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Ancient Greek culture and eastern religions actually do mix.

Hercules became the first guardian deity of Buddhism (pic related)

It goes like this:
Greek Heracles-> Indian Vajrapani-> Japanese Shukongoshin

And Shukongoshin was the inspiration for the Niō (仁王) or Kongōrikishi (金剛力士)

Maybe the old Greek legends because Buddhist deitys