Re: Chinese Villagers Eat Dinosaur Bones

From: John Hutchinson <jrhutch_94705_at_SiLX197UiLSxaFEd1SDYH37zAVH93Q3CyEvUiPh2RP4xFMuLtO-gifZ4rlByV0>
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 07:35:20 -0000

Dinosaur/other fossil bones have apparently played other important roles in societies' myths and practices; interesting stuff by this person, Adrienne Mayor:

http://members.aol.com/afmayor/myhomepage/resume.html

e.g. myth of cyclops related to finding elephant/mammoth skulls (which do look like cyclops although the 'eye' is the nostrils), myth of griffin related to dinosaur (Protoceratops? etc) skulls, and so on.

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> <http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070704/D8Q5OSB00.html>
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> I read a book on similar practices among North American Indians. (I
> don't think they called them dragons though.)
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> David Dunham
> Glorantha/HQ/RQ page: www.pensee.com/dunham/glorantha.html
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