Hammer and Vajra

Hammer and Vajra

Europe Pagan Avatars: Revering The Divine Folk Heroes. https://www.tgoop.com/hammerandvajra/3969

Europe Pagan Avatars: Revering The Divine Folk Heroes.

In the Vedic context, Hindus often have Avatars and Demi-Gods, who are local folk legends merged with understandings or blessings of Indo-European Gods.
These legends are raised up to Godhood and are often worshipped more commonly than even the Gods, at least in a general everyday sense.

My argument is, and has been, that European Pagans also have such and we should take these cults of the ancestors and these avatars or blessed heroes of the Gods and enshrined them as philosophical examples worthy of veneration and emulation.
Much like how one would see Rama worshipped in India, we have Beowulf, Sigurd, Cú Chulainn, etc.

Much like the Avatara are seen as ways to interpret or approach the greater Gods, and Buddhist deities and Bodhisattva lead the path to the Buddha Dharma, we can look towards these divine folk heroes and enshrine them as well.

I theorized, on good merit and a little research, this was always done prior to the advent of Christianity and the incorporation of heroic saints, such as St. George is an example of this continuation without many being aware.

I, for one, embrace the veneration and emulation of Divine folk heroes as lesser divine themselves and guideposts to learn from. As their examples of struggle, mistakes, and glory can closely reflect our own and be easily applicable to our everyday lives.

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Europe Pagan Avatars: Revering The Divine Folk Heroes.

In the Vedic context, Hindus often have Avatars and Demi-Gods, who are local folk legends merged with understandings or blessings of Indo-European Gods.
These legends are raised up to Godhood and are often worshipped more commonly than even the Gods, at least in a general everyday sense.

My argument is, and has been, that European Pagans also have such and we should take these cults of the ancestors and these avatars or blessed heroes of the Gods and enshrined them as philosophical examples worthy of veneration and emulation.
Much like how one would see Rama worshipped in India, we have Beowulf, Sigurd, Cú Chulainn, etc.

Much like the Avatara are seen as ways to interpret or approach the greater Gods, and Buddhist deities and Bodhisattva lead the path to the Buddha Dharma, we can look towards these divine folk heroes and enshrine them as well.

I theorized, on good merit and a little research, this was always done prior to the advent of Christianity and the incorporation of heroic saints, such as St. George is an example of this continuation without many being aware.

I, for one, embrace the veneration and emulation of Divine folk heroes as lesser divine themselves and guideposts to learn from. As their examples of struggle, mistakes, and glory can closely reflect our own and be easily applicable to our everyday lives.

BY Hammer and Vajra