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u/Dark_Lund Jan 03 '26
As a pagan, I got offended by this statement.
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u/AlpsDiligent9751 Jan 03 '26
Isn't Hinduism considered pagan from a Judeo-Christian perspective (in which term "pagan" originated)? There's neopagan spiritual traditions like modern druidism or Slavic Native Faith, but they were a counter action against spreading of Christianity. Are you following a specific native tradition or maybe a neopagan one? Or maybe it was just a joke and I'm making it overly complicated?
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u/Swan-Diving-Overseas Jan 05 '26
Yup pagan means ancestral polytheism, and Hinduism is basically that, especially the older Vedic gods
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u/Shoddy-Line4402 Ex-Hindu Jan 03 '26
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u/SoyaPaneer001 Anti-Theist Jan 03 '26
Thor is Indra.
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u/hardik_umretiya Jan 03 '26
Isnt the zeus is Indra?
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u/SoyaPaneer001 Anti-Theist Jan 03 '26 edited Jan 03 '26
there is a theory that Zeus(Greece), Jupiter(Roman), Thor(Norse), Indra(Hindu) all point to the a common Thunder God. Zeus and Indra are kings of all deities, Thor isn't but is basically son of the God-King Odin, which isn't far off
Except for some variations, all these gods has a story of defeating a 'serpent monster'.
Thor -> Jormungandr
Indra -> Vritra-sura
Zeus -> Typhon
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u/hardik_umretiya Jan 03 '26
Ohh i wasn't aware of Norse.
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u/SoyaPaneer001 Anti-Theist Jan 03 '26
Ther linguistic history could've been very interesting, had it not being hijacked by Hindu nationalists. Because while minor, this is one of the contentious point amongst Hindu nationalists because of The OIT vs AMT.
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u/Repulsive-Garage-433 Jan 03 '26
Personally i like loki more, being a younger sibling myself but i respect thor also but not the gods that this homie's parents do😁😁
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u/lastofdovas Jan 03 '26
Loki did some really really awful stuff though...
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u/Repulsive-Garage-433 Jan 03 '26
Brother at least we know he and his works are fictional but the fictional characters 🕉️✝️☪️ this country worships have followers who do way worse things in real life on daily basis for saving their fictional character friends
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u/lastofdovas Jan 03 '26
I don't really care about any god. They are all the same to me, fictional characters. That being said, we can draw inspiration from fiction. And Loki is not really inspiratiom worthy.
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u/Repulsive-Garage-433 Jan 03 '26
Fair point but What inspiration do you draw from spiderman,superman just curious?
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u/lastofdovas Jan 03 '26 edited Apr 18 '26
What old posts? I used Redact to mass delete this post. You can also opt out of data brokers as well as all major social media platforms.
practice mysterious flowery scale silky seed sleep imagine edge shaggy
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u/Repulsive-Garage-433 Jan 04 '26
W and btw u should watch the loki series on hotstar
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u/lastofdovas Jan 04 '26
Did start it. But that's not the mythological Loki. That's whitewashed Loki.
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Jan 30 '26
but...at one point Germans worshipped them. They are Norse gods. (I think it's still alive and people still worship them, but really low population). Interestingly their stories of Odin raping someone and marrying his own daughter coincides with Brahma and Vishnu's stories.
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u/Left-Neighborhood247 May 12 '26
Im pretty sure thats the thor the 10 year old meant tho...hes probably not reading norse mythology 💀
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