Mythology/Race comparison

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I'm a big mythology geek. In many of the stories of the norse mythology, Thor and many of the other norse gods were a friend to man. They helped them out of sticky situations and their stories often had very valueable lessons. However, in egyptian mythology, a lot of the gods were kind of...well...not so nice. Do you guys think this was a direct correlation between the Goa'uld (egypt) and the Asgard (norse) mythology, or just by chance?

[the_red_chimp]

I'm a big mythology geek. In many of the stories of the norse mythology, Thor and many of the other norse gods were a friend to man. They helped them out of sticky situations and their stories often had very valueable lessons. However, in egyptian mythology, a lot of the gods were kind of...well...not so nice. Do you guys think this was a direct correlation between the Goa'uld (egypt) and the Asgard (norse) mythology, or just by chance?

I imagine the things are set up that way in the series because of that relation, yes. How did the Celtic Gods treat their denizens, though? And the "Pagan", I suppose. I know people were worshipping Ba'al in bible times, though I don't know what race he really "belongs" to.

[aschen]

I imagine the things are set up that way in the series because of that relation, yes. How did the Celtic Gods treat their denizens, though? And the "Pagan", I suppose. I know people were worshipping Ba'al in bible times, though I don't know what race he really "belongs" to.

Ba'al was the god of thunder. I cannot forsee any good he'd do...

Honestly, I was never too fond the Celtic and pagan gods. The only thing I really thought was interesting about the pagans were their strange traditions with human skulls... And yes... They DID that. I don't think they know WHY though. My guess is ancestor worship, which was a familiar trait found amongst the Aztec myths. They would actually ask a dead ancestor for permission for marriage, luck with rain and protection.

[220683]

Well they are written like that, in SG-1 they explained a lot of aliens are posers in ancient times.

Egyptian gods are cruel, sure there are some good ones but...

Greek gods are temperamental, often torturing humans just for the fun of it. Gairwyn called the Goa'uld the Athens I think, in "Thor's Hammer".

[aAnubiSs]

I believe she called them Ettins

[aschen]

Indeed, they did.

[Beatrice Otter]

Ba'al was the god of thunder. I cannot forsee any good he'd do...

Well, yeah. And there was the fact that both the Hebrews and the Romans believed that his worshippers (the Canaanites, Phoenecians and their offshoots, the Carthaginians) practiced child sacrifice. Not a nice god. Though one must take that with a grain of salt; both the Hebrews and the Romans hated them, and so would not say nice things about them in any case.

[KorbenDirewolf]

Who does you mean by "the Pagans"? By definition anyone who has a polytheistic religion is pagan.

[Beatrice Otter]

Who does you mean by "the Pagans"? By definition anyone who has a polytheistic religion is pagan.

Actually, it's anyone who isn't a member of one of the Judeo-Christian religions.

Although, if you go back far enough it just meant somebody who lived out in the country (Christianity spread in the cities, first, and only much later spread out to the countryside).

[Selmak]

I'm a big mythology geek. In many of the stories of the norse mythology, Thor and many of the other norse gods were a friend to man. They helped them out of sticky situations and their stories often had very valueable lessons. However, in egyptian mythology, a lot of the gods were kind of...well...not so nice. Do you guys think this was a direct correlation between the Goa'uld (egypt) and the Asgard (norse) mythology, or just by chance?

There is a "direct correlation" ... Danny explains it in thor's hammer.

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Who does you mean by "the Pagans"? By definition anyone who has a polytheistic religion is pagan.

That was in reference to the people of like Scottland or whatever. Those people that were all about the earth and what not.

[Asgard Buddy]

Remember episode 308, Demons? Well the team discover a plant where the town is worshipping Christianity but the team isn't sure if it was ruled by a Goa'uld or not. Teal'c mentions that he'd read the Bible and he can't imagine a Goa'uld being as benevolent as the Christian god is portrayed. We later find out that the Goa'uld terrorizing the town is a Unas sent by Sokar posing as Satan.

So the darn Goa'uld just can't seem to play the part of the nice gods. Maybe it's because the "nice" gods don't go around putting their offspring in their followers' bellies.

[VirtualCLD]

What about Hathor, obviously she must have been "not too nice," even if she was the goddess of "sex, drugs and Rock and Roll"?

The Greeks also had a god like that, Dionysus, or Bachus sp? in Latin/Roman culture.

[Larry]

I imagine the things are set up that way in the series because of that relation, yes. How did the Celtic Gods treat their denizens, though? And the "Pagan", I suppose. I know people were worshipping Ba'al in bible times, though I don't know what race he really "belongs" to.

According to Alan G. Hefner who writes for pantheon.org, Baal was common a name of small Syrian and Persian deities. Baal is still principally thought of as a Canaanite fertility deity. The Great Baal was of Canaan. He was the son of El, the high god of Canaan. The cult of Baal celebrated annually his death and resurrection as a part of the Canaanite fertility rituals. These ceremonies often included human sacrifice and temple prostitution. The rest of the article can be found at:

http://www.pantheon.org/articles/b/baal.html

Just in case anybody was intersted.

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What about Hathor, obviously she must have been "not too nice," even if she was the goddess of "sex, drugs and Rock and Roll"?

The Greeks also had a god like that, Dionysus, or Bachus sp? in Latin/Roman culture.

The queens are the worst. They're the evil incarnate that makes the little buggers.