Vietnam or Thailand ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Updated: May 1, 2025
This, Most Illustrious Prince, is the origin of the sea, nor need you imagine that the islander who has handed down this tradition does not enjoy the greatest consideration. It is further related that the four brothers, in terror of Jaia, fled in different directions and almost died of hunger because they dared stop nowhere.
But Jaia, who often visited the mortal remains of his son, arrived when the brothers held the gourd in their hands. Frightened at being thus taken in the act both of sacrilege and robbery, they dropped the gourd, which broke, and took flight.
"I cease to marvel," continues the author, "since it is written in many volumes of veracious Greek history that the Myrmidons were generated by ants. Here is a more serious tradition concerning the origin of the sea. There formerly lived in the island a powerful chief named Jaia who buried his only son in a gourd. Several months later, distracted by the loss of his son, Jaia visited the gourd.
Suddenly, a cheerful knock at the door made everybody start. "Ah, here comes M. Andre. Elise, a cup quickly. Jaia, the little cakes." At the same time, Mlle.
Word Of The Day
Others Looking