tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541805796747127869.post6160370379943439094..comments2023-10-30T05:20:29.870-07:00Comments on The Migrant Mind: When Did Adam Live? Part 1 ReligionG.R.Mortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572654296548505437noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-541805796747127869.post-89913381545522007602022-11-10T13:52:38.285-08:002022-11-10T13:52:38.285-08:00Dear Glenn,
This is truly fascinating stuff! I ha...Dear Glenn,<br /><br />This is truly fascinating stuff! I have recently written a study that deals with - alongside other things - the possibility of the ultimately Neanderthal origin of the Siberian bear cult, and BioLogos directed me to this blog. I'm a fellow believer from Eastern Europe who has formerly done some projects among the Finno-Ugric ethnic groups in Siberia so I'm quite familiar with their folklore. There's a very interesting theme widespread in circumpolar Eurasian folklore, that before the mankind we are part of today (or before the storyteller's ancestors) had appeared on the scene, the world was inhabited by a short-statured, strong people who were connected to the depths of the earth (in many stories, they live in caves) and later met and interbred with the ancestors, then mysteriously disappeared. Some of the stories contain details about this mythical folk that are surprisingly similar to the latest discoveries about Neanderthals (eg, the Samoyed nation in Siberia describes the cave-dwellers as stocky, light-haired people who made huts from mammoth bones and were more active in the evenings), so in my opinion it's not entirely impossible that some hazy memories of our ancient cousins were preserved in folklore, possibly mixed up with the memory of much later nations. If interested, the study is up on Amazon, and is called People of the Earth Deer: https://www.amazon.com/People-Earth-Deer-contacts-humanity/dp/B0BJYM9VYD/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Viktoria+Schlachta&qid=1668031607&s=digital-text&sr=1-1-catcorr#detailBullets_feature_div<br />I would love to see some feedback on my work! ~ Blessings, Viki S.Vikihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17909083217760281889noreply@blogger.com