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[arethinn]

I have to wonder if these people have never heard of the mammal known as a lemur. I suppose "Lemur" is a valid term for "one who lived in Lemuria", but usually when making such word transformations, one would want to avoid a word with overriding silly connotations if there were a viable alternative ("Lemurian").

I now have horrible visions of Joey the Lemur (who was, in fact, not actually a lemur) romping through the ancient crystal grids of a lost civilization. (the splendiferous lemur, friend to all manKIIIIIIIIIND!)

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[aki-dreaming.livejournal.com]

I am making people all around me look at me funny. Thank you, yet again.

[uncledark.livejournal.com]

Fun Fact:
The name "Lemuria" is in fact derrived from the word "lemur."

See, back before continental drift was a serious geological theory, scientists explained the presence of similar animals in distant lands by positing land bridges, which have since sunk or eroded away. For instance, am 18th centruy biologist noted that there were lemurs in Africa and in India, but that the existing terrain between the two was inhospitable to the little primates. Thus, he conjured up a theoretical land bridge between Africa and India, across which the ancient elephants and lemurs once roamed. In honor of the cute, fuzzy primates, he called the bridge "Lemuria."

Lemuria was not considered an Atlantis-like "lost continent" until after continental drift gained wide-spread acceptance and the theory of the Lemurian land bridge was abandoned. Lemuria was adopted by the Theosophists as an "ancient advanced civilization," using the (even then obsolete) scientific references to help bolster their ideology of "root races" and mystical evolution.

Source: New Encyclopedia of the Occult (by John Michael Greer)

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

"The name "Lemuria" is in fact derrived from the word "lemur.""

I knew that, actually, but I still don't think that it makes using the word "Lemur" as a word for the residents of the place any less silly.

[skatche.livejournal.com]

Eh... given that Lemuria is named for lemurs (its existence was postulated based on the existence of lemurs in both Africa and... Australia I think?), it's silly enough as it is. :P

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

As I said to uncledark, I knew that was the origin of the name, but the word "Lemuria" doesn't sound that silly by itself, to me, anyway. I don't immediately picture a land of lemurs (Madagascar?). Whereas I have nothing else to attach to the word "lemur", so I don't immediately picture ancient humans, in that case.

U is for unusual and unpredictable...

[ahril.livejournal.com]

*facepalms*

Zaboomafoo (http://pbskids.org/zoboo/).

[starlightforest.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that too! Now I have snatches of the song in my head...

[ahril.livejournal.com]

Two small children will do that. I don't think there ARE any other channels on tv besides PBS, Sprouts, Nickelodeon, Noggin, DisneyChannel and Cartoon Network.

Lemuria

[waywind.livejournal.com]

I wish they'd refer to Lemuria by one of its other names, maybe the Polynesian names for the ancient/mythological lost continent: Mu, or Mukalia. In some ways, those names are a considerably more valid than the Western-applied name of Lemuria. Supposedly Lemuria is referred to in myth throughout Asia and possibly some of the other continents bordering the Pacific, and especially in the islands.

Actually, since the "Lemuria" proposed by 18th century scientists was between India and Africa, and thus being a land-body in the Indian Ocean, it's a wholly innappropriate name for a land-body in the Pacific Ocean.

I guess that maybe they weren't sure where Mukalia was located when they first started comparing mythology and channeled information?

I read a couple books about Lemuria (uhh... well, I skimmed one, but I read the other one very carefully) but I was initially disappointed that its people were-- although oddly different from us in appearance, psychology, and spiritual makeup-- pretty much humans and not lemurs at all. Nevertheless, I kept imagining them as lemurs, even when I tried not to.

I would completely love to hear about a channeled alternative history of the Earth where there was a lost civilization of superintelligent peace-loving telepathic environmentalist lemurs who have a close alliance with dolphins. I guess the normal story about Lemuria is close enough... except without the lemurs.

The article says...

[rainman1432003.livejournal.com]

...Although randy as a jackrabbit, the lemur makes an excellent pet for children or a companion for the elderly."

ROTFL.....