The Mystic Legends of Gods (Earth, Buddhism, incarnation, beliefs)

[Quoth The Raven]

Kama Pua'a is a Kapua or shape shifter and trickster. His shape shifting abilities are limited to things of the pig variety, parrot fish and a couple of different types of plants, as well as his human form. He shares some characteristics with Loki; the trickster and the shapeshifting elements primarily. He can also have the tendency to be a bit full of himself and overconfident, which are traits he also shares with Loki.
The gods are archetypes - as are most other mythological figures - and people are people essentially requiring the same things of their deities regardless of their locale, so it is no great surprise that many gods from different pantheons have characteristics in commmon.

[Ram_Dev78]

Wow you guys have done your homework really well, Thank you for your support and comments, This is really getting me going guys. An interesting thought to add on, Would like to know more about the zoroastrian religious gods and any similiarities amongs them to other gods would be fantastic. Another interesting thought is of the belief on the coming of Death. Christians belief in Burying the dead, the hindus burn the dead, the egyptians mumify, while a certain Zoroastrian people belife in feeding the dead to vultures. If you know other ways in certain religions ways of treating dead, please let me know. GREAT SUPPORT GUYS, Really thank you for all your comments, keep on posting people. Once again Thanks a miilion.!

[Ram_Dev78]

Hmm..Loki and Thor are brothers, when compared to Hinduism, Thor is the god of thunder and lightning storms, but he is regarded as a son of a god. Son of Odin, now in Hinduism the god of ligthning or the Sky is Lord Indra, he too is a demi god who is the son of the Creator Brahma. Now Loki on the other hand is a trikster god, always playing on mischief. The hindu god of mischief might be Hanuman, the monkey god. This is the similiarities...Hanuman is the son of Vahyu or god of the Wind. Nearly related to the sky god. Funny huh ? how things get entiwined

[Quoth The Raven]

Originally Posted by Ram_Dev78

Hmm..Loki and Thor are brothers, when compared to Hinduism, Thor is the god of thunder and lightning storms, but he is regarded as a son of a god. Son of Odin, now in Hinduism the god of ligthning or the Sky is Lord Indra, he too is a demi god who is the son of the Creator Brahma. Now Loki on the other hand is a trikster god, always playing on mischief. The hindu god of mischief might be Hanuman, the monkey god. This is the similiarities...Hanuman is the son of Vahyu or god of the Wind. Nearly related to the sky god. Funny huh ? how things get entiwined

While Odin is the Allfather, it isn't in a literal genealogical sense. Loki is actually Odin's bloodbrother, which would make him some sort of half-assed uncle as far as Thor is concerned. Originally, Loki was the God of fire and the hearth. His trickster aspect tends to overshadow his other facets, however.

[DeepShadow]

I hope I understand the goal here; either I get it and some folks are confused, or I really don't get it! Let me know either way, please:

At any rate, in many religions the guardian of the dead is represented by a dog. The particular type of death god is called a "psychopomp" or guardian of souls, to distinguish it from other death-god types. Cerberus and Anubis are obvious examples, but here are some less known ones:

* In the tales of Robin Hood, Friar Tuck is often represented leading dogs, and in some old accounts he first meets Robin on a bridge over a river, and summons his hounds to support him in the fight. (note: crossing a river is a common death-metaphor)

* References to St. Christopher claim he was from a nation of dog-headed people, and he is best known for carrying Christ across a river. Strong resemblances to Charon and Cerberus.

* All over the British Isles there are hills that share a similar legend: people claim a drifter took his dog and went to explore a cave under the hill, playing a flute so that those outside the hill could tell where he was. At a certain point the music abruptly ceased, and according to legend the bones of a man and dog were unearthed at that very spot years later. This probably originated in the practice of burying a dog with the dead to watch over the soul. (Note: wind instruments are another common death-symbol, as they are associated with life-giving breath and the howling wind that supposedly carries the souls of the dead.)

[Ram_Dev78]

Lets us talk abt the Sacred word of Aum, in Christianity it is believed that first there was the Word, and the Word was God. But what it might have meant was that the word was first spoken in the univererse was in the form of a sound. It also closely resembles the holy blessing in Christianity as Amen, or Amin in Islam. Even in Science there was a Big bang theory, which was a loud resonating one tuned sound that created the universe. Aum is practised for meditation and for prayer for most Hindu like worship. But other religions too have certain similiarities to this. Hope you guys could eloaborrate based on your views. TQ.

[Ram_Dev78]

Now even in one part of the Bible, the story of Ezeikel the prophet, he saw a vision, of a being that Has four heads, wings ,a chariot of stars and he had four hands. This vison refers to a being that has a close resemblance to the hindu god Brahma, as he has four heads, no wings though... has four hands and has a glowing crown, and a Chariot of swans. Now pls remember at those ancient times it would be hard to describe the true thing in words of the ancient langguage.

For instance imagine, if we lived in the 17th century and we would see a UFO, we might have called it a glowing chariot of the sky. or a Flying Disc of light.Perhaps, but now in modern times we can easliy call it as an UFO. So perhaps that chariot of swans or chariot of sky could mean a totally DIFFRENT meaning in truth. Perphaps the very gods we have could be celestial beings from the stars. They seem to know abt the galaxies and such.Also the raeson why they are not so often seen, because they probably live thousands of light years away. Its a thoery....Worth of discussion !

[The Black Whirlwind]

maybe i should put in my two cents? Zeus, Odin, And God are the same type of figure in their respective religions, and can be wrathful and kind at the same time. I believe, in my religion, that the Force is all the matter in the universe, and our souls as well (Living and Unifying Force respectively). The Force was created by the Great Celestial Being, which turned its soul into the Unifying Force, and its body into the Living Force. That is why it exerts a will, because it is still a god type thing. yes, this is my basic god belief. i dont know if it is similar to others though.

[Quoth The Raven]

Originally Posted by Ram_Dev78

Now even in one part of the Bible, the story of Ezeikel the prophet, he saw a vision, of a being that Has four heads, wings ,a chariot of stars and he had four hands. This vison refers to a being that has a close resemblance to the hindu god Brahma, as he has four heads, no wings though... has four hands and has a glowing crown, and a Chariot of swans. Now pls remember at those ancient times it would be hard to describe the true thing in words of the ancient langguage.

For instance imagine, if we lived in the 17th century and we would see a UFO, we might have called it a glowing chariot of the sky. or a Flying Disc of light.Perhaps, but now in modern times we can easliy call it as an UFO. So perhaps that chariot of swans or chariot of sky could mean a totally DIFFRENT meaning in truth. Perphaps the very gods we have could be celestial beings from the stars. They seem to know abt the galaxies and such.Also the raeson why they are not so often seen, because they probably live thousands of light years away. Its a thoery....Worth of discussion !

How we perceive what we see is dictated by prevailing belief.Perhaps what the ancients were seeing was a UFO, or perhaps what we think we see when we point to the sky is actually a god's chariot.
A prime example of this is sleep paralysis. Most people who suffer from sleep paralysis describe experiences that are initially the same as those described by those who claim to have been abducted by aliens. In the US, if you suffer a bout of sleep paralysis, your most likely conclusion is that you've been abducted by aliens. In other countries, an old hag is sitting on your chest trying to strangle you. It's all relative to what you think you SHOULD be seeing.

[Freedomelf]

According to Wikipedia, the belief in a holy tree is very common. It was an ash tree in Norse mythology; a banyan tree for the Hindus, and Lithuanian and Slavic mytholody had other trees.

Some people of other faiths besides my own do believe that Alder trees have magical properties.

And of course there are sun gods in 100 different cultures, and thunder gods as well. But I just think that all these things are manifestations of the nature that people saw everywhere, rather than a worldly connection or spread of belief.

Still, it is interesting that there are so many similar beliefs in various cultures.