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Sumerian Religion

Sumerian Religion is the oldest-recorded religion in the world, and the oldest ancestor of a number of ancient religions of the Near East. Basics To first simplify and deconstruct, the Essentials of Sumerian Religion are: The Historical Context Sumerian religion […]

Enlil

Enlil was the king of the gods, the supreme diety of the Sumerian Pantheon. When the gods took council in times of turmoil, it was his decision that held final weight. He was the god of air, wind, and storms […]

Danaus

Danaus (Δαναός, Danaós) was a king of Libya, as told in Greek myth and legend. He was said to have migrated into Greece with his people in ancient times (well-before the time of Homer I assume, because his name was […]

Aryaman

Aryaman is the Vedic God of Patronage. He is of the house of the Aditya (a son of Aditi). Aryaman is the lord of Uttar Phalguni nakshatra, in Vedic astrology. A person born under the auspices of Aryaman finds many […]

Indra

Great Indra is a god of ancient the Vedic religion of India, which is the source of the Hindu Religion in the following centuries of ancient history. Strong-willed, master of war, the Thunder-wielder, the “powerful one” — in his many […]

Shatapatha Brahamana

The Shatapatha Brahmana is a commentary on the… Based on a linguistic analysis of the Vedic Sanskrit used in the surviving version of the Shatapatha Brahmana it is dated to between about 700-500 BCE, depending on the scholar. [7] However, […]

The Vedas

As the Vedas are considered shruti (divinely revealed knowledge) the literal sounds of the Sanskrit chants are believed to be primordial sounds of creation. [8] Great importance was placed on the actual chanting of the scriptures themselves, the cadence and […]

The Asuras and Devas of Hinduism

The Asuras and Devas of Hinduism are central to the cosmology of Hinduism, the functioning and creation of the universe, earth, and humanity, tracing back to the Vedas, the oldest scriptures of Hinduism forming ancient Vedic Religion. Both Asuras and […]

Adityas (Hinduism)

The Adityas are the offspring of the goddess Aditi, the lineage that emerges from her, and whom they are named after. In some representations Aditi is the personification infinity, while at other times an earth goddess. In the Rig Veda, […]

The Origins of Marduk

Marduk is an ancient Babylonian god, one of the greatest, most long-lived gods of Mesopotamia and the Ancient World. (The Babylonian Zeus, if you will. Probably born, in fact, from the same archetypal mythical figure as Zeus was born from.) […]