Giday all.
I'm sorry to have to announce that we are locking the mythology forum TEMPORARILY, whilst some other things are being worked on. Whilst this is regretful, we can't continue to allow the somewhat extraneous discussions to continue without guidance, and Dave Talbott simply has other constraints on his time at present.
We will be using this break to 'clean up' the current discussions, moving and/or deleting posts which are not helpful and re-organising things somewhat to make sure people can understand which parts of the discussion pertain to the Saturn theory as proposed by Talbott, Cardona,
et al, and which bits don't. Please use this time to refresh your understanding of what is to be discussed here, particularly I would draw attention to Dave Talbott's words here:
README FIRST: The Purpose of this Forum
Dave Talbott wrote:The purpose of the Mythology Section is:
1) to clarify as quickly as possible the reconstruction offered by the "Saturn Hypothesis";
2) to explore the dominant archetypes of world mythology--the only field of evidence permitted under our comparative approach; and
3) to determine if the reconstruction does indeed account for these archetypes in the concrete terms we have claimed (i.e., with a predictive power no prior theory of myth has achieved.)
Additionally, as visitors familiarize themselves with the hypothesis, we want to allow them to challenge either the hypothesis or the methodology. Succinct, specific challenges will be allowed. What will not be allowed is extensive and random posting of assorted ideas about one mythical theme or another, without meaningful reference to the hypothesis being evaluated here. With this latter constraint in mind, we've deleted a couple of threads, with no desire to offend.
Example: the dragon is a fascinating motif, but one could find a thousand Internet discourses on the dragon, none of which would advance our purpose--to account for all of the core dragon themes in a systematic way. Is this possible? Any focused discussion bearing directly on that question will be allowed.
Whilst we appreciate many people have many divergent views on myths, this is not the place to air each individual's 'pet theory'. There should be nothing wrong with those who can identify people they'd like to discuss other facets of mythology with using the PM system to carry on such conversations. Then, once something is clarified which relates to the EU Saturn mythology views, it can be brought to the public forum and discussed. We really do want to be able to clarify the EU Saturn hypothesis over time, and that is very difficult with many people sharing their own particular beliefs.
At this point in time we expect to be able to unlock the forum again in a matter of weeks, but please understand that sometimes the best made plans can go astray, so there is a possibility it could be a little longer.
I'd like to thank those who have partaken in meaningful discussion of the Saturn theory, please be patient until we can get things going smoothly again. We do look forward to further input once the forum is unlocked again.
Cheers, Dave Smith.
Site Administator.