Christian Mythology and Norse Mythology have some striking similarities. [I Love Myths and Legends From All Cultures]
For example:
• Both have an achievable afterlife. However Christianity got its concept of Hell from the Norse belief of Hel.
• Both Jesus and Balder (Norse god of all that is good) die and come back from the dead.
• While the Old Testament doesn’t support the idea of an after life, the Christian Church adopted the idea of Syncretism from the pagans because it was a common belief of the pagans it was trying to convert.
• Both have an achievable afterlife. However Christianity got its concept of Hell from the Norse belief of Hel.
• Both Jesus and Balder (Norse god of all that is good) die and come back from the dead.
• While the Old Testament doesn’t support the idea of an after life, the Christian Church adopted the idea of Syncretism from the pagans because it was a common belief of the pagans it was trying to convert.
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