Can you guys think of some examples--either historical or based in history--of legends about great leaders who disappeared but will return at a time of crisis? I can only think of two, King Arthur and Constantine XI, but I'm sure there are others I'm forgetting or that come from historical/literary traditions I'm not as familiar with.
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Jesus Christ.
Elija.
Valen.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Well I don't know about time of crisis, but Napoleon pretty much did.
Hobbes Posted by MrSquicky (Member # 1802) on :
Finn.
White Buffalo Woman.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
Fancy me giving the Muslim answer.
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
Ooooh that's weird. Maybe it's a sign.
Posted by Stray (Member # 4056) on :
Prince Csaba
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
Holger Danske. Olaf the Saint.
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Arnold Schwarzenager in every movie.
McArthur, in the Philipines.
Posted by Loren (Member # 9539) on :
Good stuff, guys. You came up with some I'd forgotten and some I didn't know.
Any others?
Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
King Theseus I believe, though the end of that legend is a bit debated.
Posted by Luet13 (Member # 9274) on :
Vishnu has quite a few avatars. The last avatar, Kalki, hasn't come yet. He's supposed to show up on a white horse with a big sword when the world has sunk into evil ways, wars abound, and pestilence is everywhere. He will end the Kali Yuga and usher in the new age.
Link Link Posted by BlackBlade (Member # 8376) on :
Strange that it did not sound back in WW2, but then again I guess England was not in real danger, America was there for the last minute save. Posted by Javert (Member # 3076) on :
Neo.
Like whoa.
Posted by aspectre (Member # 2222) on :
His followers called him Mahajimatman. And said he was a god. He preferred Jimi. He never claimed to be a god. But then, times being what they were, he never claimed not to be.
Posted by Epictetus (Member # 6235) on :
Well the Dalai Lama kind of fits the bill, inasmuch as it's believed he will be continually reincarnated until he feels his mission is done.
Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :
quote:Originally posted by BlackBlade: Sir Francis Drake.
Strange that it did not sound back in WW2, but then again I guess England was not in real danger, America was there for the last minute save.
If you had read your own link, you'd have seen that it sounded during the Dunkirk evacuation, when you lot were still sucking your thumbs and hoping all the nasty Europeans would just go away and not bother you.
Posted by airmanfour (Member # 6111) on :
Fat lot of good the hoping did.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
St. Václav. See "Wenceslaus in fiction" at the bottom.
Posted by Selran (Member # 9918) on :
King Wenceslaus, and I'd avoid living in the Czech Republic. If all the horrors visited on the Czech people in the 20th century were not enough to bring him back they must really be in for some hard times.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
Maybe I should invest in a storm shelter...
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
quote:If you had read your own link, you'd have seen that it sounded during the Dunkirk evacuation, when you lot were still sucking your thumbs and hoping all the nasty Europeans would just go away and not bother you.
And your lot couldn't help at Dunkirk because they had already been taken over, thanks in part to your lot's unwillingness to get off your thumbs during winter 1939-40.
Posted by Selran (Member # 9918) on :
quote:Originally posted by Lissande: Maybe I should invest in a storm shelter...
oops, I missed your post. I didn't mean any kind of slight to the Czech Republic.
Posted by Lissande (Member # 350) on :
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