SR - naming - comets - reply

[j'lynn yeates]

On 20 Aug 98, at 15:10, Norman White wrote:

> I agree.  In China, the birthplace of my exiled persona, comets were
> thought to foretell the end of dynasties.  If you wanted to start a
> revolution and felt that you needed to legitimatize yourself, you would
> tell stories of seeing comets and mention any floods or earthquakes which
> had occurred lately as proof that the gods had withdrawn the mandate of
> heaven from the present dynasty.

remembered that from the chinese history studies ... and ran into again 
lately when researching a couple of things that mentioned correlations 
between possible comet fragments (or space debrie traveling with it)  
strikes in the biosphere leadind to the ends of dynasties / societies 
(disruption of the environment ... leads to disruption of society ... leads to 
fall of societies ... leads to periods of period stagnation ... leads to new 
organizations ).  process most noticable in large / complex societies or 
ones already in decline from other factors.
 
china is a excellent place to look for these leads as it is a ancient culture 
with a long tradition of meticulous record keeping. one reference pointed to 
several instrances of possible impact during the warring states period ... 
something on the personal to-do list to be checked out in more detail down 
the road.

face it, it's always a bad day when the "hairy" stars fall on your head ... 
 
> On another note about names, the English translation for the characters
> which are used for the name of China is Middle Kingdom, which makes the
> use of dragons by the SCA Middle Kingdom very interesting.

don'cha just love synchronicity .....

'wolf

... When we hunt, we all function with one mind
... - Boingo, Pedestrian Wolves
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