RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Oracle Bone, Mirror Image

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Used to be found by farmers who would sell them to the local pharmacist. A dig was undertaken and these bones were analyzed and studied a. k. a. Bones have a front (inside) and back (outside) side. Hot poker applied to the back so that inscription happens on the front. The crack that would happen was predicting something. Two profiles, but with the line that cuts in between them, it creates a complete face. Mirror image of two profile images that add up to one big picture. Phenomenon also seen on the north american west coast. Identifies who made the bell, when, for whom, why. Everything you need in the afterlife was in the tombs. The person who dies continues to lives in an afterlife. So whatever you need in this life, you"ll need it in the one after e. g. you put a copy of your house in your tomb. Corresponds to the shape of a turtle shell.

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