Jesus' birth is just one myth. History has been filled with other gods/women, like Attis and Dionysus. Many of the earliest Jesus stories were inspired in part by Egyptian gods. We'll be looking at some of these characters and their stories in this article.
Horus
There is some controversy over the many similarities between Horus & Jesus. Both deities were popular in ancient Egypt and many of their stories are similar to Jesus. Both deities are independent entities. Many Christians consider Jesus the "savior" of humanity, but many Egyptians believed Horus was a literal savior that saved them from deadly scorpions.
Historical evidence points to the similarity of Jesus Christ with Horus. John the Baptist baptized both of them. But they did not have a name to the Baptizer. Jesus was able to name a few more followers than Jesus.
Dionysus
While some Dionysus stories may be similar to Jesus's, others are quite different. Dionysus, the Greek god Dionysus, was not executed like Jesus. His trials were also not as publicized as Jesus'. Dionysus was resurrected by Zeus and Rhea after he died, but Jesus did not die for our sins.
Jesus and Dionysus not only shared common concerns but also shared many similarities with other ancient religious systems. Both shared the notion of divine birth and resurrection as well as celebration. Both religions also included the participation of women and children. An initiation ritual was also part of the cult, which involved a winnowing bag full of phallus. This initiation ritual made a male an initiate or novice, and the initiate would then be reborn.
Attis
Many people have argued that Attis stories are similar to Jesus stories, but this is not the case. In fact, Attis' resurrection myth is quite different. Attis is hanged from a tree and killed before being resurrected three days later. This is according to Greek mythology. Attis' mother, unlike Jesus, is a virgin goddess similar to Virgin Mary.
In one version of this story, Dionysus adds wine to Agdistis’ water. He then puts a rope around Agdistis’s genitals. He wakes up to find fruit from the pomegranate trees. According to Attis stories Cybele, Attis’ mother was the mother of gods and a rival for Mary.
Dionysus' mother
Dionysus, a Greek god, is the god fertility, ritual dancing, and mysticism. He is both mysterious and contradictory and can be both gentle and frightening at the same. Euripedes, an ancient poet described him as "the gentlest of all the fiercest." This Euripides play examines the relationship between the god and the Judeo-Christian tradition.
Dionysus is described in the Odyssey as having a mother named 'Woman. She gave birth to a boy named Dionysus after he was conceived. Semele was his mother. Semele was pregnant with her first child. Her husband discovered the news and sent the child to the sea. Ino in Brasiae raised Dionysus from her body. Later, the plain of Brasiae became known as the garden of Dionysus.
The resurrection of Dionysus
Dionysus' and Jesus' resurrection stories are very similar. Both deities were killed and buried, and resurrected after three days. Although the legend of Dionysus’s death and burial was probably corrupted some aspects of it were shared by both gods. Dionysus' resurrection story is more likely to be based upon an older myth that involved Attis, a god born of Nana. Three days later, he died and was then reborn with the same body. This is similar to Christian beliefs.
The stories of Jesus’ resurrection are very similar. However, they differ from one another. The resurrection story of Dionysus was based on a myth written in the first century AD, more than two thousand years before Jesus was born. The similar story also existed for Prometheus (mythological god of fire & light).