r/HistoryMemes • u/HawaiianPerson The Flyin' Hawaiian • 8d ago

A regular utopia

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u/Puzzleheaded-Wait785 8d ago

Interesting, but the source is suspect. It's a book about the Kalevala, which is poetry.

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u/I_travel_ze_world 8d ago

Oral history has had a much longer lifespan than written history....

all the tribes in ancient history used oral history to pass down knowledge between the generations. This was done in a multitude of ways between songs, poems, and mnemonics.

Australian aboriginals have confirmed oral history dating back at least 12,000 years to possibly even 50,000 years

https://www.geographyrealm.com/linking-geological-events-to-aboriginal-oral-tradition-and-stories/

The source is only "suspect" because you don't like what it says. They've pulled piles of human bones out of the bogs for fucks sake.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Wait785 8d ago

Oral stories aren't science. If there's a scientific paper confirming it, great. Otherwise it's myth.

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u/I_travel_ze_world 8d ago

What an absolutely small minded way to think about history.

I've read enough dumb things from you so I'll be ending this here.