A couple of videos.
The first is close to my heart, as it deals with Appalachian Folklore. @"Guohua" may also find it interesting, as it deals with giants:
Note that I believe there is a lot of bullshit in this video, which may have grains of fact hidden within it. For example, the "Red Bird Rock" in Kentucky discussed within it is claimed to have been carved by Cherokees. There is a problem with that. No Cherokees lived north of the Cumberland River or west of the Clinch River until long after white men had settled the area, and some Cherokees bought farms among the whites to try to blend in. If the carvings are older than about 200 years or so, there is no way the Cherokees carved it. Now the Cherokee CLAIMED that area, but were never able to settle in it in native days, because the natives that already lived there had a nasty habit of killing off interlopers on sight.
The Judaculla Rock in North Carolina also was not likely to have been carved by Cherokees. The rock is supposed to have been carved some time prior to the 13th century (1200s AD). If it was carved earlier than that date, it could not have been carved by Cherokees, because the Cherokee tribe did not exist until between 400 and 500 years ago, between 1500 AD and 1600 AD. it was created as a tribe when the Mound Builder culture disintegrated, from a branch of that culture that was isolated from it in the collapse.
There are petroglyphs not far from here, painted on a rock on top of a mountain - Paint Lick Mountain. Those are also attributed to the Cherokee, and that is possible. The mountain, and the rock on top of it, are situated at the territorial line between the Cherokee and the Shawnee, just on the Cherokee side of it. The area was usually under dispute, with constant fighting for possession between the Cherokee and the Shawnee. The last battle between the two for the area occurred in 1769 or thereabouts, at War Gap of War Ridge.
During the Indian Wars, the Cherokee did raid into Lee and Scott counties south of here, closer to Tennessee, but did not venture this far north because they would have had to fight the whites AND the Shawnee. The Indians that raided this area were Shawnee and their allies, coming from Ohio via the Sandy River War Passes.
The Cherokee get blamed for all Indian activity around here, because they are the more famous tribe, and they did not all get dislodged and moved across the Mississippi during Indian Removal. Everyone who has any Indian blood claims it comes from "a Cherokee Princess" because of that, but most are not Cherokee, and the Cherokee did not have royalty - they had a tribal government, like most all the other tribes.
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The second is a companion video to the one I just posted in BIAD's thread concerning cryptids and legends of great Britain - but this installment deals with North America. I presnt to you "Mythical Creatures of North America":
Bonus video - another one on American Giants:
"Dowsing" or "water witching" as shown in this video may be a real thing. I've used it successfully, and quite a few others have as well. With that said, I've never seen anyone do it with the rods pointing downward and not level as the guy in the video is doing. I dunno how he makes it work.
Also, in reference to giants, there were alleged to have been several skeletons found over several years along the upper Ohio River, in eastern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and the western panhandle of West Virginia. These skeletons are said to have been between 8 and 10 feet tall, and all are said to have had a double row of teeth.
During Dunmore's War in 1774. an orderly book that recorded the march from Fort Union on Greenbrier River to Point Pleasant at the confluence of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers mentioned that scouts found a bare foot print along the trail that was 14 1/2 inches long, a remarkable size which is why it got recorded. Bigfoot? Giant? Is there really a difference between the two?
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The first is close to my heart, as it deals with Appalachian Folklore. @"Guohua" may also find it interesting, as it deals with giants:
Note that I believe there is a lot of bullshit in this video, which may have grains of fact hidden within it. For example, the "Red Bird Rock" in Kentucky discussed within it is claimed to have been carved by Cherokees. There is a problem with that. No Cherokees lived north of the Cumberland River or west of the Clinch River until long after white men had settled the area, and some Cherokees bought farms among the whites to try to blend in. If the carvings are older than about 200 years or so, there is no way the Cherokees carved it. Now the Cherokee CLAIMED that area, but were never able to settle in it in native days, because the natives that already lived there had a nasty habit of killing off interlopers on sight.
The Judaculla Rock in North Carolina also was not likely to have been carved by Cherokees. The rock is supposed to have been carved some time prior to the 13th century (1200s AD). If it was carved earlier than that date, it could not have been carved by Cherokees, because the Cherokee tribe did not exist until between 400 and 500 years ago, between 1500 AD and 1600 AD. it was created as a tribe when the Mound Builder culture disintegrated, from a branch of that culture that was isolated from it in the collapse.
There are petroglyphs not far from here, painted on a rock on top of a mountain - Paint Lick Mountain. Those are also attributed to the Cherokee, and that is possible. The mountain, and the rock on top of it, are situated at the territorial line between the Cherokee and the Shawnee, just on the Cherokee side of it. The area was usually under dispute, with constant fighting for possession between the Cherokee and the Shawnee. The last battle between the two for the area occurred in 1769 or thereabouts, at War Gap of War Ridge.
During the Indian Wars, the Cherokee did raid into Lee and Scott counties south of here, closer to Tennessee, but did not venture this far north because they would have had to fight the whites AND the Shawnee. The Indians that raided this area were Shawnee and their allies, coming from Ohio via the Sandy River War Passes.
The Cherokee get blamed for all Indian activity around here, because they are the more famous tribe, and they did not all get dislodged and moved across the Mississippi during Indian Removal. Everyone who has any Indian blood claims it comes from "a Cherokee Princess" because of that, but most are not Cherokee, and the Cherokee did not have royalty - they had a tribal government, like most all the other tribes.
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The second is a companion video to the one I just posted in BIAD's thread concerning cryptids and legends of great Britain - but this installment deals with North America. I presnt to you "Mythical Creatures of North America":
Bonus video - another one on American Giants:
"Dowsing" or "water witching" as shown in this video may be a real thing. I've used it successfully, and quite a few others have as well. With that said, I've never seen anyone do it with the rods pointing downward and not level as the guy in the video is doing. I dunno how he makes it work.
Also, in reference to giants, there were alleged to have been several skeletons found over several years along the upper Ohio River, in eastern Ohio, Western Pennsylvania, and the western panhandle of West Virginia. These skeletons are said to have been between 8 and 10 feet tall, and all are said to have had a double row of teeth.
During Dunmore's War in 1774. an orderly book that recorded the march from Fort Union on Greenbrier River to Point Pleasant at the confluence of the Kanawha and Ohio rivers mentioned that scouts found a bare foot print along the trail that was 14 1/2 inches long, a remarkable size which is why it got recorded. Bigfoot? Giant? Is there really a difference between the two?
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Diogenes was eating bread and lentils for supper. He was seen by the philosopher Aristippus, who lived comfortably by flattering the king.
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’
Said Aristippus, ‘If you would learn to be subservient to the king you would not have to live on lentils.’ Said Diogenes, ‘Learn to live on lentils and you will not have to be subservient to the king.’