http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2005/10/gaiman-vs-ahistorical-views-salon.html A modern Pagan perspective Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2005/10/gaiman-vs-ahistorical-views-salon.html#comment-242 Miranda Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:51:00 +0000 http://patheos.com/blogs/wildhunt/2005/10/836.html#comment-242 You know, I'm no apologist for people who when faced with lack of historical evidence just make stuff up and then claim it's ancient, but I also have little patience with the "logic" of saying that if you can't or didn't find something, it doesn't exist. Folklorists who never pause to consider that some people may simply choose to keep their secrets need a firm thump on the head. Now, before anyone takes aim to leap down my throat, I'm not solemnly swearing that's what happened with Aubrey - but to say that one researcher's lack of folklore on Stonehenge is proof that no lore existed or ever did is a bit simplistic. You know, I’m no apologist for people who when faced with lack of historical evidence just make stuff up and then claim it’s ancient, but I also have little patience with the “logic” of saying that if you can’t or didn’t find something, it doesn’t exist. Folklorists who never pause to consider that some people may simply choose to keep their secrets need a firm thump on the head. Now, before anyone takes aim to leap down my throat, I’m not solemnly swearing that’s what happened with Aubrey – but to say that one researcher’s lack of folklore on Stonehenge is proof that no lore existed or ever did is a bit simplistic.

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