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Creation of Life/Humans from Clay, seen around the World, loosely related as many other Myths do
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, refIt seems to me that the almost complete lack of clay mythology in Siberia makes it look like it is either from China or the Middle East. I was shocked that most of the Americans. Especially North America (western more than...
Chaotic Primordial Waters and Flood Catastrophe Myths Worldwide: commonly a great flood, usually sent by a deity or deities, and destroys civilization
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art Ket people/Yeniseian languages Dené–Yeniseian Tlingit people/Tlingit language/Na-Dené languages S = Samara culture M = Maykop culture L = Leyla-Tepe culture Nordic Bronze Age/Norse mythology Sumerians/Sumerian religion Early Dynastic Period...
Sky Father/Sky Chief Mythology: Great spirit, Great Mystery, and Great Father
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref"The Great Spirt and the Evil one Native American (Navajo): the Fathers of All Fathers. The Supreme Being. The Father of the Holy People. The Great...
Pottery moves from China to Siberia, then to the Middle East, and Europe
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, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, refPottery from at 10,000 at Boncuklu Höyük, to Aşıklı Höyük, to Çatalhöyük, then Europe by...
World Turtle, Cosmic Turtle, or World-bearing Turtle, is a mytheme of a giant turtle supporting or containing the world
Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref World Turtle Mikinaak (Ojibway or Chippewa: snapping turtle)-(whose Turtle Clan and its totem are called Mikinaak) “Snapping turtle is carrying the “earth” on its back.” ref, ref, ref Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref “Turtle...
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,...