根據記載西元985年,北歐維京民族有一個逃犯叫做 紅鬍子 艾瑞克 (Erik the Red)。 艾瑞克為了想招募更多的水手幫他逃亡,因此對冰島的維京人撒了個謊,說北方有個物資豐富的島,傳說中的綠色大地,也就是現今我們知道的聖誕老人的故鄉 格陵蘭Grønland,「綠色的土地」 。 沒想到這個謊言居然奏效,吸引了4,000多名的維京人向西北航行,以探尋傳說中那個存在的陸地,這也是最早北歐至格陵蘭的移民。 而滿心期待的維京人上了岸才知被紅鬍子騙了,島上冰天雪地,什麼綠色植物都沒有。 諷刺的是,近年來因為全球暖化的關係,冰層逐漸消失,格陵蘭開始有了綠草樹木,北極熊和其他寒帶動物的家園也都岌岌可危,一千多年後的今天,格陵蘭真的很有可能變成綠色大地。 #翻轉襪設計 另外,烏鴉是北歐神話奧丁神的信使,當船距離陸地不到300公里處,船員會放飛烏鴉,然後循著烏鴉飛行方向靠岸登陸。 襪子往下翻後,有著代表格陵蘭的北極狼,北極狼是地球上的古老物種之一,冰河時期的倖存者,意思是指孤獨求生存,與永生樹相呼應。 According to records, there was a fugitive named Erik the Red from the Nordic Viking Nation in 985 AD. In order to recruit more sailors to help him to run away, Erik lied to the Vikings in Iceland by saying that there is a fertile island in the north, which is the legendary Greenland , the well-known hometown of Santa Claus (Grønland), meaning ‘The land with green soil’. It turned out that this lie actually worked. More than 4,000 Vikings sailed northwest to explore the land that existed in the tale. These Vikings were the first immigrants from North Europe to Greenland. Yet the Vikings went on shore and found out that they been cheated by Erik the Red. There weren’t any green plants on the island at all. Ironically, the ice layers have been gradually disappeared due to global warming during recent years. There are green grass and trees growing in the Greenland now though. The home of polar bears and other boreal forest animals is in danger. Greenland may become the real ‘green’ land after a thousand years or so. #FLIPPOS design In addition, crow is the messenger of the Norse mythology - Odin. When a ship is less than 300 kilometers to the land, the crew will release the crow and then follow its flying route to the land. The Arctic wolf of Greenland appears when the hosiery is folded. The Arctic wolf is one of the ancient species on earth and the lonesome survivor of the ice age, which strengthen the concept of Tree of Immortality. |
根據記載西元985年,北歐維京民族有一個逃犯叫做 紅鬍子 艾瑞克 (Erik the Red)。 艾瑞克為了想招募更多的水手幫他逃亡,因此對冰島的維京人撒了個謊,說北方有個物資豐富的島,傳說中的綠色大地,也就是現今我們知道的聖誕老人的故鄉 格陵蘭Grønland,「綠色的土地」 。 沒想到這個謊言居然奏效,吸引了4,000多名的維京人向西北航行,以探尋傳說中那個存在的陸地,這也是最早北歐至格陵蘭的移民。 而滿心期待的維京人上了岸才知被紅鬍子騙了,島上冰天雪地,什麼綠色植物都沒有。 諷刺的是,近年來因為全球暖化的關係,冰層逐漸消失,格陵蘭開始有了綠草樹木,北極熊和其他寒帶動物的家園也都岌岌可危,一千多年後的今天,格陵蘭真的很有可能變成綠色大地。 #翻轉襪設計 另外,烏鴉是北歐神話奧丁神的信使,當船距離陸地不到300公里處,船員會放飛烏鴉,然後循著烏鴉飛行方向靠岸登陸。 襪子往下翻後,有著代表格陵蘭的北極狼,北極狼是地球上的古老物種之一,冰河時期的倖存者,意思是指孤獨求生存,與永生樹相呼應。 According to records, there was a fugitive named Erik the Red from the Nordic Viking Nation in 985 AD. In order to recruit more sailors to help him to run away, Erik lied to the Vikings in Iceland by saying that there is a fertile island in the north, which is the legendary Greenland , the well-known hometown of Santa Claus (Grønland), meaning ‘The land with green soil’. It turned out that this lie actually worked. More than 4,000 Vikings sailed northwest to explore the land that existed in the tale. These Vikings were the first immigrants from North Europe to Greenland. Yet the Vikings went on shore and found out that they been cheated by Erik the Red. There weren’t any green plants on the island at all. Ironically, the ice layers have been gradually disappeared due to global warming during recent years. There are green grass and trees growing in the Greenland now though. The home of polar bears and other boreal forest animals is in danger. Greenland may become the real ‘green’ land after a thousand years or so. #FLIPPOS design In addition, crow is the messenger of the Norse mythology - Odin. When a ship is less than 300 kilometers to the land, the crew will release the crow and then follow its flying route to the land. The Arctic wolf of Greenland appears when the hosiery is folded. The Arctic wolf is one of the ancient species on earth and the lonesome survivor of the ice age, which strengthen the concept of Tree of Immortality. |