Pete Jones
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The Nations of Jacob and Esau are theologically, cosmically important:
In the biblical narrative, the Edomites are depicted as Israel’s bitter, treacherous "brother" nation.
They are Objects of Divine Wrath:
Due to their treatment of Israel, biblical prophets like Obadiah, Ezekiel, and Malachi characterize Edom as a nation destined for total divine judgment and eventual desolation. |
I think you will accept without proof that the Israelites are theologically, cosmically important to the Israelites.
Horus and Set are theologically, cosmically, important:
| In Egyptian theology, Horus and Set represent the two necessary, opposing forces of the universe—order (Ma'at) and chaos (Isfet). They are frequently depicted together in temple carvings binding the plants of Upper and Lower Egypt to show unification. In this symbolic sense, they are "cosmic brothers"—two halves of a single, functioning universe that cannot exist without one another. |
Here's my question. If these are retellings of the same story, which is older? Or, which is closer to the source? Since I doubt all chronological claims, I think the storytelling itself might be a guide.
So, if your two warring chimera-like gods are thought of as opposing philosophical concepts, are they likely to be more or less ancient?
If your two warring characters are just brothers who become the patriarchs of actual human societies, is their story likely to be the foundational story that later philosophies are built on? Or is it more likely a degraded, localized, concretized version of the grander narrative?
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Per AI, Wikipedia, and all the myth books I can get my hands on, Jacob, Horus, and Mars have never been linked together by any scholar. But I suspect I'll find it eventually. Considering how important the Patriarchs of the Old Testament are to a billion people, I think this is minorly important
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