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get_rhythm t1_ja4l4de wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq. by Rifletree

I think most cultures with pantheons had a thunder God, right? Pretty much any type of weather phenomenon usually had an associated God.

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AlpineCorbett t1_ja4y7t1 wrote

When you don't understand electromagnetic forces but you do know the sky lights up and screams at you sometimes, well that's a good basis for a deity. Most ancient cultures have one.

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IAmtheHullabaloo t1_ja506w2 wrote

And there is the Angry Eye Ball in the sky. You can't even look at it.

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AlpineCorbett t1_ja51959 wrote

Extremely eldritch.

Gives life, blinds you by looking at it, tears your skin apart on a molecular level, unaware of our existence....

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Muggaraffin t1_ja5572g wrote

It is weird to think what people must have made of the sun back then, or even just a few centuries back. Before they even understood the concept of space, and instead just knew of the 'above us'. And like you said, angry eye ball. Just some large bright white hole in the sky that hurts to look at. Imagining a kind of Sauron figure makes total sense :/

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