Original sentence: Catastrophists  such as Immanuel Velikovsky believe that myths are derived from the oral histories of ancient cultures that witnessed cosmic catastrophes.The catastrophic interpretation of myth, forms only a small minority within the field of mythology
Edited sentence: Comyns Beaumont, , and more recently astronomers Victor Clube and Bill Napier,, and Professor Emiritus of Palaeoecology, Mike Baillie.Donnelly,, British journalist W.One of the earliest writers to suggest a catastrophic interpretation of "religious myth" (see Religion and mythology, above) was the English theologian and historian, William Whiston (1667-1752) , which he ascribed to a comet in his book A New Theory of the Earth published in 1696.Other writers who have suggested a cometary influence include Ignatius L.Some have additionally suggested a planetary catastrophic interpretation of mythology, such as Johann Gottlieb Radlof, and Father Franz Xavier Kugler (1862-1929) who both described the influence of a planetary body called Phaëton.Writers such as Immanuel Velikovsky and other planetary catastrophists have even invoked Venus, Mars and Saturn in their interpretations,.but their work finds only rare mention in academic publications, and their consideration is "away from the mainstream academic debate"