I am trying to make a family tree, It goes well until I get to my ancestor Vala Beldagsson. But it says his father is the Norse God Baldr, and his father Odin and then says Odin's father is some king named Frithuwald, and his father is a king named Freothalaf. It goes all the way back to some Ethiopian king named Memnon. In between to it says that they all either lived in Troy or in Asgard, Norway. Now, In find this harder to believe when I follow and worship in a reconstruction of Norse religion (I don't like saying Asatru). What do I do?
they believed the ancestors were believed to be closer to the gods.
gods, spirits and ancestors
Shintoism.
To give a gift to the gods and ancestors.
That is what there religion is and that's what there ancestors have told them
gods, spirits and ancestors
Buddhists do not worship their ancestors or any gods. They might revere their ancestors for being good people or good examples..
Shintoism.
Ceremonies
"In the Shang Dynasty (about 2000 BC), the earliest period we know much about, people in China worshipped a lot of differentgods - weather gods and sky gods - and also a higher god who ruled over the other gods, called Shang-Ti. People who lived during the Shang Dynasty also believed that their ancestors - their parents and grandparents - became like gods when they died, and that their ancestors wanted to be worshipped too, like gods. Each family worshipped their own ancestors..."
"In the Shang Dynasty (about 2000 BC), the earliest period we know much about, people in China worshipped a lot of differentgods - weather gods and sky gods - and also a higher god who ruled over the other gods, called Shang-Ti. People who lived during the Shang Dynasty also believed that their ancestors - their parents and grandparents - became like gods when they died, and that their ancestors wanted to be worshipped too, like gods. Each family worshipped their own ancestors..."
The Aztec's mythology consisted of gods from their earlier ancestors, ones they created themselves, and the gods of tribes they conquered.