Re: The God Satan
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:30 am
Loki veneration was part of the serpent worship culture. In the myths its Loki's daughter Hel who is responsible for Odin and other Frey becoming immortals. They usually marry Hel and Hel is shown as the goddess Shakti in her kingdom that represents the root chakra. The word Luck comes from Loki, and one must create their own Luck by spiritual practices in the ancient world.
White Mage wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 6:50 am Interestingly, in Slavic mythology, Perun and Veles are considered to be the same as Odin and Loki in terms of their characterization. Both are brothers, one being a trickster serpent that opposes the thunder diety. However, there's plenty of sources that show Veles was worshipped and respected all across Russia and Eastern Europe. Sometimes he was depicted as a great serpent or dragon, which ties back to the kundulini serpent life force. He was also a god that represented, among other things, cattle, harvests, money, magick, and trickery. The god of the world, if you will.
To further the comparison, Veles could be related to Vala, who opposed Indra.
Christians tried to turn him Veles into a devil like figure, although that hasn't stuck as much as Loki or Set being the devil-figure. He's also connected to St. Nicholas (Santa), for giving gifts and being mischievous. Definitely is interesting that the Christianization of Loki has succeeded, whereas the Christian attempts to corrupt his Slavic equivalent, Veles, seems to have somewhat failed.
TLDR: If Veles, Loki's Slavic version, was worshipped (which there is plenty of evidence that he was), we could conclude that Loki likely was worshipped as well considering all indo-European pagan faiths are derived from a common root. Would you agree Don?