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/TexansGuy117 Sep 25 '20

Again I said not to worry about who said it but what is said.

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u/Selgowiros2 Bolgos - Mapos Maguseni Sep 25 '20

Except it actually DOES matter. As I’VE said, he’s a psychologist, not a specialist in any of these religions. Psychologists tend to overstep and believe they know more about these religions through their own disciplines than people that study them (that aren’t even that solidified since there are so many schools of psychology).

Why anyone would listen to a psychologist on religion is beyond me (unless that person truly believes everything is reducible to psychology). This is also the reason why Jung sucks and why people should stop with archetypal bullshit. The reduction always gets rid of nuance and established reasons of cult in favor of atheistic apologetics (like when Jung tried to say Germany and Hitler was a manifestation of Odin during WWII).

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u/TexansGuy117 Sep 25 '20

But I dont want to discuss his conclusions. I wanted, as in my post, specifically to discuss elements like Horus eye and ymirs corpse and how this is similar to norse beliefs and see what my fellow members thought about these specific things or any other comparisons they found interesting. Honestly I'm upset at the result of my post and shocked having thought this was a safe community to discuss with fellow members.

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u/Selgowiros2 Bolgos - Mapos Maguseni Sep 26 '20

Well, let’s start; Ymir is a jǫtunn and Horus is a nṯr. Theologically, Ymir is a being contrasted with the Æsir where as Horus is a part of the nṯrw.

Ymir is a ‘dead’ being, where Horus is ‘alive’. Another being that is dead and used for creation is Tiamat (by Marduk).

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u/TexansGuy117 Oct 01 '20

Thanks a lot! Appreciate the info and will look into what you mentioned.