. Well, who really read the Bible, or those who know the story of "the Holy Mother Roman Catholic Church," is not surprising that the mythological figures of other religions were transformed into beings of evil, to scare the faithful. And the other traditional religions as aset, and enter the game as well. You think I'd be after reading this thorough study leave your comment .
Pan
Throughout the text, try to make a comparative analysis of the Pan American God in all civilizations, and its legends, myths, fairy tales and different words that came from his name, as the panic, the panacea, pantheism among many others. The god Pan is often called the Faun, Sylvanus, Lupercus the devil (the Tarot). Your feminine side is the fauna, is Exu (in Umbanda), the phallic Orisha Capricorn (in astrology), Dionysus (god of wine), Bacchus (the famous Bacchanal). It is often compared to hunters gods or even Tupa (Champaign, Caboclo).
The god Pan is an ancient Greek god, originally worshiped in the region of Arcadia. Pan is the guardian of herds that have the task of multiplying. God of woods and pastures, protector of the shepherds came to earth with horns, ears and legs of a goat. Pan is the son of Mercury.
The explanation of the allegory of a god mixed (human goat +) being the son of Mercury is very simple: it was only natural that the messenger of the gods, is always considered intermediate, transition among the gods in human form and back, so animal. However, it seems that the birth of Pan caused some excitement in her mother, who was frightened by the strange shape. According to Hesiod, when Mercury introduced the child to the other gods of Olympus laughed.
"Mercury came to Arcadia, which was successful in droves. Does not extend the field of sacred Cilene; these moors, he, the mighty God, except the lily of a mere mortal ears, as conceived burning desire to join a beautiful nymph, daughter of Dríops. There was finally the hymen sweet. The young nymph gave birth to the son of Mercury, boy strange, crowbars and forehead, armed with two horns. Seeing the nurse leaves him and flees. Amazing in that look terrible and so thick beard. However, the benevolent Mercury, getting immediately put it on your lap, jubilant. So come to the abode of the immortals, carefully concealing the child in the velvety skin of a hare. Then submit them to the boy. All the immortals are happy, especially Bacchus, and give the name of Pan, since for each object was fun. "
Nymphs relentlessly mocked the poor Pan, because of their ugly faces, and the god unhappy, it is said, never took the decision to love. But Cupid is cruel, and maintains a tradition Pan, hoping one day to fight him, was defeated and killed in front of the nymphs laughed.
There are several legends related to Pan One refers to the flute that always accompanied him. This story is as follows: Once, Pan fell in love with the nymph Syrinx, but has not been matched. Therefore, Syrinx fled lived half man half goat god, until he hid in a lake and drowned. In place of his death, had stems of reeds that Pan cut and turned into a flute of seven tubes, which became an attribute of it. Syrinx then immortalized.
Pan was also the god of fertility, unbridled male sexuality and carnal desire. As the name of God meaning "all" in the broadest sense of nature, fertility. For the alchemists and scholars of philosophy, Pan came to be regarded as a symbol of the universe and personification of Nature, and, more recently, a representative of all the gods. Celebrating
Pan is to celebrate nature as primary sexuality, drinking, pleasure and good music. Their celebrations were marked by singing, dancing, wine and sexual magic rites of fertility and prosperity, devoted to plantations, crops and livestock.
Faunos
The Romans had a pantheon of gods that was mostly "inherited" from the Greek culture. Therefore, almost all the Roman gods have corresponding Greek. Sylvanus and Faunus were Latin divinities, whose characteristics are very similar to Pan, which can be considered as the same character with different names. Among the Romans, fauns were wild forest deities with small horns, goat legs and short tail. Accompanied the god Faunus, was cheerful, clever, and they were always singing and having fun. Fauns are analogous to the Greek satyrs.
Faun is the god of wild nature and fertility, also regarded as the giver of oracles. As the protector of the herds, also called Lupercus ("one who protects the wolves").
A certain tradition says that Faunus was the king of Latium, son of Picus and grandson of the god Saturn. After his death he was deified as Fatuus, and there was a small cult around his person, in the sacred grove of Tibur (Tivoli). On 15 February (the date of foundation of the temple), the festival, the Lupercalia was held. Priests (called Luperce) wearing goat skins and walked down the streets of Rome to hit the audience with leather belts goat. Another festival dedicated to his memory was that of the fauna, made close to harvest, to invoke the attributes of prosperity.
His female counterpart is the fauna, the goddess of the forest. Unlike Pan, who possessed the attributes of masculinity associated with the goat, Fauna was the lady of the forests and plants. His followers were the nymphs and dryads (which curiously has the same origin etymology of the word druid - which means "those who know the trees"). Taking
horns
For Catholics (And later the Protestants), the horns came to represent the Devil, lamb or goat that was sacrificed for the redemption of sin. But the Horns have always been signs of something divine. In Babylon, the degree of importance of the gods was identified by the number of horns which they are assigned. Moses was represented artistically with horns on his forehead (the famous statue by Michelangelo), and Alexander himself, commissioned a painting of his portrait, drawn with ram's horns on his forehead.
The ancient Jews knew this symbolism, received from the mythologies of the surrounding area. "Se'irim" usually translates as "goat." They live in high places, deserts, ruins ... In Genesis we read that the sons of Jacob slaughtered a goat with its blood to dye the coat of Joseph (Genesis 37:31). The vulgar term "goat", is designated by the same word is used elsewhere to describe a satyr. The Hebrew word properly means Sa'ir "the hairy" and applies to any other goat satyr or less elemental divinity, in the popular mind.
The term "horns of lead," as a pejorative, came later, because the Romans. The Celtic warrior queens had harems of men responsible for giving pleasure while the king was in the battles (Similar to harems as common in women). This, to the Romans (and later for Catholics), was absurd. In his opinion kings sexist, Celtic allowed these concubines were "lesser men" that Roman warriors and began to spread the relationship between the "possession of horns" (European kings or symbols used to wear helmets on their horns as status symbols ) and "his wife slept with another man."
An interesting fact that I will speak in the future Gwenhwyfar is the story of one of these queens, who led after the character named Geneva, wife of King Arthur. Gwenhwyfar had concubines, while that the king was in the battle and later in the Christianization of these myths, the concubine of Geneva became his "lover" (and later in French hands of Chretien de Troyes, the king's mistress becomes English French knight Lancelot ... ... is the story of King Arthur who knows he is a fruit salad consisting of several stacked historical legends, but that's another topic for discussion another day).
For the Celts, the God Cornífero
The Horned God is represented as a being with human head, horns and legs of goat or deer. He is the guardian of the inputs and the magic circle is drawn to begin the ritual. It is the pagan god of the forest, the king and lord of oak forest. He is the god who dies and is reborn when (the Lord of the Seasons). Its cycles of life and death represent our own existence. The horns and red coat is a rite of passage (I talked about this in previous columns), both which are present to this day the allegorical figure of the Crown and the Network Layer Kings of Europe.
But why this picture horrible evil? The horn had sacred connotations, as a sign of "divine", as ten thousand years before Christ, the Neolithic, also representing the fertility and vitality. It was believed that horns were given special powers from the stars and the heavens (the symbolism of the tail formed by comets). Just look at the cornucopia of stories that sprouted horns of fruits and vegetables sufficient to feed everyone, in a sign of abundance and prosperity.
There are several versions of the horned god and the god Cernunnos (Celtic version of Roman-Gallo). In the pagan religion Wicca, founded by Gerald Gardner, it is believed that the Horned God is the guardian of entries and the circle of the rites. According to Wicca, the Horned God was born of the great goddess, the supreme deity of Wicca, represented by many faces.
A version of the horned god is the one considered the protector of shepherds and flocks. A version of the god Osiris - regarded by the Egyptians the god of agriculture and life after death. In some caves in France have found paintings of the paleolithic period, with men dressed in deer, representing the God Cernunnos (including movies Mists of Avalon, King Arthur who, dressed in a way w / her sister deflower. Malandrops). He is often depicted in the images, accompanied by a snake, and in more modern times, with a bag full of coins.
usually depicted sitting cross-legged and perhaps take over as a shaman. It is also considered the god of the hunt and the forest, today is a god or divine being almost forgotten, remembered only in pagan religions.
We can clearly see that none of these gods was not related to a being "hellish." But today, in which we imagine to be the devil or hell, what comes to mind is an image demonic, evil, a being with horns and goat legs. religious conspiracy existed in the distortion of the image of God Cernunnos? They have created this farce just to try to end the image of the ancient religions? Time.
Exu - The Orisha Phallic
Eshu also has the following attributes or epithets: Exu Lonan, lord of the roads, Ebo-Exu Osije the Divine Messenger; Exu Bara, the Lord (of motion) of the Council; Exu Odara, Lord of Happiness Eleru Exu, the Lord Ritual of Obligation; Exu Yang, Lord of the Red laterite; Elegbara Exu, the Lord of transmuting power; Exu Agba, who is the ancestor; Exu Ina, the Lord of Fire.
Exu is the Orisha who governs the game of Buzios, a form of divination. Says a myth that Exu is the only Orisha who had this power, but decided to share with Ifa in exchange for offerings and petitions before any other Orisha.
Like Hermes, Eshu is the messenger of the gods, his power is to receive and transport the requests and offerings Ørum humans, the World of Gods. Lord of the roads, the crossroads of trade and all kinds of communication. It also represents the fertility of life, the powers of sexual, reproductive and generative. We can not forget that sex, unlike what Catholics and evangelicals say (a thing of lust, sin), is actually a sacred act. Maybe that's why it's sexual power, Christians are compared to the devil.
The origin of the myth of Esu association with the devil comes from the Jesuits. When slaves made their African religious syncretism with Catholic saints, the Jesuits suspected that something was wrong ... in the religions of Africa is the figure of the devil, only god with human characteristics. Then found a phallic symbol representing the exudate and had the idea "brilliant" to associate the erect penis and sex (sin) with the devil to complete the Catholic pantheon. Add two centuries of Catholic corruption and (later) and have evangelical Exú image as it is today.
Not to mention that usually the figure of the Lord Eshu is placed with horns, tail, painted red, like the image that Christians "draw" the devil ... So Eshu truth of African religions have nothing in common with the devil playful and strange statues marketed and used in an arbitrary manner on the terraces are the fruit of the imagination of visionaries who see nothing beyond the expression of feelings depressing way down in the creatures that are linked.
Devil and Ayin - Route 26
When I ask anyone if God is omnipresent, omniscient and omnipotent, and usually say yes, they conclude with the following question: Who is the devil ? They receive no response ... Now this man, as widespread by the Judeo-Christian religions, there is. The concept of good and evil is relative, is intrinsically connected with human beings, within each of us and not outside.
The devil only exists within our fragile hearts and reign in those who do not master their emotions and sailing as the tide of events, without direction. In the Kabbalah, the Devil is the road leading from Hod (Reason) to Tiferet (the Enlightenment). Is the path to the left, meaning that to attain enlightenment we must face our mistakes and face the fears and become responsible for everything we do, so cold. The Devil Tarot represents the passions and true desires and the intrinsic falsity or false hypocrisy deleted. Perhaps that is so feared among the laity to play with the tarot, who teamed up with "evil." Your sign is associated with Capricorn, the sign of traditionalism, the severity of correct lines.
Tupan
or Tupan Tupa (which in Tupi language means "thunder") is an entity of the Tupi-Guarani mythology. Indians pray to Nhanderuvuçu Tupa and his messenger, who was not exactly a god but a manifestation of a god. Tupa was not "god" as the Jesuits wanted to do with their "bright ideas" of catechesis to force the Indians, but a messenger of the gods, ie the same characteristics of Hermes and Exu.
For those who think this is an exaggeration, just check out what our friend Jesuit Father Quevedo invents or distorts about Umbanda and spiritualism today and see that the Jesuits continued this habit of lying and distorting the culture of others, including a total of 2010.
Tupa said his people "is an adaptation of the work of catechesis." In fact, the term "Tupa" existed, not as a deity, but as the sound of thunder connotative (shovel-Tu, Tu-Tu-corduroy or paganism, bump / thump), so it was just a fact known the Indian whose cause and therefore feared. Osvaldo Orico is of the opinion that the Indians were aware of the existence of a force, a God above all else. Thus, says "Despite the simple religious idea that characterized him, had the idea of \u200b\u200bGod, whose voice was heard in the storm - cinunga Tupa, or" thunder ", whose light was the reflection Tupãberaba, or" lightning " . The Indians believed that the god of creation, the god of light. It would be the Sun direction
Pandora
In mythology Greek, Pandora ("gifted") was the first woman created by Zeus as punishment for daring men in heaven Titan Prometheus stealing the secret of fire. "Pandora's Box" is a term used to describe anything that stimulates curiosity, but it is better not touch (as when he says that "curiosity killed the cat"). It originates from the Greek myth of the first woman, Pandora, by order of the gods opened a container (no dispute about the nature of this, perhaps a pot, a pitcher, a vase or a table like a log ... ) where all the evils that have since swept to humanity, leaving only those who destroy hope in the bottom of the container. There are some similarities with Judeo-Christian story of Adam (Adam) and Eve in which the woman is also responsible for the misfortune of mankind.
As Zeus (Jupiter) and his brothers (the generation of the Olympian gods) began to compete for power with the generation of Titans, Prometheus was seen as the enemy, and his friends were seen as a mortal threat. So to punish mortals, Zeus deprived man of fire, symbolically, the light in the soul, intelligence ... Prometheus, "the friend of men," stole a spark of celestial fire and brought to land, reviving men.
Upon discovering the theft, Zeus decided to punish the robber to the provision. Prometheus was chained to a pillar and an eagle devoured his liver during the day, which grew again at night. To punish man, Zeus ordered Hephaestus (Vulcan) that shaped a woman similar to the immortal goddesses, and there were several gifts. Athena (Minerva) taught him the art of weaving, Aphrodite (Venus) gave her beauty and indomitable desire, Hermes (Mercury) filled his heart tricks, daring, cunning, deceit and cynicism, embellished Graces gold necklaces beautiful ... Zeus sent Pandora to Epimetheus as a gift, which, ignoring the recommendation of Prometheus, his brother, who never received a gift from Zeus, agreed. When Pandora, out of curiosity, opened a box he had brought from Olympus, as a wedding gift to her husband, fled his all calamities and misfortunes which still plague mankind. Pandora still tried to close the box, but it was too late: it was empty, except for "hope", which remained stuck at the edge of the box.
Another Greek legend says that Pandora is the goddess of resurrection. Why not born a deity, is known as a demigod. Pandora was a human linked to Hades. His ambition to become the goddess of Olympus, wife of Zeus made him open the jar divine. Zeus, to punish her, took her own life. Hades with an interest in the ambitions of Pandora, searched the Pacas (Masterpieces of the time) and asked for time to return. Without the permission of Zeus, who could not do anything. Hades persuaded his brother to raise Pandora. Thanks to the arguments of his brother, giving up deity Zeus always wanted. So, Pandora has become the goddess of resurrection. To elevate the spirit, Pandora gives you a job if the spirit is found, has risen. Pandora, Zeus with hate for him to have become a minor goddess, dedication to the spirits just impossible tasks. Therefore, no spirit could not be resurrected.
Peter Pan
The boy wizard Flying without fear of aging, but not grow. Peter Pan leads the gnomes and fairies in the old common European history. These archetypes, "as Jung, have reappeared in the mind" collective "with great frequency, ie, Peter, seen through the eyes of the mythical god Pan, god of forests, wild nature is living in each of us.
Peter Pan plays his flute in the film with nostalgia Hogan. Without sadness, however. After all, can only have happy thoughts, because only this can fly. Neverland, fairies, imagination ... is the task for the watch back to the Tit Disney cartoon guy.
Finally ... the horns were always representations of light, wisdom and knowledge among ancient peoples. So as we see, from time immemorial, the horns were considered symbols of royalty, divinity, wealth, and not the symbols of evil as many still associates and partners. The horn has always symbolized the strength of an animal, or the power of a person or nation.
we then say that God, the Great Mother and the Horned God together represent the forces of the universe of Cacho. It is the greatest symbol of royalty, prosperity, divinity, light, wisdom and wealth. It fertilizes the power that all things on earth. Already
goat legs have always been in contact with the ground, virility, prosperity and fertility, suitable for those working in the field and not afraid to climb the mountain of the spirit upward. Pan
represents the tree of life, human freedom to enjoy nature in peace and harmony, to continue with the divinity and freedom of thought. Pan represents sex as a source of pleasure for men and women as well as a way to reach the divine state, without the need for tolls.
And for this reason it was so necessary for the church to turn it into "enemy" and, through centuries of terror and lies that she created (and creates up to today) of his followers, today we are in a completely distorted picture of nature and ancient god
oxalic RICARDO
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