• rottingleaf
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    3 months ago

    This might have been interesting before Osiris or Zagreus,

    BTW, there’s a theory that Judaism has been heavily influenced by Akhenaten’s attempt at introducing monotheism in Egypt. It really feels as its skeleton is not Semitic, though it of course includes lots of things reminiscent of Semitic religions too.

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        3 months ago

        Yes, I think I’ve heard that, say, Coptic church has some traits of ancient Egyptian religion, Syriac churches have more of Judaism in then than in other kinds of Christianity.

        I definitely can see that Armenian church has some local pagan and Zoroastrian remnants (more of the latter, I think that’s because during conversion cults of local deities associated with Greek gods or treated similarly to them would be considered the main enemy).

        And when I sometimes hear which things Catholics in Latin America often believe, feels wild too.

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          3 months ago

          Yeah the example that comes to mind for me is that in Pakistan and Bangladesh there are Muslim Hijra. Also the number of catholic saints who are eerily similar to gods in areas they’re revered must be acknowledged. St Nicholas in Turkey is very different from the odinesque version of him in the Germanic and Nordic traditions. St Bridget is extremely similar to Brigid. Hell, Christmas is on the feast of Sol Invictus.

          I particularly love Santa Muerta. The idea that death is the patron Saint to pray to for protection when you’re being persecuted regardless of how just it is is a powerful thing.

          These changes can be small to large and they’re one of the most beautiful aspects of religion speaking as a pagan.