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joining the new political system (the religious Party of Truth was created in 1990); restoring the spiritual and cultural heritage of Zaydism by opening religious centers and encouraging the tribes to send their youth for education there; preparing for the future fighting (Houthi movement founder Hussein al-Houthi was readying the militia).
Religion and mythology differ in scope but have overlapping aspects. Both are systems of concepts that are of high importance to a certain community, making statements concerning the supernatural or sacred. Generally, mythology is considered one component or aspect of religion.
Comparative mythology is the comparison of myths from different cultures in an attempt to identify shared themes and characteristics. [1] Comparative mythology has served a variety of academic purposes.
Richard August Reitzenstein (2 April 1861, in Breslau – 23 March 1931, in Göttingen) was a German classical philologist and scholar of Ancient Greek religion, hermetism and Gnosticism. He is described by Kurt Rudolph [ 1 ] as “one of the most stimulating Gnostic scholars.”
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Ebu Gogo – Human-like creatures in Indonesian mythology. Engkanto – Elf-like creatures in Philippine mythology most are slender fair skinned and fair hair, some are completely jet black; Garuda – Vishnu's bird-like mount. Ghoul – (Arabian) Monstrous flesh-eating spirits, jinn, or shayatin associated with graveyards.
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The religion takes its name from Zalmoxis or Zamolxe, at the same time the name of the primordial god and the archetype of the enlightened man in Paleo-Balkan mythology. Scholars Bakó and Hubbes (2011) have defined Zalmoxianism, like the other ethnic religious revivals of Europe , as a reconstructionist ethno-paganism.