hobi being adorable with mang š¦
my sugaaa so sweet~
behind every Nam there is a proud Hobi ā„
happy sope-mas!
something cute and cozy, i'm gonna rewatch the winter package because i miss them
Researchers have used Easter Island Moai replicas to show how they might have beenĀ āwalkedā to where they are displayed.
Finally. People need to realize aliens arenāt the answer for everything (when they use it to erase poc civilizations and how smart they were)
(via TumbleOn)
Whatās really wild is that the native people literally told the Europeans āthey walkedā when asked how the statues were moved. The Europeans were like ālol these backwards heathens and their fairy tales guess itās gonna always be a mystery!ā
Maori told Europeans that kiore were native rats and no one believed them until DNA tests proved it
And the Iroquois told Europeans that squirels showed them how to tap maple syrup and no one believed them until they caught it on video
Oral history from various First Nations tribes in the Pacific Northwest contained stories about a massive earthquake/tsunami hitting the coast, but no one listened to them until scientists discovered physical evidence of quakes from the Cascadia fault line.
Roopkund Lake AKA āSkeleton Lakeā in the Himalayas in India is eerie because it was discovered with hundreds of skeletal remains and for the life of them researchers couldnāt figure out what it was that killed them. For decades the āmysteryā went unsolved.
Until they finally payed closer attention to local songs and legend that all essentially said āYah the Goddess Nanda Devi got mad and sent huge heave stones down to kill themā. That was consistent with huge contusions found all on their neck and shoulders and the weather patterns of the area, which are prone to huge & inevitably deadly goddamn hailstones. https://www.facebook.com/atlasobscura/videos/10154065247212728/
Literally these legends were past down for over a thousand years and it still took researched 50 to āfigure outā the āmysteryā. š
Adding to this, the Inuit communities in Nunavut KNEW where both the wrecks of the HMS Erebus and HMS Terror were literally the entire time but Europeans/white people didnāt even bother consulting them about either ship until likeā¦last year.Ā
āInuit traditional knowledge was critical to the discovery of both ships, she pointed out, offering the Canadian government a powerful demonstration of what can be achieved when Inuit voices are included in the process.
In contrast, the tragic fate of the 129 men on the Franklin expedition hints at the high cost of marginalising those who best know the area and its history.
āIf Inuit had been consulted 200 years ago and asked for their traditional knowledge ā this is our backyard ā those two wrecks would have been found, lives would have been saved. Iām confident of that,ā she said. āBut they believed their civilization was superior and that was their undoing.ā
āOh yeah, I heard a lot of stories about Terror, the ships, but I guess Parks Canada donāt listen to people,ā Kogvik said. āThey just ignore Inuit stories about the Terror ship.ā
Schimnowski said the crew had also heard stories about people on the land seeing the silhouette of a masted ship at sunset.
āThe community knew about this for many, many years. Itās hard for people to stop and actually listen ā¦ especially people from the South.ā
Indigenous Australians have had stories about giant kangaroos and wombats for thousands of years, and European settlers just kinda assumed they were myths. Cut to more recently when evidence of megafauna was discovered, giant versions of Australian animals that died out 41 000 years ago.
Similarly, scientists have been stumped about how native Palm trees got to a valley in the middle of Australia, and it wasnāt until a few years ago that someone did DNA testing and concluded that seeds had been carried there from the north around 30 000 years agoā¦ aaand someone pointed out that Indigenous people have had stories about gods from the north carrying the seeds to a valley in the central desert.
oh man let me tell you about Indigenous Australian myths - the framework they use (with multi-generational checking thatās unique on the planet, meaning thereās no drifting or mutation of the story, seriously they are hardcoreĀ about maintaining integrity) means that we literally have multiple first-hand accounts of life and the ecosystemĀ before the end of the last ice age
itās literally the oldest accurate oral history of the world. Ā
Now consider this: most people consider the start of recorded history to be with Ā the Sumerians and the Early Dynastic period of the Egyptians. Ā So aroundĀ 3500 BCE, or five and a half thousand years ago These highly accurate Aboriginal oral histories originate from twenty thousand years ago at least
Okay, YES!?
But the funniest thing about this is that I think you've actually discovered the one single piece of content that could have simultaneously upset both J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis so bad that they are, as we speak, clawing their way out of the grave ready to fight.*
*whether they're going to fight you or just each other is not clear yet, we'll just have to wait and see.
ok but when did sauron ever make gifts?
The ring?
FIIIIIVE GOOOLDEN RIIIINGS
but they were all of them... deceived
for a partridge in a pear tree was made
heya
havenāt been active on this since 2016 :( going forward, itās going to be more of the same shit. will always tag but heads up cuz my future posts are gonna be about 7 korean men who have stolen my heart.Ā
my frequent tags (going off my posts on twitter) will probably be:
Looking at each other when the other isnāt looking (ā„āæā„)
āHappiness can be foundā¦ā āØI donāt even want to know how long this to me to do. Too long, thatās how long. āØSome somber Deathly Hallow goodness with my favorite OTP. āØPlease be respectful and do not repost. If you want to share, which Iām very happy if you do, please share from original post.
Let her come to me.
MOANA (2016)
āmy battery is low and itās getting darkā is so hauntingly human, so crushingly lonely. I canāt articulate the deep, profound ache that sentence evokes. Itās acceptance and defeat and terror and sadness all at once, all from one tiny machine we asked to explore the stars for us.
Itās profound and sad and I 100% heard the Backstreet Boys first
Do you ever see a fandom discourse post and you're like wow I'm so glad I don't understand what the fuck this says
HAPPY SPOOKY SEASON Y'ALL! Bucky and Sam go ra ta ta ta in the graveyardāØš( Ķ”Ā° ĶŹ Ķ”Ā°)šāØ
weird little girls are literally the most powerful creative beings on the planet like i promise you no art made by an adult man can even begin to touch the plotlines of an elementary school girlās pretend game
meadow whispers