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norse cosmology
- Thread starter granpa
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Yes.... wiki does say they should not be confused it also mentions this... like you say, same gods at different points perhaps.
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All I am saying is there are plenty of Gods which are shared across cultures, egyptian, greek, norse, roman, and the HyperBoreas fits in very nicely with sky gods.
Hyper -> Beyond
Boreas -> Borealis
As the other commenter mentioned that the religions of Greece and Egypt are seperate, even though there was an occupation at points in time, well, here is an interesting video which might change thier mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n66vbroDcRU
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granpa
Member
in addition to the many eyed and many handed ones there are also the many breasted amazons
preface "a-", meaning "all", followed by "mazos", meaning "breast".
its tempting to see a connection with Mazda
http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/Ahura_Mazda
Ahura Mazda (Ahura Mazdā) is the Avestan language name for a divinity exalted by Zoroaster as the one uncreated Creator.
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granpa
Member
if atlantis is niflheim then it should be in the north
black sea perhaps?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_theory
The Black Sea deluge is a hypothesized catastrophic rise in the level of the Black Sea circa 5600 BC due to waters from the Mediterranean Sea breaching a sill in the Bosporus Strait
According to a study by Giosan et al. the level in the Black Sea before the marine reconnection was 30 m below present sea level, rather than the 80 m, or lower, of the catastrophe theories. If the flood occurred at all, the sea level increase and the flooded area during the reconnection were significantly smaller than previously proposed. It also occurred earlier than initially surmised, ca. 7400 BC, rather than the originally proposed 5600 BC
In a series of expeditions, a team of marine archaeologists led by Robert Ballard identified what appeared to be ancient shorelines, freshwater snail shells, drowned river valleys, tool-worked timbers, and man-made structures in roughly 100 metres (330 ft) of water off the Black Sea coast of modern Turkey. Although radiocarbon dating of freshwater mollusc remains indicated an age of about 7,500 years, radiocarbon dating in freshwater molluscs in particular can be inaccurate. Such inaccuracies, however, are always in the direction of objects appearing older than they actually are (containing less 14C than expected), so the time given is a maximum age of a freshwater shoreline at that location
http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/Atlantis
In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BCE. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune".
black sea perhaps?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Sea_deluge_theory
The Black Sea deluge is a hypothesized catastrophic rise in the level of the Black Sea circa 5600 BC due to waters from the Mediterranean Sea breaching a sill in the Bosporus Strait
According to a study by Giosan et al. the level in the Black Sea before the marine reconnection was 30 m below present sea level, rather than the 80 m, or lower, of the catastrophe theories. If the flood occurred at all, the sea level increase and the flooded area during the reconnection were significantly smaller than previously proposed. It also occurred earlier than initially surmised, ca. 7400 BC, rather than the originally proposed 5600 BC
In a series of expeditions, a team of marine archaeologists led by Robert Ballard identified what appeared to be ancient shorelines, freshwater snail shells, drowned river valleys, tool-worked timbers, and man-made structures in roughly 100 metres (330 ft) of water off the Black Sea coast of modern Turkey. Although radiocarbon dating of freshwater mollusc remains indicated an age of about 7,500 years, radiocarbon dating in freshwater molluscs in particular can be inaccurate. Such inaccuracies, however, are always in the direction of objects appearing older than they actually are (containing less 14C than expected), so the time given is a maximum age of a freshwater shoreline at that location
http://religion.wikia.com/wiki/Atlantis
In Plato's account, Atlantis was a naval power lying "in front of the Pillars of Hercules" that conquered many parts of Western Europe and Africa 9,000 years before the time of Solon, or approximately 9600 BCE. After a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the ocean "in a single day and night of misfortune".
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Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Killed, and his blood formed the flood-waters.
Or maybe we aren't truly discussing "Norse cosmology" anymore.
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
The worst method of discerning historical and mythological fact.
Nope. It's the worst.
The only reliable method is comparative mythology, cultural anthropology and history, archeology, comparative literature, etc.
All these must be taken into account.
Reading between the lines didn't work in the 19th century, so there's no reason to think it'll work in the 21st.
granpa
Member
all of which REQUIRE reading between the lines unless you are a literalist which is the worst way to understand mythology.
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
To explicitly deny many parts of mythology is not understanding. It's re-envisioning.
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Because the ancient Norse were not well-versed in Hebrew mythology.
Gjallarhorn
N'yog-Sothep
Your repeated attempts to connect Norse mythology to Hebrew scripture such as the Biblical flood and the Nephilim.
I take it you're running from a debate again.
granpa
Member
this thread isn't even about nephilim.
the 2 times that I have mentioned them have both been short one line side notes
that I only mentioned as a courtesy to the reader.
perhaps you are thinking of another thread.
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/norse-mythology-dir/152547-norse-cosmology.html#post3455632
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/norse-mythology-dir/152547-norse-cosmology-6.html#post3467886
the 2 times that I have mentioned them have both been short one line side notes
that I only mentioned as a courtesy to the reader.
perhaps you are thinking of another thread.
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/norse-mythology-dir/152547-norse-cosmology.html#post3455632
http://www.religiousforums.com/forum/norse-mythology-dir/152547-norse-cosmology-6.html#post3467886
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