The THeme of Death and Resurrection

      Of course, this story of disappearance and revival of the sun goddess may be one of those that dealt with the universal theme of death and resurrection. Watching an eclipse of the sun in the Heaven, ancient people must have scared the death of the sun and have been relieved its revival after the deep darkness. Besides, some scholars have insisted that the ritual of the Pharaoh in the ancient Egypt, the Stone Circle and other Oriental sanctuaries should have been related to revolution of the sun, especially in the vernal equinox, the summer solstice and winter solstice. And also, we may regard the Resurrection of Christ as one of such stories.

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