05-30-2012, 09:18 PM
"ps, we're only allowed 86 characters in the subject heading so i did something with it, hope you don't mind. "
Oh that's fine. This was very off the cuff, and I never intended it to be as long as it got. I just meant for it to be a brief observation, but then I kept having to backtrack to explain things and it got out of hand. The point is still valid I think, which is there is really no one to one comparison of a god from one culture to another. I think because of the Roman and Greek gods, as well as that the Greeks sort of stole a number of their gods from the Egyptians makes us think that these characters of the gods remain static, which would make things very easy, but it is not the case, and trying to track that down ends up being a large waste of time. However, the stories themselves remain fairly consistent. Even to the weirdness of eating your children and marrying your sister, these stories have echos for thousands of years.
Dale
Oh that's fine. This was very off the cuff, and I never intended it to be as long as it got. I just meant for it to be a brief observation, but then I kept having to backtrack to explain things and it got out of hand. The point is still valid I think, which is there is really no one to one comparison of a god from one culture to another. I think because of the Roman and Greek gods, as well as that the Greeks sort of stole a number of their gods from the Egyptians makes us think that these characters of the gods remain static, which would make things very easy, but it is not the case, and trying to track that down ends up being a large waste of time. However, the stories themselves remain fairly consistent. Even to the weirdness of eating your children and marrying your sister, these stories have echos for thousands of years.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.