If it is correct that at Moundville the Raptor is part of the Path of Souls mortuary complex, where might it fit? In the earlier presentations I have argued that there was a widespread mythology of death across the Eastern Woodlands and Plains. That mythology saw the Milky Way as the Path of Souls and provided a description of the skyscape and the details of the journey. The commonality in beliefs, even to details, suggests that the mythological vision was ancient and widespread, but the variations in the ways in which the details are altered or rearranged argue for the development of regional
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