xopranaut t1_jeabuw2 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 3:53 PM

Reply to comment by thebluebeagal in TIL the milky way was named as such because of Hera's breaskmilk...An infant Hercules tried to nurse from her, and she threw him off. Allowing some milk to splash and creating the galaxy and all its stars... by Themakia

Yeah. Most myths seem to be either morality plays, explanations of things people had no other way to understand, or garbled renderings of their tribe’s history.

temporarysecretary17 t1_jeb2q7z wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:44 PM

Also propaganda.

xopranaut t1_jeb4kvf wrote on March 30, 2023 at 6:56 PM

Ohh, that’s a good point.

WarpmanAstro t1_jeb8e5c wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:21 PM

One of my favorite explanations for the mysterious "races of man who came before us" and figures like the Niphilim are literally just our ancestors remembering Neanderthals existing and then suddenly "vanishing".

Gulbahar-00 t1_jec5gxg wrote on March 30, 2023 at 10:58 PM

There are aboriginal Australian myths about giant animals that were confirmed to be prehistoric wildlife by paleontologists

pow3llmorgan t1_jeb9vxj wrote on March 30, 2023 at 7:30 PM

That or they were tripping balls and thought they saw giants.

alien_ghost t1_jecr0lu wrote on March 31, 2023 at 1:37 AM

It's not necessarily an either/or proposition.