Talk:Manna

Manna as a mushroom
I was prepaired to quit, but you know what? Somebody has to point to the light switch before we can all be out of the dark.

Wow... Mannaseejah, you need to calm down a bit. I think you have something with the Manna as a Mushroom, but we need to approach it in an academic way. Help me find some reliable sources so we can present verification that the theory exists. (I know I've heard the theory before... so I know that this isn't just OR) ---J.S (t|c) 21:47, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

TRUTH IS NOT ACADEMIC.
 * Yes it is. ---J.S (t|c) 20:41, 11 May 2006 (UTC)


 * i agree. i mean, if there's some serious evidence out there that talks about manna being psychedelic mushrooms, then that definitely needs to be in there, but form is incredibly important.  the strange edits that the user keeps putting into this article are not encyclopedic.  i mean, just look at the top of the talk page here.  (personally i think that the top of the talk page needs to be cleared off.  wikipedia is not a soapbox, and that goes for talk pages, too) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sparsefarce (talk • contribs)

How can color be described to the blind? It is a "form" that you simply cannot understand.


 * I'll do some research and see what I can find. ---J.S (t|c) 22:44, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

How many mushrooms would grow in the Sinai in any case? Mushrooms, not fungus, that is. They require more humidity than the circumstances of the Exodus story seem to imply. Dew will not suufice. Dysmorodrepanis 03:45, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

IT SAYS DEW: THAT MEANS THE CLIMATE WAS DIFFERENT! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.126.42.61 (talk) 07:21, 23 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Yes it was - 5,000 years before the events of Exodus at least. Probably more like 10,000. I suggest you yourself haul your ass down to the Sinai and try gathering shrooms. Good luck. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 03:54, 20 December 2007 (UTC)

The accompanying illustration shows Psilocybe semilanceata (Liberty cap mushroom) rather than the Psilocybe cubensis (Gold cap mushroom) mentioned in the text. The Wikipedia Psilocybe cubensis article includes a rough map of the current range of Gold cap mushrooms. While the map is rough, and doesn't show the distribution at the right historical period, nonetheless these discrepencies suggest that someone who has read the references should identify the particular species indicated by the authors, or a generic term ("some kind of psychedelic mushrooms") should be used instead. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.145.187.67 (talk) 18:27, 3 July 2009 (UTC)

There is no survival benefit to consuming psychoactive substances in an Arid Desert where lapses of Judgement can be lethal as most psychosis inducing substances cause excessive thirst which can easily be complicated by a lack of drinking water, the only sane Fungal Candidate for Manna may be Terfezia spp- a genera of desert truffles. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:6C58:4300:3C11:44AB:989B:D38A:8F82 (talk) 18:11, 20 June 2021 (UTC)

Correction suggestion
The article states " In the Hebrew Bible, manna is described twice: once in Exodus 16:1–36 with the full narrative surrounding it, and once again in Numbers 11:1–9 "

I know of at least one other mention....Deuteronomy 8:3 - And he humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know; that he might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the Lord doth man live. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:40d:8400:8bd0:4cf8:db46:28dc:9e05 (talk) 18:42, 14 August 2021 (UTC)

Original research
This article reads like a theologian's essay quoting the Bible directly, when an encyclopedia article should instead describe their descriptions and cite their interpretations. Translations also vary a lot in their descriptions and it's often notoriously difficult to really know what real-world items some verses were referring to. The article also lacks a section about the historicity, that it's most likely mythological, that it's unnecessary to try to really find out what manna really must have been (i.e. an insect product, mushroom, dew and other speculation)... This doesn't mean that the most notable speculation cannot be included, in their context with secondary sources. — Paleo Neonate  – 06:54, 31 October 2021 (UTC)

Water
does water fit all descriptions we consider if one grinds the water or oceans that they would have Superior quality foods like krill, algae, kelp and more. 209.171.85.218 (talk) 18:57, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Chuvash L.
In the biblical account, the name manna is said to derive from the "question" (man hu), seemingly meaning "What is it?"

P.S. In the Chuvash language, "Mĕn ku" also means "what is it", but the Chuvash are Turks and not Semites. 176.52.109.239 (talk) 09:10, 7 October 2023 (UTC)

Your "manna from heaven" is an ordinary HAIL that often falls in our Chuvash Republic, do not thank. Therefore, it was white as frost and quickly melted in the sun, and in the early morning when the air did not warm up, it was stored. The size of it was round like a coriander seed. And you here, the learned light, have arranged the riddle of the century! We Chuvash have such manna from heaven every year, summer hail is called, it also happens to be the size of a tangerine. And the shape of the scales is snow or layering. Don't thank me, your beloved Chuvash from the shores of Bolshoy Cheremshan was with you.