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[Berzerker]

^Another sort of parallel would be between Jesus crucified, Prometheus chained in a similar position (and eternally having his reborn liver be eaten by an eagle or similar)

Jesus was stabbed in the side, not that I'd bet on a connection

On a sidenote, and probably a corrupted myth, but an Incan legend describes a hero killing his enemies with the jawbone of a tapir.

and one of the Skandinavian main deities who also died, but iirc he killed his own self, although maybe for a noble reason

Who is Votan? The Aztecs believed a son of god gave his life to restart the heavenly precession, this was the basis for their human sacrifices.

Then again Loki is the only god afaik in any pantheon who managed to get himself raped by a horse. I mean other gods transformed into horses and raped humans, but never were raped themselves by a dumb animal

Maybe the rapist was Poseidon

 

[Thorgalaeg]

There is this school of thinking about jesus being a remake of older myths. And in fact you can find many figures, centrals in many religions, similar to Jesuchrist in many ways, for instance Horus.

Which does not mean that Jesus didnt exist necesarily, however all his miracles and divinity would have been added from previous myths popular in the Mediterranean zone for the time.

 

[Old Hippy]

There is this school of thinking about jesus being a remake of older myths. And in fact you can find many figures, centrals in many religions, similar to Jesuchrist in many ways, for instance Horus.

Which does not mean that Jesus didnt exist necesarily, however all his miracles and divinity would have been added from previous myths popular in the Mediterranean zone for the time.

the story bears a striking similarity to the Hindu "Krishna"

Spoiler :

I am seated in everyone's heart, and from Me come remembrance, knowledge and forgetfulness. By all the Vedas, I am to be known. Indeed, I am the compiler of Vedānta, and I am the knower of the Vedas.

Also in Srimad bhagvatam 11.21.43,lord krishna tells


I am the ritualistic sacrifice enjoined by the Vedas, and I am the worshipable Deity. It is I who am presented as various philosophical hypotheses, and it is I alone who am then refuted by philosophical analysis. The transcendental sound vibration thus establishes Me as the essential meaning of all Vedic knowledge. The Vedas, elaborately analyzing all material duality as nothing but My illusory potency, ultimately completely negate this duality and achieve their own satisfaction. [56]

The Hindu Vishnu Purana relates: "Devaki bore in her womb the lotus-eyed deity...before the birth of Krishna, no one “could bear to gaze upon Devaki, from the light that invested her, and those who contemplated her radiance felt their minds disturbed.” This reference to light is reminiscent of the Vedic hymn "To an Unknown God," which refers to a Golden Child. According to F. M. Müller this term means "the golden gem of child" and is an attempt at naming the sun. According, to the Vishnu purana krishna is the total incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It clearly describes in the Vishnu purana that krishna was born on earth to destroy sin, especially Kansa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krishna

which can be dated to 533CE- conservatively in the Mahabharata with some estimates going back to 3100BCE

Spoiler :

The copper-plate inscription of the Maharaja Sharvanatha (533–534 CE) from Khoh (Satna District, Madhya Pradesh) describes the Mahabharata as a "collection of 100,000 verses" (shatasahasri samhita).

The late 4th millennium date has a precedent in the calculation of the Kaliyuga epoch, based on planetary conjunctions, by Aryabhata (6th century). His date of February 18 3102 BCE has become widespread in Indian tradition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata

 

[Kyriakos]

would you name the cicle as red and the cone as vanilla? but yes the same image does seem to be the same image I/you recognize, as I suppose Atlantians did too

That is nice, lets keep it Atlantean

+81

 

[Borachio]

Link to video.

Yeaaaaaah.

The dog, I suspect, isn't doing maths at all, but picking up on subtle cues from the owner.

 

[Thorgalaeg]

^Probably. But that would make the dog even cleverer, since it is a lot easier to add two plus two than to pick up so subtle cues than nobody else there can.

the story bears a striking similarity to the Hindu "Krishna"

Spoiler :

which can be dated to 533CE- conservatively in the Mahabharata with some estimates going back to 3100BCE

Spoiler :

The copper-plate inscription of the Maharaja Sharvanatha (533–534 CE) from Khoh (Satna District, Madhya Pradesh) describes the Mahabharata as a "collection of 100,000 verses" (shatasahasri samhita).

The late 4th millennium date has a precedent in the calculation of the Kaliyuga epoch, based on planetary conjunctions, by Aryabhata (6th century). His date of February 18 3102 BCE has become widespread in Indian tradition

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahabharata

Yep. I also read about a number of other personages similar to Jesus. Krisna included, even some sources claiming "Christ" comes from "Krisna", but i doubt it very much since "Christ" etymology is well known AFAIK.

Horus particularly is another very obvious one: Born from a virgin in a cave or similar, annunciation by an angel and a star, deadly threat during infancy, baptised in a river, resisted temptation by the devil, walked on water, resurrected the dead, crucifixion along two thieves, resurrected after three days to reign along 1000 years... and many more.

Anyway, there are several ways to explain similarities between different mythologies:

-Plain negation: Any similarity is purely coincidental. To dull theory for my taste. Also too much coincidences.

-Common substrate: similar mythologies come from a common older mythology. Nice but it is difficult to explain similarities between mythologies from cultures too distant in time or space.

-Jungian theory (my favorite one): myths are nothing but a manifestation of archetypes engraved in our collective unconscious since we evolved from apes so we all have them hidden somewhere inside our brains. Which leads us to the main question btw: is Atlantis hidden inside our brain?

 

[Borachio]

^Probably. But that would make the dog even cleverer, since it is a lot easier to add two plus two than to pick up so subtle cues than nobody else there can.

I don't think this is true at all. The dog might be simply waiting until its owner breathes out (or some other cue) to stop tapping its foot.

I betcha this dog can't do mental arithmetic when the owner isn't present.

Dogs are simply not very clever.