The
parent star of planet Earth holds a strange and special
place in countless ancient traditions around the world.
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The
celestial body identified as
the Sun in myth, religion,
ancient astronomies and rock art routinely bears no
resemblance at all to our familiar Sun.
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For
decades, comparative mythologist
Ev Cochrane, as well as
his colleague Dave Talbott have worked to reconstruct
the natural events that produced extraordinary mythical
patterns.
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It
is their conclusion that in the relatively recent past,
in the era of pre-history, a period of instability in
the inner solar system brought planets within close
proximity to planet Earth.
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In
this episode, Ev begins our investigation of the
question, 'Did ancient man observe a different Sun than
our Sun today'?
