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 Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:14 pm
I have a question about Yahweh and Zeus. Are they the same god? I've looked and what's said about both is pretty much the same. Not only is there the incident with Mother Theresa and the Angel with the Flaming Arrow (to graphic to go into detail on gaia), but Zeus was told that his son would tkae his place as ruler of the Earth and Heavens. What happens? Jesus (Yahweh's supposed son) now has the largest number of people worshipping him all over the world.
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:36 pm
 For the Rose is a Beautiful FlowerThey are most definitely not the same.
Any similarities are superficial.
YHVH is a Tribal Deity dedicated to His people,
Zeuss is a Fertility Deity and King of Gods. A Beautiful Flower with Thorns
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:39 pm
Briar Drake For the Rose is a Beautiful Flower They are most definitely not the same.
Any similarities are superficial.
YHVH is a Tribal Deity dedicated to His people,
Zeuss is a Fertility Deity and King of Gods. A Beautiful Flower with Thorns Oh, Okay!!
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 1:52 pm
There are a lot of similarites between a lot of different deities. Examples: Artemis and Diana. Loki and the Jackal.
So no they are not the same.
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Violet Song jat Shariff Vice Captain
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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 2:22 pm
They would only be technically the "same" if you ascribed to soft polytheism I think. Other than that....yea. Separate gods.
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 4:21 pm
To the one that I serve I'm with Vi on this one. Though my experiences with Yaweh and Zeus have lead me to know that even with soft polytheism they are still not the same deity. I will give my all
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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:14 pm
Really, which of Zeus' many offspring are to take his place? That's not something I'd ever encountered, unless you mean Dionysus...
I'm not overly fond of either, personally, So I can't say much on either other than an emphatic no, they are not the same any more than Hades and Satan are the same.
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Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:26 pm
We were talking about Zeus, actually. Whether Zeus and Jupiter are the same is up for debate.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:09 pm
I've always heard that the Romans stole the Greek gods and gave them different names, but I seriously doubt that. For one, Greek's didn't have a hearth Goddess like Vesta, and even though there are some big similarities, I think you can attribute that to the Greeks establishing colonies in Italy. And if you look at the earliest Roman gods, you can see how different they are. The Greek and Roman PantheonsAnd I do remember reading about how the Romans would look at local gods of people they had just conquered and say," Ok, that one is goddess of love, so it must be Venus. And that one is god of war, so it's just another version of Mars."
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 5:12 pm
Catalinalyra I've always heard that the Romans stole the Greek gods and gave them different names, but I seriously doubt that. For one, Greek's didn't have a hearth Goddess like Vesta, and even though there are some big similarities, I think you can attribute that to the Greeks establishing colonies in Italy. The Greeks have Hestia.
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Posted: Sat Mar 12, 2011 8:20 pm
Catalinalyra I've always heard that the Romans stole the Greek gods and gave them different names, but I seriously doubt that. For one, Greek's didn't have a hearth Goddess like Vesta, and even though there are some big similarities, I think you can attribute that to the Greeks establishing colonies in Italy. And if you look at the earliest Roman gods, you can see how different they are. The Greek and Roman PantheonsAnd I do remember reading about how the Romans would look at local gods of people they had just conquered and say," Ok, that one is goddess of love, so it must be Venus. And that one is god of war, so it's just another version of Mars." Sang already got to Hestia. It's even a similar name. As to others, that's actually a bit of a debate. My thought is that they didn't just steal them as blend them over time. Some of the more unique ones may be Etruscan carry overs but the overall pantheon is just too similar for me to dismiss out of hand. For example, Hestia and Vesta aren't the only ones with similar names. Zeus and Jupiter have the same etymological root (so does the Norse god Tyr/Tiw). However, this is more from an academic perspective. I can't speak from personal experience because I don't have relationships with either pantheon. And yes, the Romans did tend to equate the gos of others with their own. They had some interesting ones for the Norse gods, and not the one's you'd think. Odin with Mercury, Tyr with Mars, and such.
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