[muawiyah]

Yes, Vedic times, and those fellows who wrote/composed the first third of the Vedas came from, VOILA!!!, Persia and Mesopotamia.

So, what I said.

The "flying garuda", by whatever name, is older than the Vedas, and older than Hinduism.

[Cronos]

Err... the Vedas come from India, not from Persia and definitely not from Sumerian/Amorite Mesopotamia.

Besides, the Persian branch of indo-european religion didn't have the depth of vedic hinduism, even down to the beginnings of the Avestan. Yes, the Gathas of Zarathustra are deep, but that comes from a secondary, post-Vedic timeline

how can you say that the flying garudas is older than the Vedas? The Garuda is the name of Vishnu's flying eagle-horse. It's intrinsically linked to Hinduism


Izlam takes most of its core from Judaism, Arianism and pagan Arabic religions (Semitic religions) and very little from Indo-European religions or thoughts.

Even if you take a northern Amorite myth: the Enuma Ellish -- it doesn't talk about flying vehicles.