08-12-2012, 10:39 PM
Another thing is that when a baby is born the baby can grab the mother's hair (which would be useful if she were swimming). IIRC, that's the ONLY thing a newborn infant can do involving hands. This and what you pointed out is part of the reason why some midwives have started to have women give birth in baths as they feel it's more natural if done in water.
And birth and rebirth from water is a common theme in the human psyche/collective unconscious, from the birth of Aprhodite to Christian baptisms. I'm not that familiar with Hinduism but I think the River Ganges might count as well.
Anyway, I watched some similar program many years ago and what I recall thinking about was the many old tales of selkies, presumably women who could shapeshift into seals, and the only way to keep her human was to steal her seal skin so she couldn't turn back into a seal and leave. So I began thinking that when the Celts (or whatever) conquered a land some took to hiding in sea caves, perhaps even islands, but found they could make a wet suit out of seal skin that allowed them to swim in the icy cold waters, but they'd still have to go back to land (especially where there was agriculture) to restock on supplies, and it would generally be better to send a woman as she'd be less likely to be seen as an invader. Of course without the wet suit she'd be unlikely to make it back so generally gave up on the idea and making such wet suits were probably a very specialized knowledge (and even if she knew how she'd still have to find & kill a seal and then make it without anyone knowing in a time when everybody knew everybody's business, what with no TV and all).
And birth and rebirth from water is a common theme in the human psyche/collective unconscious, from the birth of Aprhodite to Christian baptisms. I'm not that familiar with Hinduism but I think the River Ganges might count as well.
Anyway, I watched some similar program many years ago and what I recall thinking about was the many old tales of selkies, presumably women who could shapeshift into seals, and the only way to keep her human was to steal her seal skin so she couldn't turn back into a seal and leave. So I began thinking that when the Celts (or whatever) conquered a land some took to hiding in sea caves, perhaps even islands, but found they could make a wet suit out of seal skin that allowed them to swim in the icy cold waters, but they'd still have to go back to land (especially where there was agriculture) to restock on supplies, and it would generally be better to send a woman as she'd be less likely to be seen as an invader. Of course without the wet suit she'd be unlikely to make it back so generally gave up on the idea and making such wet suits were probably a very specialized knowledge (and even if she knew how she'd still have to find & kill a seal and then make it without anyone knowing in a time when everybody knew everybody's business, what with no TV and all).
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