Can a myth be astronomically dated?

Henige asserts that the claim that the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) League was found on Aug 31, 1142 lacks any evidence, since it can hardly be asserted categorically that the Iroquois League was not founded on this day or any other day before its first mention in contemporaneous sources. Barbara A. Man...

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Veröffentlicht in:	American Indian culture and research journal 1999-01, Vol.23 (4), p.127-157
1. Verfasser:	HENIGE, D
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Alliances America Ethnology History Mythology and world views Myths and cosmologies Native Americans Religion, magic, witchcraft Solar eclipses
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Zusammenfassung:	Henige asserts that the claim that the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) League was found on Aug 31, 1142 lacks any evidence, since it can hardly be asserted categorically that the Iroquois League was not founded on this day or any other day before its first mention in contemporaneous sources. Barbara A. Mann and Jerry L. Fields came to that date based on references to a solar eclipse.
ISSN:	0161-6463
DOI:	10.17953/aicr.23.4.f7l127282718051x