Search results for "Christian mythology" - New World Encyclopedia
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- In Roman mythology, Saturn (Latin: Saturnus) was a major Roman deity ... Just like Cronus in Greek mythology, Saturn was the son of the supreme ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- In Greek mythology, Cronus (Ancient Greek: Κρόνος, Krónos) ... the personification of time in Greek mythology; although Cronus was the ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 20:30, 3 June 2020
- it was built there stands today a famous Christian church, the Santa Maria ... *Grant, Michael & John Hazel. Who's Who in Classical Mythology ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- Found in the mythology, folklore, and religion of virtually all world ... mythologies are Mercurius in Roman mythology, Hermes in Greek mythology ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- In Greek mythology, Lamia was a Queen of Libya who became a child ... Lamia's image as a seductress in the Christian imagination. ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 20:54, 22 October 2022
- == Etiological Mythology == An etiological myth is a myth intended ... By the Christian era, the Greco-Roman world had started to use the ...11 KB (1,616 words) - 04:37, 22 March 2024
- The idea of dragons was not unique to Herodotus in Greek mythology ... he then gave to Hermes. Edith Hamilton, Mythology (New York, NY: Little Brown ...20 KB (3,239 words) - 17:31, 30 January 2024
- around the World, A Study in Comparative Mythology." (Algora Publishing ... folklore meet the Nixes of Scandinavian mythology.]] The Scandinavian ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- role in Mesopotamian religion and mythology. He was the god of the ... In Mesopotamian mythology, Nanna was the son of the sky god Enlil ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 08:45, 9 October 2022
- His most important function within Norse mythology is to herald the coming ... Dyaus, and also between Heimdall and the Christian archangel Michael (see below). ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- recounts a number of stories out of Norse mythology while explicating on the ... which contains many stories from Norse mythology. Its purpose was to enable ...13 KB (2,143 words) - 05:13, 13 October 2022
- an 'Olympiad.' In 394 C.E., the Christian emperor Theodosius I abolished ... the ruler of Mount Olympus. In Greek mythology he was the bringer of thunder ...7 KB (1,101 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- a peacock or an eagle. According to Greek mythology, the phoenix lived in Arabia ... Christ's resurrection, central to Christian belief. The phoenix is ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- come out of ancient Persia. In Persian mythology, in particular during the ... Elsewhere in Ancient Greek mythology, the griffins were said to be ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 19:20, 31 January 2023
- In West Semitic mythology, Yam was given kingship over the other gods ... him. A similar sea-demon appears in the mythology of many cultures. The biblical ...15 KB (2,297 words) - 10:06, 22 May 2023
- An elf is a mystical creature found in Norse mythology that still ... of Norse mythology and elements of Christian mythology, an elf is called ...21 KB (3,288 words) - 10:19, 21 January 2023
- for several reasons. First, the Christian belief in the Holy Trinity ... Nevertheless, several non-Trinitarian Christian denominations are ...15 KB (2,313 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- missionaries in China to refer to the Christian God. Much like the ancestors ... names used by Chinese Christians for the Christian God. It is first used in ...13 KB (1,969 words) - 15:31, 18 June 2022
- of Israel imposing itself on the older mythology of Canaan and Egypt. Campbell ... In early Christian literature, the idea of the hieros gamos may also ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- In Sumerian mythology, Ninhursag (NIN.URSAG) was the earth and mother ... is not unusual in ancient Mesopotamian mythology, in which variants of myths ...14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:51, 15 November 2022
