Thunderous reverberation and rock art thunderstorm imagery

• Autores: Steven J. Waller
• Localización: Préhistoire, art et sociétés: bulletin de la Société Préhistorique de l'Ariège, ISSN 1954-5045, Nº. 65-66, 2010-2011 (Ejemplar dedicado a: L'art pléistocène dans le monde), págs. 298-299
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Thunder myths around the world contain thunder god descriptions matching rock art motifs found in reverberating locations. Thunderbirds are found on echoing cliffs of the Americas, and reverberating shelters of the Southwest contain wide-eyed Tlaloc figures, the Mesoamerica's rain/thunder god.

    Australia has the Lightning Brothers. In Europe, hoof beats from mythical horses and goats of Odin and Thor reverberated through the skies, and the Bull God's voice (bull-roarer sound) is the roar of thunder; greater than 90% of European cave art depicts ungulates, typically thundering stampedes in portions of caves reverberating the loudest. An acoustical connection with rock art storm imagery is explored.