Yesterday, I published a post which I then entitled "Divine Names II" and linked from it to an earlier post entitled "Divine Names." Since then, I have had to re-entitle the post of yesterday "Divine Names III" and to add to it links to two other earlier posts entitled "Divine Names II" and "The Zacharians." For the corrected post of yesterday, see
here.
The full list of divine names used by Zacharians becomes:
Ares
Cernunnos
Pele
Kulkulan
Vishnu
Heimdal
Kwan Yin
Isis
Izanami
Izanagi
Astarte (see image)
All of these have relevant links in the previous posts except Tangaroa who is linked here.
8 comments:
Kaor, Paul!
I noticed, however, that no Zacharian had the nerve and gall to name his/her son YHWH! Or, for that matter, Jesus Christ. I can think of many reasons for avoiding the use of THOSE divine names.
And some Zacharians probably had names like Jupiter, Odin, Thor, Freya, Baal, Amon-Ra, etc.
Ad astra! Sean
Kaor, Paul!
Incidentally, another thought I had was that we don't see any of the Zacharians using the names of truly SINISTER pagan gods, such as Moloch or those of the Aztec gods. I can see way! The human sacrifices offered to those gods and the cannibalism of the Azecs might make the Zacharians balk at using these names.
And, to be sure, the names of the Aztec gods are complex and difficult to spell.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean: there's always translation if you find Nahuatl unpronounceable.
I've always thought "Smoking Mirror" gets Tezcatlipoca across rather well. Other names for him: "We Are His Slaves", "He by Whom We Live","Enemy of Both Sides", "Lord of the Near and the Nigh", "Night, Wind".
Though "Our Lord of the Flayed" (Xipe Totec) is even more... evocative.
That was one -strange- religion.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
I like that idea, simply using translations of the Aztec gods names. Yes, "Lord of the Flayed is both evocative and sinister!
Ad astra! Sean
The manner of human sacrifice to Xipe Totec involved flaying the victim alive with obsidian knives, then wearing his skin.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
Horrifying and gruesome! The Aztecs were NOT nice people, to say the least.
Ad astra! Sean
Sean: their religious caste did a lot of self-mutilation and drugs. I don't think they had very... normal personalities.
Kaor, Mr. Stirling!
You are nicer than I would have been! I would call them murderous, depraved perverts!
Ad astra! Sean
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