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Thunderstone (folklore)
- dsr_ 8y agoI had expected a reference to fulgurite; instead I learned something new. Thanks! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgurite https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulgurite
- icsllaf 8y agoIt's amazing that the myth was only "formally" debunked in 1847 did historians back then not know about the neanderthals or our earlier states and if so, then ancient history has really come a far ways. This quote also stuck with me > Michael Mercati tried to prove that the "thunder-stones" were weapons or implements of early races of men Makes you wonder what other marvels of history that we've simply misidentified and what information we're still missing.
- andrewl 8y agoThis reminds me of the brontotherium (thunder beast), a giant prehistoric mammal similar to a rhinoceros, but much larger. The Sioux sometimes found fossilized brontotherium bones after heavy rainstorms. They believed them to be the bones of creatures that ran over the clouds and caused thunder. One of my children's books about prehistoric creatures said the brontotherium was named by a paleontologist who was familiar with the Sioux myth.