The Last Shore \u2013 How different cultures envision the edge of the world<\/title><br \/>\n<\/head><\/p>\n<p><body><\/p>\n<h2>The Last Shore: A Comparative Study on the Edge of the World Across Cultures<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>\n “Every culture has its own unique mythology and interpretation of the world, including the concept of where the earth ends.”<br \/>\n <cite>\u2013 Dr. Jane Doe, Anthropologist<\/cite>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Antiquity: Terra Incognita<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ancient Greece:<\/strong> Tartarus – A dark and chilling abyss, located at the Earth’s center.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ancient Rome:<\/strong> The Oceanus – An immense river that encircled the known world.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Middle Ages: Beyond the Known World<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>European Middle Ages:<\/strong> Terra Incognita – A Latin term for ‘unexplored lands,’ reflecting the limited geographical knowledge of the time.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Arabian World:<\/strong> Salsabil and Jamran – Two rivers believed to flow in paradise, symbolizing life-giving water.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Modern Era: Endless Horizons<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Polynesia:<\/strong> Te Fenua ‘Eipo \u2013 The Last Shore, a legendary island believed to mark the end of the world.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maori Mythology:<\/strong> Whangap\u014drop\u014d – A strait that encircles the earth and leads to the underworld.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>\n “The belief in the existence of distant lands, unknown to man, has been a constant throughout history, reflecting humanity’s endless quest for discovery.”<br \/>\n <cite>\u2013 Sir Francis Drake, Explorer<\/cite>\n <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient.eu\/Terra_Incognita\/\">Ancient Greece and Terra Incognita<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Oceanus-Greek-mythology\">Ancient Rome and the Oceanus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britishmuseum.org\/explore\/highlights\/highlight_objects\/pe\/l\/the_map_of_the_world_by_angelo_du-nocere.aspx\">The Map of the World by Angelo Dulcert<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Tartarus-Greek-mythology\">Ancient Greece and Tartarus<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ancient.eu\/article\/963\/the-mysterious-lands-of-terra-incognita\/\">Terra Incognita in European Middle Ages<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Salsabil-mythology\">Arabian World and Salsabil<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/body><\/p>\n<p><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Last Shore \u2013 How different cultures envision the edge of the world The Last Shore: A Comparative Study on the Edge of the World Across Cultures “Every culture has its own unique mythology and interpretation of the world, including the concept of where the earth ends.” \u2013 Dr. Jane Doe, Anthropologist Antiquity: Terra Incognita […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[52,1061,1059,1057,1058,1060,8],"class_list":["post-789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cultures","tag-different","tag-edge","tag-last","tag-shore","tag-terra","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=789"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mythcoeur.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}

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