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From: rbowman <bowman@montana.com>
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Subject: Re: Remember "Bit-Slice" Chips ?
Date: 28 Dec 2024 01:52:55 GMT
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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)