The matter of language and cult

The matter of language and cult

Sanskrit
The oldest sacred language
Of the Hindus

Zend = old Persian
The oldest sacred language
Of the Iranians

Greek and latin
Old sacred languages
Of the Europeans

All together the Indo-European languages

The Egyptian Hieroglyphic script
The Sumerian Cuneiform script
Copied by Babylonians

Old semitic and non-semitic languages

Comparative philology
(Science of language)

Comparative mythology
(Science of culture)

Two faces of the same coin

But … the comparative studies
Designate the Sumerian writings
As the oldest and often common source so far

Time to reflect on the Sumerians!

And before?

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Image:
The Sumerian king on the peace side of the Standard of Ur