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High Prince (fejedelem) Álmos (IPA: [a:lmoʃ]) was the legendary father of Árpád, the founder of the Hungarian state. He was probably born around 820, and was leader of the Hungarian tribes from 858 till his death in 895 or 896. His mother was Emese. His Father was "Ogyek". Both of his parents were of Dentumogeria, Central Asia. This article deals with some titles of the nobility and royalty in the Kingdom of Hungary. ... The International Phonetic Alphabet is a phonetic alphabet used by linguists to accurately and uniquely represent each of the wide variety of sounds (phones or phonemes) the human vocal apparatus can produce. ... A legend (Latin, legenda, things to be read) is a narrative of human actions that are perceived both by teller and listeners to take place within human history and to possess certain qualities that give the tale verisimilitude. ... Árpád (ca. ...


The legends say that his mother Emese seen a divine dream of a Turul bird which flew over her and got her with a child; she saw it as her womb being the origin of many sources of great kings, but they will multiply on foreign lands. (That's why Álmos is called such, as the name means: The Bedreamed One). Although this seems weird compared to the Christian mythology it justified the divine origins of the Hungarian leaders. Turul is the mythological bird of the origin myth of the Magyars (Hungarian people). ...


He strengthened the alliance between the tribal leaders, and he probably led the movement to secede from the Khazar imperium. He successfully kept his son Árpád in power on the contrary to the tribal practices. The raids were widespread, and the tribes successfully settled in Etelköz, where they were able to fight back the Besenyő (Pecheneg) attacks and became stronger by them. The Khazars were a Turkic semi-nomadic people from Central Asia who adopted Judaism. ... Árpád (ca. ... The Etelköz or Atelkuzu was an area settled by the Magyars from the mid-9th century to circa 895 when they were driven west by the Pechenegs and occupied the Carpathian Basin. ... Pechenegs or Patzinaks (in Hungarian: Besenyők), were a semi-nomadic steppes people of Central Asia that spoke a Turkic language. ...


His death, according to the legends, which said "he is going to found a great line of emperors but he must not enter the land of Pannonia", was probably caused by either assassination or human sacrifice, but we do not have information on the beliefs of the tribal world.


Note that the two legends concerning Álmos's conception and death are reported to us by 13th century (already Christian) scholars in medieval codices, who lived 400 years after the actual life of Álmos, and that the two legends show very strong parallels to Christian mythology. It is possible, that the author has borrowed elements from Mary's conceivement by the Holy Spirit for his birth, and Moses not being allowed to enter Kanaan after leading the Jews to the Holy Lands for his death. (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... The term Christian means belonging to Christ and is derived from the Greek noun Χριστός Khristós which means anointed one, which is itself a translation of the Hebrew word Moshiach (Hebrew: משיח, also written Messiah), (and in Arabic it is pronounced Maseeh مسيح). ... A codex (Latin for book; plural codices) is a handwritten book from late Antiquity or the Early Middle Ages. ... Mythology is the study of myths: stories of a particular culture that it believes to be true and that feature a specific religious or belief system. ... In Christianity and Islam, Mary (Judæo-Aramaic מרים Maryām Bitter; Septuagint Greek Μαριαμ, Mariam, Μαρια, Maria; Arabic: Maryem, مريم) is the mother of Jesus and the betrothed of Joseph. ...


 

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