creatures and waters of paradise

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as promised another click for week,strange creatures, and magical waters of paradise.
click below http://www.geocities.com/losalexspirop/ ... s-f.htmlof interest also mentioned else where in
books ,different versions
"[in the land of Afriqi and Qartinia] sat by a certain spring
eating bread. When he washed some salted fish he had, they ex-
uded a sweet odor. He said, ? This spring seems to come from the
Garden of Eden [---]? Then he followed the course of the spring
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until he came to the entrance of the Garden of Eden (Byalik &
Ravnitzky 1992: 168; Rappaport 1996: 127).
An analogous version of the legend appears in the Greek Romance
of Alexander of Macedon ascribed to Pseudo-Callisthenes and in the
romances of Pseudo-Callisthenes? cycle. However, in the writings
of Pseudo-Callisthenes and different translations or elaborated ver-
sions the fish does not ?exude a sweet odor? but comes to life (cf
Pseudo-Callisthenes 1877; Budge 1889; Wolohojian 1969; Bekkum
1992)".Also in jewish legend
"The origin of the folk legend remains entirely enigmatic, yet the
parallelism observable in Jewish folklore seems to be indicative.
Indeed, the main element of this plot ? the unusual spring ? appar-
ently resembles the legendary motif of the ?river of paradise? which
in ancient Jewish folkloristic tradition was associated with Alexan-
der the Great."whats strange as with all these stories in my rymed version from venice,it seems all the pieces of the pie are in this book, if one had made a pie of different fruit, and pieces keep popping up with different pieces of this pie, then one finds a pie with all the pieces in one, it proves it to be the source, and most accurate, since others have only sections altered by location and writer.as

[conrad]

and the point of all this is?

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i think the point of this is books are history,many brush aside callisthenes, but the same story orsimular ones from different sources, must have a factual start, or where did they originate from, having the same story, from different parts of the world and cultures.as

[conrad]

?

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maybe when i keep posting portions of the lost version someone will click their mind to something they learned
or read, and light will pierce their darkness.as

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thread as promised for week http://www.geocities.com/losalexspirop/amazons-f.html letters and tribute of amazons to alexanderas

[conrad]

'the light will pierce their darkness'?
what on earth are you on about? can't you simply state what it is your attempting to put accross to this forum?

it won't hurt I'm sure!

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what i am saying is many on the forum know what i say, smartpeople need no explanation, only those seeking to confuse the issue , which is keep a open mind, and let the reader decide. as