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In the absence of anything other than a common origin, it may not be based on Moses. The story of Moses abandonment and adoption is itself a retelling of an old
by IntronExon 9y ago
In the absence of anything other than a common origin, it may not be based on Moses. The story of Moses abandonment and adoption is itself a retelling of an older Sumerian myth, and thst was probably a retelling as well.
- jessaustin 9y agoGo far enough back, and it's a metaphor for the fact that humanity themselves are descended from aliens, rather than evolved from terrestrial primates. Perhaps humans remembered this in ancient Sumeria or before? See also: The Jungle Book.
- IntronExon 9y agoWe’re all just Golgafrinchan middle managers.
- twic 9y agoThat would be Sargon I: http://www.fortfairfieldjournal.com/fte/060717.html http://www.fortfairfieldjournal.com/fte/060717.html There's a great big book about it. Google, the company famed for having the greatest command of search and machine learning on the planet, classifies it under "abandoned children": https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Sargon_Legend.html?id=v_pwQgAACAAJ https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Sargon_Legend.htm...