Ancient Egyptians believed in second life, Reward and Punishment
We will sail here in their history and symbols to try to find out what's the story about every one of them.
The myth of Ancient Greece has a very interesting story about human existence, with iconic gods and goddesses who controlled the destiny of the mortals.Let's try to sail in their stories and try to live the drama which was created be Greek minds.
People worshipped many different gods in ancient China. Some of these gods have been worshipped since the Shang Dynasty (about 2000 BC). Others became popular later on..
In the 11th century, chronicler Adam of Bremen records in his Gesta Hammaburgensis Ecclesiae Pontificum that a statue of Thor, who Adam describes as "mightiest", sits in the Temple at Uppsala in the center of a triple throne (flanked by Woden and "Fricco") located in Gamla Uppsala, Sweden. Adam details that "Thor, they reckon, rules the sky; he governs thunder and lightning, winds and storms, fine weather and fertility" and that "Thor, with his mace, looks like Jupiter". Adam details that the people of Uppsala had appointed priests to each of the gods, and that the priests were to offer up sacrifices. In Thor's case, he continues, these sacrifices were done when plague or famine threatened. Earlier in the same work, Adam relays that in 1030 an English preacher, Wulfred, was lynched by assembled Germanic pagans for "profaning" a representation of Thor.
Two objects with runic inscriptions invoking Thor date from the 11th century, one from England and one from Sweden. The first, the Canterbury Charm from Canterbury, England, calls upon Thor to heal a wound by banishing a thurs. The second, the Kvinneby amulet, invokes protection by both Thor and his hammer.
Now let's watch the episode about Thor
