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| Stevie | Dec 16 2011, 02:53 PM Post #1 |
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http://www.missteribabylonestar.com/temple.html
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the meek shall inherit the earth. not many meek people on message boards. I'm just here to hone my communication skills, not looking to convert anyone. | |
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| Petunia | Dec 16 2011, 06:37 PM Post #2 |
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The part in bold made me think of your domed sky theory: In several cultures of the world, there is the concept of a gigantic turtle that holds up the Earth. Versions of the mtyh are found in India, China and North America, the last of which is known as "Turtle Island" to some tribes as a reference to the belief that the continent was resting on the back of a gigantic turtle. The European reduction of the myth is the island-beast, a creature so large that sailors take it to be an island and land upon it. When the creature submerges, the sailors are doomed. the Bestiary name for the Island-beast is Aspidochelone or snake-turtle but in some myths such as St. Brendan's voyage, it is called a "Whale" In some versions of the myth (as in India, there are several variations of the myth), the turtle's shell is hollow and we are living inside of it. The domed carapace is the sky. This is really another version of the Tiamat myth, and the Mesoamerican version of the "Earth-monster" (Usually a sort of crocodile) is also another version of the Tiamat story. http://frontiers-of-anthropology.blogspot.com/2011/11/giant-turtle-that-bears-world-on-its.html |
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| Stevie | Dec 16 2011, 07:49 PM Post #3 |
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interesting Petunia
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the meek shall inherit the earth. not many meek people on message boards. I'm just here to hone my communication skills, not looking to convert anyone. | |
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