Clovis Merovingian
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Aug 11, 2018 8:21:49 GMT
Mine is this guy. Why? Because he spends most of his time slaying giants and trolls with a hammer. He's basically the embodiment of the ancient Germanic culture, a heroic warrior who slays monsters in defense of mankind. His Celtic counterpart which differs little from him Taranis could be interchanged with him as my favorite.
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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 12, 2018 15:31:47 GMT
I like Zeus and Athena if they count.
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Post by kusler on Aug 12, 2018 17:01:05 GMT
Saraswati, Brahma and Thoth.
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Post by Elizabeth on Aug 14, 2018 6:49:33 GMT
Who made up all these mythological gods anyway?
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Post by kusler on Aug 14, 2018 7:10:43 GMT
The same people who invent all Religions, the people belonging to a culture, tribe etc.
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Post by AmericanCharm on Aug 14, 2018 7:57:32 GMT
Ares is my favorite, I find him to be very interesting, complicated, and brave.
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Post by lyssyj on Aug 18, 2018 16:20:34 GMT
St. Nikolay. He probably was Perun earlier. Boss and defender of warriors, travelers, meterologists, electricians, electronics and welders.
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Post by just10sp on Aug 21, 2018 5:53:54 GMT
Mine is Marduk aka Amarutu, although I consider him a real God. He had a pet dragon and a mythological weapon that would fly to him, probably where Thor’s weapon came from. He inherited his name from Utu, and he was the heir of King Anu and son of Ea or Enki. His wife is pretty cool too ;p Almost all mythologies whether Greek or Roman, Slavic, Nordic, Assyrian ,Akkadian was all based on Mesapotopian Gods of Sumer, which apparently came to Earth from a different planet known as the Annunaki where Anu and his wife Ki gave birth to them. I also like Uranus and Gaia. Pretty much all God’s of Thunder! Who wield God’s Mighty Arm! I pretty much love mythology and the girl that my favourite character is married too ;p I especially like Sophia because in some myths she was Lady Magdalene and her name means Wisdom.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 23, 2018 13:01:50 GMT
Same as OP, in vedic sanskrit, he is known as INDRA, and in german, it is DONAR, icelandic/norse THOR Thor closely resembles other Indo-European deities associated with the thunder: the Celtic Taranis,[54][55] the Baltic Perkūnas, the Slavic Perun,[56] and particularly the Hindu Indra, whose red hair and thunderbolt weapon the vajra are obvious parallels. Scholars have compared Indra's slaying of Vritra with Thor's battle with Jörmungandr.[55] Although in the past it was suggested that Thor was an indigenous sky god or a Viking Age import into Scandinavia, these Indo-European parallels make him generally accepted today as ultimately derived from a Proto-Indo-European deity.[55][57][58][59] In Georges Dumézil's trifunctional hypothesis of Indo-European religion, Thor represents the second function, that of strength. Dumézil notes that as a result of displacements, he does not lead armies; most of the functions of Indra have been in effect taken over by Odin.[60] Many scholars have noted the association of Thor with fertility, particularly in later folklore and in the reflex of him represented by the Sami Hora galles ("Good-man Thor"). For Dumézil, this is the preservation by peasants of only the side-effect of the god's atmospheric battles: the fertilizing rain.[61] Others have emphasized Thor's close connection to humanity, in all its concerns.[62] Scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson summarizes:
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Clovis Merovingian
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Aug 24, 2018 5:02:05 GMT
Same as OP, in vedic sanskrit, he is known as INDRA, and in german, it is DONAR, icelandic/norse THOR Thor closely resembles other Indo-European deities associated with the thunder: the Celtic Taranis,[54][55] the Baltic Perkūnas, the Slavic Perun,[56] and particularly the Hindu Indra, whose red hair and thunderbolt weapon the vajra are obvious parallels. Scholars have compared Indra's slaying of Vritra with Thor's battle with Jörmungandr.[55] Although in the past it was suggested that Thor was an indigenous sky god or a Viking Age import into Scandinavia, these Indo-European parallels make him generally accepted today as ultimately derived from a Proto-Indo-European deity.[55][57][58][59] In Georges Dumézil's trifunctional hypothesis of Indo-European religion, Thor represents the second function, that of strength. Dumézil notes that as a result of displacements, he does not lead armies; most of the functions of Indra have been in effect taken over by Odin.[60] Many scholars have noted the association of Thor with fertility, particularly in later folklore and in the reflex of him represented by the Sami Hora galles ("Good-man Thor"). For Dumézil, this is the preservation by peasants of only the side-effect of the god's atmospheric battles: the fertilizing rain.[61] Others have emphasized Thor's close connection to humanity, in all its concerns.[62] Scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson summarizes: Yeah, and I don't buy that Thor was a viking age import to Scandinavia. Scandinavians are a Germanic people and other Germanic people worshiped Thor like my ancestors the Anglo Saxons (who called him Thunor) and the continental Germans (who called him Donar as you said) so why wouldn't the Scandinavians of whom Germanic culture originates worship him also? I honestly doubt that there was much difference between the religions of the Anglo Saxons, Norse, and continental Germanic people. For instance Loki is thought to be exclusively a Norse god and other things like Ragnarok, and the realms of Muspelheim and Nifelheim were thought to be later editions by the Norse but we know this not to be true by this ninth century German poem called Muspili. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muspilli Muspili is a clear reworking of the Germanic end of the world Ragnorak except with Christianity in place of Germanic paganism (instead of a battle between gods and giants its a battle between angels and demons). Loki is recast as the antichrist and Surtr is recast as Satan. This poem was recorded in Bavaria. It was THAT far south from Scandinavia.
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Clovis Merovingian
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Aug 24, 2018 5:20:17 GMT
I like Zeus and Athena if they count. I actually find the Greek gods interesting, but I think that people have little knowledge of how they were actually portrayed in the myths. The Greeks thought of their gods as having all the flaws human beings but since they were immortal and could not die they were thought not to have to face the consequences of their actions. So the Greek gods basically did whatever it is they wanted morality be damned. Zeus for instance was a huge womanizer and a gleeful rapist. The amount of bastards he sired by raping women is uncountable (he one time raped a woman in the form of an ant). Hera his wife couldn't really take her rage out on her husband for cheating on her so instead she took her rage out on Zues's demigod children since they were mortal as shown when Hera strikes Hercules (called Heracles in Greek, Hercules is the Roman version of the myth and Roman myth was quite distinct from Greek myth) with an insane madness and rage in which Heracles kills his entire family. That's just Zeus and Hera the other Greek gods also did absolutely horrible things to people and committed murder, rape, incest and various other acts a modern person would consider evil. One philosopher wanted the Iliad and Odyssey and other works like it banned because they were morally abhorrent as far as what the gods did.
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Aug 24, 2018 5:26:46 GMT
Ares is my favorite, I find him to be very interesting, complicated, and brave. The Greek Ares was never portrayed as brave and in fact was actually portrayed as a coward without honor. www.angelfire.com/oz/jimmyjams/ares.html I think you're thinking of the Roman version of Ares called Mars who actually was considered a brave warrior.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2018 5:27:25 GMT
Same as OP, in vedic sanskrit, he is known as INDRA, and in german, it is DONAR, icelandic/norse THOR Thor closely resembles other Indo-European deities associated with the thunder: the Celtic Taranis,[54][55] the Baltic Perkūnas, the Slavic Perun,[56] and particularly the Hindu Indra, whose red hair and thunderbolt weapon the vajra are obvious parallels. Scholars have compared Indra's slaying of Vritra with Thor's battle with Jörmungandr.[55] Although in the past it was suggested that Thor was an indigenous sky god or a Viking Age import into Scandinavia, these Indo-European parallels make him generally accepted today as ultimately derived from a Proto-Indo-European deity.[55][57][58][59] In Georges Dumézil's trifunctional hypothesis of Indo-European religion, Thor represents the second function, that of strength. Dumézil notes that as a result of displacements, he does not lead armies; most of the functions of Indra have been in effect taken over by Odin.[60] Many scholars have noted the association of Thor with fertility, particularly in later folklore and in the reflex of him represented by the Sami Hora galles ("Good-man Thor"). For Dumézil, this is the preservation by peasants of only the side-effect of the god's atmospheric battles: the fertilizing rain.[61] Others have emphasized Thor's close connection to humanity, in all its concerns.[62] Scholar Hilda Ellis Davidson summarizes: Yeah, and I don't buy that Thor was a viking age import to Scandinavia. Scandinavians are a Germanic people and other Germanic people worshiped Thor like my ancestors the Anglo Saxons (who called him Thunor) and the continental Germans (who called him Donar as you said) so why wouldn't the Scandinavians of whom Germanic culture originates worship him also? I honestly doubt that there was much difference between the religions of the Anglo Saxons, Norse, and continental Germanic people. For instance Loki is thought to be exclusively a Norse god and other things like Ragnarok, and the realms of Muspelheim and Nifelheim were thought to be later editions by the Norse but we know this not to be true by this ninth century German poem called Muspili. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muspilli Muspili is a clear reworking of the Germanic end of the world Ragnorak except with Christianity in place of Germanic paganism (instead of a battle between gods and giants its a battle between angels and demons). Loki is recast as the antichrist and Surtr is recast as Satan. This poem was recorded in Bavaria. It was THAT far south from Scandinavia.you yourself has given the answer. Bavarians had this culture, of indo-europeans.
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Clovis Merovingian
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Post by Clovis Merovingian on Aug 24, 2018 5:33:20 GMT
Yeah, and I don't buy that Thor was a viking age import to Scandinavia. Scandinavians are a Germanic people and other Germanic people worshiped Thor like my ancestors the Anglo Saxons (who called him Thunor) and the continental Germans (who called him Donar as you said) so why wouldn't the Scandinavians of whom Germanic culture originates worship him also? I honestly doubt that there was much difference between the religions of the Anglo Saxons, Norse, and continental Germanic people. For instance Loki is thought to be exclusively a Norse god and other things like Ragnarok, and the realms of Muspelheim and Nifelheim were thought to be later editions by the Norse but we know this not to be true by this ninth century German poem called Muspili. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muspilli Muspili is a clear reworking of the Germanic end of the world Ragnorak except with Christianity in place of Germanic paganism (instead of a battle between gods and giants its a battle between angels and demons). Loki is recast as the antichrist and Surtr is recast as Satan. This poem was recorded in Bavaria. It was THAT far south from Scandinavia.you yourself has given the answer. Bavarians had this culture, of indo-europeans. Absolutely, it is as you said in your original post. The Bavarians are a Germanic people so its not surprising that Thor shows up there but as you said Thor or rather something like Thor shows up in other Indo European mythologies including the one from your native country. Taranis from Gaulish paganism for instance seems to just be Thor by a different name with his red beard and axe hammer and chariot pulled by bulls as well as his role as a sky and thunder deity and his name like Thor's literally meaning "the thunderer."
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Post by Deleted on Aug 24, 2018 5:49:33 GMT
you yourself has given the answer. Bavarians had this culture, of indo-europeans. Absolutely, it is as you said in your original post. The Bavarians are a Germanic people so its not surprising that Thor shows up there but as you said Thor or rather something like Thor shows up in other Indo European mythologies including the one from your native country. Taranis from Gaulish paganism for instance seems to just be Thor by a different name with his red beard and axe hammer and chariot pulled by bulls as well as his role as a sky and thunder deity and his name like Thor's literally meaning "the thunderer." Indians don't worship this overlord, the vedic sanskrit indra, it was ceased 3500 years back. And In media of hindus,this lord is derided,mocked, and shown as whore monger. They hate him.
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