Look at the parts of the world that don’t have empires, don’t have kings. The Native Americans have Coyote. The aboriginal australians have the Rainbow Serpent. The Polynesians have Maui. Not tyrants.
Now look at the parts of the world that do have human tyrants. The Greeks have Zeus. The Egyptians have Ramses. The Mayans had Kukulkan. People worship gods that resemble their own leaders and their own natural environment.
The only exception to drag’s theory is Asia. China had huge empires, but Buddha isn’t a tyrant. Maybe the Jade Emperor is; drag doesn’t know as much about Tao as drag would like. Anyone got reading suggestions for getting into Taoist mythology? (Other than Journey To The West. Already love that story)
The aztec had Quetzalcoatl. The maya had Kukulkan.
Thank you. Drag always struggles with those two. If you’d like to share any more knowledge, drag would eagerly listen.
They always downvote people like us. Hug.
Both represent the feathered serpent god, which is usually depicted as a dragon-like figure.
So it’s a difference of language? Or are there other distinctions?
Kind of like Zeus and Jupiter refer to the same god, just through a Greek versus Roman lens
Exactly, it’s even predated by an olmec bird-snake/dragon god, but we don’t know how it was called then.