The abduction of Europe. Short stories for children

Some curiosities of history find their explanation in the Greek myths . That is why in Guiainfantil we are adapting all these stories in the form of short stories for children. Thus children learn and have fun at the same time. Have you asked yourself why Europe is called like that? If that name was

Some curiosities of history find their explanation in the Greek myths . That is why in Guiainfantil we are adapting all these stories in the form of short stories for children. Thus children learn and have fun at the same time.Have you asked yourself why Europe is called like that? If that name was chosen for an entire continent, it was in honor of a

Phoenician princess called Europe, to which her brothers were searching all over the continent. This is how Greek mythology tells us. Zeus kidnaps Europe

There was a time when the names

had not yet been decided for each continent. In the case of Europe, that name was chosen for a very curious reason that we are told from Greek mythology. Once the god Zeus

was observing the world from his house on Olympus and noticed a Phoenician princess named Europe who was bathing on the beach with her friends. Zeus fell madly in love with her and decided to conquer her, but everyone was afraid of the gods. So he went down to the beach turned into a beautiful white bull and also very calm and very calm. The princess Europe

saw the precious white bull on the seashore and approached him. He had a nice touch, he stroked his back and rode the bull as if he were a horse. At that time the bull entered the sea with the princess clinging to their horns and swam and swim far to the shores of the magical island of Crete . There he stayed to liveEurope

, on the same island where the labyrinth of Daedalus was. And for a long time nobody knew about her. Her family was looking for her everywhere but nobody had seen her, only her friends said that she had entered the sea on the back of a white bull. The family of the princessEurope

traveled around the world looking for her. - Have you seen Europe

? - asked desperate in each place they came. But nobody had seen it. His family went through Italy and there was no trace of her there. Then they went to Spain, to Portugal, to France, to Holland ... They traveled all over the continent asking the same question.- Have you seen

Europe

? The inhabitants of each place asked each other aboutEurope

and so, from mentioning it, all the places the family went through in search of the princess were called Europe. And many people ask how it is that the relatives of Europe

traveled all over the continent and did not find it. But they could not get to Crete at any time. It turns out that at that time no one could approach the coasts of Crete because a bronze giant called Talos prevented entry to the island. But that's another story we'll leave for another day. Laura Vélez. Editor of Guiainfantil