Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?

On Sat, 28 Dec 2024 00:12:19 +0100, D wrote:

I do not believe in any unbroken tradition except among indians,
esquimaux or some siberian indians.

I would take those with a grain of salt too. For example

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubbell_Trading_Post_National_Historic_Site

When the Navajo showed up with their crude blankets Hubbell them they'd
better come up with something a lot more attractive if the expected to
sell them. And the legend was born.

The traditional turquoise jewelry and pottery designs were taught to them
by WPA art students, again trying to develop a product they could sell.

 

I do believe that it is not impossible that remains existed up until the
17th or perhaps even 18th century, although those remains probably were
_very_ different from the original.

The 18th century Romantic movement and the earlier feeling that became
known as the counter-enlightenment led to many like die Brüder Grimm
digging around looking for roots just like Alex Haley did for Africans.

I can understand the feeling. As we studied the glories of Rome in school
I thought 'Wait a minute. My ancestors were those barbarians pillaging
Rome and Ravenna. How about their history and beliefs?' The Christians did
their best to bury them so you have to read between the lines. Tacitus may
never have seen Germania in person. Snorri was a couple of hundred years
after Iceland voted to be Christian. Saxo Grammaticus wrote historical
fiction. And so on.

I don't know that much about Wicca but my impression is it invented a lot
from the whole cloth while the heathens try harder for some historical
accuracy. I use heathen versus pagan in the preferred sense.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heathenry_(new_religious_movement)