Hello, and welcome to Crecganford. Today we're going to be talking about stories. And the oldest
story we know of. And not only that, but we can look at how stories change, how that has affected
the creation story in religion of Europe, and maybe more modern stories that have changed,
and how they changed so quickly. So, welcome to a story of stories. And welcome to Crecganford. So
the oldest story known to man that we know of, is called the great (or cosmic) hunt. And in Europe,
Northern Europe. The story goes something like this. Once upon a time, an elk away
from hibernation, and as it woke, he called the sun in his antlers. And then hunters chased the
elk and elk rain ran across the sky,and chased it with their spears and their pots. And eventually,
they caught the elk in the in the winter, and he laid on the ground,they feasted. For the
next spring, the elk had offspring, and this calf awoke, and the cycle continued. And that,
in summary is the story of the great hunt. So the story of the great hunt is told elsewhere in the
world. It's told in southern Europe is told about deer because they don't have elk. So that's how a
story can change in the environment. But it's also told in Siberia, and it's our period, they do have
elk, and their female elk. And the story is based around a female elk, like the mother. They don't
have antlers. So they actually use a mammoth, which may hint it at the age of the story. But
then, academics also found out that the story is also told in North America. And in North America,
they use a bear and the bear is killed in the autumn and it's blood sprays across the land
and changes all the leaves colours from green to red brown. So there we should see the story, the
same symbolism best hunters with pots and spears chasing an animal repeated across the world,
or certainly across Eurasia and North America. similar stories exist in South America. But they
may well be outliers and coincidental rather than actually stem from the same original story. So for
the story to be in America, it must have crossed the from the Euro Asian continent. And the only
way I could have done that is those land bridge. And the only times I've been inland bridge is in
the last ice age, which is about 20,000 years ago. So it would make sense that the story can
cost about time. And this could be backed up in a way by the fact that it's how parents talk about
maths, which were certainly quite abundant 20,000 years ago in Siberia. But then what else do we
have to let us know where the story originated from, and its age? Well, the story itself is
actually about a constellation of stars, ursa major, the plough, the Big Dipper or the waggon,
or the Carter has many names. And the stars themselves, we recognise. They're also minor stars
about them, which are harder to see in our day and age because of light pollution. But they're
the mini stars around them, I call them they actually represent the spears and the pots. And
because the spears and the pots are replicated in the stories, there's a lot of certainty that
these stories are about the same constellation. Although there are some theories and evidence
that some version does to actually use Orion’s belt. So we have that too. We also know that
hunting was incredibly important. So a story about hunting would obviously resonate with humans at a
time. And finally, most interestingly for me this fascinating was that if you're in the Northern
Hemisphere today, and you look at some major, like the plough it never dips below the horizon. But in
the northern Europeans story, they talk about the elk lying on the ground and actually just
have been story in the winter the mammoth hides in a river. Now, if you actually go back 20,000 years
plus, some he did actually dip onto the horizon. So this all links up to actually show that this
story is at least 20,000 years old, probably 25, maybe 30,000 years. And so 30,000 years old,
is the oldest story we know today. So hopefully, that allows you to understand how stories change
in the environment around them. So different animals, different things happening to the
sky. Our ancestors, were very aware of those far more than probably we are today. But that
isn't the only story we know that has changed through time. So there are many, but the other
big one you may be interested in is the story of creation, and the European story of creation. Now,
this video is already done on the prosper, which is the Norse myth of creation. And that story goes
something like this in summary. In the cosmos, there was nothing and then out of nothing. A
being was created called Ymir. And Ymir was both himself and his twin as one, and a giant cow.
And Ymir suckled on the giant cow. From that he created energy that allowed him to create beings,
and some of those beings, Odin, Villi and Ve who were brothers, then got fed up floating through
the Cosmos with Ymir, and killed him and used his body to create more beings and the earth and the
things around him and Odin came to earth, and is known as the major god in Norse mythology. And you
may think that's quite a unique creation myth. But you may be somewhat familiar with maybe the
Roman myth, where you have Romulus and Remus, who are twins. And they had a wolf who they suckled
rather than a cow, then Romulus killed Remus and Rome was created. Sounds very similar, doesn't it?
And actually, you have other myths going through Persia and Zoroastrianism into the Vedic culture
in India, that all have very similar themes with beings sacrificed to create the world, the gods,
the sky god and ocean gods, and even in Greece, there's a form of that, you can actually create an
evolutionary chart that almost certainly the proto indo Europeans had this creation myth that went to
germania and the north of Europe and Scandanavia, into southern Europe in Italy and and part of it
over to the east, to Persia into India. And then some travelled back again certainly into Greece,
it looks like Greece has taken some of that myth and developed it. And then what we can tell from
that is that there is an original myth with where this stemmed from because you can tell through
language, and how it's used and the shape of the stories that these must have all evolved from a
single source. And this proto indo European source as we call it, the creation story goes something
like this. Once upon a time, in the cosmos, there was nothing and out of nothing two beings were
created. Mannus and his twin Yemo. And a giant cow. Mannus and Yemo suckled on the giant cow to
get energy, but we're fed up a floating through the cosmos. So mannus kills yemo and through his
body created the sky gods, the ocean gods and the world in which we live. And he came down to
the world as a priest figure. And then through ritual sacrifice, allow the world to be kept in
order. And that myth that has huge significance on how we understand those creation stories. So
what I've told you is a real synopsis of the real summary if you want to actually have the stories
in detail with them properly tell I can do that, so leave some comments below and I can subscribe
to the channel if you're liking what you hear. But I'll tell you a few kickers I guess you call them
modern day kickers. And then we'll apply those back. And in my question some of the things you've
been told or you know, some people have been told. So first, there's a story of Haile Selassie,
who was the Ethiopian Emperor in the 1930s. And his people thought he was a divine person, he was
prophesied from the Bible. And they've worshiped him as a God almost, in fact some did worship him
as a god. And he constantly denied this, he said, I'm no god, I'm no way associated with religion
or not divine being just refuted it, because people still wanted to believe. And when he died,
his people worshipped him. And that, in effect, grew Rastafarianism from that. So in effect of a
religious entity formed from someone saying, oh, no religious entity. And that's another big story
that those who aren't religious will be familiar with was one day a man walking through the United
States, Southwest United States came across some parts from a balloon that been used to measure
outcomes in nuclear testing. So they have these big balloons go in the sky, when bombs go off,
it's a test measure radiation that found a couple of pieces of that and took it home. And from that,
3040 years later, we have Roswell and aliens must exist. Going modern day stuff,
where people get these stories and, you know, just exaggerate them or grow them
or their earnings change. This is more than that here. And then, even now,
people talk about fake news and things going on happens all the time. So if within a couple of
generations in this modern time, these things can happen. Just think about let's say Christianity,
for example, Jesus boom died, let's say 30 35 AD, by 70 80 90 AD. Then the gospels are written,
same amount of time after but they have no internet and no newspapers. So ask yourself,
how do we know those gospels are true? How do you know Jesus? was real? Is Jesus historical?
Or statistical factor? Is he a mythical being and we'll do a video on that at some point,
because it's rather interesting. So there we have it. stories about stories and how stories change
and you know, what you believe may just not really be. The whole truth is almost certainly been
moulded and shaped to meet expectations, either your the view or that of the storyteller. I hope
you enjoy that little journey and that you like and subscribe the video. If it's something you
want to hear more of leave some comments if you want to know more about any particular subjects
and I'll go through them in proper detail with rather than summarise it and miss out
lots of facts and hope to speak to you soon so stay safe stay well. And this was Crecganford.