Gloomy_Possession-69 t1_ja4u7dv wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in 4,500-year-old Sumerian temple dedicated to mighty thunder god discovered in Iraq. by Rifletree
You've got your timelines quite mixed!
The first evidence of the Sumerian religion is about 6500 years old. The first evidence of the old Norse religion is about 2500 years old. However...
From what I understand, you can trace the origins of Thor to the Proto-Indo-European (PIE) mythology, to the hammer-wielding lightning and thunder god Perkwunos, which also is about 6500 years old.
Despite this, it is currently widely believed that Sumeria and PIE did not mix mythologies, so the connection between their thunder gods is not there (at least according to our current understanding).
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