horns of bull or a ram, and probably also sheep's wool. As stated already, Veles was a god of magic, and in some folk accounts, the expression presti vunu (weaving wool) or, particularly, crnu vunu presti (weaving of black wool) stands as allusion to magical crafts.

Last edited by Drocca (12-02-2008 18:32)

I am from Norway, and my bimbo is a norse godess called Hel.





Hel is the ruler of the underworld in Norse mythology. She is portraied as half human and half skeleton, or half white and half blue.

This is story from Serbia country!
In villages every family should have at least one son so he could marry some girl and take some godnies from her home,like it's draught animal or land from girl home. In one house parents had 2 douthers and no son.When was born 3. girl,Virginia, parents had decides to tell everyone that she is a boy, they drees her like a boy, bring up her as a boy...She had to conceal her womens beauty.But as she grow up it become so obvious that she is one beautifull girl...one man had sow her while she was looking herself in mirror  at her room and he propose her and offer her parents all land he have.
They had live hapilly and she bring up two beatifull doughter on world.

Sorry for my bad english,hope you understand all

HEY , I am from Portugal and this a national legend and the Barcelos' c*ck is a cultural symbo 
The Old Legend of Barcelos' c*ck

Once a certain man was condemned at Barcelos', a small town on the North of Portugal, to be hanged for a crime which he had not committed.

In vain did he swear his innocence but found no alibi to prove the truth of his affirmation.

Under a sudden faith impulse, he appealed to Our Lady and St. James, his patron Saint, for protection, imploring them to release him from the unjust sentence he was going to serve.

Then, he asked to be allowed to go to the presence of the Judge, since it was his last wish.  The Magistrate received him in his dining room, where he was having a meal.

Once again, the man under sentence of death, swore his innocence, and as a sudden defiance to Providence he added, that the roasted c*ck which lay on a tray on the Judge's table would get up and crow if his statements were really true.

And, indeed, the rooster immediately jumped up out from the tray and started crowing vibrantly.

This legend has passed from generation to generation down through the centuries and the well known and typic c*ck of Barcelos', is therefore a symbol of faith, justice, good luck and hope.

i hope you liked it 

Last edited by saroka1 (12-02-2008 22:24)

I am from the United States and the Legend i chose was Calamity Jane: Martha Jane Cannary-Burke, better known as Calamity Jane (May 1, 1852 – August 1, 1903), was a frontierswoman and professional scout best known for her claim of being a close friend of Wild Bill Hickok.

Last edited by Cinnamonrolls (12-03-2008 01:05)

sayaa wrote:

country Greece ,Athena

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Though she was considered a goddess of war, she was a goddess of wisdom, arts, and health to others. The character of Athena is something which represents the most jack of all trades type of god. While many of Athena's family members held specifically one duty, she proves to be the independent who studies all of mankind's trades, developing into one of the most loved and honored gods in Greece.

There are many tales of how the goddess Athena came to be. The first, and most popular of the myths of her birth is her escape from the head of Zeus. In fear that the child of Metis, Athena's mother, Zeus swallowed her much like his father had done so before. Seeing as each generation was overcome by their children, he had much to fear. Below is a quotation describing the event.

and an answer to the friend above..dear the stories can have many versions..the history and the geography have just two..the real one and the ignorants one..and i gave some things about history and geography here..i do nt mean nothing for anyone but ofcourse you can not speak about two versions of history and geography.friendly..

In some instances, she's explained to be the goddess of tactical warfare, whereas Ares (or Mars) is the god of brutal warfare!  Just an interesting tidbit from my Greek mythology obsession stage!  ^_^

I'm from the US so there aren't a whole lot of original fairy tales here, so I've choosen a character from Alice in Wonderland.  THe cheshire cat

The Cheshire Cat is a fictional cat appearing in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Alice first encounters it at the Duchess's house in her kitchen, and then later outside on the branches of a tree, where it appears and disappears at will, engaging Alice in amusing but sometimes vexing conversation. The cat sometimes raises philosophical points that annoy or baffle Alice. It does, however, appear to cheer her up when it turns up suddenly at the Queen of Hearts' croquet field, and when sentenced to death baffles everyone by making its body disappear, but its head remain visible, sparking a massive argument between the executioner and the King and Queen of Hearts about whether something that does not have a body can indeed be beheaded.



This is my modern interpretation of Cheshire Cat in Bimbo form.

Last edited by Penicillin (12-03-2008 03:24)

Contest closed (sorry for it being closed so late).

Good luck everybody!