RE: Historical Hercules
September 16, 2024 at 12:50 pm
(This post was last modified: September 16, 2024 at 12:58 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
The only fundamental difference between the two positions is which came first. A christ myth. Or some guy.
Personally. I think it was the myth. Let's start right off the bat by noting that the whole messianic (and herculean) spiel is that the guy fit into a preexisting myth. I think that our legendary figures (both real and imagined) are a bridge between the world of our lived experience and the world of our mythological cultures. Was there a greek strongman? Sure. Plenty. Maybe hercules has his eyes, or his nose, or his ears. Or maybe the author was daydreaming about his own boyfriend when he described the demi-god.
Personally. I think it was the myth. Let's start right off the bat by noting that the whole messianic (and herculean) spiel is that the guy fit into a preexisting myth. I think that our legendary figures (both real and imagined) are a bridge between the world of our lived experience and the world of our mythological cultures. Was there a greek strongman? Sure. Plenty. Maybe hercules has his eyes, or his nose, or his ears. Or maybe the author was daydreaming about his own boyfriend when he described the demi-god.
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