Re:The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)
by cjsthompson on Sunday May 10, 2015 @06:13PM
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As expected, European native beliefs (and their link to hinduism) are not even mentioned.
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Re:The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)
by hereandthere2 on Sunday May 10, 2015 @08:58PM
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Im interested in this link between hinduism and European native beliefs. A quick google search didn't lead to anything authoritative. Do you know where more info could be found?
Re:The World Religions Tree (huge visualization)
by skissane on Monday May 11, 2015 @01:45AM
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In theory Hinduism, Zoroastrianism, and the ancient Greek, Roman, Germanic, Celtic, Norse, etc, religions, are all descended from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Indo-European_religion - however, that is so long ago, by the time we get to the historical period, they have diverged a lot, both due to their own organic development in different directions, and also due to the influence of differing non-Indo-European cultures - such as Dravidian culture in the case of Hinduism; Semitic and Sumerian cultures in the case of Zoroastrianism; Etruscan culture in the case of the Romans