OldHeadReader t1_je1bhpr wrote on March 28, 2023 at 6:19 PM Reply to comment by semiomni in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys Loewen, Nancy: Hercules, p. 15 Permalink Parent 1
OldHeadReader t1_je1bhpr wrote
Reply to comment by semiomni in TIL that in Chinese Folk Religion, a mortal human being could ascend into godhood not through the decisions of a clergy/church, but by the sheer number of people who believe that their extraordinary achievements led to apotheosis, which forced Confucian/Taoists clerics to canonize a person as a God. by Khysamgathys
Loewen, Nancy: Hercules, p. 15