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I'm always a little jealous that there still exists an active, continuously practised Indo-European religion in Iran, even if a minor one. They have something t

I'm always a little jealous that there still exists an active, continuously practised Indo-European religion in Iran, even if a minor one. They have something that Europeans and their diaspora have lost.

dyauspitr 2y ago
Hinduism. It’s 1/7th of humanity.
- LAC-Tech 2y ago
  Sure, but that's further away from Europe :)
  - dyauspitr 2y ago
    I feel you. Unfortunately once it’s gone, it’s gone forever. Any attempt at revival seems corny and contrived and lacks any gravitas.
moneywoes 2y ago
IndoEuropean meaning?
- mkl 2y ago
  It's a language family [1] deriving from a hypothetical shared root language and population, with hypothesised religion [2]. Abrahamic religions' origins, like the Semitic languages they're associated with, are not Indo-European. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-European_languages [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_mythology