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Back to the Pleiades and the number seven, not only are the seven stars of the Pleiades significant, but classic Mesopotamian sources reference the "Seven Judges Of Hell", so I think that at least one of the bronze age events was a multiple fragment impact.
originally posted by: beansidhe
Story of the Stoorworm
The usual themes are all there - a destroyer from the skies, which initially ruins crops and creates a wasteland, which goes on to change the landscape for ever. Assipattle is the seventh son of a seventh son (seven would represent the Pleiades in the sky, I would think?). It's very like the King Arthur legend too. I am convinced these stories are telling us about catastrophic meteor strikes, with dragons being the meteors.
originally posted by: beansidhe
a reply to: Anaana
That is a considered point and very interesting. I'd always thought of the Arthur comet stories as being much, much later but your interpretation is really exciting. Did I tell my children a 9k yr old story the other night?
The Picts are said by some to have come from Denmark, and the Stoorworm talks about splitting Scotland from Europe.
I think - I hope - you're right. I'm going to have a look for a Nordic / Scandanavian equivalent tale and see what they say.