Hacker News with Generative AI: Mythology

In Japan, an Iceless Lake and an Absent God Sound an Ancient Warning (nytimes.com)
For at least six centuries, residents along a lake in the mountains of central Japan have marked the depth of winter by celebrating the return of a natural phenomenon once revered as the trail of a wandering god.

Japan, Environment, Culture, Folklore, Mythology

6 points by occamschainsaw 5 days ago | 1 comments

Open Source Mythology (lgug2z.com)
There are two points of popular open source mythology this post will share my experience with:

Open Source, Software Development, Mythology

28 points by yreew 8 days ago | 18 comments

The Barnacle Goose Myth (wikipedia.org)
The barnacle goose myth is a widely-reported historical misconception about the breeding habits of the barnacle goose (Branta leucopsis) and brant goose (Branta bernicla).

Mythology, Animals, Biology, History

36 points by jamesgpearce 12 days ago | 12 comments

Discovery of fresco portraying Dionysian mysteries at Pompeii (pompeiisites.org)
Over 100 years since the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, a large new fresco casts light on the Dionysiac mysteries in the classical world.

Archaeology, History, Ancient Rome, Mythology, Art

149 points by dr_dshiv 30 days ago | 85 comments

Goethe's "Sorcerer's Apprentice" – power over wisdom (wilderutopia.com)
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, an ages-old fairy tale interpreted as a poem by Goethe, made famous today by Disney’s Fantasia, illustrated the dangers of power over wisdom, and the risk of human creations getting out of control.

Poetry, Literature, Fairy Tales, Mythology

99 points by andsoitis 66 days ago | 36 comments

Why are there Seven Sisters? (arxiv.org)
There are two puzzles surrounding the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. First, why are the mythological stories surrounding them, typically involving seven young girls being chased by a man associated with the constellation Orion, so similar in vastly separated cultures, such as the Australian Aboriginal cultures and Greek mythology? Second, why do most cultures call them "Seven Sisters" even though most people with good eyesight see only six stars?

Mythology, Astronomy, Culture

16 points by gradus_ad 68 days ago | 8 comments

Ys (wikipedia.org)
Ys (pronounced /ˈiːs/ EESS), also spelled Is or Kêr-Is in Breton, and Ville d'Ys in French, is a mythical city on the coast of Brittany that was swallowed up by the ocean.

Mythology, Brittany, France

52 points by sans_souse 75 days ago | 9 comments

King Arthur's ancient trail across Britain (cnn.com)

History, Archaeology, England, United Kingdom, Mythology

45 points by peutetre 136 days ago | 41 comments

Necromanteion of Acheron (wikipedia.org)
The Nekromanteion (Greek: Νεκρομαντεῖον) was an ancient Greek temple of necromancy devoted to Hades and Persephone.

Ancient Greece, Mythology, Religion, History

30 points by drdee 161 days ago | 6 comments

The Lion of St. Mark in Venice, Italy Was a Chinese Monster (finestresullarte.info)

Venice, Italy, History, Art, Mythology

13 points by simonebrunozzi 186 days ago | 0 comments

How AI Copyright Law Is Being Guided by Spirits from Atlantis (defector.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Law, Copyright, Mythology

4 points by Amorymeltzer 215 days ago | 0 comments

The Myth of the Noble Savage (noemamag.com)

Mythology, Philosophy, Anthropology

54 points by onemoresoop 246 days ago | 20 comments

Dyēus (wikipedia.org)