Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays for Kids - Thanksgiving (original) (raw)
For Kids: Thanksgiving always falls on the 4th Thursday in November
From: The Teacher's Desk (by permission) History: A cornucopia, also called a horn of plenty, is a symbol of abundance taken from an ancient legend. Thousands of years ago, the people of Greece believed that their god, Zeus, was reared by a beautiful maiden. As the story goes, she fed the infant Zeus an endless supply of goat's milk from a cornucopia, or goat's horn.
As centuries passed, most people forgot this ancient legend, but the cornucopia remained a symbol of an endless supply of food or drink. Today, the cornucopia is a symbol of Thanksgiving. In the United States, corn bread is often served as part of a Thanksgiving feast, but corn was unknown to the early American settlers. The Woodland Indians introduced the pilgrims, the new settlers, to corn. Read how it all started:
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