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This looks to me like a man catching (or trying to catch) a snake:

http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R4/Graphics/PineyCreekRockArt.jpg

But this, looks like wallpaper:

http://www.d ...

Now, how can a spiral be interpreted as a snake when we know that quality art is ancient or as old as snake deification?

Why not draw a snake? I suppose I really want to know how we get from a fa ...

BrianAmbrose wrote: This would imply that megalithic structures were indeed primarily religiously motivated. We'd be looking at the earliest universal religion, a Satanic megalith-building religious ...

How does one create an optimally long line on a small piece of animal hide?

The spiral is one option.

BrianAmbrose wrote: I personally would never use a spiral as representative of my perceptions of how things are..
Some of the native North American peoples used the spiral as a calendar (or perhaps ...

The Lapp are a mix of clans and languages all closely linked to each other and very closely linked to the Canadian/Alaskan Esquimaux. They have similar techniques and beliefs in the afterlife etc etc. ...

I think Gal didn't originally mean foreigner but was later a term used to mark out foreigners. For instance Wal/Gal etc was an original term for a whole system of religion/ideas/administration under D ...

Call them the 'Beaker people' or call them the Picts/Gauls, but it is these people who are originally western European (Druidic Gauls). The Celts are the first of successive waves of invaders/immigran ...

DPCrisp wrote: komorikid wrote: I wonder if the Etruscans were in some way related to the early inhabitants of west Britain and Ireland.
Notice that the Etruscans occupied an arc on the western coa ...

If you overlay the current areas of 'gaulishness' with place names of Gal then you will see that the Med was a stronghold of this language if this is to be taken seriously.

I personally think mega ...

The original placements of the Gaulish people and their relation to the internal workings of what it 'is' to be Gaulish are long lost. All we have is circumstantial evidence. But as I have said the si ...

What I have been trying to say that Celt is a mistranslation of a Greek term for Gaulish societies (the religion, art and warfare). It's known that this society was governed by Druids and as Mick poin ...

How about this:

The Kelts/Celts/Cymry are the Keltoi the Greeks knew of to their north and in fact traded and fought with. The inhouse name for the whole of the peoples was Gauls or 'of the gal' an ...

I can't find the translation online but my daughter (a fluent Welsh speaker) says that Gall in Welsh also means 'clever' or 'bright'

(adj.) wise, sensible, rational, prudent, astute, discreet, jud ...

The Oak represents royalty against the Roundheads hence the numerous pubs named 'The Royal Oak'.

The term 'gall' is very old, it's even used to describe chaffing or rubbing and sores associated w ...

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Topic: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:25 pm Subject: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	This looks to me like a man catching (or trying to catch) a snake: http://dnr.state.il.us/lands/Landmgt/PARKS/R4/Graphics/PineyCreekRockArt.jpg But this, looks like wallpaper: http://www.d ...
Topic: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:21 pm Subject: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	Now, how can a spiral be interpreted as a snake when we know that quality art is ancient or as old as snake deification? Why not draw a snake? I suppose I really want to know how we get from a fa ...
Topic: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:27 pm Subject: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	BrianAmbrose wrote: This would imply that megalithic structures were indeed primarily religiously motivated. We'd be looking at the earliest universal religion, a Satanic megalith-building religious ...
Topic: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 6:01 pm Subject: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	How does one create an optimally long line on a small piece of animal hide? The spiral is one option.
Topic: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 10:32 pm Subject: Spirals
Oakey Dokey Replies: 115 Views: 201697	BrianAmbrose wrote: I personally would never use a spiral as representative of my perceptions of how things are.. Some of the native North American peoples used the spiral as a calendar (or perhaps ...
Topic: Where are all the Neanderthals?
Oakey Dokey Replies: 446 Views: 325453	Forum: Pre-History Posted: 5:08 pm Subject: Where are all the Neanderthals?
Oakey Dokey Replies: 446 Views: 325453	The Lapp are a mix of clans and languages all closely linked to each other and very closely linked to the Canadian/Alaskan Esquimaux. They have similar techniques and beliefs in the afterlife etc etc. ...
Topic: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:43 am Subject: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	I think Gal didn't originally mean foreigner but was later a term used to mark out foreigners. For instance Wal/Gal etc was an original term for a whole system of religion/ideas/administration under D ...
Topic: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 11:40 am Subject: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	Call them the 'Beaker people' or call them the Picts/Gauls, but it is these people who are originally western European (Druidic Gauls). The Celts are the first of successive waves of invaders/immigran ...
Topic: Etruscans
Oakey Dokey Replies: 54 Views: 103995	Forum: History Posted: 2:32 pm Subject: Etruscans
Oakey Dokey Replies: 54 Views: 103995	DPCrisp wrote: komorikid wrote: I wonder if the Etruscans were in some way related to the early inhabitants of west Britain and Ireland. Notice that the Etruscans occupied an arc on the western coa ...
Topic: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:31 pm Subject: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	If you overlay the current areas of 'gaulishness' with place names of Gal then you will see that the Med was a stronghold of this language if this is to be taken seriously. I personally think mega ...
Topic: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 12:30 pm Subject: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	The original placements of the Gaulish people and their relation to the internal workings of what it 'is' to be Gaulish are long lost. All we have is circumstantial evidence. But as I have said the si ...
Topic: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 4:53 pm Subject: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	What I have been trying to say that Celt is a mistranslation of a Greek term for Gaulish societies (the religion, art and warfare). It's known that this society was governed by Druids and as Mick poin ...
Topic: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:35 pm Subject: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	How about this: The Kelts/Celts/Cymry are the Keltoi the Greeks knew of to their north and in fact traded and fought with. The inhouse name for the whole of the peoples was Gauls or 'of the gal' an ...
Topic: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	Forum: NEW CONCEPTS Posted: 2:24 pm Subject: Celtic Wal/Gal
Oakey Dokey Replies: 25 Views: 59943	I can't find the translation online but my daughter (a fluent Welsh speaker) says that Gall in Welsh also means 'clever' or 'bright' (adj.) wise, sensible, rational, prudent, astute, discreet, jud ...
Topic: Pub Crawl
Oakey Dokey Replies: 62 Views: 256271	Forum: British History Posted: 6:58 pm Subject: Pub Crawl
Oakey Dokey Replies: 62 Views: 256271	The Oak represents royalty against the Roundheads hence the numerous pubs named 'The Royal Oak'. The term 'gall' is very old, it's even used to describe chaffing or rubbing and sores associated w ...