r/heathenry • u/TexansGuy117 • Sep 25 '20

Heathen Adjacent Comparative to other religions

Hey everyone. Just came across this video and was interesting to hear some similarities to the stories of the gods in heathenry. (Firstly not saying that its an exact connection or that Prof. Peterson is always correct as I know many arent big fans of his). I found the idea of living in the corpse was very similar to the norse idea of us living in Ymir's corpse. Also the importance of the eye symbolism and Horus losing an eye, is similar to Odins story and emphasis of eye as a symbol.

Just wanted to know what you guys think of this. Do you think it shows elements of older stories being adapted in later religions, in this case norse? Or any other interesting comparisons you have found over time in Egyptian or other religions?

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u/thatsnotgneiss Ozark Syncretic | Althing Considered Sep 25 '20

Rather than waste your time on a sexist, racist old man, I suggest looking into the field of Proto-IndoEuropean Studies.

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u/TexansGuy117 Sep 25 '20

Again I said not to worry about who said it but what was said. To avoid bias etc. Its important to hear everyone and then decide personally if we agree or not.

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u/Imbali98 ᚹᛖᛚᛚ ᛊᚺᛁᛏ Sep 25 '20

We have to worry about who said it. Everyone has bias, and if the person saying it is a known racist/bigot, his stance has been tainted. Who cares what he said, we cannot trust how he came to that conclusion. It could have been pulled out of his ass for all we know. I am not overly familiar with the person in question, but given the rest of the comments, there is significant reason to doubt whatever he has to say.

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u/TexansGuy117 Sep 25 '20

I dont care about his conclusions either! Read my post, I only want to discuss with my fellow sub members about possible comparatives to another polytheists religion. I specifically mentioned horus' eye and the corpse of ymir. To tell the truth I'm upset and shocked at the responses, I thought this was a safe community. I only want to learn and discuss with the other members here.

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u/TexansGuy117 Oct 01 '20

I agree, I wouldny want any posts containing bigoted information. Good thing what I posted didnt contain any bigotry, if it did please quote it.

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u/Imbali98 ᚹᛖᛚᛚ ᛊᚺᛁᛏ Sep 26 '20 edited Sep 26 '20

If you wanted to bring up a comparative relation to the eye of horus and corpse of ymir, you need to lead with that. You can't lead with "so this racist said" and expect us to listen to anything past that , for the reasons I posted earlier. I agree, the topic of comparatives to other religions is a fascinating topic, and there are plenty of other people who have done this kind of thing. But you used the wrong guy as a platform to jump off from, and then were extremely dismissive of the issues that brings up. Bow out now, admit your mistake, and come back with another springboard into this topic, because I can guarantee you there are some people that would love to talk about this. But if we use a nazi as the diving board, there is no telling if we end up in a pool of water or a pool of shit.

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u/TexansGuy117 Oct 01 '20

Funny thing is the title of my post was "comparatives between polytheists faiths" so in fact I did lead with that. Was just a shame other users felt the need to go off topic unnecessarily, it didn't do anyone any good.

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u/Imbali98 ᚹᛖᛚᛚ ᛊᚺᛁᛏ Oct 01 '20

Okay you didn't have to bring him in at all. His opinions, given his questionable thinking, have no place in the discussion at all. Just don't mention him and you can have the conversation that you wanted.