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  1. Aug 2020
    1. emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their own.

      Emergence occurs when an entity has properties that do not apply to itself. Emergence means that things are extorted and different from its original state of being. I presume that it is similar in concept to being in another reality or universe. If that is what emergence is, how do you enter into an emergence state?

    1. While each culture's stories of the Raven are different, there are even those that share the same title; certain attributes of Raven remain the same. The Raven is always a magical creature able to take the form of human, animal, even inanimate objects. He is a keeper of secrets, and a trickster often focused on satisfying his own gluttony for whatever he desires.

      The Raven is different for each culture but they are always a magical creature which is able to take the form of human, animals, and inanimate objects. Would you be be able to tell the difference between normal things and a raven or would it be hidden? They say that it is only focused it's own gluttony for whatever it desires but it keeps your secrets.If you knew it only cared about itself, why would you talk to it?

    1. The story opens with a location "the hill of heaven and earth" which is discussed by Chiera as "not a poetical name for the earth, but the dwelling place of the gods, situated at the point where the heavens rest upon the earth. I

      Chiera discussed that "the hill of heaven and earth" is not a poetical name for the earth, but the dwelling place of the gods, situated at the point where the heavens rest upon the earth. Does this statement mean that the hill is in both, heaven and on earth because the location of the scene is contradicting. it first states, the hill is a part of heaven and earth but then says but it is located on the point where heaven meets the earth which is a part of heaven.

    1. Like other figures foun

      The Divine Twins served as rescuers and healers to people in proto-indo-european times. The twins were not spoken about in the earth or written materials but in the sky. The people must have only constructed the Divine Twins though stories and speech because how would these characters be kept alive if there was no written or physical evidence of them.

    1. Ancient Egyptian creation myths are the ancient Egyptian accounts of the creation of the world. The Pyramid Texts, tomb wall decorations and writings, dating back to the Old Kingdom (2780–2250 BC) have given us most of our information regarding early Egyptian creation myths.

      Most of the Ancient Egyptian myths have been created on the first hand accounts of Egyptian people in between 2780 and 2250 BC. These accords were recorded using tomb writing and decorations like paintings and artifacts. Most of these relics were found in tombs so I presume that people either stole or took from these tombs to gain information regarding early Egyptian life.