Sorry, I didn’t mean to come across this way. I didn’t think you thought Akkadians or Sumerians were Indo-European peoples. Indeed, your idea makes more sense now.
My understanding was that you thought a people could have myths centered on another people. I also didn’t understand how thought possible to tell stories about an unknown people. No point in arguing over this now, since it’s all clear now.
The oldest recorded song in history starts with “in those ancient times”. Tale of Gilgamesh IIRC
Myths always take place back a long time ago.
Oddly enough it was actually a mistranslated copy of Jerusalem as the rest of the stone said “walk upon England’s mountain green”
I wonder if they were referring to the protoindoeuropeans, who just slowly wandered the earth spreading their language
Why would Akkadian or semite myths speak about a people that not only isn’t theirs, but also unknown?
that’s a trap question and you know it!
(because I thought they shared the same ancestor, but apparently they don’t – there, ya happy now?)
Sorry, I didn’t mean to come across this way. I didn’t think you thought Akkadians or Sumerians were Indo-European peoples. Indeed, your idea makes more sense now.
My understanding was that you thought a people could have myths centered on another people. I also didn’t understand how thought possible to tell stories about an unknown people. No point in arguing over this now, since it’s all clear now.
(I wanna fight some more!)
But yeah I didnt realise this was history memes, and that people do practice and correct knowledge here haha