Catastrophism: Man, Myth and Mayhem in Ancient History and the Sciences

191. Neocatastrophism in Geology and Paleontology [Articles]

... lot about sediments and rocks and minerals which has little or nothing to do with fossils, but he knows little about the actual present life and how we can use it to interpret the past. The upshot of this is the finding of this woolly rhinoceros skull in Germany, and the person who found it thought that it was a nice dragon skull. I don't know whether the dragon breathed flames or not, this has been a recurring topic today, so at least I am keeping up with the trend, but they set up a monument in the town square to the dragon they found there. This is a typical ammonite fossil. An ammonite is related to squids and ...

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192. Still Facing Unfair Criticism (Vox Populi) [Journals] [Kronos]

... emphasis added); and, again, "those (deities) who dwelt" in "the temples of each nome" in case "the nome should fall into confusion" followed by preoccupation with north, south, west, and east. Could the inscription possibly contain a parallel to the story of Typhon - the serpent, the dragon, the hairy tail of the comet? (Does the name Tefnut have anything to do with Typhon?) It is interesting to note here that "according to Midrash Shir (15a-15b) the pharaoh warned the Israelites not to leave Egypt, because they would meet the bloody star Ra" (W in C, p. 95 ...

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193. Planets in the Bible: I -- The Cosmology of Job [Journals] [SIS Review]

... concerning the treading down, or limiting, of "Yam" - the sea - is found in Job 7:12: "Am I a sea, or a whale [Heb. tannin], that thou settest a watch over me?" The Hebrew "tannin" is now generally translated, as in the NEB as "dragon" or "sea-monster". (Thus in T. H Gaster: Myth and Legend in the Old Testament, New York, 1975, II, p.576: ". . . the Dragon being variously named. . . Tannin (Sea-Monster)." Gaster comments (II, 790) "Sea is here personified ...

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194. Bookshelf [Journals] [SIS Review]

... entertainingly; and not least, his work may be imbued with an impressive air of learning - however undeserved. The news that Carl Sagan was to publish another book had us quotation buffs trembling with anticipation. Sagan's embryonic talent in this area had been glimpsed tantalisingly in The Cosmic Connection (three neat quotes) but had blossomed alarmingly by The Dragons of Eden with no less than ten pages of quotes ranging from Plotinus and Shakespeare to T. S. Eliot and Bob Dylan - a remarkable advance in both quantity and irrelevance. He wrapped himself in quotations as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of emperors - KIPLING What would Broca's Brain bring? We were not disappointed. ...

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195. Natural Catastrophes During Bronze Age Civilisations [Journals] [Aeon]

... theocentric religions, the new religions (Zoroastrianism, Taoism, Zen Buddhism, Confucianism, etc.) were homocentric; people could ach-ieve their own salvation. The pre-Socratic philoso-phers wanted to bring order to the world, to show that the universe is subject to law. Games were introduced, based on the notion that the hero has destroyed the dragon which has threatened the world. The games are imitations of the fight, a celebration of humankind. The dragon wants to enforce chaos; the dragon slayer restores order. Cities evolved: The polis was ruled by law, not by cult centers. Agriculture was developed to sell produce, no longer as part of the temple economies. ...

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196. Commemoration Of The 2300bc Event [Journals] [SIS Review]

... 195. 74. P. MacCana, Celtic Mythology, Hamlyn, 1970, p. 127; Hastings, Vol. 5, op. cit. [72], p. 839; and Krupp, op. cit. [71], p. 195. 75. G.E . Smith, The Evolution of the Dragon, Longman's, Green, 1919, p. 6; also J. Rhys, Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion, Williams & Norgate, 1892, p. 584. 76. Smith, op. cit. [75], p. 53. 77. A. MacBain, Celtic Mythology', Celtic Magazine ...

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197. The Mission Of A Comet Ch.9 (The Riddle of the Earth) [Books]

... same minerals and gases as are discovered in connection with the procedure of volcanic eruptions or earthquakes or both. COMETARY IMPACT PRESERVED IN MYTHS AND TRADITIONS 145.Before closing this chapter it is useful to revert once more to the ancient views on cometary impact as evidenced in the Phaeton myth, and Osiris and Typhon or Set, and the red dragon or Satan of Revelation with seven heads, ten horns, and seven crowns. The Phaeton myth, as was stated, was believed to be identical with the Flood of Deucalion, and the great star Sirius was thought in some way to be connected traditionally with it. It is most probable that the " Sun" which the Egyptians ...

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198. Aphrodite The Moon or Venus? (Continued) [Journals] [SIS Review]

... of the proto-planet Venus (17). And what of the Giants? Apollodorus related the story of the Giants' revolt against Heaven: "These were matchless in the bulk of their bodies and invincible in their might; terrible of aspect did they appear, with long locks drooping from their head and chin, and with the scales of dragons for feet." (16) They assaulted Heaven, with an attack of rocks and firebrands, during the struggle Zeus forbade the Sun and Moon to shine; the Gods in concert fought with the Giants, who were eventually destroyed mainly by the power of Zeus' thunderbolt. A catastrophic interpretation readily suggests itself - the obscuring of ...

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199. Velikovsky's Sources Volume Six [Books]

... unfathomable depth. Without one hearing a single sound uttered, it works great things in this world, and these works and transformations are brought about by this being without a heart. So when the perfect and just essence enters into a form, the Khi moves in the sky (shakes the sky), the stars appear, the yellow dragons descend, the phoenixes arrive, magnificent fountains spring from the earth, splendid grains are grown, the rivers do not overflow, the sea has no swelling waves. When the sky, hostile to living things, wishes to harm them, it burns them, the sun and the moon grow thinner and are eclipsed, the five planets ...

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200. Monitor [Journals] [SIS Review]

... of its supposed origin, and the lines show no trace of weathering. Cliffs in the Beishan Mountain area of Chinaare covered in carvings of Sun, Moon, animals and axes; also images of hunters and warriors. The first figure of a typical Palaeolithic Venus' in China has now been found among them. Also in China, painted dragons have been found at sites dated between 6000 and 4000 BC and jade dragons have been found in the north-east at a site dated before 3000 BC, where there is a large complex of altars, temples and tombs with pottery and jade ware. A similar jade dragon has also been found in Inner Mongolia. The Indus Valleyarea is coming ...

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