How Legends Change Over Time
What did the legend used to be?
The legend of El Dorado did not begin as a city of gold but as a chief of the Muisca tribe, a tribe in south America. The story of this chiefs unusual rituals was passed by word of mouth by the spanish conquistadors and very quickly became a city of gold and riches told to be high in the Andes mountains. A story told by the native people led the Spanish to believe there was actually a city of such riches. Many expeditions were conducted to search for this city but none successful. Over the many years the legend was told, it meant a source of untold riches somewhere in the Americas.
Some sources tell of not only a city of gold but an entire country of wealth and riches with cities with names like Manoa and Omagua. This shows how legends are interpreted by different people and told differently.
Sir Walter Raleigh communicated with the muisca chief, and thought the city made of gold was called Manoa, an alternative to the more common name El Dorado as it is called today.
This shows how two different stories could have merged and made another story of El Dorado, the city of gold.
Some sources tell of not only a city of gold but an entire country of wealth and riches with cities with names like Manoa and Omagua. This shows how legends are interpreted by different people and told differently.
Sir Walter Raleigh communicated with the muisca chief, and thought the city made of gold was called Manoa, an alternative to the more common name El Dorado as it is called today.
This shows how two different stories could have merged and made another story of El Dorado, the city of gold.
What has the legend become now?
This movie by Dreamworks Pixar shows how people in modern times have interpreted the legend of El Dorado to appeal to younger audiences of the modern era, for entertainment and also to make money.
The name El Dorado has been used by many companies. Many of these companies are involved with gold mining, selling and trading of gold and jewels.
Many satellites and archeologists have found what they claim to be the ruins of an ancient city, possibly El Dorado, in the amazon forest. This has brought the legend back up to mind and questions are being asked again. Geographical scans show large solid rings and very unnatural shaped structures beneath the ground that are described as man made and would not form naturally.This is likely the best proof that such a city may have existed but 20th century scholars say that the Amazon forest
The name El Dorado has been used by many companies. Many of these companies are involved with gold mining, selling and trading of gold and jewels.
Many satellites and archeologists have found what they claim to be the ruins of an ancient city, possibly El Dorado, in the amazon forest. This has brought the legend back up to mind and questions are being asked again. Geographical scans show large solid rings and very unnatural shaped structures beneath the ground that are described as man made and would not form naturally.This is likely the best proof that such a city may have existed but 20th century scholars say that the Amazon forest
Evidence of Possible Existance
Recent archeological discoveries show 200 or more large geometric shapes near the border of Brazil and Bolivia. These shapes consist of avenues, ditches and enclosures spanning a 155 miles built long before Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the New World, dating back to
200 AD.Scientists have mapped the area and estimate there are about 2000 more structures beneath the jungle canopies. Many of which have been uncovered through forest clearing for agricultural purposes. The structures are surrounded with trenches 11 meters wide and 3 ft deep lined with banks 3 ft high. These were most likely used as roads and canals. These cities could have held up to 60 000 people at a time and took advantage of flood plains and uplands showing these civilisation had some sense of engineering. Many scientists claimed that the Amazon forests are too harsh to sustain nothing over small nomadic tribes, but the cities under the ground may be proof they are wrong. To date this is the best possibility of El dorado existing.
200 AD.Scientists have mapped the area and estimate there are about 2000 more structures beneath the jungle canopies. Many of which have been uncovered through forest clearing for agricultural purposes. The structures are surrounded with trenches 11 meters wide and 3 ft deep lined with banks 3 ft high. These were most likely used as roads and canals. These cities could have held up to 60 000 people at a time and took advantage of flood plains and uplands showing these civilisation had some sense of engineering. Many scientists claimed that the Amazon forests are too harsh to sustain nothing over small nomadic tribes, but the cities under the ground may be proof they are wrong. To date this is the best possibility of El dorado existing.
Images courtesy of http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fworld%2F2010%2Fjan%2F05%2Famazon-dorado-satellite-discovery&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEtR7G9osl7Ytt514F0nziFBdOoUg and http://www.geoffzanelli.com/projects/the-road-to-el-dorado/