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How many coincidences? There are many (slightly different) versions of the text were discovered over a vast area? Germany, Norway etc. It must have been an extr
by Beijinger 1y ago
How many coincidences? There are many (slightly different) versions of the text were discovered over a vast area? Germany, Norway etc. It must have been an extremely important "fairy tale". All this should raise suspicion.
- neaden 1y agoI mean, none of the things you've really said feel like coincidences to me since you're basically saying the dragon is a metaphor. And there are plenty of other stories that are found over a large area and have a lot of different versions since that's what happens with oral stories. On the other hand we know people today make up fantasy stories all the time, so thinking that people in the past must have been just what, encoding their history in elaborate metaphor?
- protocolture 1y agoAre you kidding? Folklore survives really well. Next you will tell us Giants are real because of Gilgamesh.
- Beijinger 1y agoI wonder about the intellectual capabilities of some members here. "It's useless to try to explain a thought to someone for whom a hint is not enough." — Nicolás Gómez Dávila