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@paulk indeed. 😀 Our modern cultural view of burial is rather toxic and contagious, whereas in the neolithic, communutues probably viewed things rather differently.Modern research had identified tell tale cutting and scratch marks on bones, indicating the probabilty of some sort of 'sky burial' practice. Bodies were defleshed and then added to the chamber's assemblage.Full skeletons are rare. Sets of similar bones and a distinct lack of other bones is more common. All fascinating stuff! 😁

In Finnish mythology, the thunder god Ukko wielded the hammer Vasara. This was probably originally a stone axe, as pagan Finns who discovered neolithic stone axes believed they were the weapons of Ukko left behind after a lightning strike. Shamans collected these stone axes, believing them to hold supernatural powers.#MythologyMonday #Mythology #Folklore #Finland #Neolithic #Stone