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Fairies are quite popular legendary characters from German and Celtic folklore. Today these creatures are accepted present as little pretty men with transparent wings, however, such an image arose only in the late Victorian era. Initially, fairies were considered plain dark green. creatures resembling tiny trolls. However, residents The East had legends about their fairies before the heyday of Europe.
Buddhism and Mummified Kumbands
In Buddhist cosmogony, as you know, there are three main the spheres that make up our universe. Each of these areas divided into separate worlds. In one of these worlds, majestic The sky of Growth is inhabited by kumbands – small flying gods who the description is very similar to fairies in the early representation of Europeans. Kumbands having translucent green bodies can, in addition to of everything else, become invisible. They breed in a vegetable way, appearing as the fruits of a magical wood nari pon. The tiny gods are the patrons of all vegetation on Earth.
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Not far from the capital of Thailand Bangkok is the temple of Wat Prapangmuni, in which you can find the famous Buddhist shrine – mummified remains of amazing creatures unknown official science. Mysterious bodies placed in lavishly decorated glass crayfish. Buddhists believe it is dead Kumbanda fairies who fell into the hands of the abbots of the temple. Each the mummy is no larger than the index finger of an adult person.
What studies of mummies have shown
Buddhists are known to look at science very well. Even the current Dalai Lama Ngagwang Lovzang Tenjing Gyamsho once said that if scientists can prove the failure of Buddhism, followers of this religious and philosophical teaching will have to give up their views. Therefore there is nothing surprising in that one of the mummified fairies kept at Wat Prapangmuni at one time they were handed over to specialists for research. Scientists found that the body has standard human proportions, beyond the exception of elongated limbs and an excessively large head, shaped flower bud.
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On the legs and arms, this creature has five fingers. Him there are also ribs, eyes, nose, ears and mouth. Genitals are absent. After examining the outer covers of the mummy, affected researchers realized that the tissues are plant and the petals on the head creatures are the dried stalk of the unknown plants. Scientists first suggested that the mummy is preterm human fetus, however, an x-ray showed that mysterious creature developed skeleton, teeth and internal organs – in other words, by medical standards, the body belongs to an adult individuals.
Needless to say, scientists were posed by such a discovery in dead end. They returned the mummy to the temple and reported that they failed identify the species this creature belongs to. They also do not began to put forward hypotheses about clever mystification – so strongly impressed by the Buddhist shrine. From that moment, not one the specialist no longer dared to conduct a study of the dead fairies.
Mummies Plants
