Olympus: An Indian Retelling of the Greek Myths - Devdutt Pattanaik
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Classics
Greek
Hellenism
Hinduism
India
Mythology
Myths
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Olympus is the home of the Greek gods, much like Amravati of the Hindu devas.
Zeus, leader of Olympians, wields a thunderbolt like Indra and rides an eagle like Vishnu.
The feats of the Greek hero Heracles, known to Romans as Hercules, reminded many of Krishna, as did his name, “Hari-kula-esha” or lord of the Hari clan.
The Greek epic of a husband sailing across the sea with a thousand ships to bring his wife, Helen, back from Troy seems strikingly similar to the story of Ram rescuing Sita from Lanka.
Is there a connection between Greek and Hindu mythology then? Does it have something to do with a common Indo-European root? Or maybe an exchange of ideas in the centuries that followed the arrival of Alexander the Great, when Greek emissaries travelled to the kingdoms of Mathura and Magadha?
In this book, mythologist Devdutt Pattanaik turns his attention to ancient Greek tales and explores a new world of stories. Long have Europeans and Americans retold Indic mythologies. It is time for Indians to reverse the gaze.
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This post has 3 comments with rating of 3/5
May 10th, 2022
Oh great, another Hindutva attempt to co-opt the histories and traditions of others by inventing non-existant associations with nonsensical Hindu fairy tales.
When you have no history, you have to invent it.
July 25th, 2023
Hedgehog, you do realize the exact same thing can (and should) be said about Christianity? Hinduism emerged in India around 3000 years ago. The spread of nonsensical Christian fairy tales didn’t begin until the 1st century CE. Any student of ancient religion can say the exact same things about every other religion codified millennia ago.
Also your use of the term Hindutva is incorrect. Hindutva is a modern political ideology, not Hinduism.
Every prominent religion can be traced back to the Epic of Gilgamesh, which was assembled from oral traditions around 2000 BCE, and is the ancestor of modern religion.
So applying your derisive “logic,” when you have no religion of your own, you have to steal it.
December 18th, 2024
Please seed! I’m really interested in reading this wonderful retelling. Thank you!
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