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Myths and Legends of Our Own Land · Charles M. SkinnerO besedilu
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- Vir
- Myths and Legends of Our Own Land
- Avtor
- Charles M. Skinner
- Jezik branja
- Slovenščina
- Jezik izvirnika
- English
- Čas branja
- 2 min branja
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- 2 strani
- Naslov izvirnika
- 141 Heartbreak Hill
O izvirniku
Myths and Legends of Our Own Land
Obsežna zgodovinska zbirka ameriških legend, ki jih je Skinner zbral in avtorsko rekonstruiral. Bralni jezik je Slovenščina, izvirnik pa prihaja iz vira Myths and Legends of Our Own Land v jeziku English.
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Ime Heartbreak Hill se v najstarejših zapisih o Ipswichu nanaša na vzpetino sredi mesta, na kateri je stalo veliko indijansko naselje Agawam, še preden so se tam naselili belci in pregnali njegove prebivalce. Preden se je angleška kolonija dodobra utrdila, je mornar, ki je zašel na kopno, prišel med preproste domačine Agawama in nekaj časa živel z njimi, saj so se mu njihove navade zdele polne novosti. Ko se mu je ponudila možnost vrnitve v Anglijo, je s seboj odnesel ljubezen dekleta iz plemena, njo samo pa pustil za seboj in jo ob slovesu tolažil z zagotovilom, da se bo vrnil, še preden mine mnogo lun. Meseci so minevali in se prevesili v leta, dekle pa se je vsak dan povzpelo na Heartbreak Hill ter zrlo proti morju, iščoč kakršnokoli znamenje svojega ljubega. Naposled so zagledali ladjo, ki je skušala pripluti v pristanišče, silovit vihar pa jo je gnal tik ob obalo, kjer so se valovi razbijali ob skale in pesek. Dekle je vztrajalo na svoji opazovalni točki, dokler ladje ni bilo več mogoče obvladovati in jo je vrglo ob obalo ter raztreščilo na tisoč kosov. Ko so njene lesene razbitine premetavali peneči se valovi, se je iz njih za hip dvignil bel, obupan obraz in se obrnil k njej; nato je potonil in nikoli več ga ni bilo videti — obraz njenega ljubega. »Temnopolta Ariadna« je od tistega dne naglo hirala in zdaj leži pokopana ob skalni polici, ki ji je služila za razgledni stolp.
Izvirnik
141 Heartbreak Hill
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The name of Heartbreak Hill pertains, in the earliest records of Ipswich, to an eminence in the middle of that town on which there was a large Indian settlement, called Agawam, before the white men settled there and drove the inhabitants out. Ere the English colony had been firmly planted a sailor straying ashore came among the simple natives of Agawam, and finding their ways full of novelty he lived with them for a time. When he found means to return to England he took with him the love of a maiden of the tribe, but the girl herself he left behind, comforting her on his departure with an assurance that before many moons he would return. Months went by and extended into years, and every day the girl climbed Heartbreak Hill to look seaward for some token of her lover. At last a ship was seen trying to make harbor, with a furious gale running her close to shore, where breakers were lashing the rocks and sand. The girl kept her station until the vessel, becoming unmanageable, was hurled against the shore and smashed into a thousand pieces. As its timbers went tossing away on the frothing billows a white, despairing face was lifted to hers for an instant; then it sank and was seen nevermore--her lover's face. The “dusky Ariadne” wasted fast from that day, and she lies buried beside the ledge that was her watch-tower.
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