LIGHTNING LEGENDS AND MYTHS       

 

      Myths are old religions. Myths and legends have been around for thousands of years before writing was  invented. The word "myth"  comes from Greek elders. Legends are about people that have done something special or were famous. We don't know who started myths and legends, but  research  suggests that old men told their family and friends stories that  were handed down from generation to generation. The first person to write myths down on paper was a Greek named  Homer. He wrote down the   stories that were told to the Greek people. In Rome, the people  started making-up their own myths and  legends about their own beliefs.   

A famous legend today is the "Legend of the Headless Horseman." It is about a man named Ichabod Crane who is invited to a party. He ate and danced all night long, then it was time for him to go home. While he was walking he started to hear hoofs clacking. He started to get scared. All of a sudden, out of the darkness came the  headless horsemen riding a steel-black stallion. He was holding his pumpkin head in his hand. the horsemen threw his head at Ichabod and Ichabod ran off screaming.                              

          

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