Do you mean long ago in the past? These legends were a legacy from a former civilization that we have gradually forgotten like Atlantis? I am not so familiar with Norse legends, but the ones I remember reading have far too many parallels with their Greek counterparts not to be related in my opinion. Thank you for such an interesting piece.
That's what I was going to say. Even more than the Indo-European languages, the myths are still close.
Atlantis was just rich boy Plato being all allegorical to show off how clever he was. Nobody at the time thought it was ever real, or anybody for hundreds, maybe thousands of years.
So suddenly we know what Plato actually intended? How does that square with that the legend came out of Egypt via Egyptian priests who related the narrative to his relation, Solon.
Those aren't sources. Citation is when you provide the source from which you gained the information you are currently presenting as fact. So, I'll clarify. Cite the credible, written documentation from which you're drawing the information used to make your above claims.
Excuse me, mythology is universal you haven’t got a monopoly on the subject,
Norse mythology is just a small cog in a big wheel and tbh the sources your friend is citing is no different than Plato who wrote a lot clearer than what is described in the article. All of which is open to interpretation.
I politely gave my opinion on a brilliant piece of writing, I liked it and restacked it. If she does not want comments then perhaps she should turn them off.
No offence but if you don’t agree with my comments then I couldn’t give a monkey’s.
I think that if from the Elysian Fields Plato can hear everything people say about his Atlantis he must be always laughing... It is one of the most successful hoaxes in History.
I'm still laughing at Snorri trying to build the Marvel universe.
Extremely interesting. I wish I could go to Fyn and have a look around. I expect it’s a bit of a journey.
Chatting to my husband this morning, he says it’s totally possible for us to go to Fyn. Hurrah
Do you mean long ago in the past? These legends were a legacy from a former civilization that we have gradually forgotten like Atlantis? I am not so familiar with Norse legends, but the ones I remember reading have far too many parallels with their Greek counterparts not to be related in my opinion. Thank you for such an interesting piece.
Nothing to do with Atlantis.
Some of common themes are just Indo-European background.
That's what I was going to say. Even more than the Indo-European languages, the myths are still close.
Atlantis was just rich boy Plato being all allegorical to show off how clever he was. Nobody at the time thought it was ever real, or anybody for hundreds, maybe thousands of years.
(Thanks for the 80s earworm BTW)
Really the all seeing eye? The two ravens thought and memory? Prometheus (forethought) and Mnemosyne (Memory). No parallels here at all.
Plato intended the narrative as a philosophical device, this is not a serious topic in archaeological research.
So suddenly we know what Plato actually intended? How does that square with that the legend came out of Egypt via Egyptian priests who related the narrative to his relation, Solon.
We do, there is a ton of philological analysis written on the topic.
Analysis? Show me facts.
Look up classical scholarship.
Not really interested in other peoples opinions.
Cite your sources.
Anything else you would like. Please feel free.
I gave sources Mnemosyne is memory Greek mythology Prometheus Atlantean forethought. The all seeing eye is Egyptian.
Those aren't sources. Citation is when you provide the source from which you gained the information you are currently presenting as fact. So, I'll clarify. Cite the credible, written documentation from which you're drawing the information used to make your above claims.
Excuse me, mythology is universal you haven’t got a monopoly on the subject,
Norse mythology is just a small cog in a big wheel and tbh the sources your friend is citing is no different than Plato who wrote a lot clearer than what is described in the article. All of which is open to interpretation.
I politely gave my opinion on a brilliant piece of writing, I liked it and restacked it. If she does not want comments then perhaps she should turn them off.
No offence but if you don’t agree with my comments then I couldn’t give a monkey’s.
People can read it and decide for themselves.
Yeah some Indo-European and cross-cultural commonalities, don't get the Atlantis obsession.
I think that if from the Elysian Fields Plato can hear everything people say about his Atlantis he must be always laughing... It is one of the most successful hoaxes in History.