Syro-Canaanite gods appropriated by Greece: Aphrodite, Kronos, Adonis and partly Hercules
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Replying to @jaspergregory
Hercules was then appropriated by Buddhism as Vajrapani according to some historians… how many Buddhist deities are semitic I wonder…
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so are you reproducing european orientalist story from the 18th century of how everything in India and China came out of the old testament?
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Replying to @21BanyanTree @jaspergregory
No; cultural diffusion is interesting, though!
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you may already be familiar with the work of edward p. butler in this context https://henadology.wordpress.com
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Replying to @21BanyanTree
Thank you! This may be of interest to @jaspergregory
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