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      <title>The Dying God by Jakie Garibay</title>
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      <description>A god who dies and is reborn; this metaphorical death is for a higher purpose and results in otherworldly knowledge or rebirth for the community</description>
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      <pubDate>2025-03-26 18:08:58 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Osiris</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Osiris was drowned in a chest created by his envious brother Seth, who tore the corpse into 14 pieces and scattered them over Egypt. Isis and Nephthys found all of Osiris pieces and with the help of Anubis, Thoth, and Horus resurrected Osiris where he remained in the underworld as ruler and judge. This violent death and resurrection are a trait of a Dying God. </p><p>Osiris is a playable character in the game Smite with powers reflecting his mythological role as the Egyptian god of the afterlife, resurrection, and judgment. His power includes preventing healing while his Judgement Tether stuns his enemies.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 15:39:52 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jesus</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Jesus has one of the most well-known dying and resurrection stories. In Jesus's violent death, he was stripped and then nailed to the cross;  above him at the top of the cross was placed the condemnatory inscription stating his crime of professing to be King of the Jews. His violent death and resurrection categorizes Jesus into the Dying God category.</p><p>Jesus's presence in pop culture can be seen in movies and television like The Son of God" (2014), "Killing Jesus" (2015), "Last Days in the Desert" (2015), "Risen" (2016), "The Young Messiah" (2016), and "Mary Magdalene" (2018) are some examples of films that have featured Jesus in various ways. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 15:46:49 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Adonis</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Adonis, a hunter beloved by Aphrodite, was killed by a wild boar in Artemis's domain. Devastated by the loss of her lover, Aphrodite pleaded with Zeus to restore his life. In response, Zeus declared that Adonis would spend half of each year with her and the other half in the underworld with Persephone. Adonis's tragic end and resurrection fall into the archetype of the Dying God. </p><p>"The central idea of the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" class="md-crosslink autoxref " href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/myth">myth</a> is that of the death and resurrection of Adonis, which represent the decay of nature every winter and its revival in spring. He is thus viewed by modern scholars as having originated as an ancient spirit of vegetation" (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica).</p><p><br/></p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 15:51:33 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Balder</title>
         <author>jgariba3</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/jgariba3/nyke2szgbkiv5sj9/wish/3389538040</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>In the Norse tale, the gods amused themselves by throwing objects at Balder, knowing that he was immune from harm. The blind god Höd, deceived by the evil Loki, killed Balder by hurling mistletoe, the only thing that could hurt him. His tragic end and unsuccessful resurrection due to Loki's meddling make Balder a Dying God. </p><p>"Though, if you ask the other gods, they'll point out something very interesting, isn't Loki, who's the worst, a shapeshifter And have you ever seen him and Thokk in the same to room? Just Saying. These are the reasons Loki Is the worst" (CrashCourse 5:28).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 15:54:41 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Dionysus</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>As an infant, Dionysus was torn to pieces, cooked, and eaten by the evil Titans. Athena saved his heart, allowing Zeus, through Semele, to resurrect Dionysus. Zeus then struck the Titans with lightning, consuming them in fire. His violent birth and death,  followed by his resurrection make him a Dying God. </p><p>"Athena managed to save the child’s heart and brought it to Zeus, who swallowed it. Zeus punished the Titans for their crime by blasting them into soot with his thunderbolts" (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 15:59:45 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Tammuz</title>
         <author>jgariba3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Ishtar is the mother goddess of fertility, who mourned her lover Tammuz. Tammus was the god of fertility, embodying the powers for new life in nature in the spring. For six months, Ishtar ventured into the realm of the dead, causing the earth to lose its fertility. Tammuz followed his lover, dying each winter. In spring, the underworld goddess Allatu permitted their resurrection with the Water of Life, once again restoring life and vegetation to earth. Nature's seasonal cycle of death and rebirth, along with the death and resurrection of the couple, fall into the Dying God archetype. </p><p>"The texts suggest that in Assyria (and later among the Sabaeans), Tammuz was basically viewed as the power in the grain, dying when the grain was milled" (The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 16:08:35 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Quetzalcoatl </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>In Toltec mythology, Quetzalcóatl is linked with the brightest star (Venus) in the ancient sky that appeared to “rise” from the Sun, like Quetzalcóatl rising from his funeral pyre. Quetzalcóatl is the god of death and rebirth, who descended to the underworld to collect the bones necessary to make the first human beings.</p><p>"In general, he is considered the god of wisdom, the god of the Aztec ritual calendar, the god of corn and maize, and oftentimes a symbol of death and resurrection" (Kerkhof).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 16:27:46 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Lemminkäinen</title>
         <author>jgariba3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Lemminkainen is killed with a hollow reed, but in other versions, he is killed with a snake. In all tales, he is killed with the only weapon against which he is defenseless. After his death, his mother goes to great lengths to retrieve his body. She succeeds in retrieving his body, but her attempts to revive him are only successful in a few versions.</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 16:31:06 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Ganesha</title>
         <author>jgariba3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Ganesha is the patron deity of intellectuals, bankers, scribes, and authors. He embodies the traits of a Dying God, as he is reborn in a new form, as described in the quote below.</p><p>"One of the best-known myths, however, begins with Parvati taking a bath and longing for someone to keep Shiva from barging in on her, as was his habit. As she bathes, she kneads the dirt that she rubs off her body into the shape of a child, who comes to life. But when Shiva sees the handsome young boy—or when the inauspicious planet Saturn (Shani) glances at him, in some variants of the myth that attempt to absolve Shiva of the crime—he or one of his attendants cuts off the child’s head" (Doniger).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 16:45:26 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Xipe Totec</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Xipe Totec is the Aztec god of spring, fertility, and regeneration. He is the divine embodiment of life emerging from the dead land and of new plants sprouting from their seeds. Xipe Totec conveys the concept of death and rebirth by wearing the flayed skin of a sacrificial victim during the corn-planting festival, ritually enacting the death-and-renewal cycle of the earth. The cycle of death and rebirth makes Xipe Totec a Dying God. </p><p>"In this sculpture, the face of a living being is seen behind the mouth and eye openings of the sacrificial victim, whose skin is laced together by cords at the back of the wearer’s skull. Similar lacing is also seen on the chest, amid the vigorously articulated body covering. This clay sculpture of Xipe closely resembles Aztec stone figures in the smooth modeling, sturdy body, and rounded lips and eyes" (Xipe Totec: Kimbell Art Museum).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 16:58:28 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Freyr</title>
         <author>jgariba3</author>
         <link>https://padlet.com/jgariba3/nyke2szgbkiv5sj9/wish/3389632799</link>
         <description><![CDATA[<p>Freyr is the Norse god of peace and prosperity, associated with male virility, sunshine, and fair weather. He is often depicted as the fairest of the gods, a noble warrior, and a romantic.&nbsp;</p><p>"Famous for his accoutrements, which included a magical ship, a golden boar, and sword that fought on its own, Freyr was fated to die in mortal combat during Ragnarök" (Apel).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 17:13:39 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Astarte</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Astarte is the goddess of love, sex, war, and hunting. She is often depicted with horses and chariots after her arrival in Egypt, and as a beautiful naked woman, sometimes with wings or horns, she is also associated with the dove, bee, and lion. Astarte is linked to the death and rebirth of nature. In some variations, she is associated with the seasonal death of vegetation and the subsequent rebirth of crops and fertility in spring.</p><p><em>"Astarte</em> is the Greek form of the Canaanite <em>Athart</em> and the Phoenician <em>Ashtart</em> both of which derive from the <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/akkadian/"><strong>Akkadian</strong></a> <em>Asdartu</em> referencing the goddess Ishtar" (Mark).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 17:41:54 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Jarilo </title>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>In the myth, Jarilo was born as the snows melted and the world began to bloom in the spring. He was hidden away in the criminal underworld for a long time, maturing into a powerful Slavic god and was said to be very attractive. Jarilo's connection to nature and experience of the natural cycle of life and death drop him into the dying god archetype. </p><p>"As the summer drew to a close and the leaves began to fall, Jarilo was ripped asunder by his envious father. His remains were dispersed across the landscape, and his soul had gone to the underworld to spend the long, dark winter months there" (Mplgmp).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 17:56:23 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Marzanna </title>
         <author>jgariba3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Marzanna represents the coming of winter and is one of three seasonal sisters representing the cycle of life and death. Marzanna is also a fate goddess whose arrival signifies misfortune, creates nightmares, and mischievously fiddles with a woman's spinning.&nbsp;Her connection to nature as a symbol of winter and death makes her a Dying God.</p><p>"As spring nears, the feast of Maslenitsa is held, in which people dress a straw maiden in rags, carry her through town into the fields, and burn her in effigy, or drown her in a river or pond. The effigy represents Marzanna, and the burning or destruction of the effigy represents the banishing of winter from the land. The drowning is her disappearance into the underworld" (Hirst).</p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 18:03:42 UTC</pubDate>
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         <title>Eshmun </title>
         <author>jgariba3</author>
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         <description><![CDATA[<p>Eshmun has a great origin tale as a young man, and in an attempt to escape Astarte's advances, he mutilated himself and died. Astarte did not like this and used her vital heat to bring him back to life with the attributes of a god. His death and resurrection gave this healing god the role of a fertility and vegetation god that dies and is reborn annually. </p><p>This connection to nature and fertility, along with his tragic death and resurrection, makes him a dying god. </p>]]></description>
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         <pubDate>2025-03-31 18:21:56 UTC</pubDate>
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