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2015-08-12 at 10:15 PM UTC

#21

Iron John Houston

its been a while since I read any of this stuff, but supposedly there are some very good reasons why people believe some of the things that they believe, but all the old learning was couched in symbolism and ritual, and over the ages, the original meaning was corrupted, and the old sciences and methods are now forever lost to history. implications of hints of lost, forgotten high civilizations, and their memories echoed in the stories of gods embodying concepts and ideals, that sort of thing is compelling to me.

The Aryan-European mythos (along with the earliest roots of what later evolved into Semitic religious myths) is very old indeed, it goes back thousands of years, and one can see how each culture's myths evolved from a shared common origin - what some would call the Kurgan culture of the Pontic Steppes.

The Titans and the Olympians have their counterparts in the Fomorians and Danaans of Gaelic mythology; the Jontar, the Vanir and the Aesir of the Germanic/Norse myrthology; the Devas and the Asuras of Vedic mythology; and the Niphilim and Seraphim (or Bene Elohim) of Semitic mythology.

2015-08-12 at 10:17 PM UTC

#22

Iron John Houston

well, anyone who is interested, not necessarily you, IJ. I assume that you don't have the time or inclination to tackle a book that is like three tolkein novels put together in length

I have ADD.

2015-08-12 at 10:22 PM UTC

#23

arthur treacher African Astronaut

The Aryan-European mythos (along with the earliest roots of what later evolved into Semitic religious myths) is very old indeed, it goes back thousands of years, and one can see how each culture's myths evolved from a shared common origin - what some would call the Kurgan culture of the Pontic Steppes.

The Titans and the Olympians have their counterparts in the Fomorians and Danaans of Gaelic mythology; the Jontar, the Vanir and the Aesir of the Germanic/Norse myrthology; the Devas and the Asuras of Vedic mythology; and the Niphilim and Seraphim (or Bene Elohim) of Semitic mythology.

Yeah, this kind of stuff. It is endlessly fascinating.

2015-08-12 at 10:41 PM UTC

#24

Iron John Houston

Yeah, this kind of stuff. It is endlessly fascinating.

It is interesting.

The Serpent in the Garden of Eden is the same as Vritra in Vedic Brahminism, and is the same as Nidhoggr in Germanic/Norse mythology; the same as the Hydra and Ladon in Greek mythology, and the same as Illuyanka in Hittite mythology . The mythology of the Gallic tribes also seems to have once had a now-forgotten legend of a serpent that was defeated by a god, as evidenced by the Smertrios panel on the Nautes pillar in Paris, which is modeled after Hercules slaying Ladon:

2015-08-12 at 10:57 PM UTC

#25

mmQ Lisa Turtle

Black isn't a color. -_-

2015-08-12 at 11 PM UTC

#26

Iron John Houston

Black isn't a color. -_-

Define a color, nigger.

2015-08-13 at 12:15 AM UTC

#27

The Boobyverse X = X 1 = 0 Tuskegee Airman

There is a color associated with each day of the week/planet:

Sunday - yellow (Sun)

Monday - white (Moon)

Tuesday - red (Mars)

Wednesday - orange (Mercury)

Thursday - blue (Jupiter)

Friday - green (Venus)

Saturday - black (Saturn)

Also the elements:

Earth - green

Air - yellow

Fire - red

Water - blue

air is white. fire is always red and water is always blue. sometimes earth is brown.

i didn't know there are 7 planets, and that the moon and the sun are 2 of them

2015-08-13 at 1:28 AM UTC

#28

Sophie Pedophile Tech Support

Why does this thread even have two pages.

2015-08-13 at 2:09 AM UTC

#29

The Self Taught Man Black Hole

I meant it doesn't exist in the visible spectrum. For example, we know red + green = yellow, but yellow exists as a standalone colour in the spectrum, while purple does not.

What about violet? That's kinda like purple with a San Fransico twist.

2015-08-13 at 5:05 AM UTC

#30

The Boobyverse X = X 1 = 0 Tuskegee Airman

There are seven planets - Iron John

2015-08-13 at 6:09 AM UTC

#31

Lanny Bird of Courage

this thread...

2015-08-13 at 6:31 AM UTC

#32

The Boobyverse X = X 1 = 0 Tuskegee Airman

There are seven planets - Iron John

2015-08-13 at 7:36 AM UTC

#33

mmQ Lisa Turtle

this thread…

your dad's email addy...

2015-08-13 at 7:45 AM UTC

#34

chem2211 Houston

Black isn't a color. -_-

neither is white

2015-08-13 at 8:19 AM UTC

#35

Iron John Houston

air is white. fire is always red and water is always blue. sometimes earth is brown.

i didn't know there are 7 planets, and that the moon and the sun are 2 of them

This is "magical" stuff from the Middle Ages - think alchemy and sorcery.

2015-08-13 at 8:20 AM UTC

#36

Iron John Houston

There are seven planets - Iron John

Hey, I'm not the one that came up with this stuff; it's been around for a lot longer than I have.

2015-08-13 at 3:40 PM UTC

#37

mmQ Lisa Turtle

neither is white

Black is the absence of color. White is the presence of all colors.

2015-08-13 at 5:07 PM UTC

#38

Iron John Houston

Black is the absence of color. White is the presence of all colors.

Try making White paint by mixing all different colors of pigments.

Try making black paint without any pigments.

2015-08-13 at 5:31 PM UTC

#39

Lanny Bird of Courage

Try making White paint by mixing all different colors of pigments.

Try making black paint without any pigments.

I can't believe I'm actually wading into this thread but paint works by reflecting the range of light we consider to be that paint's color. Our sensation of "redness" is more directly caused by the property of the light reflected off the paint than from the paint itself (you can produce red light without pigment, for example) hence it makes more sense to describe "colors", in absence of a medium, as light as opposed pigment.

2015-08-13 at 5:36 PM UTC

#40

mmQ Lisa Turtle

Try making White paint by mixing all different colors of pigments.

Try making black paint without any pigments.

I don't know how to make paint. :(

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