Search results for "Christian mythology" - New World Encyclopedia
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- intelligence. Serpents are found in the mythology of many cultures and world ... lurking in the Garden of Eden. In Greek mythology, the Serpent/Dragon Ladon ...23 KB (3,735 words) - 10:04, 26 January 2023
- H. J. Rose, A Handbook of Greek Mythology (London: Methuen & ... of Satan, which became common in much Christian literature and art in the ...15 KB (2,404 words) - 06:26, 18 November 2022
- In Greek mythology, a nymph, from the Latin word nympha, is any member ... Jennings Rose, A Handbook of Greek Mythology (New York, NY: E.P. Dutton ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 19:37, 17 November 2022
- The Christian cross, which is today one of the most widely recognized ... The ankh was gradually adopted by the fourth century Christian church ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- turned his attention to northern mythology, which he believed should ... He had accordingly to resort to Christian mythology; but circumscribed ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 11:03, 11 April 2024
- the early stages of the modern studies of mythology and comparative religion ... and research on rituals and mythology. His first major project was ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 21:27, 29 May 2023
- Mythology (from the Greek μῦθος (mythos), meaning a narrative ... Mythology reflects humankind's quest for meaning. Most myths ...26 KB (3,852 words) - 22:45, 10 November 2022
- In Norse mythology, Asgard (Old Norse: Ásgarðr) was the realm of ... As an important tale in Norse mythology, Asgard belonged to a complex ...19 KB (3,050 words) - 03:59, 18 August 2023
- not a secular principle imposed on the Christian worldview. become Pope Benedict XVI) referred to the Christian religion as the religion ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- quot;) that he came to be known in Roman mythology; the corresponding Etruscan ... which could be fruitfully compared to the Christian conceptions of Heaven and Hell). ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- In medieval Christian theology, the Devil was once the archangel Lucifer ... In the Western Christian and Jewish tradition, the Devil has entered ...20 KB (3,299 words) - 10:16, 29 January 2024
- The symbol of the Tree of Life predates the Judeo-Christian tradition ... In Egyptian mythology, Isis and Osiris were said to have emerged from ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- reading. This tradition was inherited by Christian writers, for whom allegorical ... the ancient world and the "new" Christian world. People of the Middle ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 18:26, 21 July 2023
- is beloved by Destiny”) as in Greek mythology, or that of some blind ... Fate is strongly connected with mythology, especially that of Ancient ...22 KB (3,568 words) - 00:43, 25 March 2024
- Enki was a major deity in Sumerian mythology, later known as Ea in ... for those treated unfairly. In Babylonian mythology he was also the father ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- today as Nigeria. Their indigenous pre-Christian religious beliefs remained ... worshiping the Orisha. The slaves' Christian masters did not allow them ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 03:21, 23 December 2022
- a magical amulet, for example. Later Christian writers rejected the idea ... Norse mythology also contains examples of necromancy (Ruickbie 2004 ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- of the Gospel of Thomas, an early Christian document. ==Etymology== River that was also important in Egyptian mythology. According to ancient Egyptian ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 06:03, 18 November 2022
- he went to Venice to study medieval Christian art. It was here that, in the words of an art historian, "his palette acquired new strong ...8 KB (1,194 words) - 17:54, 9 November 2022
- the most important extant source on Norse mythology and Germanic heroic legends ... In Scandinavian folklore, Norse mythology has long held cultural currency ...21 KB (3,478 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
