Comments on: Orpheus and Adi Shankara

By: Semantic Overload

Semantic Overload — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:11:37 +0000

@avallark Hah! That is striking! Even the wikipedia article on Naranathu Brandhan mentions the similarity. :)

By: avallark

avallark — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:23:31 +0000

I guess you missed one of the most striking ones.. the story of Sisyphus and Naranathu Brandhan!!

look it up.

By: Righteous Sufferes: Job and Harishchandra | Chronosynclastic Infundibulum

Righteous Sufferes: Job and Harishchandra | Chronosynclastic Infundibulum — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:59:30 +0000

[...] earlier post on the similarity in the stories of Orpheus and Adi Shankara inspired me to look for more, and naturally, I found many. I might, perhaps, write them all down [...]

By: Semantic Overload

Semantic Overload — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:54:37 +0000

@Shankar I doubt that they are coincidences. Joseph Campbell would have strongly objected to the assertion that these are mere coincidences. :) Do you have more examples? Do share!

By: Shankar

Shankar — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:33:38 +0000

Achilles’ heel ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achilles%27_heel ) and Duryodhana’s Thigh ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duryodhana , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gandhari_%28character%29 )

That’s more coincidence I found about 4 months ago.