Nice talk about these mystical animals. However has anyone looked at these carvings and said - "that looks like a map of the lake and river system". The body of the carving is one of the great lakes, the tail is the river - it's long because the river is long - at the end it forks because that's the Mississippi Delta?
Thanks so much for this talk because that "Piasa Bird Legend" was seriously bugging me. It felt really fishy. The whole history is so circuitous! TL;DR ALWAYS ASK NATIVES FIRST!
All my life I loved the rock painting and myth. And I'm so grateful for these corrections and connections. Thank you.
Nice talk about these mystical animals. However has anyone looked at these carvings and said - "that looks like a map of the lake and river system". The body of the carving is one of the great lakes, the tail is the river - it's long because the river is long - at the end it forks because that's the Mississippi Delta?
Wow! Excellent talk and slides. This is meticulous research very clearly and interestingly explained. Thank you very much!
Thanks so much for this talk because that "Piasa Bird Legend" was seriously bugging me. It felt really fishy. The whole history is so circuitous! TL;DR ALWAYS ASK NATIVES FIRST!