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Native American legend has it...

pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
edited September 2010 in A Moving Train
...that hummingbirds were once flies--which somewhat explains their big attraction to sweet nectar and all that.

So what do you think spiders once were then? :think:

or mosquitos? or any insect really?

or does anyone know more about Native American legends like this? I think I might read up on it--very interesting stuff.
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  • ByrnzieByrnzie Posts: 21,037
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    or mosquitos?

    Republicans?
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    I think native Americans told poetic stories to explain the world.
    There's no need to take the ideas too literally... ;)
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  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    Byrnzie wrote:
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    or mosquitos?

    Republicans?

    lol
  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    justam wrote:
    I think native Americans told poetic stories to explain the world.
    There's no need to take the ideas too literally... ;)

    I know, but what if. Its fun to imagine it might have been very different thousands of years ago.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    justam wrote:
    I think native Americans told poetic stories to explain the world.
    There's no need to take the ideas too literally... ;)

    I know, but what if. Its fun to imagine it might have been very different thousands of years ago.

    Yes.

    Why don't we try to think up stories for how things originated ourselves?

    For example, I've wondered about those plants with giant leaves here in Florida. Do you think they are from the period when the dinosaurs lived? Do you thinkeverything was giant-sized back then? :geek:
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  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    So, I got this story off the back of a wine bottle. Pelee Island Winery's semi-sweet Merlot from Ontario, Canada. But I can't find our corkscrew! must've gotten misplaced in the move.

    It reads on the back:

    The Ruby-Throated Hummingbird

    Native American legend has it that hummingbirds are flies that were transformed into birds by the Sun Father. This particular hummingbird can be best observed on Pelee Island in May or September. Just as the hummingbird searches for sweet nectar, Pelee Island Winery searched its vineyards for the very finest Merlot grapes to produce this sweet wine. It's plum, black cherry and berry flavours are anchored by a smooth succulent finish.

    yum. :D

    Anyone else tried it?
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    Not that particular brand, but I like Merlot. :D

    How about we think up a story about floating? Maybe people could float when the invisible hand of Wind and Warm Air lifts them up?! ;)

    I like this idea of inventing explanations. :)
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  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    justam wrote:
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    justam wrote:
    I think native Americans told poetic stories to explain the world.
    There's no need to take the ideas too literally... ;)

    I know, but what if. Its fun to imagine it might have been very different thousands of years ago.

    Yes.

    Why don't we try to think up stories for how things originated ourselves?

    For example, I've wondered about those plants with giant leaves here in Florida. Do you think they are from the period when the dinosaurs lived? Do you thinkeverything was giant-sized back then? :geek:

    That would be so cool. :ugeek: You should take some pictures of those leaves and post em on here. Do you think that all the lizards are really little shrunken dinosaurs? hehe
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    justam wrote:
    pickupyourwill wrote:

    I know, but what if. Its fun to imagine it might have been very different thousands of years ago.

    Yes.

    Why don't we try to think up stories for how things originated ourselves?

    For example, I've wondered about those plants with giant leaves here in Florida. Do you think they are from the period when the dinosaurs lived? Do you thinkeverything was giant-sized back then? :geek:

    That would be so cool. :ugeek: You should take some pictures of those leaves and post em on here. Do you think that all the lizards are really little shrunken dinosaurs? hehe

    Maybe? They try to inflate their necks to be big and scary.
    It's funny. :mrgreen:
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  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    justam wrote:
    Not that particular brand, but I like Merlot. :D

    How about we think up a story about floating? Maybe people could float when the invisible hand of Wind and Warm Air lifts them up?! ;)

    I like this idea of inventing explanations. :)

    yeah, seems like a good idea for a story. maybe they were able to do that back then, eh? semi-control the elements and what not--like superheros.
  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    justam wrote:
    pickupyourwill wrote:



    That would be so cool. :ugeek: You should take some pictures of those leaves and post em on here. Do you think that all the lizards are really little shrunken dinosaurs? hehe

    Maybe? They try to inflate their necks to be big and scary.
    It's funny. :mrgreen:
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    :D maybe they were punished by a sun god for eternity or something. poor little guys, trying to scare the other bigger animals.

    Maybe we should write a story together sometime, justam. when we're both not too busy playing mom and house.
  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    pickupyourwill wrote:
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    yeah, seems like a good idea for a story. maybe they were able to do that back then, eh? semi-control the elements and what not--like superheros.

    I can picture the charm, the warm night, the stars, it all led to this magical thinking.


    Oh, I know how people can get. They get warm and they see visions. They start to think in magical ways... My dad's family was like that. Too much charm for the average collection. ;)



    :)
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  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    justam wrote:
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    [

    yeah, seems like a good idea for a story. maybe they were able to do that back then, eh? semi-control the elements and what not--like superheros.

    I can picture the charm, the warm night, the stars, it all led to this magical thinking.


    Oh, I know how people can get. They get warm and they see visions. They start to think in magical ways... My dad's family was like that. Too much charm for the average collection. ;)



    :)

    cool. was his family the Native American side of your ancestry? btw, there's a full moon tonight. maybe that explains this imaginative state, eh?

    I know I can't blame mine on the wine--no flippin' corkscrew dangit! me want to drinky. :(
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,359
    justam wrote:
    Not that particular brand, but I like Merlot. :D

    How about we think up a story about floating? Maybe people could float when the invisible hand of Wind and Warm Air lifts them up?! ;)

    I like this idea of inventing explanations. :)
    you better be Scottish. EVERYONE knows Scotland invented EVERYTHING!!!!! Just Dunkman! :mrgreen:
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  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,359
    justam wrote:
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    [

    yeah, seems like a good idea for a story. maybe they were able to do that back then, eh? semi-control the elements and what not--like superheros.

    I can picture the charm, the warm night, the stars, it all led to this magical thinking.


    Oh, I know how people can get. They get warm and they see visions. They start to think in magical ways... My dad's family was like that. Too much charm for the average collection. ;)



    :)
    I think it was the peyote.
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    mickeyrat wrote:
    justam wrote:
    Not that particular brand, but I like Merlot. :D

    How about we think up a story about floating? Maybe people could float when the invisible hand of Wind and Warm Air lifts them up?! ;)

    I like this idea of inventing explanations. :)
    you better be Scottish. EVERYONE knows Scotland invented EVERYTHING!!!!! Just Dunkman! :mrgreen:
    :mrgreen:

    I'm part Irish, part Mexican. ;)
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    mickeyrat wrote:
    justam wrote:
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    [

    yeah, seems like a good idea for a story. maybe they were able to do that back then, eh? semi-control the elements and what not--like superheros.

    I can picture the charm, the warm night, the stars, it all led to this magical thinking.


    Oh, I know how people can get. They get warm and they see visions. They start to think in magical ways... My dad's family was like that. Too much charm for the average collection. ;)



    :)
    I think it was the peyote.

    Oh, me too. My dad had it all. :lol:
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  • pickupyourwillpickupyourwill Posts: 3,135
    mickeyrat wrote:
    justam wrote:
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    [

    yeah, seems like a good idea for a story. maybe they were able to do that back then, eh? semi-control the elements and what not--like superheros.

    I can picture the charm, the warm night, the stars, it all led to this magical thinking.


    Oh, I know how people can get. They get warm and they see visions. They start to think in magical ways... My dad's family was like that. Too much charm for the average collection. ;)



    :)
    I think it was the peyote.

    so peyote is a cactus narcotic, eh? sounds interesting.
  • redrockredrock Posts: 18,341
    Native American creation stories, etc. are wonderful. Different 'people' will have different stories and characters but all equally interesting.
  • mickeyratmickeyrat Posts: 40,359
    pickupyourwill wrote:
    mickeyrat wrote:
    justam wrote:
    I can picture the charm, the warm night, the stars, it all led to this magical thinking.


    Oh, I know how people can get. They get warm and they see visions. They start to think in magical ways... My dad's family was like that. Too much charm for the average collection. ;)



    :)
    I think it was the peyote.

    so peyote is a cactus narcotic, eh? sounds interesting.
    not narcotic. Hallucinagin(sp?). tripping shit, hows that? :mrgreen:
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    another man ..... moved by sleight of hand...................................... joe louis arena detroit '14
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