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Originally Posted by Tribesman
Well that's where it gets tricky
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It does, and I don't claim to have answers to those questions, especially since it has been at least several years since I last studied that particular part of the Bible. I have just always been somewhat fascinated from the historiographical point of view in how these old stories may be reflecting something from the ancient past, so could hardly resist adding that.
It's not that long since I red a theory proposing the exogamy as a reason for why in the ancient folk tale traditions we so often see the hero going to some far foreign land and ending up married there. I suppose that's where it popped into my mind in the first place. So much for being original. Then there is of course the good old theory of the tales' trolls and similar monsters being reminiscent of the Neanderthals. And so on and so on.
Carry on with the thread subject, I'll tell my inner scholar to sit down and shut up.