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Savior gods
- JesusVirtually all modern scholars of antiquity agree that Jesus existed historically. This consensus stands firm despite the challenge posed by the Gospels…
- VishnuFive hymns out of 1028 in the Rigveda are dedicated to Vishnu, yet this minor solar deity rose to become a supreme god. In Mandala 7, section 99, the text…
- ShivaThe Sanskrit word shiva means auspicious, propitious, gracious, and kind. Monier-Williams published this definition in his 1899 dictionary of the language.
- HorusThe name Horus appears in Egyptian hieroglyphs as with the original pronunciation reconstructed for Old and early Middle Egyptian.
- RamaThe Sanskrit word Rama carries two distinct meanings found in the Atharva Veda. One context defines it as dark, black, or night-colored, linking to the term…
- KrishnaAround 180 BCE, the Indo-Greek king Agathocles issued coinage in Ai-Khanoum, Afghanistan, bearing images of deities now interpreted as related to Vaisnava…
- HeraclesThe story of Heracles began in the Neolithic hunter culture, where traditions of shamanistic crossings into the netherworld shaped his mythological…