# The analogy spans thousands of years and draws on selected sources

> Critics doubt that myths recorded in historic times can be read into a painting thousands of years older, and Farmer notes that Boyd sets aside northern…

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# The analogy spans thousands of years and draws on selected sources

Critics doubt that myths recorded in historic times can be read into a painting thousands of years older, and Farmer notes that Boyd sets aside northern Uto-Aztecan sources such as Hopi ethnography.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[A planned narrative of creation: the birth of the sun and the beginning of time](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/white-shaman-mural/answers/ANS0DCKQ96HTJN3/a-planned-narrative-of-creation-the-birth-of-the-sun-and-the)

Still possible

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The analogy spans thousands of years and draws on selected sources [Evidence EVD0DCKRH59XYX4]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCKRH59XYX4
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