• Siegfried@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    7
    ·
    4 days ago

    Those dudes survived a volcanic eruption that wiped out half of humanity. I guess they still remember it?

      • Siegfried@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        11
        ·
        4 days ago

        I strongly believe that it happened. It doesn’t need to be a “flood of biblical dimensions” but just one terrible enough to convince a few early tribes that it was the end of the world as we know it.

        That’s mankind lore

        • nomous@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          edit-2
          4 days ago

          I feel like the myth existing in cultures around the world from Mesopotamia to the Americas gives it credence. It makes sense that a “world-changing event” would work its way into various disparate cultures myths.

          • Slovene@feddit.nl
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            4
            ·
            edit-2
            4 days ago

            Or it’s because people all around the world always lived next to water and encountered floods.

            • nomous@lemmy.world
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              2
              ·
              4 days ago

              Absolutely, water being such a vital part of life pretty much ensures it’ll be referenced. Kind of the same thing as various sun gods in cultures around the world.