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[SOLVED] Old foreign myth (not roman/greek), with a god with invincibility being killed (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by ooli@lemmy.world to c/tipofmytongue@lemmy.world

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I read it during the 80 in a book about various myth from around the world. It was not fiction, all other myths were well-known if obscure (like the Maori creation myth of new Zealand by the demigod Maui) For years now, I tried to find what culture , and what religion this was about without finding. ChatGPT never heard of this story. Here is the story as I recall it:

A child is born from a burning stone (may be cause it came from the sky)
A God ( could be his mother or father) hold the burning child with tongs
The child is then placed in a vial containing a liquid granting invincibility
As the tong hold the child, his hips did not touch the liquid, thus are is weak spot
A evil man/god try to kill the child by throwing wheel at him from a mountain
the child (grown up now) block a wheel with his head, then back, but die when he block it with his hip

Did anyone heard about this myth?

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[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Could it be that it isn't an actual ancient myth, but a modern(ish) story that reinterprets the myth of Achilles in the context of a different culture? Because that is suspiciously similar.

[–] ooli@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I start to believe the author sneak in one of their story among all other true myth. But that would be kind of unethical in a dictionary about myth aimed at children. I'm pretty sure, they gave the name of a land, since every myth was organized around the land they came from.

Plus the idea of throwing wheels to kill someone, is so random, I'm inclined to think it came from a real mythos.