kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Nov 8, 2024 17:13:09 GMT
Are they mentioned in scripture?
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 9, 2024 2:37:58 GMT
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 9, 2024 2:38:10 GMT
Are they mentioned in scripture? No. |
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 9, 2024 2:45:54 GMT
From Europe?
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 9, 2024 3:01:42 GMT
Yes.
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kizolk
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Post by kizolk on Nov 9, 2024 8:35:46 GMT
Does she appear in a national myth?
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 9, 2024 8:45:00 GMT
Hmm... maybe, depending how you define a national myth.
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 9, 2024 16:15:49 GMT
Is this potentially national myth associated with a country where a Germanic language is the official or majority language?
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 9, 2024 16:22:17 GMT
Also, with relation to the previous question, what were you expecting us to remember about Mansa Musa, if anything, apart from his being reputed to have been the richest person ever? The pilgrimage to Mecca?
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 9, 2024 16:30:03 GMT
Is this potentially national myth associated with a country where a Germanic language is the official or majority language? Yes (true but tricky). |
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 9, 2024 16:35:45 GMT
Also, with relation to the previous question, what were you expecting us to remember about Mansa Musa, if anything, apart from his being reputed to have been the richest person ever? The pilgrimage to Mecca? Yes—the pilgrimage made famous by the lavish display of his wealth that he made during the journey. He's also (maybe to a lesser extent) known for building a few mosques and the like, including (at least part of) a fairly famous mosque in Timbuktu. And, well, also for just being an emperor of Mali. |
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 9, 2024 16:36:55 GMT
Please, not Belgium. I don't know any potentially mythical Belgians. But is it?
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 9, 2024 16:41:31 GMT
I rather like the anecdote about Mansa Musa prostrating himself before the sultan in Cairo. Though of course we don't know if it's true. The version I've heard goes like this:
On his journey to Mecca, Mansa Musa stopped in Cairo and wished to meet the sultan. Protocol required that anyone meeting the sultan should prostrate himself before him. Mansa Musa, however, wanted to bow to no man, so what he did was that when he came into the sultan's presence, he said "I bow before Allah, my creator", and prostrated himself, technically before the sultan, but really before God.
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Post by Pacifica on Nov 9, 2024 16:42:17 GMT
Please, not Belgium. I don't know any potentially mythical Belgians. But is it? I suspected that might come to mind. But no, she's not from a Belgian myth. |
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Post by Etaoin Shrdlu on Nov 9, 2024 16:49:03 GMT
Is the language Scandinavian?
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