It looks like a snake to me, even complete with a forked tongue, and coiled ready to strike, and snakes are even more plentiful in the desert than scorpians.
Posted on 06/05/2006 4:27:51 PM PDT by blam
Big dipper is only a piece of the Great Bear.
It looks like a snake to me, even complete with a forked tongue, and coiled ready to strike, and snakes are even more plentiful in the desert than scorpians.
Reminds me more of a slug...not sure there are many in the desert though.
My thoughts exactly. :')
yes -- and the Maya (I think it is) don't see a "Man in the Moon", they see a rabbit.
Check out my link at 49.
The unpolluted desert sky has _lots_ of stars.
Now you did it! I've got iced tea all over my monitor and keyboard. LOL!
I posted the wrong pic. But after I saw your post in my FR preview it shows up now.
The Big Dipper is only part of the constellation
Most Asians and Asian derived populations see a rabbit.
And if you were to point to it in the sky, 999 out of 1,000 Americans (at least) would call it "the Big Dipper". I think that proves my point. Even in America, even here at FR, we can't agree what that set of stars looks like. We can't even agree on which which stars and how many to include in the image of the most famous one of them all.
I'm pinging Gengis to this because I am reasonably certain he has some links detailing the great antiquity of the Vedic culture.
Unfortunately my very limited time on FR is stolen from my other life (in fact, I have to get off right now), and mostly my info is from books, not the 'net. But if Gengis doesn't show up with links, freepmail and I'll get you some info.
Here's one hint: Most languages evolved from Sanskrit. It's amazing how much is from Sanskrit, and dictionaries do not state this. They'll say Old French, or Latin, or something. But my primitive knowledge of Sanskrit informs me otherwise, plus there is much documentation of this that I have read.
Yes, many of the earliest explorers and fishermen remarked on their stature, lighter skin, blue/green eyes/ strong, straight bones "no rickets" that the Europeans were afflicted with
The Native Americans had a much better diet, got more healthy exercise and plenty of sun - (no dairy, no sugar or white flour (corn meal) only 'wild' meat, no Coca Cola _;o) ,,,no time clocks to punch - and they lived long lives...before the white man. If we paid more attention to eating the foods indigenous to the areas we lived in, got more exercise in the fresh air and sunshine - we would probably be a lot healthier.
Which strengthens my argument for contact as opposed to mystical Jungian stuff.
I love the description that some Native Americans had for the North Star 0 "the star that pins the sky in place"
My understanding is that Basque and Sumerian, among others, are independent of the indo-european cluster. Same for Turkish/Hungarian/Finnish
< engage stereotypical indian voice>
Ugh! What last thing go through frog's mind when he hit rock?
His a$$hole! Ugh! < /stereotype>
How else would they know when to plant their crops. One of the first thing man noticed were the equinoxes and solstices. Surely the Europeans that built Stonehenge ca 2,000 BC were no smarter than their brothers in the Americas.
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