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From the linked Wikipedia page: "African cultures preserving an oral tradition of a flood include the Kwaya, Mbuti, Maasai, Mandin, and Yoruba peoples." So, fa
by ncmncm 5y ago
From the linked Wikipedia page: "African cultures preserving an oral tradition of a flood include the Kwaya, Mbuti, Maasai, Mandin, and Yoruba peoples."
So, false.
And, obviously there would be local myths of the Pleiades. But the Sisters show up on all continents. That is the fact that needs accounting for.
Dragonwriter is correct: neither universal nor regional flooding is the null hypothesis.
- eesmith 5y agoI said most cultures in Africa don't have a flood myth, not that no cultures in Africa have a flood myth. The Wikipedia entry you quoted starts "Although the continent has relatively few flood legends". There are many more than five cultures in Africa. Any suggestion of a universal common source must explain why those other cultures don't have a flood myth. Including Japan. (Here's a more complete list of flood myths: http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/flood-myths.html Compare the number in Africa to the number from Central America.) > But the Sisters show up on all continents What are the examples for the Americas, Australia, or Polynesia? And the claim was "universal interpretation of the Pleiades as seven sisters" not "widespread."