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Origin of Albion

jwc2200

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Origin of Albion

I found this looking up a bible reference to giants. I guess some folks from the U.K. may already know this, but it's the first I've heard of it.

Albion: He was one of the Titan giants fathered by Poseidon. He came to England after the Flood and was for many years the island’s principle god. In those times England was actually called “Albion”, after their Titan god/king. In fact, many British places place-names retain the words “Albion” or “Albany” to this very day.

Website here:
http://www.stevequayle.com/Giants/articles/giants.of.Earth.html
 
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Funny you should mention Arthur:

King Arthur: There is some Arthurian lore which claims that he piloted an ark during the Deluge, and this legend also relates that he stood just over nine feet tall. King Henry II, inspired by stories that Arthur was buried at Glastonbury, dispatched a team there to excavate the area. At a depth of nine feet they found a lead cross inscribed with the words: “Here lies the body of King Arthur.” Sixteen feet below that was a stone sarcophagus containing the bones of a man nine feet tall. Skeptics put forth the argument that the lead cross could have been forged by local abbots wishing to draw attention (and donations) to their abbey. Such an argument, however, fails to address the fact that the nine-foot skeleton discovered beneath the cross would tend to negate the notion that this could have been a mere hoax. Later, in the early 1500s, another gigantic coffin was disinterred, and found to contain a skeleton 8’3” tall. History fails to record what became of these later bones, although those of Arthur were respectfully re-interred.
 
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Very interesting. Peter studied The UK's origon, and has based his Fable stories on that period of time. Pretty cool.^_^+rep
 
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There is a street in town in leeds called Albion Street.
 
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And archon is greek for ruler, apparantly, though I'd imagine it didn't mean for measuring. also the bow of skorm's describtion says it belonged to the overberg, the overberg is a valley in africa.

I could probably find more histoical and or geographical references from the f1 book transcipts. :/

Hermit
 
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