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ExpressVPN.com forward slash history time. There is a story of old, still spoken on the

Hungarian plains today, a tale that talks of an ancient world, long before Christianity took hold

in these lands. Back when the Hungarian people lived a migratory nomadic existence, steeped in the

mythology and legends of their forefathers. For this, some 1100 years ago was the new

grazing grounds of the Magyars, a pastoralist, nomadic people, pushed into Europe from the

Eurasian steplands to the east. As far as Hungarian mythology is concerned, in the year 896 or thereabouts, the tale differs

from region to region, the seven clans of the Magyar Horse Lords came thundering westwards in search

of a new home. Along with them, leading from the front,

came a long-lasting symbol of their identity. The mighty Turrell bird, a huge, monstrous

falcon-like creature, personifying the nomadic way of life these people had lived since emerging from the Siberian forests

of the Far East, innumerable centuries before.

One day, so the story goes, the outriders of the Magyar clans spied the Turrelbird, landing

on a hilltop not too far from the River Danube. The plains around

were lush, fine pasturage for herd animals, and of course their prize possessions, horses.

Each Magyar warrior would have needed at least ten to maintain an effective presence on the battlefield.

For the Magyars were not a peaceful people.

In fact, they had been pushed westwards from the northern shores of the Black Sea after a lengthy series of wars with their neighbours.

Most notably, the Pecheneks, a fierce confederation of Turkic tribes, represented

by their own animal symbol, the eagle. Perhaps representing one of the great leaders of the

tribe, such as Almos, a man said to have been ceremonially sacrificed to the gods at some

point during the exodus. Desperate times call for desperate measures. The Turrell bird carried

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