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Re:Scientists have traced folk stories back to the Bronze Age by mirimir on Wednesday January 20, 2016 @07:39PM (#10942566)
There are Native American legends about the volcanic eruptions about 7,700 years ago that formed Crater Lake. [0,1]

[0] http://knowledgenuts.com/2014/05/09/the-surprisingly-accurat...

[1] http://www.craterlakeinstitute.com/online-library/historic-r...

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Re:Scientists have traced folk stories back to the Bronze Age by teddyh on Thursday January 21, 2016 @05:01AM (#10944285)
Reminds me of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XtI-lSvS028
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Re:Scientists have traced folk stories back to the Bronze Age by mirimir on Thursday January 21, 2016 @05:19AM (#10944344)
Indeed.

I wonder how far back oral traditions go. Could anything survive for 100K years?

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