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Originally Posted by Gem
I was first impressed with the Aboriginal perception of space when learning about the Dark Emu, which is a shape like an emu in the milky way. It isn't shaped by 'joining the dots', but is a shape within a void surrounded by the glow of thousands of stars.
https://www.bushheritage.org.au/getm...t=213&ext=.jpg |
And when the
Emu-in-the-Sky moves into a horizontal position - it is time to go and collect them emu eggs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8UGDZ1ApVQ
I trust our Eurasian hunter-gatherer ancestors saw things in a similar way when creating the myth about the
World-Tree-in-the-Sky (the Eagle on top and the Snake at the bottom), because the Milky Way at times (especially 6000 years ago) looked like a Christmas Tree lit up.
http://images.china.cn/attachement/j...17859cfd4d.jpg
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How's this mural in London?
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Fantastic - a very powerful image in juxtaposition with it's environment.
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