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Do vegetation deities tend to be connected with the Moon?
Egyptian Osiris is associated with vegetation and this is what Wikipedia says about him:
Through syncretism with Iah, he is also the god of the Moon.
This is what Wikipedia says about Jarilo, Slavic god of vegetation:
From comparison to Baltic…
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Why is Indra supplanted as chief God?
Wikipedia states that "over a quarter of the 1,208 hymns of the Rigveda mention Indra, making him the most referred to deity than any other."
But in the post-vedic texts his importance is greatly diminished.
What are the reasons for his loss of…
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Cows as symbols of Wisdom
I just finished a very interesting article "Boand" river-goddess and rebel" that talks about the bovine origin of her name, and makes a good case for cows as a symbol of wisdom in Irish lore.
The article also references the Vedas, and my first…
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Equivalent of Seven Archangels of Zoroastrianism in Vedic Religion?
Zoroastrianism and Early Vedic religion are every similar. Scholars even opine that they were one religion and got split into two, or that one originated from the other.
Now in Zoroastrianism there are seven Archangels called Amesha Spenta, meaning…
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How many gods are in Hindu mythology?
I heard that in ancient Hindu texts there's 33 gods in Hindu mythology, but this doesn't make sense since I have compiled a list of way more than 33 gods who's names I have found so far.
What's up with that, why am I finding a lot more gods if it's…
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Hindu mythology. We already know that Kalki Avatar will appear in Kaliyuga. So was it already known in Tretayuga that Krishna will come in Dwaparyuga
We already know that Kalki Avatar will appear in Kaliyuga before his appearance. So was it already known in Tretayuga that Lord Krishna will come in Dwaparyuga, like is it written in the sacred texts which are said to exist before the Time of Lord…
