A reminder that humans have been around a long long time

[elisi]

And we have always told stories:

Tumblr post: Something that I get chills about is the fact that the oldest story told made by the oldest civilization opens with "In those days, in those distant days, in those ancient nights."

Plus another great Tumblr post:

I have a folder called Time is a Flat Circle in which I collect evidence of humanity. Here is most of them.

Comments

[kerk_hiraeth]

Nah, can't see that first tumblr one :-(

Pity because that one I'd like to see.

kerk

[elisi]

jessie_the_k below links to another site that has the story:

https://vicaboriginalnews.com.au/2024-10-07-5646/

<3

[kerk_hiraeth]

Thanks.

kerk

[elisi]

You're welcome. <3

[jesse_the_k]

Ahhh, I did read the first Tumblr post and now I know that there's living oral history going back 40,000 years on Gunditjmara Country, the story behind the Budj Bim cultural heritage site

https://vicaboriginalnews.com.au/2024-10-07-5646/

[elisi]

It's so awesome!

Also hi - I've been meaning to say hi, but life. *waves hands*

[conuly]

What's amazing is not that Australians traditionally have "seven" sisters, but that everybody else does too.

[elisi]

... damn. Yeah.

[conuly]

I'll tell you something else that's even weirder. Koreans and Germans share a superstition that if you point at a rainbow, your finger will become crooked. Okay, well, they also share fermented cabbage - except that's something that they also both share with some groups of Native Americans and Australians. It may be as universal as the Seven Sisters.

[elisi]

I love how humans are always... just human. <3

[conuly]

And another one: Belgium, famously, has Manneken Pis. China has tea pets shaped like a peeing boy. Coincidence? Yeah, probably, but I like to figure that a peeing boy is just a universal motif.

[elisi]

I like to figure that a peeing boy is just a universal motif.
I think it most definitely is. :)