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<blockquote data-quote="Yaarel" data-source="post: 8514444" data-attributes="member: 58172"><p>Regarding "popular interpretation", it depends on which population one is talking about.</p><p></p><p>A population that is more strictly Bible-oriented will maintain the biblical outlook, which is mainly only humans and one infinite Divinity, where angels are little more than the interaction between the two.</p><p></p><p>But a population that is less Bible-oriented will find ways to make sense of their own local indigenous folkbeliefs.</p><p></p><p>For example, in early modern Scandinavian folkbelief, there is a troll who is a preacher with a congregation of trolls. If I remember the story correctly, he argues that all of the different kinds of trolls (Norway also has many goodlooking trolls) dont need Jesus, because trolls arent humans, and never fell in the way that humans fell. The preacher says, the original Adam had two wives, while in the Garden of Eden. The first wife is Lilith. She is immortal and was never cursed with death. Lilith is the mother of all of the trolls, who are also immortal. Eve is the second wife. Adam and Eve are no longer immortal. They gave birth to all of the humans who are mortal and need of being saved from death.</p><p></p><p>It is amazing that Norway became aware of Rabbinic Jewish midrashic traditions about Lilith and her Shedim offspring. Perhaps it is even more amazing that Norway adapted these Jewish traditions to explain Norwegian culture. The Norwegians were dissatisfied with a Christian theology that made everything either good or evil. The Norwegians wanted to find a biblical way to explain their own animistic traditions, where the beings of nature are capable of both good and bad. The midrash that was based on wilder interpretations of biblical texts offered more space for Norwegian folkbeliefs.</p><p></p><p>Likewise, the cowtail of the Norwegian trolls is also from the Jewish midrash. When humans do evil, the Shedim become more "beastly", with cattle features. But when humans do good, the Shedim become part of the "armies of the heavens and the land", appear more human, and become more helpful. So, in the Norwegian version, the tails fall off. The indigenous Norse animism involving animal shapeshifting made the appearance and disappearance of cattle features a natural fit.</p><p></p><p>So, popular interpretation depends on which population. The Greek-speakers saw the tradition of the Nfilim where a powerful and brutal group were destroyed by the divinity, and thereby blended in their own similar traditions about the Gigantes. These giants have nothing to do with the Bible, but they are important to certain Hellenistic ethnicities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Yaarel, post: 8514444, member: 58172"] Regarding "popular interpretation", it depends on which population one is talking about. A population that is more strictly Bible-oriented will maintain the biblical outlook, which is mainly only humans and one infinite Divinity, where angels are little more than the interaction between the two. But a population that is less Bible-oriented will find ways to make sense of their own local indigenous folkbeliefs. For example, in early modern Scandinavian folkbelief, there is a troll who is a preacher with a congregation of trolls. If I remember the story correctly, he argues that all of the different kinds of trolls (Norway also has many goodlooking trolls) dont need Jesus, because trolls arent humans, and never fell in the way that humans fell. The preacher says, the original Adam had two wives, while in the Garden of Eden. The first wife is Lilith. She is immortal and was never cursed with death. Lilith is the mother of all of the trolls, who are also immortal. Eve is the second wife. Adam and Eve are no longer immortal. They gave birth to all of the humans who are mortal and need of being saved from death. It is amazing that Norway became aware of Rabbinic Jewish midrashic traditions about Lilith and her Shedim offspring. Perhaps it is even more amazing that Norway adapted these Jewish traditions to explain Norwegian culture. The Norwegians were dissatisfied with a Christian theology that made everything either good or evil. The Norwegians wanted to find a biblical way to explain their own animistic traditions, where the beings of nature are capable of both good and bad. The midrash that was based on wilder interpretations of biblical texts offered more space for Norwegian folkbeliefs. Likewise, the cowtail of the Norwegian trolls is also from the Jewish midrash. When humans do evil, the Shedim become more "beastly", with cattle features. But when humans do good, the Shedim become part of the "armies of the heavens and the land", appear more human, and become more helpful. So, in the Norwegian version, the tails fall off. The indigenous Norse animism involving animal shapeshifting made the appearance and disappearance of cattle features a natural fit. So, popular interpretation depends on which population. The Greek-speakers saw the tradition of the Nfilim where a powerful and brutal group were destroyed by the divinity, and thereby blended in their own similar traditions about the Gigantes. These giants have nothing to do with the Bible, but they are important to certain Hellenistic ethnicities. [/QUOTE]
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