In ancient Sumer the sun went to the underworld at night, under the ground where dwelled the dead.
Few questions for the Australians.
Do you remember a life before?
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Hello from the downunda-world
@futurebird underworld with sunshine feels a bit off, doesn't it?
I'm being silly but I really enjoy the idea that the sun was always shining somewhere in this understanding of the world.
Yeah, it would be bad for Australians if they lived where the sun doesn't shine...
Not that this is entirely relevant but remind me to tell you my older kid’s “past life” story. I don’t know that I believe but it gave me a couple of “huh” moments.
Maybe we all just bounce from one side to the other, one life after another. The whole world in a kind of underworld.
@futurebird The people of the Nordic Bronze Age weren't literate, so all we know of their beliefs is what we can piece together from petroglyphs, carvings and other art.
But we do know that they worshipped the sun. And the sun's trip around the world was a pretty wild ride. First it was pulled from the waters by a giant fish, then a giant waterfowl helped lift it into the sky. From there, it was pulled across the sky by a great horse, until it was placed on a ship and sailed to the horizon. At sunset, a giant snake would come and pick up the ship, and would then pull the ship (with sun on board) through the underworld until the fish could take over and begin the cycle again.
The ship was crewed, and the current consensus is that the crew was most likely the souls of the dead ancestors! But we can't know for sure; they had no written language, and while they had some contact with Greeks, nothing was ever written down about them.