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<blockquote data-quote="molonel" data-source="post: 3369977" data-attributes="member: 10412">First of all, let's get one thing straight.You said &quot;myth, legend and fantasy literature.&quot;I totally smoked you on that one. So you have no room to be cocky.Nevertheless, since you want to keep refining your question until you get the answer you want, I'll smoke you again.You want a mortal from classic myth or legend? I like how you cleverly removed fantasy literature from the list.)Hercules, Orpheus's wife (until he turned around, and lost her), Lazarus.Asklepios was so skilled of a healer that he raised the dead to life. The Norse Gods were not immortal. That is why they required the Apples of Idunn to renew themselves. So Balder qualifies.I could dig into the Apocrypha and Gnostic literature if I cared. But that's enough examples.Well, for one thing, most world mythologies are not premised on the die once and go to Heaven or Hell theme. So that's a loaded question from the start. In fact, all Eastern mythologies and many pagan mythologies are based on the idea of the eternality of the soul, rather than the Christian fire-and-forget view of the soul. All Eastern myths involve reincarnation. So do most pagan myths. Reincarnation certainly falls under the rubric of Raise Dead, so I'll offer you the takes of the Mahabharata, especially the Bhagavad Gita. As Arjuna rides his chariot between the two approaching armies, he worries about the state of his soul. His chariot driver, who turns out to be Krishna in disguise, tells him not to worry. None of the warriors who face each other will actually die. They will instead be raised again, and live again.Next question?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="molonel, post: 3369977, member: 10412"] First of all, let's get one thing straight. You said "myth, legend and fantasy literature." I totally smoked you on that one. So you have no room to be cocky. Nevertheless, since you want to keep refining your question until you get the answer you want, I'll smoke you again. You want a mortal from classic myth or legend? I like how you cleverly removed fantasy literature from the list.) Hercules, Orpheus's wife (until he turned around, and lost her), Lazarus. Asklepios was so skilled of a healer that he raised the dead to life. The Norse Gods were not immortal. That is why they required the Apples of Idunn to renew themselves. So Balder qualifies. I could dig into the Apocrypha and Gnostic literature if I cared. But that's enough examples. Well, for one thing, most world mythologies are not premised on the die once and go to Heaven or Hell theme. So that's a loaded question from the start. In fact, all Eastern mythologies and many pagan mythologies are based on the idea of the eternality of the soul, rather than the Christian fire-and-forget view of the soul. All Eastern myths involve reincarnation. So do most pagan myths. Reincarnation certainly falls under the rubric of Raise Dead, so I'll offer you the takes of the Mahabharata, especially the Bhagavad Gita. As Arjuna rides his chariot between the two approaching armies, he worries about the state of his soul. His chariot driver, who turns out to be Krishna in disguise, tells him not to worry. None of the warriors who face each other will actually die. They will instead be raised again, and live again. Next question? [/QUOTE]

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