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Orpheus and Eurydice love story
Valentine’s Week – Day 6 – Hug Day Article: Orpheus and Eurydice Love storyPublished by: Nicky Francis The story of Orpheus Orpheus, an ancient Greek legendary hero endowed with superhuman musical skills. He became the patron of a religious movement based on sacred writings that were said to be his own. Traditionally, Orpheus was the son of a Muse (probably Calliope, the patron of epic poetry) and Oeagrus, a king of Thrace (other versions give Apollo). According to some legends, Apollo gave Orpheus his first lyre. Orpheus’s singing and playing were so beautiful that animals and even trees and rocks moved about him in dance. Orpheus, talented at playing music Orpheus is known as the most talented music player of…
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Hades and Persephone Love story
Valentine’s Week – Day 5 – Promise Day Article: Hades and Presephone Love storyPublished by: Nicky Francise Love can happen to anyone. Love can shine even in the darkest places and things people do to hold that love forever. This story isn’t a happy love story but still shows the desperation of Hades to hold on to Persephone’s love. Greek mythology has probably always been my favorite mythology, and this might be my favorite stories of all time. It’s also one of the most famous love stories ever told. Birth of Persephone Once upon a time, Zeus, the King of the Gods, was having an affair with the goddess of…
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Eros and Psyche Love Story
Valentine’s Week – Day 4 – Teddy Day Article: Eros and Psyche Love storyPublished by: Nicky Francis In a tale as timeless as love itself, Eros, the god of love, and Psyche, a mortal of unmatched beauty, found themselves entwined in a romance that defied divine will and mortal fate. About Psyche Psyche was a goddess, once a mortal in Hesiod and Homer’s myth. She débuts, with this appearance in around 700 B.C. and usually ends at around the 9th Century. Psyche was the goddess of the soul and the wife of Eros, the god of love. She was actually even more beautiful than Aphrodite, (but so were Athena and Artemis).…
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Adonis & Aphrodite Love story
Valentine’s Week – Day 3 – Chocolate Day Article: Adonis & Aphrodite Love storyPublished by: Nicky Francis This Valentine’s Week, let the story of Adonis and Aphrodite remind us that love is both fragile and eternal, fleeting yet unforgettable. Like the anemones that grow where love has wept, love leaves a mark on the world—beautiful, deep, and everlasting. The Birth of Adonis Adonis was the son of the king of Cyprus, and his mother was a powerful goddess named Myrrha. Myrrha had fallen in love with her father and sought the help of a sorceress to seduce him. As punishment for her actions, the gods turned her into a myrrh tree,…
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Antony and Cleopatra Love story
Valentine’s week – Day 2 – Propose Day Article: Antony and Cleopatra Love storyPublished by: Nicky Francis The famous and true love story of Cleopatra and Marc Antony has been told and retold for centuries. The legends of Antony and Cleopatra are as famous as Caesar, Alexender the Great, Plato and Aristotle were glorious personalities of History. Cleopatra all Beauty and Intelligence Cleopatra is the only woman in the list which itself is interesting and a testament to her enduring fascination. Antony and Cleopatra are remembered as a couple and as lovers, even after their suicide, their story had a deep impact for more than two thousand years. true story…
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The Story of St. Valentine
Valentine’s Week Day -1 – Rose Day Article: Story of St. ValentinePublished: By Whitney Hopler By Whitney Hopler Updated on January 31, 2019 Saint Valentine is the patron saint of love. Believers say God worked through his life to perform miracles and teach people how to recognize and experience true love. This famous saint, an Italian doctor who later became a priest, inspired the creation of the holiday of Valentine’s Day. He was sent to jail for performing weddings for couples during a time when new marriages were outlawed in ancient Rome. Before he was killed for refusing to renounce his faith, he sent a loving note to a child he had been helping to teach, the…
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The Elves and The Shoemaker
by The Brothers Grimm Title:The Elves and The ShoemakerAuthor: by The Brothers GrimmPublication: 1812 A shoemaker, by no fault of his own, had become so poor that at last he had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes. So, in the evening, he cut out the shoes which he wished to begin to make the next morning, and as he had a good conscience, he lay down quietly in his bed, commended himself to God, and fell asleep. In the morning, after he had said his prayers, and was just going to sit down to work, the two shoes stood quite finished on his table. He was astounded and knew…
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Papa Panov’s Special Christmas
by Leo Tolstoy Title: Papa Panov’s Special ChristmasAuthor: by Leo TolstoyPublication: Cedar Fort, Inc. on September 8, 2011 “For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me..” It was Christmas Eve and although it was still afternoon, lights had begun to appear in the shops and houses of the little Russian village, for the short winter day was nearly over. Excited children scurried indoors and now only muffled sounds of chatter and laughter escaped from closed shutters. Old Papa Panov, the village shoemaker, stepped outside his shop to take one last look around. The sounds of happiness,…
- Christmas Stories, Classic, Epic, Inspirational/Motivational Stories, Kids and Teen Books, Kids between 1-10 of Age, Teenagers
The Little Match Girl
by Hans Christian Andersen Title: The Little Match GirlAuthor: by Hans Christian AndersenPublication: 1845 Most terribly cold it was; it snowed, and was nearly quite dark, and evening– the last evening of the year. In this cold and darkness there went along the street a poor little girl, bareheaded, and with naked feet. When she left home she had slippers on, it is true; but what was the good of that? They were very large slippers, which her mother had hitherto worn; so large were they; and the poor little thing lost them as she scuffled away across the street, because of two carriages that rolled by dreadfully fast. One slipper was…
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It Ends With Us – Colleen Hoover
Title: It ends with usAuthor: Colleen HooverEdition: Paperback, Kindle EditionPublisher: August 2, 2016 , Atria Books, Grand Central Publishing, Montlake Romance, and HarperCollins Publishers.Genre: Fiction Contemporary New Adult Adult Contemporary Romance Abuse Young Adult, Female Lead My Review “It ends with us – Colleen Hoover novel all about love, relationship, and friendship- but what most amazing about this novel is the fight for your self respect and stand strong.” About the Novel It ends with us by Colleen Hoover, is a story about a young girl name Lily Bloom. Lily Bloom belongs from a small town Maine. She comes to Boston in search of a fresh start. But after shifting…
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