01-10-2006, 03:27 PM
Sorry Ben Ami,
I know you were also looking for others' input. I just remembered some more bits of Elst's writing that I'd read and thought I'd paste that. Now it's done, I'll wait to read others' posts too.
As an aside, though not quite related to the topic:
Here's something that came from Iranians (and Persians in particular) that is not as well known as it should be: King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. That part of the Arthur myth comes from Iran and was either part of an Iranian legend or was history. Shahan-Shah, the King of Kings - which actually only makes sense in Iran and not in Druidic Wales. The Merlin part is Celtic, the Excalibur sword and lady of the lake is Sarmatian (Russian).
The Romans probably got the story about Arthur and his Knights from their frequent contacts with Persia either in relation to Mithraism or otherwise. When the Romans took it to Britain, all the different contributions merged to create the Welsh myth.
Hauma Hamiddha,
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Christian roman empire in fact waged war on the Iranians declaring them to be polytheists. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->That is very true. I'd also read that the Catholic Church didn't just attack Zoroastrians in Persia but tried to end Zoroastrian influence within its own turf. French king Phillip the Fair (Phillipe le Bel) declared war on the Knights of Templar, by request of the holy church, to purge Christianity of Zoroastrianism. By widely denouncing Zoroaster and his teachings, they persecuted the Templars (who weren't real Zoroastrians, but they definitely had retained influences) and many others. The whole effort was to cut all ties of Chrisitianity to its unwitting parent Zoroastrianism.
The Templars were accused of being Soldiers of .... Mithra. And they were, because the Roman "Soldiers of Mithra" had become "Soldiers of Christ" under Christianity. They were thought to have been Freemasons by religion, which was heavily influenced by Roman Mithraism which in turn came from Persia.
I know you were also looking for others' input. I just remembered some more bits of Elst's writing that I'd read and thought I'd paste that. Now it's done, I'll wait to read others' posts too.
As an aside, though not quite related to the topic:
Here's something that came from Iranians (and Persians in particular) that is not as well known as it should be: King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. That part of the Arthur myth comes from Iran and was either part of an Iranian legend or was history. Shahan-Shah, the King of Kings - which actually only makes sense in Iran and not in Druidic Wales. The Merlin part is Celtic, the Excalibur sword and lady of the lake is Sarmatian (Russian).
The Romans probably got the story about Arthur and his Knights from their frequent contacts with Persia either in relation to Mithraism or otherwise. When the Romans took it to Britain, all the different contributions merged to create the Welsh myth.
Hauma Hamiddha,
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->The Christian roman empire in fact waged war on the Iranians declaring them to be polytheists. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->That is very true. I'd also read that the Catholic Church didn't just attack Zoroastrians in Persia but tried to end Zoroastrian influence within its own turf. French king Phillip the Fair (Phillipe le Bel) declared war on the Knights of Templar, by request of the holy church, to purge Christianity of Zoroastrianism. By widely denouncing Zoroaster and his teachings, they persecuted the Templars (who weren't real Zoroastrians, but they definitely had retained influences) and many others. The whole effort was to cut all ties of Chrisitianity to its unwitting parent Zoroastrianism.
The Templars were accused of being Soldiers of .... Mithra. And they were, because the Roman "Soldiers of Mithra" had become "Soldiers of Christ" under Christianity. They were thought to have been Freemasons by religion, which was heavily influenced by Roman Mithraism which in turn came from Persia.