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[Nikitas]

OK guys, xerotigana are not exactly pancakes, so how do you translate the word into English?

[Oracle]

OK guys, xerotigana are not exactly pancakes, so how do you translate the word into English?

Crumpets

[tessintrnc]

The five finger mountain range has 2 legends:

One tells the story of a conceited villager who fell in love with the local queen and asked for her hand in marriage. The queen wished to be rid of the impertinent young man and requested that he bring her some water from the spring of St Andreas monastery in the karpas.
This was a peilous journey in those days. The man set off and after several weeks returned with a skinfull of that precious water. The queen was most dismayed to see that he had succeeded, but still refused to marry him. In a fit of rage, he poured the water on to the earth, seized a handful of the resulting mud and threw it at the queens head. She ducked and the lump of mud sailed far across the plain to land on top of the Kyrenia mountain range, where it is to this day, still showing the impression of the thwarted villager’s five fingers.

Dighenis
Another legend tells of the giant Byzantine hero, Dighenis, fleeing from his arab pursuers. As he lept across the sea he grasped the top of the mountain and left his hand print. Thus the Five Finger Mountain.

Tess

Tess, what about the legend of the 5 Cypriot men who were sunbathing next to each other when a topless bikini girl walked past. Thus the five finger mountains.

That sounds more believable!!!

[storm]

She can write about Koumandaria...and the legend of the creation of the wine.

Hi thanks so much for you response can you please elaborate about the legend of the wine making never heard than one before.

Thank you

[storm]

Kalikantzaroi is a good one. They are the gremlins that come after Christmas and haunt people, you have to feed them with pancakes which you throw on the roof.

Are they evil spirit? Is it religion or folklore?
xx thanks x

[storm]

:lol: My goddaughter has a presentation about her cultural background. So do you know or stories that se can use. Thanks xox

Althgough he was a criminal/outlaw,Hasan Bulli is a legend in Turkish Cypriot Culture..

http://www.cypnet.co.uk/ncyprus/culture ... index.html

http://www.folklore.ee/Folklore/vol16/bulliler.pdf

Hi thanks for the reply but she is only seven and they are looking for gentler folklore stories. Never the less I appreciate the response. xxx

[storm]

The five finger mountain range has 2 legends:

One tells the story of a conceited villager who fell in love with the local queen and asked for her hand in marriage. The queen wished to be rid of the impertinent young man and requested that he bring her some water from the spring of St Andreas monastery in the karpas.
This was a peilous journey in those days. The man set off and after several weeks returned with a skinfull of that precious water. The queen was most dismayed to see that he had succeeded, but still refused to marry him. In a fit of rage, he poured the water on to the earth, seized a handful of the resulting mud and threw it at the queens head. She ducked and the lump of mud sailed far across the plain to land on top of the Kyrenia mountain range, where it is to this day, still showing the impression of the thwarted villager’s five fingers.

Dighenis
Another legend tells of the giant Byzantine hero, Dighenis, fleeing from his arab pursuers. As he lept across the sea he grasped the top of the mountain and left his hand print. Thus the Five Finger Mountain.

Tess

Hi thanks for the response. I was never aware of the villager story interesting! Now another 6 or 7 legends to go and we are done. Never liked homework and I just remembered why!!!!! xox lol xxx

[storm]

:lol: My goddaughter has a presentation about her cultural background. So do you know or stories that se can use. Thanks xox

she can find some legend stories from below links.


http://www.northcyprus.net/hoteliersass ... ND%20OF%20“KOPTI%20PETRA”;%20SNAKE%20ROCK

http://www.northcyprus.net/hoteliersass ... HDİNİ%20CAVE

http://www.northcyprus.net/hoteliersass ... %20LEGENDS

http://www.northcyprus.net/hoteliersass ... T%20STONES

http://www.northcyprus.net/hoteliersass ... 0LEGEND%20–%20THE%20MOTHER%20-%20DAUGHTER%20LEGEND

http://www.northcyprus.net/hoteliersass ... %20LEGENDS

Hi thanks for the response. Some of the legends are so nice. I was never aware that Cyprus is so rich in tradition as it is always in the shadow of the Hellenistic folklore.
xxx

[Oracle]

Hi thanks for the response. Some of the legends are so nice. I was never aware that Cyprus is so rich in tradition as it is always in the shadow of the Hellenistic folklore.
xxx

Cyprus is not in the shadow of the Hellenistic folklore because Cyprus shares the Hellenistic traditions ....

[LENA]

She can write about Koumandaria...and the legend of the creation of the wine.

Hi thanks so much for you response can you please elaborate about the legend of the wine making never heard than one before.

Thank you

If I am not wrong you know what koumandaria is and you are asking about the legend. Well this wine is called the wine of the Crusaders (Σταυροφόρων) and the legend says that it was made by them while they were in Cyprus. They came to rest but they stay ..... The name of the wine came from the words Commanderie or Commandaria. The wine was made from Cypriots but the knights made it perfect and since then became popular and well known. The wine Madeira (which is a Portuguese wine) is made from grapes from vines that were taken from Cyprus and planned in the Madeira ares in Portugal because of the Commandaria wine.

The Crusaders were landed in Limassol and it coud be one of the reasons that the wine festival always take place in Limassol. Dont know everything but she can look it up.