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The approach of the Ebu Gogo article is to fit the the cycle of Ebu Gogo stories into a mythical framework and then discuss their possible relationship to the recent discoveries of homo floresiensis. This article could definitely be enriched if someone could add a couple of Flores Islander stories about the Ebu Gogo; however this is something I don't have to hand.
Note - created by user Firstfox. I just created myself an account after doing this :-D
I agree - I've worked a few of the facts into the main text, but I think we should also leave your news report here to give the readers some further background. :-D
firstfox 14:53, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I thought it was a great article but made some conclusions in advance of the data in the last paragraph. — JerryFriedman 19:51, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
This article doesn't quote any sources or references. Doesn't it need them? Hello5959us
I hate to bring up an inconvenient possibility, but I haven't been able to locate an reference to the "Ebu Gogo" that predates the discovery of the Floresienis fossils. Is it possible that the Ebu Gogo stories were created AFTER the discovery of the fossils? This would also explain the lack of sources for the article. -- 67.160.74.124 03:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
This article needs to be sourced with proper references and/or inline citations. In addition, it feels a bit as if we are trying to push a local mythological character into being an artifact of the memory of Homo floresiensis habitation. Now, it could be that this is this case, but the connection appears tenuous at present. please jon me in trying to beef this article up with references and more facts. Feel free to include properly sourced quotes! Plus, it would help if we could find some mentions of this creature that predate the whole Human hobbitt controversy. thanks Lisapollison 00:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Not really a contribution to the page, but I find it significant that the Ebu Gogo seem to be one of the only mythological "little people" that are inferior to humans in every way. Usually they can do something better. Dwarfs are craftsmen, leprechauns can disappear, those Hawaiian menehune(sp?) made all sorts of civic structures. But these guys can't do anything. Does this lesson the Ebu Gogo's chances at simply being a part of the "little people" mythological archetype? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.135.53.147 ( talk) 20:01, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Awful article. You need to read 'language origins without the semantic urge' by martin sereno, and the article by Roberts (villagers speak of the small, hairy EbuGogo) october 28 2004 daily telegraph uk. This is clearly not in the same class as bigfoot kookiness. skeptics have biased this article so it is crap. I am a skeptic too but this is an awful page.
I found a lot of good sources from an anthropologist called Gregory Forth who was doing research on Flores before H. Floresiensis was found and have integrated some of his findings into the article. I hope it's more credible now. K602 ( talk) 02:52, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
is there a source for glutton as translation of the word? One who eats anything implies more to me an omnivore than a glutton. 142.163.195.114 ( talk) 13:58, 15 March 2024 (UTC)
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The approach of the Ebu Gogo article is to fit the the cycle of Ebu Gogo stories into a mythical framework and then discuss their possible relationship to the recent discoveries of homo floresiensis. This article could definitely be enriched if someone could add a couple of Flores Islander stories about the Ebu Gogo; however this is something I don't have to hand.
Note - created by user Firstfox. I just created myself an account after doing this :-D
I agree - I've worked a few of the facts into the main text, but I think we should also leave your news report here to give the readers some further background. :-D
firstfox 14:53, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
I thought it was a great article but made some conclusions in advance of the data in the last paragraph. — JerryFriedman 19:51, 29 Oct 2004 (UTC)
This article doesn't quote any sources or references. Doesn't it need them? Hello5959us
I hate to bring up an inconvenient possibility, but I haven't been able to locate an reference to the "Ebu Gogo" that predates the discovery of the Floresienis fossils. Is it possible that the Ebu Gogo stories were created AFTER the discovery of the fossils? This would also explain the lack of sources for the article. -- 67.160.74.124 03:50, 8 August 2006 (UTC)
This article needs to be sourced with proper references and/or inline citations. In addition, it feels a bit as if we are trying to push a local mythological character into being an artifact of the memory of Homo floresiensis habitation. Now, it could be that this is this case, but the connection appears tenuous at present. please jon me in trying to beef this article up with references and more facts. Feel free to include properly sourced quotes! Plus, it would help if we could find some mentions of this creature that predate the whole Human hobbitt controversy. thanks Lisapollison 00:30, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Not really a contribution to the page, but I find it significant that the Ebu Gogo seem to be one of the only mythological "little people" that are inferior to humans in every way. Usually they can do something better. Dwarfs are craftsmen, leprechauns can disappear, those Hawaiian menehune(sp?) made all sorts of civic structures. But these guys can't do anything. Does this lesson the Ebu Gogo's chances at simply being a part of the "little people" mythological archetype? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.135.53.147 ( talk) 20:01, 1 May 2008 (UTC)
Awful article. You need to read 'language origins without the semantic urge' by martin sereno, and the article by Roberts (villagers speak of the small, hairy EbuGogo) october 28 2004 daily telegraph uk. This is clearly not in the same class as bigfoot kookiness. skeptics have biased this article so it is crap. I am a skeptic too but this is an awful page.
I found a lot of good sources from an anthropologist called Gregory Forth who was doing research on Flores before H. Floresiensis was found and have integrated some of his findings into the article. I hope it's more credible now. K602 ( talk) 02:52, 28 October 2009 (UTC)
is there a source for glutton as translation of the word? One who eats anything implies more to me an omnivore than a glutton. 142.163.195.114 ( talk) 13:58, 15 March 2024 (UTC)