Baron Tredegar
Master of Forgotten Lore
This looks like it should be in Fallout.
1938 Dymaxion
Wow, That's Interesting
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Frank Gulotta
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I didn't know either that ants didn't eat leaves and instead primarily use them for fertilizer. It would be like observing humanity and believing we eat money or cow shit or petrol.
Nexus Cabler
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Interesting map of the mythology around the world
Kumali
Lupine-American
Shouldn't Christianity be in there somewhere?
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Fallowfox
Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
If I had a major criticism of that map it would actually be the very idea that mythologies have clear and permanent connections to specific places, or that a single family of mythologies typifies a region.
e.g. if you take 'Celtic', there is no clear agreement that the 'Celts' were ever a coherent people.
People who spoke Celtic-type languages used to live as far south and east as what is now Italy and Turkey, but only Europe's far west is portrayed as having 'Celtic' mythologies on the map. Parts of Europe presented as Celtic, often have myths of other origins, such as the English tale of Beowulf, which is Scandinavian.
...and then obviously there's the fusion and overlaps, like 'Celtic Christianity'.
My commendation to the map's creator for excluding Poland entirely from the regions with 'Polish' mythologies, and describing the Romani as 'Slavic'.
e.g. if you take 'Celtic', there is no clear agreement that the 'Celts' were ever a coherent people.
People who spoke Celtic-type languages used to live as far south and east as what is now Italy and Turkey, but only Europe's far west is portrayed as having 'Celtic' mythologies on the map. Parts of Europe presented as Celtic, often have myths of other origins, such as the English tale of Beowulf, which is Scandinavian.
...and then obviously there's the fusion and overlaps, like 'Celtic Christianity'.
My commendation to the map's creator for excluding Poland entirely from the regions with 'Polish' mythologies, and describing the Romani as 'Slavic'.
Fallowfox
Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
...the more you look at it the more confusing it gets.
> 'Balkan' mythology is recognised, but not in the Balkans
> 'Hittite' is considered 'Mesopotamian' even though the Hittites lived in what is now Turkey and their languages were more similar to European languages than to Sumerian or Semitic.
> Central Asia is considered 'Finnic' (has it ever had a substantial Finnic presence?) but Finland itself is not.
> 'Balkan' mythology is recognised, but not in the Balkans
> 'Hittite' is considered 'Mesopotamian' even though the Hittites lived in what is now Turkey and their languages were more similar to European languages than to Sumerian or Semitic.
> Central Asia is considered 'Finnic' (has it ever had a substantial Finnic presence?) but Finland itself is not.
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It definitely doesn't seem accurate I agree. I feel it's a little chart someone pieced together to detail how mythology and folklore has roots in all places in the world, and not so concerned with the geographical and historical precision, as frustrating as that could seem.
Additionally, I discovered the Holland Sea of Flowers blooming in this photo.
A Decaying Preserved Shark At An Abandoned Wildlife park in Melbourne.
A school of fish following a duck
Additionally, I discovered the Holland Sea of Flowers blooming in this photo.
A Decaying Preserved Shark At An Abandoned Wildlife park in Melbourne.
A school of fish following a duck
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Kumali
Lupine-American
Sure enough! Missed that. Thanks!
Nexus Cabler
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Isopod plushies. What a time to be alive folks.
aomagrat
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Judge Spear
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This hit my recommended again.
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Fluxbender
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Disturbing. I've been a victim of someone like that before. It's not something you ever forget. Those poor parents are saints for enduring that for so long. Should've called an exorcist!
Judge Spear
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Kid was a straight demon. Absolutely deserved. Scary how he was just...wired to be like that from birth.
Matt the Terrier
Woofs! Wiggles! Wins!
Interesting facts from me? Let's see
The Polar Express isn't a real train, but the locomotive that was pulling it in the movie is very real:
Locomotive #1225 was built in the 1940s for the Pere Marquette Railroad in Michigan, and was one of about twenty or so "Berkshire" type locomotives (named after Berkshire Mountains in New York). She spent most of her life hauling freight trains from Chicago to Detroit, Michigan, by way of Grand Rapids. So the story goes, #1225 was sold to a scrapyard in the 1950s, along with other members of it's type, but the owner of the scrapyard saved it because it's number is the same date as Christmas Day (12-25). The locomotive was eventually donated to the city of Owasso, Michigan, and was put on display at the University. In the 1980s, the Steam Railroading Institute was formed, and they began to restore the locomotive back to operation. #1225 ran under her own power again in the late 1980s, and since then, has made a few short distance trips around the Eastern United States. In 2005, when they were making the Polar Express movie, the movie studio decided to base the train in the movie around the real 1225. The model in the movie is based very closely on it, and a lot of the train sounds that you hear in the movie are real sounds recorded off of 1225.
In recent years, 1225 has stayed relatively close to home, but it is more than just a movie star. It is a very real piece of history for the State of Michigan, as it is one of the few surviving locomotives from the Pere Marquette Railroad.
The Polar Express isn't a real train, but the locomotive that was pulling it in the movie is very real:
Locomotive #1225 was built in the 1940s for the Pere Marquette Railroad in Michigan, and was one of about twenty or so "Berkshire" type locomotives (named after Berkshire Mountains in New York). She spent most of her life hauling freight trains from Chicago to Detroit, Michigan, by way of Grand Rapids. So the story goes, #1225 was sold to a scrapyard in the 1950s, along with other members of it's type, but the owner of the scrapyard saved it because it's number is the same date as Christmas Day (12-25). The locomotive was eventually donated to the city of Owasso, Michigan, and was put on display at the University. In the 1980s, the Steam Railroading Institute was formed, and they began to restore the locomotive back to operation. #1225 ran under her own power again in the late 1980s, and since then, has made a few short distance trips around the Eastern United States. In 2005, when they were making the Polar Express movie, the movie studio decided to base the train in the movie around the real 1225. The model in the movie is based very closely on it, and a lot of the train sounds that you hear in the movie are real sounds recorded off of 1225.
In recent years, 1225 has stayed relatively close to home, but it is more than just a movie star. It is a very real piece of history for the State of Michigan, as it is one of the few surviving locomotives from the Pere Marquette Railroad.
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Fluxbender
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Reading the comments section apparently he survived until about 10 years ago, where he was found dead in an alley somewhere. Finally pissed off the wrong person, looks like. I can only imagine how many more people and animals he harmed during all those decades he was alone.
Judge Spear
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This comment in particular fucked me up because she really did go full OmniMan on him.
Judge Spear
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Fallowfox
Are we moomin, or are we dancer?
Dame Agnes Ramsay became an apprentice mason following the black-death, which killed her Father (who was a master mason).
Agnes Ramsay kept her family name even after marrying, and had a successful careeer as a businesswoman and craftsperson- including royal commissions.
en.wikipedia.org
In fact, many women in England took on work that had previously been viewed as the domain of men in the years after the black-death,
because the vacancies it created provided opportunities and demand that had never been there before.
Agnes Ramsay kept her family name even after marrying, and had a successful careeer as a businesswoman and craftsperson- including royal commissions.
Agnes Ramsey - Wikipedia
In fact, many women in England took on work that had previously been viewed as the domain of men in the years after the black-death,
because the vacancies it created provided opportunities and demand that had never been there before.
i actualy have somthing to add on to that, when you slowly blink at a cat, they trust you more. Slowly blinking to a cat means that you trust them because if you blink slowly you see less wich makes you seem less alert. Another thing is if a dog rolles over onto it's belly that shows that the dog trusts you.
Judge Spear
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Artists can pull a -lot- from this video despite the point of it.
Kumali
Lupine-American
Update on the Hans Island "war"!
Baron Tredegar
Master of Forgotten Lore
This War of 1812 veteran saw the Battle of Gettysburg from his porch – then joined it
This War of 1812 and the Mexican War vet even tried to work as a supply driver for the Union Army but was sent back to his home in Gettysburg.
www.wearethemighty.com
Nexus Cabler
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Sutro Tower in San Francisco during fog looks like a pirate ship flying in the sky.