Post by Vinegaress on Apr 1, 2013 1:19:09 GMT
I've talked about this before with friends and colleagues, and thought I'd share some of my ambitions with you all regarding this idea. I hope this is the right section to post it into. Mythology may not be always archegoloy or history, but myths are usually based on some version of the truth. (Forgive my screen-line. 
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I've been studying mythology for quite a few years for some time now and one thing I've learned is this: That in mythology, there are many different stories of creation, and gods, goddess, etc., but they seem to have the tendency to have unique connections that can only be explained by the fact that they must of been real at one time or another. Not necessarily in their exact telling, but even something far more simple and primitive than the stories themselves.
To give you an idea of what I have been studying and have been taking notes for years over the matter, I'll use a couple of examples for those not too familiar with the actual concept:
In ancient civilizations even to our modern world, the snake has been heralded as both a symbol of life and death; "symbol of regeneration".
It is used by many cultures, whether representing evil, chaos, and sometimes, a final end. Various civilizations have used the same symbol of a snake, better known as a serpent instead, eating it's own tail, making a circular shape with it's limbless body. Making the ultimate symbol of eternity.
) I've been studying mythology for quite a few years for some time now and one thing I've learned is this: That in mythology, there are many different stories of creation, and gods, goddess, etc., but they seem to have the tendency to have unique connections that can only be explained by the fact that they must of been real at one time or another. Not necessarily in their exact telling, but even something far more simple and primitive than the stories themselves.
To give you an idea of what I have been studying and have been taking notes for years over the matter, I'll use a couple of examples for those not too familiar with the actual concept:
In ancient civilizations even to our modern world, the snake has been heralded as both a symbol of life and death; "symbol of regeneration".
It is used by many cultures, whether representing evil, chaos, and sometimes, a final end. Various civilizations have used the same symbol of a snake, better known as a serpent instead, eating it's own tail, making a circular shape with it's limbless body. Making the ultimate symbol of eternity.
- Ouroboros
[Mayan, Aztec, and occasionally associated in Egyptian Mythology]
Commonly associated with the same name in many cultures.
The Ouroboros or sometimes known as Uroborus, a "vast serpent-dragon" devouring it's own tail. Although it has the ability to renew itself, but will end the world if disturbed.
- Jörmungandr
[Norse and Teutonic Mythology]
The ancient name for the Midgard Serpent; It swirls and thrashes beneath the sea, the child of Loki and Angrboda, and when he will let go of his tail, the world will cease to exist.
- Unnamed Grecian Serpent
[Grecian Mythology]
First described by the philosopher Plato, a circular serpent eating it's own tail, being the first immortal, living creature in the world.
[Mayan, Aztec, and occasionally associated in Egyptian Mythology]
Commonly associated with the same name in many cultures.
The Ouroboros or sometimes known as Uroborus, a "vast serpent-dragon" devouring it's own tail. Although it has the ability to renew itself, but will end the world if disturbed.
- Jörmungandr
[Norse and Teutonic Mythology]
The ancient name for the Midgard Serpent; It swirls and thrashes beneath the sea, the child of Loki and Angrboda, and when he will let go of his tail, the world will cease to exist.
- Unnamed Grecian Serpent
[Grecian Mythology]
First described by the philosopher Plato, a circular serpent eating it's own tail, being the first immortal, living creature in the world.
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These are all very brief descriptions of each culture's representation of the snake eating it's tail. I could list more associations connected without having to use the Ouroboros. That's just one of many. However, it begs to question, with all the connections, how much do we think we really know about history, mythology, and many ideals that generated from thousands of years of previous, or what we thought was known-knowledge? What associations do you think that we know of today could of been based on old historical facts, that could even lead back to science?
Note : What you read about is not from Wikipedia or anything of that nature, but instead, from journals of research from books, news articles, etc. put into my own words.
Note : What you read about is not from Wikipedia or anything of that nature, but instead, from journals of research from books, news articles, etc. put into my own words.