Talk:Muthappan

message: I do not agree merging Muthappan and Muthappan Theyyam, Theyyam is an artform and Muthappan is a God.
Kjrajesh--Rajesh Kakkanatt 06:22, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Do not agree 

message: This article has a big section of unnecessary quoted stories (with lots of grammatical errors, etc.), not to mention a major formatting issue.  This article could be much better, but needs cleanup.  --Cromwellt|talk 16:21, 17 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Problems 

message: I strongly disagree in connecting Muthappan and Aryan myths. I believe that Muthappan is the Fetish of the then inhabitants of Kerala (those who are considered now as the "Backward Caste" in North Malabar). After the Brahmin invasion from the north, they acquired prominence in the society and consideration from the Rajas. Brahmins started practising their rituals for the Rajas also. Till that time I believe, Buddhism was prominent. But once Rajas started giving importance to the Aryan rituals and started favoring Brahmins, slowly Buddhist power started sinking. The brahmins who were in good relation with the Rajas imposed their culture and rituals to the Rajas also and the people also forced to follow that. As a result the rituals followed by the local people also affected. Slowly the Aryan myths started fusing into the local myths and their gods. So I strongly believe that when they are linking Muthappan to Shiva or Vishnu, they are comparing Dravidian gods and culture to that of Aryans. Muthappan was a god of the tribes. As per the myth, he lead the tribal people of the hills, in the war against the landlords including Karakkaattitam Nayanar. Most notable thing is that Aryan devotions never included toddy, fish and dogs never seen in the myths. By saying Muthappan is the incarnation of Aryan gods, the Rajas and Brahmins tried to bring the local people under their command. But now it turned political. The new conservative political parties want the whole population other than the declared other religions to come under Aryan category, so that they can mobilize all those votes in the name of god.
You can say that there is only one god, but not one culture.
Madman 13:18, 27 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Connection to Aryan Myths  

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