tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29369863.post116279261877217780..comments2024-03-25T09:01:24.681-05:00Comments on Anthro-Ling: Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09019682991191598492noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29369863.post-1163699702727318012006-11-16T11:55:00.000-06:002006-11-16T11:55:00.000-06:00Sounds convincing!Sounds convincing!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29369863.post-1163173422911666662006-11-10T09:43:00.000-06:002006-11-10T09:43:00.000-06:00David: According to their official website, Crater...David: According to their official website, Crater Lake was created about 7,700 years ago when Mount Mazama (about 12,000 feet high and the sister of Mount Shasta in California) blew its top. That would put the occurrence around 5,500 or so BC, not very old in geologic terms. So it seems pretty logical that the Indian tribes in that part of the world had "myths" and stories about this eruption which greatly changed the landscape!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019682991191598492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29369863.post-1163005279286053792006-11-08T11:01:00.000-06:002006-11-08T11:01:00.000-06:00Do you happen to know how old Crater Lake is? That...Do you happen to know how old Crater Lake is? That could become very interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29369863.post-1162925692290663552006-11-07T12:54:00.000-06:002006-11-07T12:54:00.000-06:00ROB: I believe flood myths do crop up in many Amer...ROB: I believe flood myths do crop up in many Amerindian cultures--I mean here are two coming from two entirely different cultures from different parts of the continent (Mississippi-Louisiana and California). There are myths in the Northwest that purportedly describe the blowing up of the mountain that was once as high as its sister mountain, Shasta, which created Crater Lake, and other flood myths from the Northwest that scientists are just now discovering may be related to glacial icemelt somewhere in the region of modern Montana that flooded much of the current state of Washington. Lots of interesting stuff out there if we look at these myths in the light of history rather than just as mere fairy tales or stories. As far as shared mythical heritage across cultures, yes. Many Californian tribes share similar mythology, with Coyote quite prominent among many of them. The Rumsen idea of light being taken from some type of covering to illuminate the world is shared by the Hupa of northern California, a completely separate tribe and language family.<BR/><BR/>DIVA: Thanks and welcome to my blog! As far as subscribing, I'm not technologically savvy enough to know if this is possible. But feel free to bookmark it for return visits!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09019682991191598492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29369863.post-1162902678570464102006-11-07T06:31:00.000-06:002006-11-07T06:31:00.000-06:00This is a cool blog, and I wondered if it's possib...This is a cool blog, and I wondered if it's possible to subscribe? My email address is emilyholiday@gmail.com. Thanks!Emily Brown, moderatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04153024890888557404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29369863.post-1162842133233092002006-11-06T13:42:00.000-06:002006-11-06T13:42:00.000-06:00This is a Biloxi flood myth similar to many others...<EM><BR/>This is a Biloxi flood myth similar to many others of different cultures all around the world. If we lop off all the frills of this story, the woman and the children and the birds, could this perhaps refer to an actual historic event, a natural cataclysm perhaps involving an earthquake (the earth rolled?) and a subsequent deluge?<BR/></EM><BR/><BR/>Fascinating. Do similar flood myths crop up in other Amerindian cultures? It would be interesting to see if there is any sort of shared mythical heritage among several tribes. <BR/><BR/>The Sumerian flood myth, which some argue could either be based upon a flood in south-western Anatolia or a similar event in southern Mesopotamia, appears in nearly every Near Eastern tradition from Central Arabia upward. <BR/><BR/>It is interesting to see a similar story appear in two distinct, separate cultures by happenstance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com