A Catalog of Claimed Old‑World Artifacts in the Americas
A neutral field guide to the most-cited Old‑World inscriptions, coins, and curios said to predate Columbus in the Americas—with sources, context, and who still argues for them.
How Humans Evolved
Research Articles
African Flood Myths: Motifs, Provenance, Diffusion
Survey of African flood myths by region, with annotated sources, motif analysis, and diffusion/selection arguments for specialists in comparative mythology.
Tó Nilt’į́į́h / Tsénilyáʼí
Exhaustive profile of the Navajo clown-deity Tó Nilt’į́į́h — also glossed as Tsénilyáʼí — and his signature instrum ent, the bull-roarer (tsin ndi’ni’).
Severing Heaven and Earth: The Cosmic Split in Mythology
A comprehensive exploration of the mythic motif of Heaven and Earth being severed or separated, as seen in ancient Hurro-Hittite epics and other world creation myths.
Rattlesnake Medicine and the Navajo Bull-Roarer
How the Navajo bull-roarer (tsin ndi’ni’) is charged with ritual medicine and embodies Snake-power in the Big Star Chant, including connections to rattlesnake blood in arrow poison formulas and …
Orphic Mirror Interpretations
How a child-god’s fatal toy became a philosophical symbol for embodiment, matter and selfhood—from Neoplatonists to today’s classicists.
Orphism and the Eve Theory of Consciousness
A comparative look at the Orphic creation myth and Andrew Cutler’s Snake Cult/Eve Theory of Consciousness, highlighting shared motifs of serpents, cosmic eggs, and female-led awakenings.
Lament of Nature: Did Baldr Borrow From Tammuz?
A brisk review of scholars who claim the Norse cosmos‑weeps motif comes from the Mesopotamian Tammuz cult—and why most specialists now disagree.
Australian Dreaming Myths and the Dawn of Consciousness
How Dreaming narratives—Djanggawul, Wawalag Sisters, Rainbow Serpent—encode a prehistoric shift toward self‑aware, language‑driven culture.
Sub-Saharan Creation Myths and the Eve Theory of Consciousness
How classic Yoruba, Vodun, Zulu, Bushongo, and Dogon creation stories echo the Eve Theory of Consciousness: female catalysts, serpent motifs, and liminal waters.