Agni ancient animal antiquity Apollo argument Aryan Balder believe Bhagavat birth borrowed Brahmans century child Christ Christian Christism Church cited Compare conception connection criticism crucified cult definition deity difficulty Diodorus Siculus Dionysos divine doctrine early Egypt Egyptian ethic explain fact father festival fiction figure finally find first Frazer Goddess Gods gospel Greek heaven Hebrew Herakles Hermes hierology Hindu historical idea identified India Indian Indra influence Isis Jesus Jewish Jews Krishna Krishnaism later legend lore Lorinser Luke Mahabharata Megasthenes Miiller miracle Mithra moral mother Muller myth mythic mythologist mythology narrative origin Osiris Pagan passage Pausanias Plutarch Preller primitive principle probably Professor Purana reason regard religion religious represented ritual Roman sacred sacrifice savage scientific Semites seven significance solar story Sun-God supposed symbol Talmud teaching theory Tiele trans usage Veda Weber word worship writes Yahweh Zeus