Posts tagged stones
No One Can Hear You Scream!
I know it’s not Halloween or anything, but I’m still thinking about city-vs.-country scariness, and this idea (thanks Jen) that in the country, no one can hear you scream. Another myth on the On The Media myth-busting episode (which I recommend) is an investigation of the famous murder of Kitty Genovese in 1964 Queens, which,… More →
Posted on July 16, 2009 by Brook – 
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Gertrude, meet Noah.
As one of MM’s elite loyal readers, you probably know that I’m obsessed with the Garden of Eden, and the people who think they can find it on earth. That’s the “ography” part of “mythography”: the quest to map an ethereal myth in an on-the-ground reality. [Exhibit A: the 1914 map to the left showing… More →
Posted on June 01, 2009 by Brook – Leave a comment
History | Tagged flood, Gertrude Bell, Noah's Ark, stones
Is This Noah’s Ark?
Stay tuned to find out…
Posted on May 28, 2009 by Brook – Leave a comment
History, Religion | Tagged Noah's Ark, stones
Last Dance on Mannahatta
You know that story about how Indians traded Manhattan to the Dutch for a bunch of beads worth not much? The Mythographer has that one on long-term surveillance. This past weekend Inwood Hill Park–legendary site of the unfair trade–hosted “Drums Along the Hudson”, apparently the largest Native American pow wow in New York City. The… More →
Posted on May 20, 2009 by Brook – Leave a comment
History | Tagged Manhattan, Native Americans, stones
Indians traded Manhattan for trinkets
Three of the Mythographer’s favorite words are “according to legend,” especially when they are memorialized in bronze on a historical plaque. And such a plaque can be found in the Mythographer’s backyard, otherwise known as New York City’s Inwood Hill Park, where it is affixed to a boulder in the corner of a large field surrounded by paved walkways. “According to legend,” the plaque reads, “on this site of the principal Manhattan Indian village, Peter Minuit in 1626, purchased Manhattan Island for trinkets and beads then worth about 60 guilders.”
Posted on April 14, 2009 by Brook – Leave a comment
History | Tagged Manhattan, Native Americans, New York City, stones, trees
