Methuselah
Methuselah is the oldest living man mentioned in the Hebrew Bible; his name has gradually become a synonym for any person or creature of extraordinary age. Methuselah in the Bible, (not to be confused with Methuselae) is the son of Enoch, father of Lamech, who is subsequently the father or Noah; making Methuselah the grandfather [...]
Longevity Myths
Longevity myths are basically the beliefs that somehow, against nature, men and women are able to live forever. This occurs often in literature, as well as cultural beliefs, and even sometimes in political beliefs. These can also be personal, such as the story of P.T. Barnum’s oldest woman, who was supposedly around 160 years old, [...]
The Fountain of Youth & Shangri-La
The Fountain Of Youth is a very popular myth that has survived throughout the ages, and smaller little legends have grown from this; springs that have healing waters, drinks concocted from waters of such and such area that will cure all manner of ails, etc. And then there are still people that believe somewhere in [...]
Nationalist & Spiritualist Longevity Myths
Another claim to longevity might be somewhat more reduced, is the idea of nationalist longevity. When people got very focused on how much better their country was as opposed to another, they began claiming that their country was so great in fact, that they were all over one hundred years old. For example, in the [...]
Longevity Claims
Longevity “claims” are quite different to both longevity myths, and supercentarians –people who are practically ancient, and have been substantiated as being a certain age. People have come up with special “tests” to determine whether or not a person is actually over one hundred years old, but on the other hand, it’s never been actually [...]