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Religion & War in Myth Cycles

The prevalence of war in important religious texts

Eleanor Konik
Mar 07, 2016
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Battle of Kurukshetra from the Bhagavad Gita.
Battle of Kurukshetra from the Bhagavad Gita.

As I research background for my novel, I’ve noticed that many of the stories from which we’ve gained our understanding of ancient cultures have fundamental similarities. It’s common to find war in religious texts. Though they deal with religion — what we, perhaps unfairly, call mythology — it is always in a v…

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