켈트 인 이야기

Horrible Histories: Cut-Throat Celts (Paperback, 2 Revised edition) ㅣ Horrible Histories 18
테리 디어리 지음, Martin Brown 그림 / Scholastic / 2008년 2월

로마 시대에는 갈리아인으로 불렸으며, 영국 스코틀랜드의 섬에서 살았던 민족, 켈트 인. 이들은 체크무늬 바지나 치마로 유명한 민족으로, 지금의 체크 무늬도 바로 이들의 무늬로부터 유래된 것이었다. 이들은 어떠한 사상을 가지고 있었는가? 이들의 이야기는 어디서부터 비롯되었는가? 

The story of Caesar's Gallia fighting diary was the recordings about Celts. People said they were brave, and some weird Celt warriors even fought with no clothes on. The Celts were also cruel as the other ancient races. They believed they should need some sacrifice to do something. That was Celts, with checked clothes.

Caesar finally conquested Gallia, but the Celts are still alive. They are living different lifes although they are one of the U.K. The England wanted to dominate that places, but Celts were so strong to do that. Well, these were the stories of Celts. 

켈트인은 지금도 영국에서 잘 융화되지 못하고 있다고 한다. 영국에서도 내전이 일어나고 있는데, 이 스코틀랜드란 지역은 꽤 문제가 심각하다. 하지만, 이 고집센 민족도 언젠가는 영국이라는 것에 하나로 합쳐지는 순간이 올 것이다.

The days of Tudors

Horrible Histories: Terrible Tudors (Paperback, 2 ed) ㅣ Horrible Histories 6
Martin Brown, Terry Deary 지음 / Scholastic / 2007년 5월

튜더 왕조의 이야기는 꽤 유명하다. 특히 헨리 8세는, 천일의 스캔들을 통해서 영화로도 알려진 인물이다. 수많은 야사가 도시라고 있는 튜더 왕조의 그 파란만장한 이야기, 결혼을 위하여 가톨릭교를 성공회로 바꾸어버린 그 대담함까지 다양한 이야기들이 오고간다. 

The tudors had many kings and queens. And Henry Eighth was the legend of England history. Henry had a wife got from political purpose. He didn't like her, and he found a woman who was really beautiful. Yes, she was Ann. He wanted to make a baby of her, but the pope of Catholic didn't accept that. That made Henry angry, so he made Anglican Church that was really similar as Catholic. 

Elizabeth was the daughter of tudors, and she was a great queen who made England as a strong nation. She used the status that England is a island. She raised navies, and the navies did well for Elizabeth. 

There were also Bloody Merry, who killed Anglican believers because she is the believer of Catholic. She killed too many people, so that's why her name is Bloody Merry. Bloody Merry was also ended her life at Guillotine.

The Vicorians of Victory

Villainous Victorians (Paperback, New ed) ㅣ Horrible Histories 25
테리 디어리 지음, Martin Brown 그림 / Scholastic / 2008년 4월

빅토리아 여왕 시대는 1837년부터 1901년까지 한 여왕에 의하여 통치되었던 시기이다. 하노버 왕가의 마지막 왕자의 딸로, '통치하되 군림하지 않는다'의 원칙 아래 영국을 다스렸던 여왕의 시대에는 영국은 상당히 풍요로웠다고 볼 수 있다. 여왕의 통치 아래, 인도 여제의 관까지 쓰고, 9명의 자식을 두었던 시대가 바로 빅토리아 시대의 이야기다. 

Victoria was not a good queen, but she had several retainers to help her. So, that was the start of 'The English sovereign reigns, but does not rule.' Yes, they really did. And this traditional words are still valid. 

Victoria also got the crown of India where England reign over. So, she had two crowns. She had a lot of authorities to rule them, but she didn't care about them. She just accepted that her retainers to something about her works. This was the power of England, sovereign reigns but does not rule. 

빅토리아 시대가 지금의 영국 정치의 기틀이 되었다는 것이 놀라웠다. 물론 그 이전에도 왕권을 약화시켜서 입헌 군주제를 실현시키려던 움직임이 보였지만, 여왕이 완전하게 자신의 일들을 신하들에게 맡기는 일은 없었을 것이다. 빅토리아의 현명한 선택이 지금의 독특한 영국 문화를 만들었다는 점이 놀랍다.

아즈텍인의 전설

Angry Aztecs (Paperback, New ed) ㅣ Horrible Histories 16
테리 디어리 지음, Martin Brown 그림 / Scholastic / 2008년 6월

멕시코 중부 지역에 존재했던 문명, 아즈텍. 이 아즈텍인들은, 꽤 잔인한 문명을 가졌다고 볼 수 있다. 그들은 적과의 전투에서 사로잡은 적군을, 잔인한 방법으로 처형하기로 유명했다. 배를 갈라서 심장을 꺼내고, 목을 자르는 등 일종의 의식을 치르던 이들이었다. 이렇게 3대 문명이라 불리웠던 아즈텍 문명도, 고대에서 끝이 난 이유는 바로 서구에서 온 정복자들 때문이었다. 

Fernando Cortes, the explorer from Spain was the conqueror of Aztec. He only took 500 people to conquest this world, and he used gun and the political status to kill them. Tenochtitlan was the capital of Aztec, and the aztecs believed this white people was the god they believed. They welcomed them, and the requital was to killing them with guns. 

Well, Aztec was quite cool, but they couldn't avoid the time. That was the end of Aztec, but we still remember them. We should try hard to interchange with other countries. The fail of Aztec was caused by not interchanging with other countries.

마법 손가락, 자연을 보호하다

The Magic Finger (Paperback, Reprint)
로알드 달 지음, 퀸틴 블레이크 그림 / Puffin / 1998년 9월

마법 손가락을 가진 소녀가, 자신을 화나게 하는 것이 있으면 그 사람에게 마법을 써서 자신이 무슨 짓을 했는지를 회개하도록 하는 이야기. 마법소녀인 주인공의 활약을 통하여, 평소에 사냥을 좋아하던 가족이 완벽하게 자신의 잘못을 깨우친다. 과연 소녀는 그들에게 어떤 벌을 내렸을까? 

Well, the funishment was to change their body with ducks. The Greggs liked to shoot animals with their gun, and the hunter was Mr.Gregg and the two sons, Philip and William. The girl who could use magic finger was angry at them when they hunted a cute deer, so she shoot her electronic magic on them and Mrs.Gregg. When the Greggs slept, the next they found that they had duck's body. 

The ducks became human and got the house of Greggs. The family had to build a nest and lived there. And when the ducks tried to kill them with their guns, the family finally realized what they did to the animals. He said killing ducks and people was different, but it wasn't different. So, they made the grave of ducks that they hunted, and they bacame good people who take care of invironment. If you don't want to be a duck by magic finger, you should not try to bother the clean invironment.