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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:14 AM Original message |
Are there any cultural memories of prehistoric times passed down in legends? |
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everythingsxen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:15 AM Response to Original message |
1. I would say Dragons are a big one... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
19. It is interesting, I was thinking of the "three-in-one" theory about dragons |
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Indiana_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:16 AM Response to Original message |
2. I'm not sure...but I think the oldest written story is Gilgamesh.nt |
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daveskilt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:35 AM Response to Reply #2 |
17. Go Enkidu baby! |
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Kutjara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. Interesting question. |
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Spazito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:25 AM Response to Original message |
4. There are prehistoric wall paintings that, in effect, tell stories |
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Kiouni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
5. Oldest passed knowledge...thats easy its |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:33 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Birds dream. |
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Kiouni (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:41 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. maybe... |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:46 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Birds certainly are highly evolved, no "maybe" about that! |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:00 AM Response to Reply #5 |
15. REM could have been a period of wakefulness so there |
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Indiana_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:27 AM Response to Original message |
6. Google it....here I found these links: |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Interesting, what about Genesis suggests pre-modern-human origin to you? |
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nealmhughes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Yes the odd "giants" in Genesis, which appears quite separate from the Adam and Eve 7 days accounts |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
10. the "global" flood myth |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:11 AM Response to Reply #10 |
16. I seem to recall something about the possible origins of the flood myth |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:16 AM Response to Reply #16 |
22. It may have been due to the impact of a major asteroid, one dated to about 4800 BC by one scientist. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:44 AM Response to Reply #16 |
24. the Straits of Bosporus between Europe and Turkey were created |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:51 AM Response to Original message |
12. the Yeti could be from contact with |
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WhiteTara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
14. the Inuit |
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AlienGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:02 AM Response to Reply #14 |
20. What were the stories? |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
18. This is a very interesing thread |
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Jeffersons Ghost (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:43 AM Response to Reply #18 |
26. I agree Rocky... it brings Jung theories to mind... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:15 AM Response to Original message |
21. The oldest stories I know are the infamous Flood Legends |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 02:25 AM Response to Original message |
23. Here are three further suggestions |
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OxQQme (694 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. My hobby |
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chknltl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-22-06 04:54 AM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I am quite fond of "Messages from Michael" |
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