When the English Witnessed Battles in the Sky

Re:When the English Witnessed Battles in the Sky by Sonnengewitter on Sunday November 08, 2020 @09:56PM (#25031041)

'The Great Hunt in the Sky' is an ancient European myth which has existed perhaps since the pleistoscene. It has manifested in a lot of interesting ways; Johnny Cash's 'ghost riders in the sky', santa and his reindeer, Wagners ride of the Valkyries,

Note: most of the etymological research on this was done in what is now modern germany, but this myth was equally prevalent in france, british isles, scandinavia etc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wild_Hunt

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Re:When the English Witnessed Battles in the Sky by oso2k on Sunday November 08, 2020 @11:43PM (#25031526)

Cash's "Riders in the Sky" is based on Native American mythology [0]. Cash felt it important to highlight Native American history and struggles [1]. "Riders in the Sky" was only one of many such songs.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/(Ghost)_Riders_in_the_Sky:_A_C...

[1] https://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice/american-indian-rig...

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Re:When the English Witnessed Battles in the Sky by Kye on Monday November 09, 2020 @08:26AM (#25034530)

I didn't know about that. Do you happen to know which tribe's mythology inspired him to write this? The wiki says "possibly Apache" and doesn't cite where that possibility came from. I've been trying to learn more about the people who have been here longer than my people since learning what they're still going through and how little I learned about that growing up beyond stereotypes.

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