tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post2229873503397041565..comments2024-03-18T19:30:48.757+05:30Comments on Ancient Inquiries: The Legendary Exploits of Hercules-Balarama in Rome, Egypt, and BabylonBibhu Dev Misrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-7034949620431461302021-01-06T13:14:12.193+05:302021-01-06T13:14:12.193+05:30Hello Vasudha,
You can write to me at bibhumisra@g...Hello Vasudha,<br />You can write to me at bibhumisra@gmail.com. I will be happy to provide any inputs that you may need. Bibhu Dev Misrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-14005574349140482092020-12-31T23:16:07.981+05:302020-12-31T23:16:07.981+05:30Namaste Mishraji, I am Vasudha from Hyderabad. You...Namaste Mishraji, I am Vasudha from Hyderabad. Your articles are soo enlightening. I want to know more from you. My mail vasusidh@gmail.com. i am interested to do research. May i contact you. Please give your mail ID Thank youVasudhahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08099295387290496792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-56940062494447203372017-06-18T12:36:34.171+05:302017-06-18T12:36:34.171+05:30Maybe refresh the page or clear your browser cache...Maybe refresh the page or clear your browser cache.Commonwealth Vapeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969145200510241077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-18876153742686867412015-02-26T00:13:02.617+05:302015-02-26T00:13:02.617+05:30Thanks Samit. The sidebar appear fine in Mozilla, ...Thanks Samit. The sidebar appear fine in Mozilla, Chrome and IE 11. I dont know why it does not appear in IE 9. Could be an issue with the blogger platform. Thanks for letting me know, although there's not much I can do about it.<br /><br />BibhuBibhu Dev Misrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-17736840964566112402015-02-25T09:48:25.969+05:302015-02-25T09:48:25.969+05:30Bibhu .. Thanks for the articles .. I am going thr...Bibhu .. Thanks for the articles .. I am going through yourblog.<br />Just wanted to point out that the sidebar for recent posts is not showing the recent entries. It is blank.<br />I am using IE Version 9.0<br /><br />SamitAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-67662746062473729212014-08-10T15:22:07.185+05:302014-08-10T15:22:07.185+05:30Dear Martin,
Thank you for your interesting the in...Dear Martin,<br />Thank you for your interesting the insightful comments. Here are some of my thoughts on the points you raised:<br /><br />1. The connections between Gilgamesh and Hercules-Balarama are very interesting. A couple of more points: Gilgamesh was in search of a plant that granted immortality, and Hercules too, later on in his life had become very interested in medicinal plants. Gilgamesh is sometimes shown holding a lion and a snake, both of which are symbols of Hercules-Balarama.<br /><br />2. It is interesting that Balaam means a shaman/priest even as far as Mesomamerica, and the Balaam wears the lion skin/panther hide. This is yet another evidence of a migration to Mesomamerica in the distant past, after c. 4000 BC.<br /><br />3. In the Indian context, the stories of Balarama-Krishna are set in the Dwapara Yuga around c. 4000 BC, when humans were supposed to be much bigger, stronger, wiser, and spiritually aware. Needless to say, the phenomenal accomplishments of Hercules implies that he must have been a giant of a man. It is interesting to note that even in alchemical traditions the giant man carries an uprooted tree.<br /><br />4. There may be connection between Hercules-Balarama and King Arthur, which needs to be investigated in more detail. Regarding the Egyptian pharaoh, I have explored the symbolism of the pharaoh in much more detail in part 2 of this article. I will keep you posted when it is published.<br /><br />Best,<br />BibhuBibhu Dev Misrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-15733943580093234922014-08-10T12:50:21.555+05:302014-08-10T12:50:21.555+05:30Thousand thanks, dear Bibhu, for this great resear...Thousand thanks, dear Bibhu, for this great research and excellent Exposition of facts and relations!!<br /> <br />Comment1:<br />The lions hide, Club and killed Monster comes up as well with Gilgamesh, King.of Uruk, a great Traveller etc.He reminds me the "Two Brothers" scheme (Gilgamesh+Enkidu)<br /> <br />Comment 2<br />The Lions Skin viz. panther's hide was a symbol of magical strength of the shamans: in Egypt, in Africa, in Meso-America, where Baalam means a magician/initiate priest/Prophet -- as was Bileam / Balaam in the Old Testament.<br /> <br />Comment 3<br />These "mythic" figures must be seen as giants - the deeds of Herakles & Co are of that size; and on Picture 3 of your actual article, we see Balram with a normal human of normal size on the margin -- the size like up to the knees of the Hero-God, as is related by myths etc. (This size also corresponds to the higth of church and temple entrances!!)<br /> <br />Comment 4:<br />The giant (or heroic figure) in western Tradition also carries an uprooted tree, as shows the iconography of "Christophoros" and the "Wild Man", or "Man of the Woods" in Alchemy..<br /> <br />Comment 5:<br />Melkart, read as mailk-art, (with "ART" for "BEAR", might be connected to occidental King Arthur -- a Great King surely connected to the Emblem of a bear (strength, size, fertility of Nature a.s.f.) By the way, you ddn't mention the Pharao's "responsibility" for the fertility of the land and harvest ...<br /> <br />Comment 6:<br />The language in those times was surely no greater Problem than today:Firstly, there was still the common language that later became Pelasgian; and then, "Great Travellers" knew languages as well as do today's researchers .....<br /><br />Martin P. SteinerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-80811826738078018882014-08-06T20:25:19.122+05:302014-08-06T20:25:19.122+05:30You are saying that someone of Balaram's capab...You are saying that someone of Balaram's capability, who was regarded as an incarnation of Vishnu, could not have been multilingual? In any case the world was much more homogenous back then, and the language diversity may not have been as great as now.Bibhu Dev Misrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15388473714672380058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6864653463177413678.post-19430401360425071282014-08-06T19:51:49.653+05:302014-08-06T19:51:49.653+05:30Sir I was just thinking that was'nt language a...Sir I was just thinking that was'nt language a communication problem for Balram?Maha Yogihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06516371938808642077noreply@blogger.com