Japanese Kofun “ancient grave” Megalithic Mound Tombs or Tumuli (mounds of earth/stones over graves) like Barrows, and Burial mounds/Kurgans
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Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref,  ref, ref, ref Kofun “Kofun (古墳, from Sino-Japanese “ancient grave”) are megalithic tombs or tumuli in Northeast Asia. Kofun were mainly constructed in the Japanese archipelago between the middle of the 3rd century to the early 7th century CE. The term is the origin of the name of the Kofun period, which indicates the middle 3rd century to early–middle 6th century. Many kofun have distinctive keyhole-shaped mounds (zempō-kōen fun (前方後円墳)).” ref “The  ..read more
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Discussing Ancient North Eurasians migrations: genetics, religion, and rape; (rape 25,000 years ago?) from a lingering patriarchal past, can we find a humanistic secular feminist future?
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ref “MA-1 genetic affinities of Mal’ta–Buret’ culture.” ref  Mal’ta–Buret’ culture of Siberia near Lake Baikal “The Mal’ta–Buret’ culture is an archaeological culture of c. 24,000 to 15,000 years ago in the Upper Paleolithic on the upper Angara River in the area west of Lake Baikal in the Irkutsk Oblast, Siberia, Russian Federation. The type sites are named for the villages of Mal’ta, Usolsky District, and Buret’, Bokhansky District (both in Irkutsk Oblast ..read more
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Shapeshifters: found among Totemists, Shamanists, and Paganists?
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Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref “Shaman Wearing a Jaguar Pelt”  Photo credits for the second Pic come from an Ecuadorian book about Valdivia. shape-shift·​er: one that seems able to change form or identity at will. especially: a mythical figure that can assume different forms (as of animals) ref Shapeshifting I made this article on shape-shifting beliefs, and how I see them likely emerging out totemism as well as shamanism, and then often adopted when deity beliefs emerged into paganism beliefs. “In mythology, folklore ..read more
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Lake Baikal and Myths of Creation: Primordial waters, Supernatural Creatures of water, and the Mounds of creation
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Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref People reached Lake Baikal Siberia around 25,000 years ago. They (to Damien) were likely Animistic Shamanists who were also heavily totemistic as well. Being animistic thinkers they likely viewed amazing things in nature as a part of or related to something supernatural/spiritual (not just natural as explained by science): spirit-filled, a sprit-being relates to or with it, it is a sprit-being, it is a supernatural/spiritual creature, or it is a great spirit/tutelary deity/goddess-god. From ther ..read more
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Shaman Rock, on Olkhon Island, Lake Baikal, Siberia, with a natural rock image that resembles a dragon. And is one of the “Nine Holy Sites of Asia.”
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Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref Lake Baikal “Lake Baikal is a rift lake in Russia. It is situated in southern Siberia, between the federal subjects of Irkutsk Oblast to the northwest and the Republic of Buryatia to the southeast. At 31,722 km2 (12,248 sq mi)—slightly larger than Belgium—Lake Baikal is the world’s seventh-largest lake by surface area, as well as the second largest lake in Eurasia after the Caspian Sea. However, because it is al ..read more
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Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs, Isthmo-Colombians, and Incas: their differences and similarities, Origins, DNA, Languages, Cultures, Religions, and Gods
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Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref Damien Marie AtHope’s Art People don’t commonly teach religious history, even that of their own claimed religion. No, rather they teach a limited “pro their religion” history of their religion from a religious perspective favorable to the religion of choice.  Damien Marie AtHope’s Art Do you truly think “Religious Belief” is only a matter of some personal choice? Do you not see how coercive one’s world of choice is limited to the obvious hereditary belief, in most religious choices available to the ch ..read more
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Pre-contact: distribution of North, Central, and South American language families and their Deities/Paganism or Religious/Spiritual beliefs like Shamanism/or “medicine people”
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Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref North America Area (with Deities/paganism and Shamanism/or “medicine people”) Eskimo–Aleut or Inuit–Yupik–Unangan languages Na-Dené, Athabaskan–Eyak–Tlingit languages The Algic: Algonquian–Wiyot–Yurok languages Siouan–Catawban languages Uto-Aztecan languages Salishan languages Muskogean languages Mesoamerica Aera (with Deities/paganism and Shamanism/or “medicine people”) 5. Uto-Aztecan languages 8. Mayan languages 9. Chibchan languages South America Area (with Deities/paganism and Shamanism/or “medicine people”) Chibchan languages Cariban languag ..read more
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The Intersex Rights Movement: 60% used the term Intersex and the label DSD “disorders of sex development” had only 3% support in defining their sex characteristics
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ref, ref, ref Intersex people can identify their Gender as: Male, Female, Trans, third gender, Genderqueer, Non-binary, Etc. “Being non-binary is also not the same as being intersex; most intersex people identify as either male or female.” ref Intersex people can identify their Sexual orientation as: heterosexuality, homosexuality, bisexuality, pansexual or polysexual, asexuality, Etc. “Androphilia describes sexual attraction to masculinity; gynephilia ..read more
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Isthmo-Colombian Area (portions of Central and South America) mainly by Chibchan languages
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Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref Art and info adapted from: Pre-Columbian Central America, Colombia, and Ecuador: Toward an Integrated Approach (Dumbarton Oaks Other Titles in Pre-Columbian Studies) by Colin McEwan (Editor), John W. Hoopes (Editor) I enjoy this book a lot. I liked the part about the seats and their relations. I see seating in art and archaeology can often seem to relate to hierarchy: elites, chiefdom/religious figures, or deities. I tabbed the pages from: Pre-Columbian Central America, Colombia, and Ecua ..read more
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Shell Mounds, Earth Mounds, Raised Platforms, and Pyramids: which I think are somewhat related in mythology thinking and culture beliefs
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Damien Marie AtHope’s Art ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref, ref Medicine Wheel Serpent Mound Mesa Verde Chaco Canyon Casas Grandes/Paquime Ciudad Perdida “lost city”; Teyuna Ingapirca “Inca” Chavín de Huántar “pre-Inca” Sacred City of Caral-Supe *Caral culture developed between 3000 – 1800 BCE* Machu Picchu Nazca Lines Sacsayhuamán Tiwanaku/Tiahuanaco Atacama Giant/Lines Pucará de Tilcara “pre-Inca” Ciudad Perdida “lost city”; Teyuna “Tairona or Tayrona was a Pre-Columbian culture of Colombia, which consisted in a group ..read more
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