Dualistic Rival Faiths?

"Put all of you on one end of a chain and I on another and I shall toss you over my head"- Zues, The Illiad IIRC.

Do you recall the time they treid to bind him? Perhaps the rest of the pantheon versus him?

I was thinking some sort of conquest, asimilation, syncrinzation and revolt?

Or a shift and shift back; Indra to Brahma and then a struggle?
 
Trending toward Vedanta and the Krishna ascendancy, the contest between the Devas and the Asuras became academic. Indra, the main Deva, was very much marginalized.

That's right. The Hindu Pantheon of the Vedic period had undergone great changes by the time of the Puranic era.The major deities of the Vedic age like Indra, Varuna, Vayu, Agni, Yama etc. were relegated to a minor position and the Trinity of Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva became more important. Though Indra (counterpart of Zeus of Greece and Jupitor of Rome) was still considered as the King of gods, he was subserviant to the Trinity. The other deities held their charges like Varuna (counterpart of Poseidon and Neptune and the god of oceans), Vayu (god of air and wind), Agni (god of fire), Yama (god of death), Surya (Sungod, corresponding to Helios or Appolo), Chandra(moongod), but they were all below the Trinity. Vishnu was styled as Devadeva (God of gods) and Shiva was called Mahadeva (Great God) and they held the supreme position. Brahma, the creator was a less powerful member of the Trinity who often acted as the mediator. The Asuras are mentioned as the enemies of devas in Puranic age also and they often worshipped Shiva and sometimes Brahma for favours. Thus Shiva is seen as the object of worship by both devas and asuras.
 
Just building off of the Indo-European ideas: Varuna and Indra were mentioned among the Mitanni gods, right? So could we get a situation where Poseidon and Zeus are seen as the true and good gods by the Greeks, who also see Varuna and Indra, as false gods or idols, or vice versa?
 
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