Questions tagged [resurrection]
For questions regarding the return to life of the dead
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Was the moon god Libulan resurrected?
Libulan is a moon God of the Visayan pantheon. His story is roughly something like this:
Kaptan is said to be the father of Lihangin, the god of the wind, while Magwayen sired the goddess of the sea, ...
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Have runes ever been used to bring someone back to life?
In stanza 156 (or 157 depending on translation) of Hávamál, we learn that runes have the power to bring back the dead:
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A twelfth I know: if I see in a tree
a corpse from a halter ...
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Why was Dionysus, a dying and rising god, called thrice-born?
Of the many epithets used to describe Dionysus in Orphic Hymn XXIX, thrice begotten ("τρίγονον" in the original) stands out:
Bacchus I call, loud-sounding and divine,
Fanatic God, a two-fold ...
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Are there any Asian variants of dying-and-rising god?
You probably have heard about stories about dying-and-rising gods, like Inanna and Dumuzi and Aphrodite and Adonis. Some examples are also given in this question. Fundamentally,they represent ...
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Which Mythic Heroes Returned in the Spring?
It's that time of year: I'm looking for examples in the hero cycle where the hero returns in the spring. Also where gods (other than "dying and resurrecting gods") make an appearance/reappearance in ...
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Are "Dying and Rising Gods" Dead?
Frazer famously made popular the idea of "dying and rising" gods associated with the seasons and vegetation. In the ancient Near East and Mediterranean, common examples have included Dummuzi/Tammuz, ...
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Any examples of dying and resurrecting gods that exist only in heaven, not earth?
In recent years proponents of the Christ-myth theory (e.g., Earl Doherty in his writings) have begun to argue that St. Paul in his epistles was setting forth the view that Christ was wholly divine and ...
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What is the significance of this part in the myth of the resurrection of Osiris?
After Osiris is tricked and killed by Seth he is dismembered, and it is up to his wife Isis to recover all the pieces and bring him back to life. There is something that always caught my attention ...
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