How Gods Evolve

For the past few days, social media has been consumed by one question: Where is Murugan from? Is Murugan a Tamil god? A pan-Indian deity? Or something else entirely? I think the debate misses the point. To understand Murugan, we must step far beyond today's political arguments. We must go back to prehistoric religious expressions, early civilisations, and the evolution of religious ideas themselves. No religion appears overnight. Symbols, rituals and stories are inherited, adapted and reinterpreted across centuries. Every civilisation stands on the shoulders of those that came before it. Drawing on archaeology, anthropology and the work of Robin Dunbar and other scholars, this video explores how gods and religions evolve over time. Along the way, we look at Lion Man, Saturnalia, the Holy Roman Empire, comparative mythology and the remarkable journey of religious symbols across cultures. | Lord Murugan | Tamil History | Hinduism | How Religion Evolved | The Kevin Paul Show | Kevin Paul | Write to me: [email protected] My official social media accounts: https://linktr.ee/thekevinpaulshow Credits: Outro track by Tom Fox: @tomfoxcatalog