Mi è piaciuto Halloween quest’anno a Dublino.
Volevo condividere con i miei amici irlandesi alcune somiglianze culturali che ho osservato tra le tradizioni celtiche di Halloween e molte tradizioni indiane.
Capisco, le maschere facciali spaventose, le zucche intagliate e i falò per allontanare gli spiriti maligni sono una parte fondamentale della tradizione celtica.
Tradizioni simili si possono trovare nelle tradizioni indiane per allontanare gli spiriti maligni.
Abbiamo molto in comune, ragazzi!
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di curiously__yours
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I think India and Ireland are really deeply linked and I’ve always felt that, compared to any other European country
[Manchán Magan](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/2024/11/09/manchan-magan-india-and-ireland-share-many-features-that-show-remarkable-commonality-whats-going-on-here/) has a book that goes into the similarities between the two cultures
Both are Proto-Indo-European and there is such a large overlap of the Irish Celtic Pantheon and Vedic Indian Mythologies.
We both have Danu, mother goddess, whose name derives from rivers and water, the primordial source of life (flowing fresh water). This also persists in related cultures, think of the Danube.
You have aspects of The Dagda and Vedic Indra, both kings of their tribes, they control weather, are warriors and have massive appetites (because of vitality and abundance).
The Morrigan and Kali are mirrors for each other.
Ogma and Mitra share functions/parallels.
Aengus as the youthful, handsome god of love, poetry and desire. He’s also Kamadeva the Vedic god of love and desire.
We have bone deep shared literal and cultural “blood”, we are both rooted in the same place.
5000 years ago our cultures began in the same society.
It would be strange things didn’t overlap