The concept of ultimate good/evil
Aydin
good versus absolute evil came up (or just the idea of absolute
good/evil). I have a vauge idea that it may be with Zoroastrianism
since it describes "the eternal struggle" between Ahura-Mazda and
Ahriman.
I don't see this in greek mythology, there are monsters and heros of
course, but gods certainly don't behave as good role models (to us -
ancient greeks might have considered them examplarery for all I know).
And I don't know many other pantheons (norse, egyptian etc.) to
compare, although gods vs. ice giants in norse myths sounds like a
candidate too.
Aydin
Baird Stafford
> I'm wondering at what point in time in the west the concept of absolute
> good versus absolute evil came up (or just the idea of absolute
> good/evil). I have a vauge idea that it may be with Zoroastrianism
> since it describes "the eternal struggle" between Ahura-Mazda and
> Ahriman.
If the notion appeared any earlier, I don't know of it - though, to be
fair, I believe I've read, somewhere, that Zoroaster may have been no
more than a "prophet" who codified some already extant beliefs.
Blessed be,
Baird
--
Modkin of soc.religion.paganism
Modstaff of alt.religion.wicca.moderated
Newstaff, Inc. at newstaff.com
bkap...@charter.net
chr...@comcast.net
Head East and wait a couple thousand years for Persia & the
Zoroastrians, with Ahura Mazda and Ahriman.
Now why am I thinking that sounds like a cool band line-up?
Chris Siren
Sumerian Mythology FAQ:
http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/sumer-faq.html
Lady Chatterly
chr...@comcast.net <chr...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>Now why am I thinking that sounds like a cool band line-up?
Thanx for the record.
--
Lady Chatterly
"d00d, flaming by 'bots doesn't count. You need to know they're
'bots." -- Jommy Cross