The Painted People
By the fourth century AD, the predominant people in northern Scotland were referred to as "Picts".
Throughout history, these Picts have been shadowy, enigmatic figures.
The word "Pict" means "painted people", probably referring to the Pictish custom of either tattooing their bodies or embellishing themselves with "warpaint".
However, their Irish term "Cruithni", meaning "the people of the designs", seems to parallel the Roman name, so it may be that "Picti" was an adaptation of the name they called themselves.
From the outset, they were regarded as savage warriors but by the time the Norsemen were compiling their sagas and histories, the memory of the Picts had degenerated into a semi-mythical race of fairies.
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By the fourth century AD, the predominant people in northern Scotland were referred to as "Picts".
Throughout history, these Picts have been shadowy, enigmatic figures.
The word "Pict" means "painted people", probably referring to the Pictish custom of either tattooing their bodies or embellishing themselves with "warpaint".
However, their Irish term "Cruithni", meaning "the people of the designs", seems to parallel the Roman name, so it may be that "Picti" was an adaptation of the name they called themselves.
From the outset, they were regarded as savage warriors but by the time the Norsemen were compiling their sagas and histories, the memory of the Picts had degenerated into a semi-mythical race of fairies.
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Predictions of dark forces being unleashed by an evil vixen hung over social media in Japan
on Monday after a famous volcanic rock said to kill anyone who comes into contact with it was found split in two.
Its separation into two roughly equal parts, believed to have occurred within the past few days, has spooked online users who noted that, according to folklore, the stone continually spews poisonous gas – hence its name.
While the stone was said to have been destroyed, and its spirit exorcised by a Buddhist monk who scattered its pieces across Japan many Japanese prefer to believe that its home is actually on the slopes of Mount Nasu.
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Predictions of dark forces being unleashed by an evil vixen hung over social media in Japan
on Monday after a famous volcanic rock said to kill anyone who comes into contact with it was found split in two.
Its separation into two roughly equal parts, believed to have occurred within the past few days, has spooked online users who noted that, according to folklore, the stone continually spews poisonous gas – hence its name.
While the stone was said to have been destroyed, and its spirit exorcised by a Buddhist monk who scattered its pieces across Japan many Japanese prefer to believe that its home is actually on the slopes of Mount Nasu.
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