Posted on 06/09/2016 4:55:27 PM PDT by SteveH
When it comes to the origin of Western fairy tales, the 19th century Brothers Grimm get a lot of the credit. Few scholars believe the Grimms were actually responsible for creating the tales, but academics probably didnt realize how old many of these stories really are. A new study, which treats these fables like an evolving species, finds that some may have originated as long as 6000 years ago.
The basis for the new study, published in Royal Society Open Science, is a massive online repository of more than 2000 distinct tales from different Indo-European cultures known as the AarneThompsonUther Index, which was compiled in 2004. Although not all researchers agree on the specifics, all modern Indo-European cultures (encompassing all of Europe and much of Asia) descended from the Proto-Indo-European people who lived during the Neolithic Period (10,200 B.C.E.2000 B.C.E.) in Eastern Europe. Much of the worlds modern language is thought to have evolved from them.
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Thanks, interesting article.
“...romance, and not judging people based on appearance....”
Bleach. No. 6000 or 60 years ago, it was quite appropriate to judge men, like the beast, based on his gentlemanliness, with which the story equates his bad appearance. Belle’s perception of his goodness and his choice to respond to it by becoming good is a 6000 year old story
Fairy tales are the opposite of moral relativism. Drives these science by politics types crazy.
I’m betting it’s the same person who created the fairy tale that 0vomit, with no actual accomplishments in his entire life (not even getting into college without playing the affirmative action card) was a good choice for POTUS.
Oldest reality: God is in everything. You are part of God.
Yep.
I’m intellectualizing it. Sorry.
It’s true, though. They did become like God. They gained knowledge. There was a huge price to pay
The enemy is the father of lies but is intelligent. It will use the truth AND beauty. You know that
Anyway the term ‘fairy tale’ is most synonymous with lies, in contemporary culture So, of course you commented i don’t mean it personally at all
I just happen to take fairy tales seriously. They are a basis for at least a quarter of our most favorite stories.
The great flood is NOT a myth.
when ever i hear somebody say that, i say before CHRISTIAN era, right?
I don’t think so either, but many of the different versions of the story about it are myths, and collectively, they’re referred to as “flood myths”.
Fairy tales can actually be truth tales. We’ve found the wicked witch, the bones of Hobbits, perhaps a few of unicorns,a real life prince of a man who fights like a white knight. It’s the verification of the dragon which is still in question.
“Oldest fairy tale: you will be like God.”
Newer fairy tale: You’ll be able to keep your doctor, because I AM GOD.
“You didn’t build that!”
Thanks Paladin2.
lol! :-)
34 posts, yet no one has mentioned joseph campbell yet?! hmm :-)
We need an Iranian to explain Indo-European history to us?
A reading of "The Red Shoes" would make one wonder if there isn't a Middle Eastern origin of some of 'em.
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Wouldn’t know whether to use Gold Bond or mouthwash in those things...
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