Sometimes, a line of thought begins in one of Poul Anderson's works but then takes us way outside it but we return to base in the next post. There are triple gods and trios of gods, e.g., Odin, Vili and Ve, who are also Odin, Hoenir and Lodur or Odin, Hoenir and Loki. (See here.)
I think of Krishna, the Buddha and Jesus as three spiritual teachers and human manifestations of transcendent reality.
Another trio is the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary and Joseph. See here and here. Note: the song is English, not Irish, as wrongly stated in the first link. Secondly, notice a change in the wording:
Original version
"My name is Joseph
"This is Mary my wife
"And this is our young son
"Our pride and delight."
Altered version
"Our names they mean nothing...
"They change throughout time..."
Finally, here are these two versions of the song:
1 comment:
Kaor, Paul!
And of course you know Nicene Christians believe Christ to be more than merely a man--to believe Him to be God Incarnate.
And I think SOME Buddhists think of Buddha being some kind of literal god. Tibetan Buddhists, maybe>
Ad astra! Sean
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