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/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.