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0 pointsGarlef5y ago0 comments

I don't think we need this kind of hocus pocus to explain this.

Frist candidate for an explanation:

* Stories get passed on and some are surprisingly stable.

Second candidate for an explanation:

* The underpinnings of the architecture of the mind cause the same stories to (re?)surface everywhere.

Let's use occams razor.

(I don't claim this argument disproves the "theory" of archetypes. But we should not jump to conclusions when applying it out of context.).

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Tistron5y ago· 2 in thread

What is the difference between your second point and "archetypes"?

GarlefOP5y ago

The point of listing the second point was to paraphrase/summarize archetypes and contrast it to a more plausible explanation (the first point).

Here's some hyperbole explaining why the first point offers the simpler explanation.

To use the old south park meme:

1. The underpinnings of the architecture of the mind

2. ?

3. Stories resurfacing.

1. narrative tradition

sibeliuss5y ago

Precisely

nobody99995y ago

>* Stories get passed on and some are surprisingly stable.

That's reasonable. While certainly far from proven, the Black Sea Deluge Hypothesis[0] posits the possibility that the "Great Flood" story, which is part of many ancient traditions (and long predates Abrahamic[1] religions) may be from an oral tradition recounting a flood occurring at the end of the last glaciation in Eastern Europe and Western Asia.

While that story certainly isn't anywhere near 100,000 years old, if true, it does add credence to the stability of oral traditions over long periods of time.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_hypothesis

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abrahamic_religions

Edit: Clarified hypothesized location of the Black Sea Deluge.

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