Did you know that the greeks believed that the Egyptian gods were the olympians disguised as animals and living in the desert to hide from Typhon?
I didn’t know that! Was that a Ptolemaic belief or did it date from much earlier, like when the Mycenaeans traded with Egypt around the late Bronze Age?
The earliest evidence we have for this believe (that I know off) is Hesiod
Did you know that the greeks believed that the Egyptian gods were the olympians disguised as animals and living in the desert to hide from Typhon?
I didn’t know that! Was that a Ptolemaic belief or did it date from much earlier, like when the Mycenaeans traded with Egypt around the late Bronze Age?
The earliest evidence we have for this believe (that I know off) is Hesiod
Did you know that the greeks believed that the Egyptian gods were the olympians disguised as animals and living in the desert to hide from Typhon?
Yeah, I wonder what the Egyptians thought about that. I am pretty sure Pan transformed into the Capricorn.
Wasn't Pan's death also a misunderstanding because greeks misunderstood the Egyptian sailors?
I heard that there was a sailor who said that he heard a voice call out to him at sea claiming saying, “Thamus, (the sailor’s name) the great god Pan is dead!” He went around telling everyone what he heard and people began to believe it. There is a theory that Thamus did not hear “Thamus, the great god Pan is dead!” he might of heard “The All-Great Tammuz is dead!” which sounds very similar in Greek. Tammuz was a Mesopotamian god of fertility and shepherds. He had a similar story to Persephone in that he had to remain in the underworld for part of the year and could only walk the earth for a certain season before dying again and going to the underworld. It was a common ritual in that area to proclaim, “The All-Great Tammuz is dead!” during that time of year. There is no explanation for how Pan died in Greek mythology, and many people think that the sailor had misinterpreted the call the he heard while sailing.
Formorians were the monstrous people that came before the gods, I think. I have a book with some information on them, but I can't give any information on them right now.
so my knowledge of my native mythology is a little rusty but they are like a cross between the titans of greek myth and the vanir of norse I think
as a fellow Irish person i can confirm this as correct
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Some of you probably already know some of this, but maybe someone will find it interesting.
The King of the Cats
There was once a traveler traveling, as they often do, and as he went along his way, a strange sight crossed his path. A funeral procession passed him by, led by wailing cats carrying a coffin and followed by feline torchbearers. They disappeared into some mist, and the befuddled traveler carried on in confusion. Eventually he came across a small house occupied by an elderly couple and their pet cat. He knocked on the door, asking for a place to spend the night, and was admitted into their humble abode. During supper, the traveler recounted his strange sighting to the host and hostess, telling them of the feline funeral. The cat of the house seemed to pay close attention to his tale, and when he finished the house cat exclaimed, “By Jove! Old Pete is dead and I am the King of the Cats!” He then rocketed up the chimney and was never seen again.
The King of the Cats was a creature who took the form of an ordinary cat during the day, but at night he would transform into a magical fey cat that would then deal with those he came across in the day depending on how they treated him.
The earliest evidence we have for this believe (that I know off) is Hesiod
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So like around 700 BCE
Thanks! I love learning new stuff like that.
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Yeah, I wonder what the Egyptians thought about that. I am pretty sure Pan transformed into the Capricorn.
Wasn't Pan's death also a misunderstanding because greeks misunderstood the Egyptian sailors?
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I heard that there was a sailor who said that he heard a voice call out to him at sea claiming saying, “Thamus, (the sailor’s name) the great god Pan is dead!” He went around telling everyone what he heard and people began to believe it. There is a theory that Thamus did not hear “Thamus, the great god Pan is dead!” he might of heard “The All-Great Tammuz is dead!” which sounds very similar in Greek. Tammuz was a Mesopotamian god of fertility and shepherds. He had a similar story to Persephone in that he had to remain in the underworld for part of the year and could only walk the earth for a certain season before dying again and going to the underworld. It was a common ritual in that area to proclaim, “The All-Great Tammuz is dead!” during that time of year. There is no explanation for how Pan died in Greek mythology, and many people think that the sailor had misinterpreted the call the he heard while sailing.
does anyone know what the foimhoraigh where
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I do not
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they where from irish mythology and the formorian monster is based off them thats all i know thats all i know
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I looked into it and they are the group of gods that embody the less savoury aspects of the world like storms and sickness
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Oh, you mean the Fomorians
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I think Baba Yaga is nice.
fomhoradh is their proper irish name
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Formorians were the monstrous people that came before the gods, I think. I have a book with some information on them, but I can't give any information on them right now.
Nice might not be the right word, but she is cool.
so my knowledge of my native mythology is a little rusty but they are like a cross between the titans of greek myth and the vanir of norse I think
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as a fellow Irish person i can confirm this as correct
if i say something inflammatory the intention is not to trigger an emotional response and the fact that it does so is purely accidental and I sincerely apologise if it does
I think that would actually be Fomoire
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depends on dialect same way you can spell gray or grey
if i say something inflammatory the intention is not to trigger an emotional response and the fact that it does so is purely accidental and I sincerely apologise if it does
Fair enough
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Some of you probably already know some of this, but maybe someone will find it interesting.
The King of the Cats
There was once a traveler traveling, as they often do, and as he went along his way, a strange sight crossed his path. A funeral procession passed him by, led by wailing cats carrying a coffin and followed by feline torchbearers. They disappeared into some mist, and the befuddled traveler carried on in confusion. Eventually he came across a small house occupied by an elderly couple and their pet cat. He knocked on the door, asking for a place to spend the night, and was admitted into their humble abode. During supper, the traveler recounted his strange sighting to the host and hostess, telling them of the feline funeral. The cat of the house seemed to pay close attention to his tale, and when he finished the house cat exclaimed, “By Jove! Old Pete is dead and I am the King of the Cats!” He then rocketed up the chimney and was never seen again.
The King of the Cats was a creature who took the form of an ordinary cat during the day, but at night he would transform into a magical fey cat that would then deal with those he came across in the day depending on how they treated him.