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> I'm sure you have an explanation for how the Dogon tribe knew more about the Sirius star system than we did until relatively recently as well. I have a hypot

> I'm sure you have an explanation for how the Dogon tribe knew more about the Sirius star system than we did until relatively recently as well. I have a hypothesis, which incorporates the fact that the Dogon were not reported to have such knowledge until the 1930s, well after the discovery of Sirius B. > depicted in symbolism by different cultures dating back to Babylon A bit of searching is coming up short, beyond a claim about shackles on the ankles of a Roman statue of Saturn (the god) symbolizing the rings; I find this less convincing than the idea that they symbolize shackles (the ones with which he was bound in Tartaros).

tinfoilhatter 7mo ago
> I have a hypothesis, which incorporates the fact that the Dogon were not reported to have such knowledge until the 1930s, well after the discovery of Sirius B. That's not a fact, because there are several sources / individuals that dispute this claim. > A bit of searching is coming up short, beyond a claim about shackles on the ankles of a Roman statue of Saturn (the god) symbolizing the rings; I find this less convincing than the idea that they symbolize shackles (the ones with which he was bound in Tartaros). Well you're pretty terrible at searching the internet then, considering I can type Sumerian saturn symbolism into any image search engine and find a plethora of examples.
- BigTTYGothGF 7mo ago
  > Sumerian saturn symbolism I'm not mad, just disappointed. You originally wrote: > depicted in symbolism by different cultures dating back to Babylon and I'd (naively) expected you to have known the differences between Babylon and the Sumerians. But based on your suggestion I did search for "Sumerian saturn symbolism" (sans quotes) and there's more but still a whole lot of nothing. I see a lot of four- and eight-pointed stars, sometimes in circles, and some images of stone seals that clearly have planets with rings but are even more clearly AI generated. Perhaps you could be a little more specific?

tinfoilhatter 7mo ago

> I have a hypothesis, which incorporates the fact that the Dogon were not reported to have such knowledge until the 1930s, well after the discovery of Sirius B. That's not a fact, because there are several sources / individuals that dispute this claim. > A bit of searching is coming up short, beyond a claim about shackles on the ankles of a Roman statue of Saturn (the god) symbolizing the rings; I find this less convincing than the idea that they symbolize shackles (the ones with which he was bound in Tartaros). Well you're pretty terrible at searching the internet then, considering I can type Sumerian saturn symbolism into any image search engine and find a plethora of examples.

BigTTYGothGF 7mo ago
> Sumerian saturn symbolism I'm not mad, just disappointed. You originally wrote: > depicted in symbolism by different cultures dating back to Babylon and I'd (naively) expected you to have known the differences between Babylon and the Sumerians. But based on your suggestion I did search for "Sumerian saturn symbolism" (sans quotes) and there's more but still a whole lot of nothing. I see a lot of four- and eight-pointed stars, sometimes in circles, and some images of stone seals that clearly have planets with rings but are even more clearly AI generated. Perhaps you could be a little more specific?