I'm now reading "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hinduism" by Linda Johnsen. In chapter two she makes a case for the Indo-European homeland being in Northern India, with all other I.E. people originating there.
This is an interesting theory. Earlier in the chapter she mentions the similarities between Hindu and Norse mythology: Indra=Thor, Asura=Æsir, the world tree, etc.According to some Hindu researchers, tribes the Veda calls the Prithus, Parsus, Druhyus, and Alinas may be the Parthians, Persians, Druids, and Hellenes (the Greeks). The Veda says all these groups lived in India at one time. It also explains that many communities migrated out of India. Might northern India be the original homeland of the Indo-European peoples?
It will take years to sort out the complex historical issues involved here. For now, no one knows for sure. Still, it's intriguing to think there's a slim possibility that the fascination some Westerners feel for Hindu religion may be an unconscious attraction toward their own spiritual homeland.
What to you think about this? Are the similarities exaggerated? Or is it possible that European people and mythology could have both originated in India?Those of us of European descent for the most part junked our old gods when Christianity came to town. The Hindus never got on board with Christianity. They're still worshipping our old gods.
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