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> There is also a link between Zoroastrianism and the ancient Vedic religion. There are probably elements in both coming from even more ancient Indo-European r
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 5y ago
> There is also a link between Zoroastrianism and the ancient Vedic religion.
There are probably elements in both coming from even more ancient Indo-European religions. I wonder if you could also find similarities with German and Greek deities as well and try to reconstruct a proto-Indo European religion.
- _dt_ 5y agoThere's been quite a lot of research into this area, I think its super fascinating. Wikipedia has a good page on it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology) but there's also a many interesting books
- nextaccountic 5y agoHello, does this include the Sumerian and Babylonian religions? I am asking because Aphrodite can be traced back to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astarte https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astarte and then to Ishtar / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inanna
- zozbot234 5y agoSome intriguing elements have been reconstructed. For example, the myths of a primeval, world-nurturing cow from Norse mythology tell us that the cow-worship element in Vedic religion must be ancient indeed.