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Ancient origin of supermen

During the Middle Ages the name was sometimes used to denote Greenland, Svalbard, or Iceland. A municipality in North Greenland was even formerly name... read more

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Bells of Ys

Ys is a Celtic word for a mythical city. According to the legend it was built in in the Douarnenez bay in Brittany by Gradlon, King of Cornouaille, fo... read more

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Land of departed souls

In Welsh poetry, orally transmitted by the bards, a strange land of Annwn is often mentioned. These poems are dated back to the sixth century. In a la... read more

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Legend of Thule

In classical sources Thule is a place, usually an island located either in the far north, often northern Great Britain, possibly the Orkneys or Shetla... read more

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Legendary, Mythical and Mysterious Places

Throughout the history of the humankind there were legends, myths and rumors about “lost lands”. During last couple of centuries brave exp... read more

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Mysterious factor

French Bretons have also a longer version of the legend, that says that Ys was the most wonderful city in the world, and that Lutèce was rename... read more

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Mystery of Lemuria

So, let’s start with the “lost continent” Lemuria. Did it really exist? For centuries people pinpointed the location of this lost la... read more

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Newborn myth

While researching myths and legends of the Renaissance period, I found a new one - about cities of Cibola and Quivra. According to the legend, around ... read more

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Secret on covered

Occult writers went much further than scientists hypothesizing about Lemuria. In 1880, one of them, Madam Blavatsky claimed that she had seen an ancie... read more

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Throughout the times

Since Middle Ages people were trying to find the location of the mysterious island. For example, by the 12th century Avalon became associated with Gla... read more

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