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Origins: A study in world folkore and preshistory. You are student# |
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Not Even the Rocks....
And the land, heavy with history
and the bones of men and their cities
hidden in the dust - forgotten
as if they never were-
groans and shifts its burden
deeper into layers of forgetfulness.
Men still tread the ancient routes,
unaware, they trample the tombs of their ancestors.
The mountains could tell,
if their tongues were loosed,
A tale of times and ages
beyond our reckoning.
Of memories faintly etched in stone, perhaps, that someday,
not even the rocks will remember.
Wesley Stine (copyright 1994) |
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Hello, My name is Wesley Stine and welcome to my folklore site. I Live in Lubbock, Texas and have studied various folkore traditions for several years. I am not a teacher, nor do I hold advanced degrees. I merely have a keen interest in mythology, prehistory and archaeology as well as genealogy. Click here to visit my genealogy site. I have tried to take the approach of the historian, rather than the archaeologist. This site is an ongoing project. I hope to create a useful and informative site. So if you have questions, comments or suggestions, feel free to email me. I last updated this site on: October 28, 2006 |
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Introduction: There are common threads throughout the mythology of all cultures. We create them to explain phenomena for which we would otherwise not have an explanation. We use them to illustrate a moral point or explain the cosmography of a culture. Myths and folklore have had a potent impact on the development of cultures throughout recorded history, and undoubtedly long before that, and mythical imagery continues to influence the development of society even today. Even a culture that worships the light of reason, belief in things beyond us is essential.
Indeed, it has been said that sacred space is the point from which all other space is measured. |
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Table of Contents:
Celtic
Germanic
Middle Eastern
Native American
miscelaneous
My personal Genealogy Site
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