Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-7232811-20130506192751/@comment-130.76.24.28-20161222135658

I know this is an old thread but I'm curious if anyone has looked into the ties that 40k has to real life religion and the different aspects of that. For example, Lorgar is also referred to as "Urizen" by his closest captains. The 'Books of Urizen" were written back in 1790 by William Blake and are pretty dark.  Also, other similarities to other religions.  Horus and the gods of egypt, the space wolves are obviously space vikings and follow a similarly fashioned Norse religion.  Has anyone else dug any deeper into the various Primarchs and their relation to real world religions and the signs of the Zodiac?  Horus is considered to be Sagitarius and Alpharius and Omegon would be Gemini.  If so, point me in a good direction to seek more info.  Baal, the homeworld of the blood angels is also referenced heavily thru ancient religions.  Pretty interesting stuff.