Of two flutes found at Geissenkloesterle Cave, Germany, dated to 42-43ka, one was made from a swan’s ulna bone while another was of mammoth ivory.  At Hohle Fels, where the Venus was found, flutes of vulture bone and ivory remained. “It was at the same time swan animism made its first confirmed appearance in southern … Continue reading The Swan Maiden And The Sons of Boreas