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Have runes ever been used to bring someone back to life?
Not exactly
We probably come closest in Balder's dreams: Balder dreams of being killed, and thus Odin rides to Hel and wakes the corpse of a Völva to find what it means. However, while is not clearly ...
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Why was Dionysus, a dying and rising god, called thrice-born?
In the Orphic tradition, Dionysus was the son of Zeus and Persephone. As a young boy, he was slain by the Titans, at the behest of Hera. Zeus recovered the boy's heart, made it into a potion and gave ...
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Are "Dying and Rising Gods" Dead?
My feeling, coming from the literary side of the house (which is to say my study of mythology and language is for the purpose of creative endeavor,) is that Frazer's ideas never went away--it was ...
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What is the significance of this part in the myth of the resurrection of Osiris?
Here is how I would Interpret the absence of his penis. I really see this as a depiction of successful grief. Now it's important to note that Isis revives Osiris, but after conceiving Horus, Osiris ...
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What is the significance of this part in the myth of the resurrection of Osiris?
The phallos is made from beeswax in some versions, pretty sure.
Neith is Tanith, a rough equivalent of Asherah and Anat/Athena. Asherah was called Anat Yahu in ancient inscriptions. Her Temple was ...
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What is the significance of this part in the myth of the resurrection of Osiris?
I am reminded of the NTR, the Neteru, or Netyeru, the great beings, however they were called, that the most ancient of Egyptians are believed to have worshipped most fervently, who reputedly could ...
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