Sun worship began. Sun was disk with spokes. Organized religion, religious ceremonies, and priests began. Ship carried the Sun.
Sky-god bull, ram, stallion, or boar is a procreation symbol. Sky-god ax or thunderbolt symbolizes power. Sky-god sword or spear is a procreation symbol. The idea of marriage of sky god with earth goddess began.
Gods spoke, were intelligent, had human passions, and were moral.
Priests replaced shamans, as year and seasons became important. It had sacrifices. Ancestor worship had dolmen stone graves. The myth of a divine animal, man, or woman that dies to give edible plants to people began. The myth of an Earth goddess of fertility and the dead began. The myth of a great serpent of rain, wind, new foods, and wisdom began. The myth of a door to the land of the dead began.
Ashur is principal god of war and empire.
Ea was god of air. Main gods were god of wisdom and god of water. Other gods were god of the plow, goddess of fertility, and goddess of war. Tiamat, Tibir, Tagtug, or Tibiria was a fish-woman and main Sumer goddess. She was similar to Tanit of Phoenicia, Anat of Sumer, Isis, and Gaia. Sumer had temples, sacrifices, and spring festival. Kings were also priests. The idea of afterlife began.
Potnia is main Crete and Mycenae goddess and Poseidon's mother.
Tabiti is main Celt goddess. Lorelei is a Celtic fish-woman {mermaid}, who lured men to danger. Mermaids are Celtic in origin. Druids believed in immortality and angels.
Mannus, first man and Tuisto's son, started the Germanic tribes Ingvaeones, Irminones, and Istvaeones. Tuisto, Tuisco, Thuisco, or Thuiskon, derived from the number two, started all Germanic tribes, as a hermaphrodite. Perhaps, he/she was the giant Ymir. Mannaz or Manwaz means human being in Proto-Germanic, from Proto-Indo-European man.
Astarte was goddess of love and fertility. Her consort was Adonis.
Cybele was the gods' mother and a fertility goddess. Her consort was Attis.
A new religion {Orphic religion} developed from Bacchus cults. Metis was creator. Zeus was chief god.
Wodan was god of the dead, magic, inspiration, and war. Tiwaz was god of sky, law, and battlefield. Alaisiagae were female spirits of battle under the war god. Later, Alaisiagae became Valkyries.
Delphic Oracle had advised against fighting Persians, but Greece won, and Apollo cult declined.
He lived 1796 to 1867.
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