After analyzing millions of words in ancient Akkadian, researchers believe ancient humans may have felt emotions in the different parts of the body compared to modern-day humans.
In all great writings, such as literature and song lyrics, the writer often associates certain emotions with body parts. If a person sees a crush, they may feel ”butterflies in their stomach.” If a person is experiencing a moment of pure happiness, they may say that their ”heart is full.” The same can be said if the person is experiencing heartbreak or a “churning in their stomach” if they’re feeling nervous or angry.
A multidisciplinary research team from the University of Helsinki, Aalto University, University of Turku, and Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz analyzed clay tablets with cuneiform scripts with over one million Akkadian words.
Researchers from the ancient emotions study used the findings of the mapping study to create bodily maps for the ancient Mesopotamians. Another way the emotions of ancient Mesopotamians and modern humans differed was that modern humans tended to feel anger in their upper body, but the opposite was true for ancient Mesopotamians; they felt anger in their feet. And even though love may be felt in the heart by both groups of people, ancient Mesopotamians also felt love in the liver and knees.
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