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Free Natural Philosopher & Comparative Mythologist
With reference to the deification of planets.
The original Greek planetary names derived from their natural appearances and motions.
1) Phainon , ”the shiner” = The later Roman Saturn
2) Phaethon, “bright” = The later Roman Jupiter
3) Pyroeis “the fiery” = The later Roman Mars
4) Phosphoros, “the light bringer” = The later Roman Venus
5) Stilbon, “the gleamer” = The later Roman Mercury
“Today, most people in the western world know the planets by names derived from the Olympian pantheon of gods. Although modern Greeks still use their ancient names for the planets, other European languages, because of the influence of the Roman Empire and, later, the Catholic Church, use the Roman (Latin) names rather than the Greek ones".
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If you google: "ancient myth+planetary names", the Roman Empire indirect deification of planets is mentioned all over the places and all myths of the Olympus and Pantheon are ascribed to planets and today, scholars just accepts the nonsense that planets can resemble ancient deities (forces) of creation. Even in encyclopedia this nonsense is repeated again and again.
It´s really tragicomic! Just by reading the myths which today are popularly connected to planets, anyone can see the that planets cannot look like female or male figures and deities, and when sticking firmly to the mythical contexts and contents, there is NO WAY that planets fits the mythical context. This isn´t just tragicomic. It´s down right stupid.
-------------------------Lot of astronomical and cosmological confusions are taking place in books and encyclopedia, because authors and scholars aren´t aware that ancient Myths of Creation deals with real astronomical and cosmological matters in the Milky Way.
Thus confusing:
#8 The Solar System planets to be equal with the Olympian/Pantheon deities.
These academic confusions of course distorts both the mythical telling and its astronomical and cosmological meanings, and it of course creates further confusions when debaters discuss the mythological and cosmological matters.
The original Greek planetary names derived from their natural appearances and motions.
1) Phainon , ”the shiner” = The later Roman Saturn
2) Phaethon, “bright” = The later Roman Jupiter
3) Pyroeis “the fiery” = The later Roman Mars
4) Phosphoros, “the light bringer” = The later Roman Venus
5) Stilbon, “the gleamer” = The later Roman Mercury
“Today, most people in the western world know the planets by names derived from the Olympian pantheon of gods. Although modern Greeks still use their ancient names for the planets, other European languages, because of the influence of the Roman Empire and, later, the Catholic Church, use the Roman (Latin) names rather than the Greek ones".
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If you google: "ancient myth+planetary names", the Roman Empire indirect deification of planets is mentioned all over the places and all myths of the Olympus and Pantheon are ascribed to planets and today, scholars just accepts the nonsense that planets can resemble ancient deities (forces) of creation. Even in encyclopedia this nonsense is repeated again and again.
It´s really tragicomic! Just by reading the myths which today are popularly connected to planets, anyone can see the that planets cannot look like female or male figures and deities, and when sticking firmly to the mythical contexts and contents, there is NO WAY that planets fits the mythical context. This isn´t just tragicomic. It´s down right stupid.
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