tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post115601089050895715..comments2023-06-02T17:54:44.641+02:00Comments on Connaissances: Cherry StoneJonathan Wonhamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09862200571016427320noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-1156979503123578732006-08-31T01:11:00.000+02:002006-08-31T01:11:00.000+02:00Thanks very much for your comments. I suppose the ...Thanks very much for your comments. I suppose the physical properties of clay are rather similar to human flesh: both are water based, maleable and and a wide range of similar tones; also they both have smoothness, drying to become wrinkled or cracked; then weight, clamminess etc. This may explain why the myth is so widespread.Jonathan Wonhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09862200571016427320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-1156487766188071602006-08-25T08:36:00.000+02:002006-08-25T08:36:00.000+02:00Extraordinary stuff, Jonathan. This stops just sho...Extraordinary stuff, Jonathan. This stops just short of a PhD thesis! A fascinating read.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7083730.post-1156077238103206872006-08-20T14:33:00.000+02:002006-08-20T14:33:00.000+02:00Another fascinating post, Jonathan, thank you. Su...Another fascinating post, Jonathan, thank you. Such weird wonderful rock - amazing to think of fossils in something so old, and as for that colour - there is something quite unsettling about it, it is so much like blood. Then that catalogue of man from clay myths is so interesting too - it is so widespread - I wonder if it comes from some common ancient source.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com