Behind every Great Story lies a grain of truth, Homer comes to mind at once. I think that behind every folk story, myth, or legend lies a story that started it, former.
Lets speculate.
To: Little Bill; SunkenCiv
Swimming against the tide ping.
2 posted on
04/27/2010 11:15:45 AM PDT by
Little Bill
(Carol Che-Porter is a MOONBAT.)
To: Little Bill
As you might guess I think Campbell(Golden Bough?) sucks. Campbell??
You mean Frazer, right?
3 posted on
04/27/2010 11:16:25 AM PDT by
thulldud
(Is it "alter or abolish" time yet?)
To: Little Bill; SunkenCiv
Speculate? One of my favorite pastimes . . .
The breaking of the Black Sea dam doesn't quite seem to fit, time-wise.
My thought is that the flood stories come from the thaw after the last ice age, when sea levels relentlessly rose, wiping out regions like Doggerland and Sundaland. Even today, most of the population lives near a coastline. It's likely most of humanity was displaced.
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