There are countless myths and legends, stories that are a unique source of information, culture and history for children. Those stories of which it is unknown if they were real or the product of the imagination of people from other eras, help children create new adventures and stories.
An unbeatable way to let your imagination fly and dream of those stories that perhaps occurred in another distant time and different from the one they know. Then we leave you some stories, myths and short legends for children. So you can choose the ones you like the most and surprise your children with these incredible and spectacular adventures.
What are myths and legends?
Ancient cultures used stories to explain the stories and events that occurred, as well as to record the things that were believed. These stories and tales included legends or folk tales, which were a mix of reality and fiction. In short, stories that managed to create doubt and interest among people of the same culture.
In fact, in philosophy culture is described as the information that is transmitted through people who make up the same social group. From generation to generation, in order to guarantee adaptation to the environment and the survival of the species. That is myths and legends were created with a clear social objective. The same one that you can now transfer to your children and introduce them to the fantastic world of mythology.
Short myths for kids
History is full of legends and mythology of each of the ancient and modern cultures. Many of them are difficult to understand, but there are many other legends and short myths created especially to tell children. Here we leave you with some of them.
The Legend of Unicorns (Forest of Fantasies)
Long ago there were some strange and wonderful creatures that possessed bodies like the most beautiful horses on earth, and also a magical horn in the center of their foreheads. These creatures, called unicorns, They were white in color and it is believed that they came from Indian lands.
The unicorns must harbor so much magic that not just anyone could see them but, on the contrary, there were very few lucky ones who had the privilege of getting to observe them. Those who did it were the people who had a good and pure heart, qualities that were very easily traceable by unicorns.
The horns of the unicorns had healing and healing properties, and they were so powerful that it is said that they could cure very dangerous and deadly diseases. Even, many even said that they contained the necessary ingredients to achieve eternal youth.
Precisely for all those reasons, the existence of a unicorn depended entirely on the magical horn of their forehead, and if they were to lose it their fate was death.
In the Middle Ages, knowing the properties of the horn of the unicorns, many hunters ventured into the forests to hunt down these enigmatic beings, with such bad fortune that they ended up leading the unicorns to their disappearance. Very smart, and how unicorns were so lonely beings and they only let one see For good people, those fearsome hunters took advantage of pure-hearted people to capture unicorns and seize them for their horns.
After his sad disappearance, the magnificence and goodness of those beings left in history its memory as a symbol of strength, freedom, courage, goodness and, above all, the power of magic that resides in people with great hearts.
Short legend: Atalanta and Hipomenes (Forest of fantasies)
Once upon a time, on Sciros, an island in the Aegean Sea, there was a king named Skenaeus. Whose daughter, Atalanta, had been brought up in a very permissive environment full of a thousand and one quirks. Young Atalanta liked activities of all kinds, and among them was the activity of hunting. He spent whole days with his quiver of arrows on his back looking for animals to catch. Such was her hobby and mastery that not even the local centaurs could match her in her ability.
However, that hard hobby took its toll by hardening his heart. A heart that did not soften with anyone, not even with the kind eyes of its many suitors, among whom was the courageous Hippomenes. The young man went tired to Olympus to tell the gods about his love affair and fruitless with young Atalanta. And Venus, compassionate, decided to give him three golden apples from the Garden of the Hesperides. Recommending that she participate intelligently in an upcoming race in which the young woman would also participate.
On the day of the famous race, when the starting signal was given to start, young Atalanta set off at lightning speed. Leaving all the suitors who had flocked behind. Then Hippomenes dropped his three apples on the ground well spaced. And such was Atalanta's eagerness to hunt, that he turned, stopping the race just to collect them. In this way, and with a great effort, Hippomenes reached the goal first, thus gaining attention and, later the love, of the young Atalanta, who was captivated by such an effort.