Talk:Tomb of Genghis Khan
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Dab, as you have a google account, you may check this and this. We may add Ratchnevsky's book to references. --Ghirla -трёп- 14:23, 5 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Folklore
Um, how does the referenceless "folklore" explain the claims about the river diversion and the horses trampling when everyone involved or in contact with the funeral procession was supposed to have been killed or suicided? Bwithh 19:33, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
- Well, it really doesn't. This is one of the problems with "folklore", "legends", and the like. It is true that this story is part of folklore. What is not evident is whether this folklore has any factual basis. If it does not, then it is debatable whether it is encyclopedic, as it is not verifiable. Rlquall 22:01, 9 October 2006 (UTC)
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- The theory of relativity is not verifiable, either. Please consider prodding the article. --Ghirla -трёп- 06:26, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
these are two variants. (1) gallopping over the grave and (2) diverting a river over it. I have read (1) offwiki but not (2). Obviously both (1) and (2) should be sourced. As for "how can anyone even know" (apart from that it doesn't matter if it's logical as long as we can establish it is folklore), how about the funeral train telling beforehand what they were going to do? "goodbye, we'll go and bury the Khan in a secret place and then kill ourselves"? I see nothing impossible about such a scenario. dab (ᛏ) 08:43, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
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- well okay thanks. I wondered if the there was an explanation in the folklore... didn't say that it was impossible Bwithh 10:59, 10 October 2006 (UTC)
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