Ancient Comet Myths: Shared Memory of Catastrophe

He examines how ancient cultures across the globe interpreted celestial events with remarkable consistency. From Central Asian fire serpents to Andaman Island evil spirits, from fiery swords presaging war to the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh describing fire, brimstone, and flood, the pattern is unmistakable. These weren't random superstitions scattered across isolated populations. They represent a shared human memory of cosmic catastrophe, encoded in myth and passed down through oral tradition. The question becomes: why would cultures separated by thousands of miles and thousands of years describe comets and meteors in such uniformly catastrophic terms? He suggests the answer lies not in coincidence but in actual historical experience. When you find this level of cross-cultural agreement in ancient narratives, you're looking at something real, something that left an indelible mark on human consciousness. The mythology isn't metaphor. It's memory.