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Makes sense. It would take thousands of years to perfect the hybridization project that made Taylor Swift.
Seriouspost: Some ancient historian (Diodorus?) said the Egyptians told him anyone who doesn't get that hybrid creatures in art are a metaphor for people caught between two cultures are r-slurs
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Why would the Egyptians build giant statues of metaphors? Are they stupid?
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Why would they build giant statues of non-metaphors?
A lot of that stuff was just about genealogy. Everyone in the ancient world claimed they were Irish descendants of Cherokee princesses. In school they give you a highlight reel but real mythology is 90% just mind-numbingly boring accounts of people migrating and intermarrying.
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I like the Cambodian myth about an Indian overpowering their queen in battle and fathering their race with her.
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The Greek historians would always write about how the Amazons supposedly would kidnap guys and femdom them, but it's ridiculous. That obviously didn't happen. But if anyone knows where they live today let me know so I can go there and do some research.
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The Amazons lived in what is now Ukraine.
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Themiscyra is a real place on the Black Sea coast of what is now Turkey. But yeah in historical times they're placed up in Ukraine or in the Caucasus.
Ancient geographers were desperate to find out what places to avoid because they totally didn't want hot chicks to carry them off.
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