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This is an interactive, ongoing project designed to explore everyone's creativity. The central theme is mythology & the object is to add in your own creative way a bit to the project...be it a picture, a poem, a story, music or a video...it just has to have some relevence to the central theme of mythology as well as to Battlestar Galactica (please namecheck BSG)...just bear this in mind: There are those who believe...that life here began out there, far across the Universe...with tribes of humans...who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians...or the Toltecs...or the Mayans...that they may have been the architects of the Great Pyramids...or the lost civilizations of Lemuria...or Atlantis.
Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man...who even now fight to survive--somewhere beyond the heavens!

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This is from the Alan Parsons project...Sirius/Eye in the sky...from their work Eye in the sky which had an Egyptian theme to it...and exemplifies in turn the mythology of Battlestar Galatica...

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Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 12:19pm

The Original Series

Judeo-Christian references

  • In "Saga of a Star World", Adama asks God to "take this burden" from him. The burden, of course, is the need to guard the last of humanity after the Twelve Colonies are destroyed. This reference is likely derived from the New Testament where Jesus prays to God before he is arrested and later crucified.

Egyptian references

  • Eden - The special effects footage that depicts this city in "Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II" is actually the pyramids of Giza in Egypt and the Temple at Karnac.
  • Flight gear - In the Original Series, the helmet of the Viper pilot resembles the ceremonial headdress of the Egyptian pharaohs.
  • Tomb of the Ninth Lord of Kobol - This place is heavily decorated in hieroglyphs and contains a sarcophagus with a prop of a Pharaoh's mummy.

Islamic references

  • Iblis - This character's name is derived from "Diabolus" by the writers, but is also the personal name of a fallen servant of Allah. Commanded to honour the first man, Adam, after Allah endowed him with the knowledge of the names of all things, Iblis defied his lord out of pride. For his rebellion, Allah cast him out of Paradise and named him Shaytan (aka Satan), which literally means accursed. As a consequence, he is the primary devil in Islam, a whisperer who seeks to guide the faithful astray.
Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 12:19pm

This has a good overview of the many of Battlestar Galactica’s mythological references to cultures here on Earth:

 

 http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Mythological_references

Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 8:41am

In the re-imagined version of Battlestar Galactica, it is shown that the religion on Kobol had devolved to include human sacrifice.  This also goes along with the polytheistic religions of the Middle-East and the ancient religions of the pyramid builders of the Americas.  In Baal worship as well as the ancient religions of the Mayans and some other ancient religions of the Americas, human beings were sacrificed to the Sun god.  In the Middle-Eastern religions it was a fertility religion whereas in the ancient Americas it was seemingly to make sure the Sun came back up. 

 

http://www.frak-that.com/202/images/202_cap187.jpg

 

 

 

http://www.d.umn.edu/cla/faculty/troufs/anth3618/images/Aztec_heart...

 

http://www.balagan.org.uk/war/new-world/mexico/images/codex_magliab...

Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 7:30am

Once again I'm just posting a link, but this is a bit long to put on here.  It is about the sacred scrolls, the pythian prophecies, the cycle of time, etc. all themes in the reimagined version of Battlestar Galactica:

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Sacred_Scrolls

Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 7:26am

Sacred Scrolls

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For the Sacred Scrolls depicted in the comic books, see: Sacred Scrolls (alternate).
A portion of the Sacred Scrolls, specifically, a portion of the Book of Pythia.

The Sacred Scrolls are a set of writings that form the basis of Colonial religion, a polytheistic faith resembling the legends of ancient Greece. The scrolls record much of the alleged history of humanity, including life on Kobol before the great exodus, and the legend of Earth. Portions of the scrolls are used in religious ceremonies, such as the Service for the dead (Miniseries, "Act of Contrition").

Most notable among the Sacred Scrolls is the Book of Pythia, also referred to as the Pythian Prophecy. Written 3,600 years ago by the oracle Pythia, they are believed by some to foretell the current exodus from the Twelve Colonies of Kobol.

Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 7:18am

Here are some pics of the ruins of the city of Kobol from the re-imagined version of Battlestar Galactica:

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:Opera_House_ruins.jpg 

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Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 7:16am

.Behold, Kobol the city of the gods of Battlestar Galactica...which looks somewhat like the city of Atlantis was supposed to look like.

http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/File:City_of_the_Gods.jpg

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Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 7:08am

Presumed origin

Main article: Human Monotheism
Infinity symbol representing the monotheist movement of both the humans and Cylons.

A small minority of monotheistic humans existed on the Twelve Colonies before the Fall. Their religion was looked upon as dangerous and heretical by the majority of Colonial society and most of them were forced to hide their beliefs. The paramilitary adjunct to the Monotheist Church was known as the Soldiers of the One or "STO". Capricans, if not those of the other eleven worlds, made little or no distinction between the STO and monotheism generally; monotheists were considered to be members of a terrorist group by the Caprica government. The principal mark of the movement was an infinity symbol ("Caprica pilot").

Three such practitioners were closeted monotheists Zoe Graystone, Lacy Rand, and Graystone's boyfriend, Ben Stark, who was the more fanatical of the three. Despite their actual beliefs in a single omnicient, omnipotent and omnipresent G-d, the three were students at Athena Academy a polytheist parochial high school on Caprica. The headmistress, Athenian High Priestess Clarice Willow, was herself a closeted monotheist and mentored the three in her true beliefs. Graystone and Stark died in a suicide bombing executed by the latter without the former's forewarning ("Caprica pilot").

Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 7:06am

Beliefs

The Cylons apparently worship a metaphysical being, a being that wishes for all to believe in it and love it, human and Cylon alike. The Cylon religion includes concepts of "sin". For example, the Messenger Number Six warns Gaius Baltar that suicide is a mortal sin when he jokingly suggests killing himself (Tigh Me Up, Tigh Me Down). A tortured Number Six copy named Gina Inviere does not initially kill herself to escape horrific torture because she believes that suicide is a sin (Resurrection Ship, Part II).

The Cylons maintain that one of God's commandments is to procreate ("be fruitful"), but the humanoid Cylons are incapable of procreating with each other. The Cylons apparently strictly define "procreation" as biological reproduction, and not creation of copies of existing Cylon models using asexual, industrial, or laboratory techniques. As a result, the Cylons began attempts to create a Cylon-human hybrid (deemed more feasible than their previous attempts at procreation amongst their own kind). To this end they developed "farms" on the occupied Twelve Colonies to create a hybrid, but these attempts continued without success.[3]

Most Cylons espouse monotheistic views, but often with subtle differences in interpretation. For instance, Leoben Conoy believes that "We are all God". The John Cavil model is the only one that is openly atheistic. Ironically, Cavils pose among humans as polytheist clergy and are addressed as "Brother".

Comment by John David "Buzzsaw" Feagin on August 13, 2012 at 7:04am

Confession

At least some sects of the Colonial religion practice the concept of absolution of sins through confession. Brothers, and presumably priests as well, may hear confessions as demonstrated by Brother Cavil agreeing to hear Anders' confession (The Plan). It is not known if this practice is uniform throughout the Colonial religion or limited to certain sects.

A confession begins with the confessor saying, "Bless me, Brother, for I have acted against the example of the Gods." The Brother or Priest will then say, "Proceed in the name of the Gods," and after hearing the confession, they will end by saying, "You are absolved in the example of the Gods."

 

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