why are we "The Story telling apes?"
December 28, 2011 at 8:58 am
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2011 at 9:00 am by KichigaiNeko.)
mk...some thoughts running around led to these questions..
Who was the first 'Shaman'?
What did they see?
What stories did they spin to explain/ describe what they saw?
How did they maintain their place in the tribe/ family group?
Many of our "stories" are from what is observed in the night sky, knowing people as I do I am wondering just how our 'primitive' legends of what was going on in the 'heavens' above us influenced our current political and religious understanding/ misunderstandings ..today?
Recently I had cause to look up the Myth/ Legend of Mithras. On going outside (to have a cigarette) and looking up I saw the whole "legend" in the night sky with Orion and Taurus there in full view.
Please humour an old lady and I will need the expertise of orogenicman, Minimalist, padraic et al to expand my understanding of ...
Just what the fuck are we telling ourselves!
Who was the first 'Shaman'?
What did they see?
What stories did they spin to explain/ describe what they saw?
How did they maintain their place in the tribe/ family group?
Many of our "stories" are from what is observed in the night sky, knowing people as I do I am wondering just how our 'primitive' legends of what was going on in the 'heavens' above us influenced our current political and religious understanding/ misunderstandings ..today?
Recently I had cause to look up the Myth/ Legend of Mithras. On going outside (to have a cigarette) and looking up I saw the whole "legend" in the night sky with Orion and Taurus there in full view.
Please humour an old lady and I will need the expertise of orogenicman, Minimalist, padraic et al to expand my understanding of ...
Just what the fuck are we telling ourselves!
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