HILDESHEIM


Meaning of HILDESHEIM in English

[Folklore] A monk from Hildesheim, and old city of Hanover, who doubted how with God a thousand years could be as one day. He listened to the singing of a bird in the forest for what he thought was three minutes, but found that three hundred years had passed in stead.

Encyclopedia Mythica English dictionary.      Английский энциклопедический словарь греческой мифологии.