The Forgotten Ancestors: A Hypothetical Evolution of Myth and Memory

Phase 1: The Short-Lived Generations (Days 1-5)

  • On Day 1, the First Species is born, living only for 3 days.
  • On Day 2, the Second Species is born, living for 4 days.
  • On Day 3, the Third Species is born, living for 5 days.

Each species interacts with the previous one during its lifetime, learning from the elders before they disappear. Since their lifespans are short, the memories of past species seem ancient to the younger ones.

For example:

  • The Third Species (Day 3) sees the First Species (Day 1) as legendary beings who existed long before them.
  • By Day 6, no one from the First Species remains, but their stories live on in the words of the Third Species.

Phase 2: The Expansion of Memory (Days 6-40)

  • Over time, newer generations are born with increasing lifespans. By Day 40, babies now live for 40 years instead of a few days.
  • The earliest memories they have are of the Third Species, but those are already mythologized.
  • They hear faint echoes of the First and Second Species but cannot confirm their reality.

As the ability to speak and share stories grows, their minds blur reality with myth. They don’t remember exactly when they learned to talk, but they do remember the stories passed down.

What Myths Do They Tell?

  1. The Ancient Giants – The earliest species are remembered as larger than life because, as infants, everything seemed vast to them. Trees were taller, rivers wider, and the beings before them were like gods.

  2. The Sky Watchers – Since the early species disappeared before the younger ones could fully understand them, they are remembered as celestial beings who “ascended to the sky.” They may become legends of flying creatures or gods who rode the winds.

  3. The Time of the Three Kings – If three dominant species coexisted briefly, later generations might believe there was a time when three great rulers (or deities) walked the earth together. They will be unable to separate fact from memory, merging history into one mythical golden age.

  4. The Language of the Elders – The current generation might wonder when speech first emerged. Since they were surrounded by spoken language from birth, they might believe that language was a gift from the ancient ones, rather than a gradual development.

  5. The Age of the Lost Ones – As the oldest memories fade, they may believe that the first species was completely different from them—perhaps even non-human, divine, or supernatural. They might think:

    • “They lived for only 3 days! That must mean they burned brighter than us, like the stars.”
    • “They disappeared so fast… were they spirits? Did they return to the heavens?”

Final Thoughts: How It Relates to Us

This experiment mirrors how real-world myths and histories evolve. The ancient stories we inherited—of gods, sky chariots, and mighty ancestors—could be distorted echoes of lost civilizations that simply lived under different perceptions of time.

Much like these hypothetical species, our ancestors lived in a world vastly different from ours. To them, nature itself may have seemed alive, divine, or incomprehensible, giving birth to myths we still tell today.

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