DharmaCub

DharmaCub t1_iw1y06r wrote

Reply to comment by Peacemkr45 in TIL 'The Land of Nod' is originally a biblical reference of a sort of purgatory where Cain was exiled after murdering Abel -- rather than a 'dreamland' sleepytime dealie as it is now colloquially known. by quicxly

In the ancient Canaanite religions that the Semitic religions evolved from were polytheistic with many patron gods of cities or tribes. Eventually, a main God (YHWH- Yahweh) won out and became the only God, while many of the others (Baphomet, Azazel, Bael, Moloch etc) became demons.

YHWH was just the God of the Israelites at one point way way back, but other peoples had other Gods and this was accepted.

So most likely these other people (whom I believe to be ancient Scythian or other Eurasian steppe peoples) were merely followers "created by" another God.

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DharmaCub t1_iw1xn0d wrote

Reply to comment by lego_office_worker in TIL 'The Land of Nod' is originally a biblical reference of a sort of purgatory where Cain was exiled after murdering Abel -- rather than a 'dreamland' sleepytime dealie as it is now colloquially known. by quicxly

Well if he went East of Eden (presumably somewhere in Iraq) then it's likely he either ended up in Iran or the Eurasian Steppe. I would assume those people to be ancient Steppe nomads (wanderers on the Earth).

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