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Originally Posted by Disinfo Agent
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But why did the earliest astronomical traditions identify the gods as planets?
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That might be tricky to do, especially for Hinduism... and Shintoism... and the polynesian gods ... and native Americans... and ... (I could go on)
Come to think of it, not even the ones we normally call 'ancients' limited themselves enough to fit their gods to the planets. Not the Romans, not the Greek, definitely not the Egyptians. I can't really say for the Sumerians, but perhaps they didn't have enough imagination.