The Seduction of Pasiphae"It is understood that the god Zeus formed many bonds with mortals, most notable of all Pasiphaë, daughter of Helios, the sun god, with whom he shared a relationship of a forbidden nature. On one such occasion, Zeus is said to have taken the shape of a handsome white bull when he copulated with her, one of his many bestial conquests, and thus conceived an offspring, Minotaurus, the bull-headed god of Crete.
Pasiphaë and the Minotaur. Tondo of an Attic red-figure kylix, 340-320 BC. From Vulci
Crucially omitted from the books of man however was chronicled in the book of Helios, said to have been written by the hand of Zeus' brother himself... Within its pages the tome states that Zeus had a child with a daughter of man prior to Pasiphaë, and that this god was a wicked diety who bore resentment towards his father and the gods of Olympus. In some ancient scriptures he was said to have slain the god of Heaven himself.
Zarael, the young god, was a being of unimaginable power and, like his brother, Minotaurus, fed on the flesh of man to sate his hunger. Artefacts obtained predating the Hellenic Age found evidence that various Zaraellian cults demanded the slaughter of millions as blood sacrifice in his honour.
He has had a myriad of names throughout many eras of culture, from Pan, to Faunus, to the Zoroastrian Ba'al, or Ba'alzebub, whom many believe to be an ancient incarnation of what the modern age calls The Devil..."
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Dr. Henry Corben is a professor of Anthropology in Berkley, California
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