Sharing Christmas

As we come upon the Christmas Season it behooves us to remember that the Jesus mythos ia an old one shared broadly by religions around the world. Deities in other religions having a similar life-death-resurrection mythos include:

Aboriginal mythology

Julunggul

Wawalag

Akkadian mythology

Tammuz

Ishtar

Arabian mythology

Phoenix

Aztec mythology

Quetzalcoatl

Xipe Totec

Canaanite mythology

Baal

Celtic mythology

Cernunnos

Christian mythology

Jesus

Dacian mythology

Zalmoxis

Egyptian mythology

Isis

Osiris

Etruscan mythology

Atunis

Greek mythology

Adonis

Cronus

Cybele

Dionysus

Orpheus

Persephone

Hindu mythology

Trimurti

Brahma

Vishnu

Siva

Khoikhoi mythology

Heitsi

Native American mythology

Kaknu

Norse mythology

Odin

Balder

Gullveig

Phrygian mythology

Attis

Roman mythology

Aeneas

Bacchus

Proserpina

Slavic mythology

Veles

Jarilo

Sumerian mythology

Damuzi

Inanna

Indeed, Christianity is but the newest religion to incorporate the mythos. That does not, however, mean any of the other older versions of the mythos are any less real to their believers and we should respect that in this Christmas season and beyond.