LJ Idol: Campfire Stories

[dakotawitch]

Anthropologists don't know exactly when we did it, but it seems that one of the earliest things that our human ancestors did was master fire. Indeed, the ability to control fire seems to be one of the things that makes us human in many ways -- it allows us to cook and thus transformed our diet, it served as a source of warmth and protection and

Comments

[rswndrlst]

Ahhh, I have a piece I considered reworking for this topic with a line: Cautionary tales are meant to keep you from wandering too far from the fire
I personally have the unfortunate habit of striding off into the darkness.

[murielle]

Great examination of the campfire experience! I really enjoyed that you started with earliest man and brought it to some very recognizable myths and urban legends.

A thoroughly good read!

[d0gs]

safety bought with fear is no safety at all, but its own kind of prison - so very true :(