Religions: Chapter 2 Review of the classical GODs

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Review of the classical GODs

Yet again I learned a bunch of new things in this investigation. The GODs and the stories are very similar. Looking at the map below, the area circled have the same stories and GODs. I would imagine that with active trade between these countries, the stories must have spread equally? But then again I think it is also possible that the stories were a mix of stories that were spread and independently experienced stories.

Meaning a similar occurrence was also happening in the individual countries.

I totally did not expect the Hindu GODs to be similar to the European GODs and to a smaller point the Egyptian GODs also similar to the European GODs. Also, stories of Noah, Moses and even Jesus/Mary and miracle of conception to be listed in these cultures already.

Key things;

There was a Main GOD in charge of Planet Earth. Kronos (Greek), Saturn (Roman), Anu (Sumerian) , Kashyapa (Hindu).

This GOD had several sons and daughters. Zeus/Poseidon/Hades (Greek), Indira/Varuna/Yamaraj (Hindu), Enlil/Enki/Nergal (Sumerian), Amun/Ptah/Osiris (Egyptian).

The underworld is guarded by nasty 3 headed dog Cerberus belonging to GOD Hades and Sharvara for the Hindu GOD Yama.

Cupid is a GOD!! I thought Cupid (Roman) was a simple cute story like Santa Claus. (Son of GODESS Aphrodite/Venus). The Hindu equivalent is Kamadeva and Eros for Greek.

Kailasha and Olympus are both real mountains that exist today. Kailsha is the home of Shiva and Olympus the home of the 12 Olympian GODs which includes Zeus.

Hindu texts have a similar place to Atlantis which is called Dwarka. Researchers have found what would look like a sunken city in the west coast of India. You can look this up.

There seems to have an emphasis to the numbers 3 (trinity, holy trinity), 7 and 12 (12 Olympians, 12 tribes of Israel) with all these cultures.

After 10,000 to 200,000 years of human existence and mostly verbal transfer of knowledge (not written) the stories are very close and obviously slightly different. I don’t expect this strong of stories correlation unless it was a very strong effect on the people.

See below for a comparison table of Sumerian/Egyptian/Greek/Roman/Hindu GODs based on;

Their main activity/responsibility

Epic stories related to them

Who their siblings are

Who their parents are

The Holy Trinity or Trimutri (Hindu) or Triad;

Hindu - The three elder or "Supreme" gods of Hinduism are Brahma (The Creator), Vishnu ( The Protector and Preserver) and Maheshwara also known as Shiva (The Destroyer of evil forces and the Transformer).

Greek - Supreme gods of Greek mythology are Zeus ( The Lord of the skies) , Poseidon ( The Lord of the Seas) and Hades (The Lord of the Underworld).

Norse/Viking - Supreme gods of Norse mythology is Odin. His brothers Vili and Ve helped him kill Yemir but are not seen in further stories.

Egypt - the Father God Osiris, the Mother Goddess Isis, and the Son Horus

	Nibiru/ Sumerian	Egypt	Greece	Roman	Hindu
Vishnu is the Hindu god of Preservation, the brother-in-law of Shiva by virtue of being the brother of Parvati. His wife is Lakshmi and his mount is Garuda					Vishnu
Creator of Earth Vishnu created Lord Brahma from a lotus flower from his navel when he slept			Uranus		Brahma
Mother and Wife of Uranus Gaia was the Greek goddess of Earth, mother of all life, similar to the Roman Terra Mater (mother Earth) reclining with a cornucopia, or the Andean (S.America) Pachamama, the Hindu, Prithvi, “the Vast One,” or the Hopi (USA) Kokyangwuti, Spider Grandmother, who with Sun god Tawa created Earth and its creatures	Tiamat	Geb	Gaea/Gaia	Terra Mater	Prithvi
The main God for Planet Earth God of time, King of the Titans	Anu/ Anshar	Geb/Seb	Kronos	Saturn	Kashyapa
Wife of the main GOD for Planet Earth Rhea is the mother of Gods including prominent gods like Zeus and Poseidon and also the goddess of female fertility, motherhood and generation. Aditi is also considered mother of many gods including Indra (Indian counterpart of Zeus) and Varuna (Indian counterpart of Poseidon)	Ki/Antu/ Nintu	Nut/Neith	Rhea	Ops	Aditi
Son of Kronos Both Indra and Zeus are the “kings” of the gods. In addition, their weapons are thunderbolts (in Indra’s case, called the Vajra). Both of them slay a sea-monster: Indra’s opponent is the serpent Vritra; Zeus fights and vanquishes Typhon.	Enlil/ Ashur	Amun Ra	Zeus	Jupiter	Indra
Son of Kronos God of the sea and horses	Ea/ Enki	Ptah	Poseidon	Neptune	Varuna
Son of Kronos God of the dead/underworld. Yama and Hades both lords of death, they preside over the netherworld. They also share other characteristics — both decide the fates of the souls that pass into their realm, and both are deeply concerned with justice.	Nergal	Osiris	Hades	Pluto	Yamaraj/Mitra
Daughter of Kronos Queen of the Gods	Ninharsag/ Ninmah	Isis	Hera	Juno	Pattini/Yami
Daughter of Kronos Goddess of grain/crops			Demeter	Ceres
Son of Zeus Messenger of the gods	Gizida/ Ningishzida	Thoth	Hermes	Mercury	Narada
Son of Zeus and Semele. God of wine. Similar to Dionysus, Shiva is often associated with intoxication and madness that can both create and destroy.	Ninkasi	Osiris	Dionysus	Bacchus	Shiva
Daughter of Zeus Goddess of Love	Inanna/ Ishtar	Hathor	Aphrodite	Venus	Shukra
Daughter of Zeus Goddess of wisdom		Neith	Athena	Minerva	Saraswati
Daughter of Zeus Virgin goddess of the hunt, wilderness, wild animals, childbirth and plague. In later times she became associated with the moon.			Artemis	Diana
Daughter of Atlas. Mother of Hermes/Mercury	Ninlil/ Nammu	Ma1at	Maia	Majesta
Son of Aphrodite God of love. Kamadeva, like Eros, is also known to be carrying a bow made of Sugarcane and arrows of flowers			Eros	Cupid	Kamadeva
Hercules in his eighth labor captured man-eating Mares of Diomedes, which is a little similar to the legend of Krishna defeating a demon Kesi, who took the form of fire breathing horse. Hercules killed earth-born giant Antaeus by holding him in air and squeezing the breath out of him. Krishna also killed a demon Trinavarta by strangling him to death while in air.			Heracles		Krishna
The hounds of hell, Sharvara was Yama’s dog, and in Greek mythology, Cerberus is depicted accompanying Hades. They guard the gates of their respective netherworlds.			Cerberus		Sharvara
Both heroes of their respective mythologies, Krishna and Achilles were both killed by arrows piercing their heel — the only vulnerable part of their body.				Achilles	Bhisma/Krishna
Goddess of the dead/underworld. Both Sita and Persephone were abducted against their will — Sita by Ravana and Persephone by Hades. The myths also tell of both of them disappearing under the earth, albeit under dissimilar circumstances.	Ereshkigal		Persephone/Kore	Proserpina	Sita
Kailasha and Olympus are both real mountains that exist today; both are also deeply significant in their respective mythologies. Kailasha, the home of Shiva, is described as one of the pillars of the world. Similarly, Olympus is the setting of many Greek myths, and the home of the twelve Olympian gods.			Mount Olympus		Mount Kailasha
Atlantis and Dwarka: Atlantis is a legendary island. It is said that after a failed attempt to invade Athens, Atlantis sank into the ocean “in a single day and night of misfortune.” In Hindu Mythology, Dwarka, a city built by Vishwakarma on the order of Lord Krishna is supposed to have suffered a similar fate of submersion into the sea after a war among the Yadavas, the descendants of Lord Krishna.			Atlantis		Dwarka
A special river separates the netherworld. When we look at the sky in the night, the milky way seen is regarded as the river.			Styx		Vaitarani