The Eighth Tribe, 1981 (8. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1981-06-01 / 6. szám
Page 6 THE EIGHTH TRIBE June, 1981 messenger. Perhaps the Turul was identical with the Sumerian bird, ZU, which stole their wisdom-tablets. Tartars living today on the shores of Lake Burját have a legend of the deluge which reveals the origin of that legendary bird. According to this — “After the deluge, Heaven and Earth came so far apart that prayers of the people could no longer reach Ata-Ten, in his heavenly tent. The people ceased praying and turned bad. They reaped where they did not sow, they took what was not theirs. Ata-Ten sent his sacred bird, the Turul, to them, hut the people no longer understood the heavenly voice. Therefore, the Turul flew on to one Emese, and her son became the first Saman (priest). He understood his Father’s heavenly voice and the human speech of his mother. From then on, the Samans and the Almuses interpreted the will of heaven to the people on earth.” Almos, the first ruler of the Magyars, was a historical of the ninth century. He debated with the Greeks, made friends with the Kazar tribes, and established a federation with the Principality of Kiev, though the legends place him back in the Hun- Magyar mythology. Atilla’s ancestor originated from the crowned bird Asztur, as did Almos from the bird Turul, a similarity apparently acknowledging Almos’ inheritance of Atilla’s blood. Translated by Elizabeth M. Wass Reprinted from Selected Hungarian Legends by Albert lVass NAMES IN THE NEWS:— MISS TEEN EDMONTON, CANADA MISS BEA BOHM On February 11, 1981, the Miss Teen Edmonton Pageant was telecast. From the final eight contestants, the first prize was awarded to Miss Bea Bohm. Miss Bohm is 16 years old and a Junior at St. Francis Xavier High School. She is a member of the Csárdás Dance Group of the Edmonton Hungarian Cultural Society. — Congratulations Bea! — Toborzó EDWARD S. BARBOE received a degree of Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering at the May 1981 commencement from Rutgers University, College of Engineering, New Brunswick, New Jersey. As of June 1st, he has embarked on his professional career as a design engineer with a service consultants firm. As an undergraduate, he had enrolled in the freshman year after fulfilling the requirements for his diploma in the third year at John P. Stevens High School, Edison, New Jersey. He also was one of the winning essayists in the National Youth Study Contest, sponsored by the Hungarian Reformed Federation of America, Washington, D.C. Entitled “Memoirs of an Alumnus of Bethlen Hungarian Summer Camp”, the theme, in general, was a capsule of real life experiences at the Bethlen Home for Children during a period of time in the history of its existence.
