(June 25, 2016 at 1:44 pm)Irrational Wrote: Let's not forget we're still talking about some extraordinary event that is extremely unlikely based on what we know about the way nature works (and the ease of human susceptibility to believe and accept all sorts of nonsense). If anything, it's highly (and I mean really highly) likely that this anecdote was put into the text without any verification whatsoever from any potential witnesses.
It's almost like, in an area and region of competing gods, someone wanted to highlight the power of theirs by having them do something impossible in their origin story....
"I was thirsty for everything, but blood wasn't my style" - Live, "Voodoo Lady"