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This Scandinavian legend tells of how, stranstvuya Lighting, Loki spent three years at the giantess Angrbody. During this time she bore him three children, a girl Hel, volchonka Fenrisa (Fenrira) and snake Yormundgad. “Even very young Hel was already on the two heads above his giant mother. The left half of her face and torso was red as raw meat, while the right – blue-black as the starless sky country of eternal night … Snake Yormundgad, second daughter Angrbody not yet had time to grow – there was not no more than five steps – but because her mouth has sochilsya deadly poison, and its cool light-green eyes sparkle ruthless malice. Compared with the two sisters, their younger brother, Fenris, seemed quite innocuous . Read the rest of this entry »

The Christian legend of St. George has many variants, differing greatly among themselves. In one of the options received literary treatment in the Greek East (historians consider him the most early and authentic), the Roman emperor Diocletian (in 303 year) starts on the persecution of Christians. Soon it was a young military tribunes George is originally from Cappadocia (region of Asia Minor, then a part of the Roman Empire, now Turkey) in the assembly of the higher ranks of the empire in the city Nikomedii, he declared himself a Christian. The Emperor was trying to persuade him to renounce his faith, but without success. Then George put in prison, and subjected to many severe torture – thrown into the ditch with quicklime, bichuyut neat veins, put hot, stick spiked iron boots grass poison, wheels, etc., but it is still alive. In between torture George performs miracles (healing the sick, raises the dead, etc.) Read the rest of this entry »