I don’t know anything about any of this other than the 2 minutes I just spent reading wikipedia.
My guess would be that Griaule overlaid a contemporary understanding of astronomy on top of their mythology, either through ineptitude or as a way to procure funding for more expeditions.
What I mean is, it’s infinitely more likely that their mythology was “we are the descendants of the brightest star we can see”, than they are actually descended from refugees from sirius.
Interesting.
I think this is a better link.
I don’t know anything about any of this other than the 2 minutes I just spent reading wikipedia.
My guess would be that Griaule overlaid a contemporary understanding of astronomy on top of their mythology, either through ineptitude or as a way to procure funding for more expeditions.
What I mean is, it’s infinitely more likely that their mythology was “we are the descendants of the brightest star we can see”, than they are actually descended from refugees from sirius.