Is El Durado a real legend, or a real place, not just the Disney movie?
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El Dorado (Spanish for "the gilded one") is a legend that began with the story of a South American tribal chief who covered himself with gold dust.\nThe myth began in the 1530s in the Andes of present-day Colombia, where conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada first found the Muisca (1537), a nation in the modern day Cundinamarca and Boyacá highlands of Colombia. The story of the Muisca rituals was brought to Quito by Sebastian de Belalcazar’s men; mixed with other rumors, there arose the legend of El Dorado, The Golden Man— el indio dorado, the golden Indian, and el rey dorado, the Golden King. Imagined as a place, El Dorado became a kingdom, an empire, the city of this legendary golden king.\n\nIn search of this legendary kingdom, Francisco Orellana and Gonzalo Pizarro would depart from Quito in 1541 to the Amazon in the most fateful and famous expedition to find El Dorado
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Yes, it's based on the Bell Witch legend in Tennesse...check out bellwitch.org
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Hello,\nGuernon is fictional. The actual location was Haute Savoie (High Savoy).\nHope this helps.
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His real name is Jose San Chez Martinez. Most people don't realize that he has a Mexican background.\nHe played Private Beneto in the movie, "The Alamo" but spends most of his talent on Broadway.\nHe did put out a Latino album in the early 80's but it wasn't much of a hit.\nHe has always enjoyed his role as the Lucky Charms leprechaun and has never feared be typecast.\n\nHere is some more FACTS I looked up:\nHe was born in 1937 in L.A., but was raised by his uncle and aunt who were migrant workers.\nHe had no formal education but was discovered by a Broadway producer at a roadside stand in 1954. He was singing songs from "The Wizard of Oz" in spanish and the producer was mesmerized.\nHe tried out for an Irish role in 1964 and thats when he was discovered and cast as "Lucky"
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Ozomatli is around and doing shows\nIll Nino is a very hard rock group (had a song in the Freddy Vs. Jason movie - also did the song is spanish)\nMaria Fatale is a good rock en espanol band\nLos Lobos are still alive and kicking.\n\nThey are just not played on the radio much.  You need to look around; plenty around here in L.A.
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Yes, Jurassic Park was a fictional movie but had alot of true fact in it.
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If you are talking about the 'chupacabra' killed by rancher Reggie Lagow near Coleman, Texas in August of 2005, then it is definitely not an elaborate hoax.  It is in fact a dead coyote that had lost all of its hair to mange.\n\nNothing elaborate about that hoax.\n\nHere's a picture of the alleged chupacabra:\n\nhttp://www.itexto.net/freako/chupacabra.jpg\n\nTexas wildlife officials have confirmed that it is in fact, just a coyote (Canis latrans).
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The name of the city is/was Zihuatanejo.\n\nI've been there a few times. It's nothing like what they show in the movie. Actually, the ending scene of that movie (that was supposed to be Zihuatanejo) was shot on an island in the Caribbean.
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There are several myths (I believe they are Navajo or one of the Pueblos) about the "Hero Twins."  You could use them as a comparison to other works such as "David and Goliath" or "Jack and the Beanstalk."
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There are no sequals to "Tonari no Totoro" (My Neighbor Totoro is the American title).  Any of the movies by Studio Gibli are great, though Princess Mononoke is a little grisly for younger children (at one point, a man gets his arm chopped off).  I was not a big fan of the most recent one, Howl's Moving Castle.  However, any of the other ones are absolutely enchanting with great animation and stories.  My children love Castle in the Sky, as well.  Trust me, you can't go wrong with any of them.  (Totoro is my personal favorite, too.)
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There´s another story of el Duende, i think every country have a different story for this mithological legend.\nHere´s one from Argentina:\n\nIt is said that is a boy that died without to be baptized or a bad boy that struck his mother.  He is very small, he carries a large hat and he cries like a creature.  He has a hand of iron and another of wool, when himself about to someone asks him if with which hand he desires to be struck.  Some they say that, without importing the election, the elf will strike always with that of iron.  Other, on the other hand, they assure that the unprepared choose that of wool and that is this the one that in reality more hurts.  \n\nIt possesses some very harmful eyes and very sharp teeth.  Is used to appearing at the moment of the siesta or in the night in the cañadones or fractions.  It has predilection toward the very young children, although also strikes without piety to the greater.  \n\nIn the zone of the Calchaquí Valley exist two very curious histories with respect al elf:  \n\nOne tells that an archaeologist, being gone in the hill to hours of the siesta the crying of a boy listened.  When he go there, he saw a child squatting and with the mush head.
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That was on the original Amazing Stories movie I believe. I know they made others. I was just thinking about that the other day. what a trip
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First of all HI!,a pleasure to answer a Boricuan girl like you.I'm Puertorican too!.You can go to "El Pozo de la Vaca" in Cabo Rojo where legend says that you can hear the cow's crying when the waves hit the well's interior each time you say:"Carmelo,traeme la vaca".
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Elpidio popular Valdes is the most animation to character in Cuban history. To Robin Hood to character on to global scale, there am represents the working class, and the disenfranchised. Continual His heroic actions include fights the evils of capitalism manifested ace greedy businessmen and hés famous for standing up to the tyranny of capitalist country's and governments around the world. With to sense of humor and adventure director Don Juan Padro there are become known for, we join Elpidio international Valdez   on his escapades in the name of the working class.\n\nElpidio Valdez is the character of the most popular animation of Cuban history. A character of Robin Hood on global scale, he represents the working class, and the deprived right of voting. Their heroic actions include the continuous fights with the evils of Capitalism showed by codiciosos businessmen. It is famous to fight against the tyranny of the country and the governments of the capitalist around the world. With a humor sense and the director ventures Don Juan Padro has arrived to be known by the union with Elpidio Valdes in his international adventure, in the name of the working class.
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Yes to me it is. Of course everyone has their own memories of a happy place for them.\n\nDisneyland happens to be my happy place. Why?  Because I grew up with Disney, and Disneyland.  It's the one of the few places where I can go and be a kid again.  I get to run from ride to ride and throw my daily cares out the window.  Simply it's fun, and to many, it's their happiest place on earth.
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It has nothing to do with whether it's "real" (as in reality).  It's comes from the word "rey," which is the latin word for "king."\n\nCenturies ago, all the land was owned by kings, and the peasants lived on the land, which was his estate.  Because it was the king's estate, it was a Royal Estate, or in Latin, "Real" Estate.\n\n\nbtw, back then the word "Real" was pronounced like "Ray - Yahl"   And the word "Estate" was probably something else altogether.  But you know how English is - it's a hodge podge of different languages.\n\nAnd as far as I can tell, the word still exists in the Spanish Language.  "Real" means "Royal."
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not a village.  i did a report on him for my hs spanish class, and all I can remember is that I thought it was a village in mexico, and it turns out he's a hero there, like Billy the Kid is here.