The Armenian legend (the hero chained to the mountain) sounds similar to the story of Prometheus, who was punished by Zeus for giving fire to humans and was chained to a mountain and had an eagle eating his liver every day, which grew back afterwards (cause he was immortal), only to be eaten the next day again. Until another hero finally saved him. Could there be a common origin between this myth and the Armenian legend? Super interesting!
A quick google of mythological history reveals they are often “linked” because they were both chained to mountains but the Armenian hero doesn’t have the same symbolism as Prometheus, he’s just a tragic figure of hope (summary my own!) 😜
Fascinating region! We are almost birthday twins ;) the 19th May and a few years!
Ah that must be why I was drawn to your writing! Eastern Türkiye is definitely is a wonderful part of the world!
Yes, May 19 (same as Ho Chi Minh).
I’ll remember to wish you a happy Ho Chi Minh day 😜
I never knew that 😜
That's my birthday too, yeah!
Your birthday is the same day?!
"keeping the many wives warm enough", I love that!
Wow. Great trip and fantastic photos!
Thank you! It was a month long birthday bonanza backpacking trip and every stop seemed to be a highlight.
These days of memory. These precious days! (Ann Patchett - a book of personal essays worth reading!)
Btw did you get a sky full of red the other day? We are still washing it off everything!
My neighbour sent me this
Wowsers! It is like fire season.
Are you in the UK and going to come back to red stained walls and plants?!
Yep. Back to lots of cleaning and possibly painting! And then walking 100k in four days. !
Yea - I think my first day will be cleaning up - and possibly after that, repainting!
The Armenian legend (the hero chained to the mountain) sounds similar to the story of Prometheus, who was punished by Zeus for giving fire to humans and was chained to a mountain and had an eagle eating his liver every day, which grew back afterwards (cause he was immortal), only to be eaten the next day again. Until another hero finally saved him. Could there be a common origin between this myth and the Armenian legend? Super interesting!
A quick google of mythological history reveals they are often “linked” because they were both chained to mountains but the Armenian hero doesn’t have the same symbolism as Prometheus, he’s just a tragic figure of hope (summary my own!) 😜