lausten said: he explains that yes, mythological explanations are not scientific, but when they were considered valid, they were “thinkable”. There was no distinction between science and myth at the time.But being thinkable does not make it scientfic. Moreover at the time of mythology there was no real science other than tools and warfare.
Early hominids had belief in an “unseen enemy in the sky” which would make thunder and lightning and throw water when it was really angry.
This primitive belief is still observable in the modern Chimpanzee. Alpha Chimps have been seen to act in an agressive way toward the unseen danger hidden in the skybushes (clouds) during a thunder storm.