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Geomythology Flashcards

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Dorothy Vitaliano

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legends of the earth : their geological origins

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Georges Cuvier

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Complied ancient Greek , North and South American accounts of giat bones –> extinct species

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Euhemerus

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4th BCE Ancient Greece interpretation of myths in which accounts are presumned to originate from real historical events

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Why myths are created

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Enabling individual and community recover from disaster by rationalising event

(psychological tool)

Adaptation of society to the environment

Enhanced community knowledge

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Myth’s role in science

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Add hazardous events to the historical record ( mitigation )

Cultural understanding needed to effectively mitigate against hazards

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Ligusitic strategy themes to the origin of myrhs

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familiar analogies used (snow, hurricane, waterfall)

-event described with physical human attributes ( personified ) , malicious intent

  • unfamiliar /supernatural elements

-higher sense of power behind event

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What were the eye whitness the mount st helens event in 1980

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Like
snowflakes”, like “a
giant sifter was over
you

inky waterfall

black chalk dust

orange lightening

serpent tongues

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What happened during the Soufrière Hills, Montserrat event

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Fire was pitching on the pavement by the school
and the air

sly and sneaky

heavy winds were like a hurricane

it grips your soul

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Hawaii

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myths attached to royal
genealogies

Encode dateable natural events
relating to Pele and astronomical
events.

Historical model of myth transmission – illuminating the conservation process

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Conservation Principles

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Snapshot, Expertise, Performance and Redundancy

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How long to myths last?

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over 250
generations

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Harry truman’s song

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Describes the relationship between population and the volcano ( personified as a higher being )

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Why did local residents use stories to describe the incident despite having scientific knowledge and understanding

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prefer terms to emulate a sense of familiarity and coping mechanism

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Snapshot principle

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during or immediately after observation of a natural event

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Expertise principle

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likely created and perpetuated by educated people

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Performance principle

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performance driven in addition to oral transmission

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Performance principle

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performance driven in addition to oral transmission

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Redundancy principle

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key aspects of storyline repeated to reinforce the importance and the ability or audience to remember

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Duration of myth - Klamath Native American

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oral tradition about Mt Mazama eruption

~7,500 yrs ago

transmitted over 250 generations

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Story of llao and skell

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contains geological facts about the eruption and collapse of the mountain that were unknown to scientists until the 20th century

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Atlantis myth

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Plato ( Timaeus and Criitas 360-347BCE)

Describes the island of atlantis

TOpography, thermal waters, rocks, political systems, tech, culture

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Potential Area

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Santorini, Minoan eruption 1627-1600 BCE

22
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How was the Boxing Day 2004 event described as to the locals

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The laboon

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mitigation

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No deaths occurred
* Early warning system
* Enhanced community resilience

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Validated myths

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Fiji - Nabukelevu volcano - last eruption
Myth about Chief of Ono and
Chief of Nabukelevu

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Evidence of fiji myth

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More recent geological work –
tephra layer covering potsherds

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North American First Nations mythology

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Thunderbird and Whale

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Location and description of N.A mythology

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Pacific coast of Canada and USA
* Creatures of supersize and power

  • earthquakes and tsunami association
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North American First Nations lore

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oral traditions of shaking
and flooding passed down generations.

1700 Cascadia earthquake and tsunami

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What is the Merapo volcano

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Located in Indonesia

Merapi – Kraton – South Sea axis

  • Balance between spirit world of Merapi – Sultan –
    Queen of South Sea (Ratu Kidul)
  • All levels of Javanese society
    Troll et al. (2015)

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