From: Rick McCallister
Message: 54848
Date: 2008-03-07
> But Brian, myths are not cult.____________________________________________________________________________________
>
> Patrick
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian M. Scott" <BMScott@...>
> To: "Patrick Ryan" <cybalist@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:50 PM
> Subject: Re[2]: [tied] Re: Swiftness of Indra
>
>
> > At 1:29:28 PM on Friday, March 7, 2008, Patrick
> Ryan wrote:
> >
> > > From: "Rick McCallister" <gabaroo6958@...>
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > >> Roman religion was originally quite different
> from
> > >> Greek religion --at least as different as
> Germanic,
> > >> Indian, etc. were from Greek
> >
> > > Absolutely untrue.
> >
> > > As Joao and I have told you: they both stem from
> a common
> > > source.
> >
> > In part, yes; but so do Latin and Greek, which can
> > legitimately be described as 'quite different'.
> > [...]
> >
> > > Greek and Roman religion resembled each other
> long before
> > > they came into regular contact.
> >
> > In some respects, yes; in others they were quite
> different.
> > For example, virtually all connected narratives
> about the
> > Roman deities are of Greek origin.
> >
> > Brian
> >
> >
> >
>