(December 11, 2014 at 4:40 pm)Huggy74 Wrote:(December 11, 2014 at 3:58 pm)abaris Wrote: And the Edda teaches us something different.
So what's your point, since both are tales of the gods.
You should learn a little something about the history of religion.
before there were scriptures, there was the oral tradition, in fact the zodiac is a representation of the Bible, proving that at one point in time, everyone was on the same page.
for example, you have virgo the virgin (this one is obvious), scorpio used to be symbolized as an eagle in ancient times (http://www.cafeastrology.com/zodiacscorpio.html), so you have scorpio (eagle) tarus (bull) leo (lion) aquarius (man) representing the 4 beasts.
Quote:Ezekiel 1
10 As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.
Quote:Revelation 4
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle
As a side note, these 4 signs are connected with the Great Pyramid of Giza
http://www.soulsofdistortion.nl/Giza.html
Quote:Also the Sphinx on the Giza plateau fits into the grander picture of Hancock and Bauval’s theory. The Sphinx faces East at the exact location where the Sun rises on the day of the vernal equinox (21 March). At sunrise on the vernal equinox around 10.500 B.C. the Sun aligned itself with the constellation Leo, its own celestial counterpart image in the sky! Analysis of the Sphinx tells us that it symbolizes all of the four cardinal signs on the Zodiacal wheel, Leo, Taurus, Aquarius and Scorpio (the latter sign is often depicted as an eagle). The Sphinx has the body of a bull (Taurus), the wings of an eagle (Scorpio) the face of a man (Aquarius, water bearer) and an overall appearance of a lion (Leo)
The establishment of Babel (Babylon, a great civilization of ancient times), ushered in Polytheism which spread from Babel into Egypt, from Egypt to Greece, and from Greece into the world.
My point is, every polytheistic religion can be traced back to Babel.
Actually, indications are that polytheism was the norm in many, independent cultures around the world.
Dying to live, living to die.