>Another descent story would be Venus and Persephone battling over their
>beloved Adonis (although he was not a full god).
Ah, there's another interesting thing. This Dumuzi deity doesn't appear to
be a full god. Rather a demi-god if anything. Is it possible that Dumuzi was
in some way the representation of a "sun chief".
How do I put this... It's kinda like the Egyptians who believed that their
ruler was the reincarnation of the sun. Could it be that this idea in fact
derives from an earlier prehistoric form where it was the chief who was
viewed as the reincarnation of the sun? Thus, the chief would have been
viewed as a "demi-god", a reincarnation of the Sun or even the "Sun Maiden's
shepherd", the "Perfect Child".
In effect, as the reincarnation of The Child, the son and consort of the
Goddes, the chief would be thought of as in control of the animals and
vegetation through the power of the Goddess. Human but yet connected with
the gods. And ultimately the source of *Xeryo-Manus legends perhaps? Just a
thought.
- gLeN
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