The Immortal Legend of the Wandering Jew on This Day in History

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This Day In History: French novelist Eugene Sue died on this day in 1857. Famous for writing the serialized "Mysteries of Paris" he also popularized the legend of "The Wandering Jew." The Wandering Jew is a mythical immortal man whose legend began to spread in Europe in the 1200's, perhaps even sooner. The original legend tells of a Jew who taunted Jesus before his death and was then cursed to walk the earth until the Second Coming. According to some sources, the legend stems from Jesus' words given in Matthew 16:28: "Yes. I tell you that there are some people standing here who will not experience death until they see the Son Man coming in his kingdom." (Jewish New Testament)

In the 1988 film The Seventh Sign the Wandering Jew appears as Father Lucci, and in the third episode of the first season of The Librarians, the character Jenkins mentions the Wandering Jew as an "immortal creature that can be injured, but never killed". The Wandering Jew even made it into video games. Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned presents The Wandering Jew as a childhood friend and, later, disciple of Jesus, who drank drops of his blood during the crucifixion and was thus cursed with immortality. The video game series Assassin's Creed features a group of individuals known as Sages, who share a number of supernatural abilities. In the game Assassin's Creed Unity, one of the sages is named the Wanderer and is linked to the Wandering Jew, described as "a Jewish Sage born in Judea. He was believed to have encountered Jesus Christ on his way to Golgotha".

The Wandering Jew is not the only immortal legend. According to some Mormons, the Apostle John, using their own scriptures in conjunction with the biblical scripture found at John 21:21-23 interpret that to mean that John will tarry or remain on the earth until the Second Coming. Mormons also believe that the Three Nephites mentioned in the Book of Mormon are given power over death in order to fulfill their desire to minister among men until Jesus comes again.

Arthurian Knight Sir Galahad achieved immortality after his quest for the Holy Grail. 

The famous magician Merlin is trapped in a spell by Nimue (the Lady of the Lake) that has him in a trap (variously a tomb, a cave, a mist, or a tree) indefinitely.

French scribe Nicolas Flamel is believed to have found and decoded the book of Abraham the Mage, and found a spell for immortality, along with his wife.

The Count of St. Germain, who was born three hundred years ago, is believed to still be alive today. "The Count de Saint-Germain, as is well known, maintained that he possessed the Elixir of life, and that he could always rejuvenate himself with it; and that he knew how to rule and search into nature by the power of his secret mysterious knowledge." ~Hugo Castel 1915

See also: Jewish History and Mysteries - 220 PDF Books on DVDrom
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