Within your religious beliefs, do you have any stories about a diety impregnateing a human mother, and having a child?
Were any of these stories recorded before the Christian mythologies Jesus virgin birth story.
2007-03-21 04:10:46 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Oh yeah, Zeus did it all the time. As a swan, a shower of gold (ewwww,) a beam of light, a flame, and a man.
They were all there before the Christians got a version.
2007-03-21 04:15:38 · answer #1 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Several. The "Head" of my pantheon is renowned for it. [Zeus] had many kids like that.
There are also many virgin births, like the Jesus story. As an example, Dionysus and Horus did the same things at least 2 centuries before Jesus [And it was a circulated myth].
2007-03-21 11:26:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Loads of them. The Greek stories had tons - a lot of their "heroes" like Herakles and Perseus were due to the gods dallying with humans. Ireland's greatest hero, Cuchullain, also had the same origins - born of a god and a mortal mother.
AFAIK, they originated prior to the birth of Jesus.
2007-03-22 12:35:38 · answer #3 · answered by ArcadianStormcrow 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The story of Krishna's birth and life is similar to that of Jesus'.
2007-03-21 11:47:23 · answer #4 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Greek mythology has a lot of that, except it seems that Hera was the one who liked to hook up with the humans.
2007-03-21 11:14:34 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋