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Comparative Mythology: the systematic comparison of mythic themes gathered from a wide variety of cultures and ideas
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref Comparative Mythology "Comparative mythology is the comparison of myths from different cultures in an attempt to identify shared themes and characteristics. Comparative mythology has served a variety of academic purposes. For example,...
Sumerians and Ancient Egyptians: mountains, mounds, and temples: Ziggurats or Pyramids, with related Deities, as well as Mythology
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref"Goddess Nammu, who later becomes Tiamat female sea serpent or dragon, Primeval Sea/Cosmic Ocean." ref, refDu-Ku “Du-Ku or dul-kug is a Sumerian word for a sacred place. According to Wasilewska et al., du-ku translates as...
Shell Mounds, Dolmens, Kurgans, Earth Mounds, Ziggurats, Mastabas, Pyramids: their origins, evolutions, and migrations
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref My Speculations are in Comparative Mythologies? For instance, the mytheme of an ancient belief that is seemingly shared...
My thoughts on the Origin and Evolution of Ziggurats and Pyramids, Mountain/Hill/Axis Mundi Mythology and the Mound of Creation
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref Mastaba Ziggurat Step Pyramid Pyramid "Before the ziggurats there were raised platforms (Mastaba-like Structure) that date from the Ubaid period during the sixth millennium BCE. The ziggurats began as platforms (oval,...
Weaving and Mythology: Spider Grandmother/Woman (rarely Spider Grandfather/Man), often related with moon deities, and/or WISE/Intelligent Creator/Crafter, seen in Indigenous Beliefs in the Americas as well as around the World
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref Archaeological Tropes That Perpetuate Colonialism “The archaeological myths about collapse and abandonment deny how contemporary Indigenous peoples maintain continuity or association with...
My thoughts on the Origin of the Mound Builders of the Americas: mainly C-Y-DNA in the Mounds of North America and mainly Q-Y-DNA in the Mounds of South America, and their seeming connections to mounds all over the world
ref ~ CE 1200. This complex was located by the Mississippi River where the Arch and "The Dome" are today. It was a walled fortress and a Cahokia-related "city" completely destroyed by the mid-1800s.ref, ref, refrefref, ref “The "Mound Builders" of the Woodland period...