> [[graves]]. *Proto-Religions in Central Asia*. Bochum Brockmeyer, 1994. ## Notes PIE, Uralic, Dravidian, Sino-Caucasian, Finno-Ugric, & Altaic were together at about 15 or 20,000 BCE around the Aral Sea ("Khorezm") - Close relation of the ultimate "cosmic personage" to the heavenly bodies and the underworld - Cosmic giant as the origin of the universe - Gendered gods (PIE: male, Sinco-Caucasian: unisexual, Finno-Ugric/Dravidian/Altaic: equality) - Gods = ancestors - The soul and its fate are immportant. ..........