Dying-and-rising god
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title:
Dying-and-rising god
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A dying-and-rising god, life–death–rebirth deity, or resurrection deity is a religious motif in which a god or goddess dies and is resurrected. Examples of gods who die and later return to life are most often cited from the religions of the ancient Near East. The traditions influenced by them include the Greco-Roman mythology.
The concept of a dying-and-rising god was first proposed in comparative mythology by James Frazer's seminal The Golden Bough (1890). Frazer associated the motif with ferti
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Religious motif in which a deity dies and is resurrected
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dying-and-rising_god
date created:
2002-09-25T08:19:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-03T12:29:39Z
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