The legend of the sacred stone

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The legend of the sacred stone

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BANICA ANDREEANEDELCU CAMELIA ANA MARIA STOICA LACRAMIOARA SFINTES MARIUS-GEORGIANSERBAN ANDREI

PROFESORI:PROF. INDRUMATOR GRIGORE SONIAPROF. FRANCEZA COJANU ELENAINDRUMATOR TIC: POSIRCA GINAPROF.ENGLEZA NEGRARU CAMELIAPROF.ARTE TUDORACHE ANISOARAPROF. NEDU SILVIADIRECTOR PROF.IORDACHE CATALIN

The legend of the sacred stone Our story begins a long time ago, one

peaceful, clear, ordinary night, when a piece broke from a very distant star. No one knows why this happened or why the star came straight to our planet and fell down on a specific place; but the old people who know the story from their ancestors say that a powerful light, similar to a lightning, could be seen that moment. It is said that the little piece of star followed its way as if an invisible hand directed it and it finally stopped somewhere on our lands.

People tell that the star came to a fairytale land, a mountain covered with beautiful forests and crossed by rich rivers. It was the home of the most skillful hunters. Those lands had been destined to receive the piece of star, just like it, in its turn, had been directed to this part of the world. … However there was a man who did not fear it and even more so, he felt attracted to the unusual stone. He went straight to the stone, without thinking too much, he watched it, raised it easily as if it was sacred and took it to the cave where he lived together with his family

. He was hoping that the star fallen from the sky would help him live an easier life… whenever people needed it, it lit the fire which had been so difficult to get before. More than that, the cavemen enjoyed its blessed light. No one suspected that the stone had other powers too, as they were happy with the heat and the light that were given to them…The master of the stone looked at its soft light wondering if the stone had other unknown powers and when would someone reveal them. What was the fate of that holy gift? He was old and one day he passed away. From that moment the star seemed to become useless. No one could touch it not even the sons of the one who had found it. It stayed on the same place: on the table, in the cave. It continued to shine even more stronger than before but people couldn’t use it anymore.So in a few years people forgot about the stone and only seldom somebody went into the cave to see it. Little by little all those who knew about the stone passed away and finally even the star disappeared.However a strange thing happened. A strange light having the shape of an old man appeared from time to time during the night. It stood still for some moments, then suddenly it disappeared as if it had never been there. People were convinced that it was the god of time as he was the only one who could control the time and called it Father Time. Father Time was the spirit of the man who had once found the piece of star becoming its master. He was the spirit of the stone as the Geto-Dacians would later name him… Together with the spirit, the stone protected those wonderful fairytale lands…

Father Time felt that bad things would happen to that country. He decided to take care of what was the most precious thing the Geto-Dacians had: the magic star. Only the chosen ones were allowed to see the stone. The spirit knew that there would be a time when the enemies of that people would become strong enough to get close to the stone. So he had to do something to keep it even better. It would be so difficult to get to the blessed light of the stone that only the Mother Star and the Gods could choose the one that was good enough to go there. It would be locked with seven locks and it would be surrounded by seven mountains. With the help of the stone the spirit began to dig halls down to the heart of the mountain. They were meant to protect the stone from the eyes of the mortals. Unfortunately not after a long time the mountain would hide the Sacred Stone forever,or at least for an age that hasn’t ended yet. To get to know what happened in the outside world, as Father Time himself would be hidden into the mountain, the Spirit sculptured a piece of rock, giving it the shape of a human head which he called The Sphinx. He gave the sculpture unmeasurable powers in order to protect the Sacred Area, the eyes and the ears of the Spirit, which would last forever as the Geto-Dacians’ holy spirit.Not only Father Time and the Sacred Stone protected the destiny of the people but also the sky was their friend… time passed but both the Sphinx and the Sacred Stone stood still to take care of the fate of that people and of the beautiful country that had been born. Today the stone lies in the heart of the Hidden Mountain, but the Sphinx can be seen by anybody; however only the pure-hearted ones are able to hear and understand his words.

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