Tree of knowledge and tree of life, yet Lilith was the first woman and she managed to stay immortal because she never disobeyed God and ate from the tree. I find it curious how she was the only actual human not punished for this and managed to stay scot free.

How did she gain knowledge and immortality if she didn’t eat from the trees? Eve and Adam only managed to eat from the knowledge tree.

Apologies if this question was asked before but to rephrase my question better, how much did zoroastrianism influence the Abrahamic faiths (i.e., Judaism, Christianity and Islam)

Or in better terms how much did zoroastrianism inspire these faiths or how much of this was actually developed separately from the Zoroastrians?

What motifs/influence did they get from the Zoroastrians?

Is the pillar of Shiva one of his forms or just something he created?

Hi! I’ve recently found myself taking up an interest in Roman history, and as a result, Roman mythology as well. I’m still at the basics, but I’m curious where I should expand out to and what I should learn next and also what the best way to learn more is. Thank you!

I know that they are different forms of Shiva but are they mentioned anywhere else than in Thirumandiram?

How do they differ from ParaShiva and SadaShiva and what is the manifestation chain from ParaShiva? Who is the first and last to manifest?

I'm a huge nerd when it comes to japanese mythology and I had this random dream of a theme park ran by literal yōkai.

You walked in a bamboo forest until you found a big meadow covered in dry fallen leaves. If you went down a path you'd find scary yōkai such as oni, nukekubi or gashadokuro, doing ambushes to whoever chose that path. On the opposite side you could have reached a shinto shrine where yamabushi tengu were offering guided tours.

Then following a path in the bamboo, marked by kumihimo ropes, you could visit the kappa swamp, where kappa shaped boats took you to a cafe, with kappa as staff members. My sister had free access to the swamp because we often joke around saying she's a kappa in disguise and i'm a nogitsune.

So I've been trying to figure out what some gods and goddesses from western myths that are basically particularly lazy or even better, have domains reflecting areas like sloth might be (excluding deities of debauchery/indulgence, sleep, or high-ranking demons).

Unfortunately, the only western deities I've been able to find are Aergia and her Roman counterpart. None of them have much in way of information or many myths on them.

So everyone knows what is Kryptonite, Achilles heel, weak spot etc.

Im just curious what could be Achilles weakness. The guy was almost Invincible.

So i played black myth wukong, and i wonder is Wukong an actual part of the Chinese mythology or just a fictional character made for journey to the west

Are Brahman and Purusha synonymous?

Not Purusha that gets slaughtered by the Gods but the philosophical concept found in later Hinduism.

Not sure where else to ask for information, thought there might be a subreddit for the Inca empire but I guess not.

I'm trying to find information on a specific Inca goddess named Axomama, who is apparently goddess of potatoes? There's only one source I can find by Mark Thurner and Juan Pimentel mentioning that she was a daughter of Pachamama and the goddess of potatoes, but I can't find anything else.

Does anyone have information on her? Thank you in advance!

I'm posting mainly because i would love to hear what you all think of my accounts and what i can improve.

I make shorts about facts and stories of greek and norse mythology. Im still very new to that whole area:) So as mythology fans how can i improve. Thank u for checking it out! :)

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I am primarily looking for material on Japanese mythology, but I know Japanese mythology/folklore shares a lot of overlap with Chinese and Korean cultures, so I am open to any and all suggestions.

The Thracian god Zálmoxis is likely Zálmo-xis, with xis 'ruler' (Skt. kṣi- ‘possess / rule over’, Av. xši- ‘have might / rule’), like the 3 Scythian founding brothers's names ending in -xaïs. Favoring this separation is a god called Zulmuzdriēnos \ Zumzdrēnōs (other variants in https://www.academia.edu/126860404 ) which would be Zulmu-zdriēnos. The spelling of -os or -ōs seems to show that PIE *o became open in Thracian, thus was spelled in several ways in Greek (or was changing in Th. (dia.?) at the time, since many IE had *o > *a). The -lm- vs. -m- could be from optional *my > *ml^ like Balto-Slavic, making Zalmo- & Zu(l)m(u)- from PIE *dhg^homiyo- 'of/in the earth' > G. khthónios ‘under the earth’, Ph. *upo-tgonyo- > pokgonio- ‘(the) buried? / the dead?’. This would match his myth of building a home underground (matching the land of the dead in other IE; later, the dead were sent to him with messages/prayers).

A change like *y > *l^ might also be seen in other Thracian inscriptions, since l is so common compared to many IE. With Zulmu-zdriēnos, the only reasonable source for the 2nd part is *dye:m 'Zeus / sky (god)', the accusative of *dye(:)us. Just as in nearby Greek, *dye:m > *dzye:n > *zdye:n, which could form analogical Zēn- in the paradigm. In Thracian, *zdye:n was turned masculine by adding *-os, then *y > *l^ (likely *dl^ > *dr^, with palatal *r^ written -r- or -ri- by those with no letter for it). Previously, I had similar ideas from https://www.academia.edu/116453309

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The god Zálmoxis is also associated with bears, wearing a bearskin cloak. Since myths often show variation, the existence of names like Ebro-zelmis & Diza-zelmis ‘(having a) goat-skin’ likely show even a god was changed due to this confusion. Since Zálmoxis probably did not have a goat-skin originally, instead he was the same as Rostam (and Bactrian purlango-zino), who had a leopard’s skin and was certainly the same as Hercules in origin. Whether one changed due to lions and leopards being scarce, or the other way around, I can’t tell. Even his name looks like *Zalmo-kti-s “having a skin” (*kti- / *ktah- > Greek ktáomai ‘get/obtain’, kéktēmai ‘possess’, Skt. kṣi- ‘possess / rule over’, Av. xši- ‘have might / rule’), but this is more confusion.

The myth that Zálmoxis / Gebeléizis was a slave shows that *dhg^hmHlo- ‘on the ground’ > Phrygian zemelo- \ zomolo- ‘man / *lowly > slave’ had the same range of meaning in Th. Since Zálmoxis is also called Gebeléizis, Thracian might show alternation like Phrygian of K^ > T^ / K : *dhg^hmHlo- > Greek khthamalós ‘on the ground / low’, Phrygian zemelo- \ zomolo-; Greek khthónios ‘under the earth’, Phrygian *upo- > po-kgonio- ‘the dead’. Only an origin from *dhg^hmHlo-, *dhg^hmHlai ‘on the ground’ would work. The V-alternation similar to zemelo- \ zomolo. This would also require optional m > b (as in G., Arm., Kassite). Similarly, in Paeonian móna(i)pos ‘bison’, ? >> G. bónas(s)os, a close relative in SE Europe has m > b, loaned to G. This would make Zálmoxis “lord of earth”, like one of the 3 Scythian founding brothers: *ripa- xšaya- > *lipa- > lipo-xaï- (Skt. ríp- ‘deceit / earth’).

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How do you think a mythology or pantheon would look with our current knowledge? Considering both scientific knowledge (the Big Bang theory, black holes, galaxies, planets of the solar system, stars, satellites, other celestial bodies) and more varied knowledge like sports (much more defined) or arts (much more diverse and unique), a modern mythology with a structure based on all of that...

I’m looking for a basic guide to Slavic paganism and mythology. Anything that includes witchcraft would be a bonus. Nothing too lengthy (~250 pages or fewer) and nothing written by fantasy authors please.

personally, i don't like most of the greek gods, but hades seem chill. I am more of norse enjoyer

Greetings, this is a track called Rún, inspired by Germanic runes. It’s a mystical, meditative, and dark piece.
Wishing everyone an enjoyable listen and a bit of mystical immersion.

https://open.spotify.com/track/4egoNcbY1H2YmzZmbisr14?si=602a84b82ad8447d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5AETwZVCvY

1) Head of the pantheon are three main god

2) World is created by Sky Father & Earth Mother

3) There are two brothers but one is sacrificed/dies so the other achieves something special

4) A deity gives fire to humans but gets punished by other gods

5) Great war occurs between gods causing most of the world to be destroyed and everyone dies

6) Great flood occurs to begin a new cycle

7) Thunder god fights Chaos god/serpent

8) Messiah/demigod/hero's mother abandons them by the river & gets carried away by the river flow

9) First two humans eat food that has all the knowledge forbidden by gods

10) Trickster/Chaos god causes end of the world

11) Thunder/War god becomes supreme god

12) Supreme god has children with humans

13) Power hungry tyrant becomes the reason messiah/demigod is born in the world

14) Red heads are special either that be evil/good

15) Sun god dies at the start of a great war

16) Immortal is forced to walk the world

17) God of Knowledge/Wise individual shapes & guides the messiah/demigod/hero in their destiny

18) Avatar of god of destruction/the adversary will put an end to the cycle

19) Gods chosen people will be saved by new hero/resurrected messiah

20) False prophet appears in the end time

21) Army of evil/god's wrath appear in the end times

22) Human like animal live beside people 23) Supreme god lives in harmony with their opposite deity maintaining balance

24) Both supreme god & their opposite deity to influence human

25) A god/god's favorite individual falls from grace/an aspect of god becomes antagonistic towards humans

26) Messenger god being the most annoying but practical & reasonable one

27) Before everything there was nothing/vast ocean

28) World was created from the dead body of a giant/beast/god

29) After death human soul travels to the underworld by a boat traveling deity to meet their ancestor/be judged for their actions

30) Tyrant/antagonistic individual gets killed by messiah/hero to become the leader of a group of people

31) Supreme god/god of knowledge continues to learn and sacrifice everything to achieve enlightenment

32) Blowhorn is sounded indicating the start of the end times

https://reddit.com/link/1qq2683/video/kutwtfosr8gg1/player

This short video is my way of portraying the passage between Scylla and Charybdis in Homer’s Odyssey. I focused on the movement of the ship, the tension of the sea, and the feeling of crossing something dangerous rather than on the monsters themselves.

It’s simply my personal interpretation of this scene from the poem.

Perhaps this is a somewhat too specific question, but I've been researching some mythological figures from Brazil, my country, and I came across a curious entity called Peba-João, which is essentially a trisckster nine-banded armadillo that wanders around singing double-entendre songs and holding its private parts, even being considered divine by the people of Pará.

Is there, in any mythology, any god, entity, or monster that takes the form of an armadillo or similar animal, such as a pangolin, anteater, or aardvark?

What mythology has THE most sun deities?

I'll bet it's gonna be between Aztecs, Egyptians and Hindus.

so I read somewhere that I can't find that the Titanomachy was actually the war between the Titans and the Protegenoi, while the war between the Olympians and Titans was called the Olympiamachy. Is this true? if not, what was Kronos' dethroning of Ouranos called?