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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
- 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
- identified spiritual principles within Christian contexts. ... philosophers from story tellers of Greek mythology. While their predecessors ...9 KB (1,192 words) - 22:57, 30 November 2022
- Norse or Scandinavian mythology comprises the pre-Christian legends and religious beliefs of the Scandinavian people and Northern Germanic tribes ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- areas, although it has been re-cast as a Christian pilgrimage. Since the latter ... James MacKillop, Dictionary of Celtic Mythology (Oxford University Press ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- (such as those of the Greek or Norse mythology), the stories of the gods ... :Main article: Greek Mythology The Greek gods provide the example of ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- The Star of David is a widely recognized symbol of Judaism, named after King David of ancient Israel, which consists of two interlocking equilateral ...12 KB (2,021 words) - 19:53, 9 February 2023
- to the Hebrew Scripture and not the Christian New Testament, which had ... may be irrelevant to matters of faith and Christian practice, may contain errors ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:41, 1 October 2023
- of the Nymphs, an interpretation of classical mythology. ... theory, natural science, and classical mythology. Most of them are now lost ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- Christian symbolism is defined as the investing of outward things ... ==Symbols drawn from pre-Christian traditions== Common in most Christian ...18 KB (2,807 words) - 21:08, 10 December 2023
- New Testament and Old Testament of the Christian Bible forbid premarital ... 25; Luke 1:34). It is commonplace for Christian believers to accept this ...20 KB (2,940 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- Some have claimed that the mainstream Christian tradition has mistakenly ... they were universally credited by the Christian community there. There ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- Watchers to the gods of the four winds. Christian theologians, in their attempts ... the Book of Genesis. According to Christian mythology, their "sins ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 20:02, 31 January 2023
- destruction occurred at the hands of a Christian mob led by St. John Chrysostom ... wonders of the world until well into the Christian era. ...16 KB (2,567 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- In Norse Mythology, Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) was a widely worshipped ... In Norse mythology, Thor owned a short-handled war hammer, called ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- Müller is an early pioneer of mythology and a notable scholar who ... claim Müller derived his theory that mythology is 'a disease of language ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- ===Early Christian origins=== [[Image:St nicolas clerey.jpg|thumb|French ... Saint Nicholas of Myra is the primary inspiration for the Christian ...16 KB (2,522 words) - 03:18, 23 December 2022
- a group of ethnobotanists and scholars of mythology (Carl A. P. Ruck, Jeremy ... example is the bread and wine of the Christian (especially Roman Catholic ...32 KB (4,699 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- The crypt developed out of the early Christian Church's desire ... about whom legends abound in Irish and Scottish mythology. ...11 KB (1,624 words) - 02:11, 15 January 2023
- is a figure from Greek mythology called by Pindar "the minstrel ... In addition to this unique role in Greek mythology, the figure of ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- time that Lewis officially denounced his Christian faith. Lewis went on to ... centered around his love of Norse mythology. He also developed a great ...27 KB (4,330 words) - 19:28, 24 November 2023
- of the Bible. However, unlike the Judeo-Christian text, the Book of the Dead ... Geraldine Pinch. Handbook of Egyptian mythology. (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- particularly well-known in the context of Christian theology, in reference ... of ancient thought. Greek and Roman mythology contain many characters ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- miraculous powers. The legend may combine Christian lore with a Celtic myth ... romances, deriving perhaps from some pre-Christian folklore, in the later ...17 KB (2,819 words) - 16:11, 25 January 2023
- For example, Inuit mythology includes the Adlet (also called Erqigdlet ... to resume human form. Edith Hamilton, Mythology. (Back Bay Books, 1998 ...17 KB (2,631 words) - 23:30, 3 May 2023
- hostile to, their people's mythology. Many of these philosophers developed monotheistic views. Plato's (427–347 B.C.E.) Demiurge ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- In Babylonian mythology, Tiamat is one of the foundational principles ... continue to be evidenced in the Judeo-Christian tradition, such as the ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- In religion, folklore, and mythology, a demon (also rendered daemon ... === In Christian mythology=== Building upon the references to daemons ...32 KB (5,129 words) - 09:29, 28 January 2024
- The combination of this now rather esoteric mythology (which also ... overlap in the development of the Christian nativity narrative. ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 18:16, 7 February 2024
- was one of the most important deities in Norse mythology. He was said ... image of him at Skara was destroyed by a Christian missionary. Further, his ...27 KB (4,366 words) - 02:39, 1 December 2023
- The term Greek mythology refers to the collection of tales belonging ... Greek mythology has exercised an extensive and profound influence ...45 KB (6,635 words) - 21:31, 12 July 2023
- ===Early and modern Christian interpretations=== Some Biblical scholars ... Many pre-modern Christian sources discussed the curse of Ham in connection ...14 KB (2,307 words) - 02:17, 15 January 2023
- studies he was chosen by classicist Christian August Brandis to accompany him on a journey to Greece, as a tutor for his children. It was on ...7 KB (1,047 words) - 19:34, 13 February 2024
- In Norse mythology, Njord or Njordr (Old Norse Njörðr) is one of ... of the odder tales in the corpus of Norse mythology. The tale reverses traditional ...22 KB (3,533 words) - 02:30, 16 November 2022
- Some early Christian sects and rabbinical sages considered that the ... * Schearing, Linda S. Eve & Adam: Jewish, Christian, and Muslim ...19 KB (3,242 words) - 04:30, 18 April 2024
- system. He also began his treatment of mythology and religion which in his ... period of his later years was that of mythology and revelation. Schelling ...20 KB (2,983 words) - 06:43, 15 April 2024
- it was one of the most widely collected books of Christian popular piety, which fell in popularity following the Protestant Reformation and the ascendancy ...10 KB (1,439 words) - 19:13, 7 February 2023
- bishops are selected. In virtually all Christian traditions, celibacy is ... outside of marriage in Islamic and Judeo-Christian ethical contexts, and are ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 5 December 2023
- blanket statement to circumscribe all non-Christian (or, more broadly, non ... and demonize the adherents of non-Christian faiths since the first ...24 KB (3,484 words) - 10:58, 11 March 2023
- was a Phrygian goddess originating in the mythology of ancient Anatolia, whose ... In Roman mythology, she was given the name Magna Mater deorum Idaea ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- in the Hindu Puranas, Deucalion in Greek mythology, and Utnapishtim in the ... Greek mythology knows three floods. The flood of Ogyges, the flood ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- is similar to some interpretations of the Christian Trinity such as Sabellianism ... each have their own origins in Hindu mythology, scripture, and folklore ...22 KB (3,588 words) - 17:21, 2 May 2023
- In the Christian Bible, the magi (or "wise men") are sent ... There is an oppositional element in Christian thought between secular ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 23:18, 17 May 2023
- Moreover, in the sources for Norse mythology, "troll" can ... physical aspects of trolls within Scandinavian mythology: ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (March 20, 1770 – June 6, ... Like Blake, he also invented a personal mythology based on the Greek gods ...14 KB (2,228 words) - 11:05, 11 April 2024
- Isis was a goddess in ancient Egyptian mythology, often worshiped ... Worship of Isis continued in pockets of Christian Europe as late as the sixth ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- Nephthys, which became important in later Egyptian mythology. ... In early Egyptian mythology, Geb was revered as the personification ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- faith survived until 385 C.E., when Christian fundamentalists destroyed ... of the Egyptians; or, Studies in Egyptian mythology. A Study in Two Volumes ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- his life and of those of his successors. Christian sources commonly refer ... sole emperor, Julian's zealous Arian Christian cousin Constantius II led ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 09:46, 12 May 2024
- Korean mythology represents Dangun Wanggeom as the founder of Gojoseon ... of the Korean people. In the later Dangun mythology, he is portrayed as the ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- time, most successful theologian in early Christian Gnosticism. In his Alexandrian ... a metropolitan center of early Christian theology. There, he became ...17 KB (2,559 words) - 14:13, 3 May 2023
- of the universe is more naturalistic than Christian concept of Creation. Plotinus, in a sense, offered an alternative to the orthodox Christian ...11 KB (1,612 words) - 17:28, 9 November 2022
- In Hindu mythology, the Puranas are said to have been composed by ... said to contain references to the Judeo-Christian creation myth (Adam and ...11 KB (1,583 words) - 23:49, 2 December 2022
- soul and spirit became current in Judeo-Christian terminology.) A spirit ... In Christian theology, the term spirit is used to describe God, or ...17 KB (2,627 words) - 21:55, 28 October 2020
- that their origins were prior to Christian influence. Edward S. Curtis ... * Dorsey, George A. The Mythology of the Wichita. Norman, OK: University ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 18:44, 4 May 2023
- speleologists: Eliette Brunel Deschamps, Christian Hillaire, and Jean-Marie ... the cave is named, Eliette Brunel, and Christian Hillaire. A current of ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 00:45, 5 December 2023
- Abenaki greeted them and accepted their Christian message, albeit often combined ... According to their mythology, the history of the Abenaki people is ...20 KB (2,915 words) - 04:46, 14 June 2023
- the vast storehouse of philosophy and mythology found in Hinduism. Indeed ... In Hindu mythology, 'Aum' has another symbolic meaning: ...13 KB (2,123 words) - 07:07, 13 June 2023
- debates and struggles within the early Christian community. ... because Thomas lacks the full-blown mythology of Gnosticism as described ...20 KB (3,346 words) - 20:09, 11 September 2021
- In Egyptian mythology, Apep (also spelled Apepi, and Aapep, or Apophis ... led to the development of an involved mythology of conflict between these ...22 KB (3,545 words) - 06:00, 11 August 2023
- Tsmishian mythology is known from orally-passed tales. An Adaox is ... in the past, but the persecution from Christian missionaries in the early ...27 KB (4,093 words) - 18:32, 2 May 2023
- for the Cyrillic alphabet and Bulgarian Christian culture. ... to Christianity Boris adopted the Christian name Michael. He is sometimes ...16 KB (2,422 words) - 19:42, 20 November 2023
- of icons in the Byzantine and Orthodox Christian tradition. The term is ... 1982), 60-72. all specialists in Christian religious art—the main ...18 KB (2,613 words) - 15:30, 12 February 2024
- she was required to revert back to her Christian married name, Lydia K. Dominis. ... and High Chiefess Keohokalole. Her Christian name given at her baptism ...12 KB (1,779 words) - 15:42, 7 December 2022
- In Greek mythology, Zeus was the highest ranking god among the pantheon ... character in all the world's mythology; his representation in ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- Gnosticism was widespread within the early Christian church until ... spirit is the only true reality. Thus Christian gnostics emphasized spiritual ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- their interpretation according to Zuni mythology or cosmology sufficed as ... According to Zuni mythology, the first humans came from four caves ...22 KB (3,332 words) - 06:15, 13 June 2023
- the history and tradition of the early Christian church. ... is to be found in the Ante-Nicene Christian Library (Edinburgh, 1868–1869 ...13 KB (2,034 words) - 15:50, 25 January 2023
- devas, who are considered evil in Persian mythology. Thus, when combined together ... with Angra Mainyu. According to Zurvan mythology, Ahura Mazda and Angra ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 16:30, 30 December 2021
- In Irish mythology, the beginning of the summer season for the Tuatha ... Monaghan, The Encyclopedia of Celtic Mythology and Folklore (Checkmark ...25 KB (3,928 words) - 08:55, 27 September 2023
- his persecutions and confiscations of Christian property, Christianity ... general, Macrianus, to issue anti-Christian edicts calculated to create ...18 KB (2,788 words) - 14:13, 3 May 2023
- also with demons as associated with some Christian teachings and lore. ... The Goblin and the Huckster by Hans Christian Andersen (1853), The Benevolent ...13 KB (2,074 words) - 15:53, 18 December 2022
- It has seen great empires come and go—both Christian and Muslim—each leaving their unique mark in architecture, religion, culture, and government. ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- Psalms (Greek: Psalmoi) is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian ... point of continuity in the Judeo-Christian tradition. ==Composition ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- of the Egyptians; or, Studies in Egyptian mythology. A Study in Two Volumes ... * Larson, Martin A. The Story of Christian Origins. J.J. Binns, 1977 ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- anthropology, theology, psychology, mythology, sociology, cultural studies ... of modern philosophy and his outspoken Christian views (such as his assertion ...32 KB (4,801 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- Samhain is known to have pre-Christian roots. It was the name of the ... According to Irish mythology, Samhain (like Beltane) was a time when ...35 KB (5,443 words) - 16:28, 20 September 2023
- history of mankind according to medieval Christian doctrine. ... history of mankind according to medieval Christian doctrine. ...17 KB (2,636 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2022
- their faith or performing acts of Christian charity, the only means ... virtuous pagans of classical history and mythology inhabit a brightly lit ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 04:09, 29 October 2022
- it bears similarity to the Gorgons of Greek mythology. the incarnation of evil resonates with Christian symbolism of the devil ...12 KB (1,904 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- of the most prominent military saints. Christian folklore also honours him ... In Christian hagiography, Saint George is the patron saint of Aragon ...36 KB (5,477 words) - 19:38, 22 December 2022
- According to ancient mythology, human beings appeared from a marriage ... Mythologie" ("Old Turkic Mythology") section in: Käthe ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 05:42, 27 February 2023
- While Christian and pre-Christian societies in Europe commonly celebrated ... was a Phrygian goddess originating in the mythology of ancient Anatolia, whose ...22 KB (3,311 words) - 17:00, 10 November 2022
- Epistles and the lack of early non-Christian documents to argue that ... ISBN 978-0155003781). J.N.D Kelly, Early Christian Doctrines (HarperSanFrancisco ...41 KB (6,172 words) - 22:02, 17 February 2023
- and a recurring token in Greek and Roman mythology. It continues to serve ... history in symbolism, religious decoration, and mythology. ...26 KB (3,898 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Within the bulk of Greek mythology, Dionysus was described as the ... population, are at their origin not the Christian rites they are constructed ...32 KB (5,115 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- and Greek descriptions of evil. In the Christian understanding of the Hebrew ... of the Angels. As with Lucifer in the Christian tradition, Iblis was proud ...27 KB (4,237 words) - 16:57, 23 December 2022
- An advocate of Christian socialism, he published several novels about ... life, Kingsley committed himself to the Christian Socialist movement, alongside ...18 KB (2,593 words) - 19:34, 4 December 2023
- Another interpretation of the Frieze is based on Greek Mythology. ... of her father, Zeus. According to Greek mythology Zeus gave birth to Athena ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 18:45, 23 March 2023
- *The Seven Sacraments in the Christian faith (though some traditions ... * As per Hindu mythology, there are seven worlds in the universe, ...35 KB (5,128 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- religious world of the Vikings. In Norse mythology, Skáldskaparmál (1) tells ... Snorri Sturluson. He recorded Norse mythology in the form of the Prose ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 06:39, 16 November 2022
- polytheism, which went against the Christian teaching to love one's ... In the fourth century C.E., the Christian Church was wracked with ...21 KB (3,189 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2023
- century and became a fixture of Christian mythology and literature. It concerns a Jew who, according to legend, taunted Jesus on the way to the ...18 KB (2,872 words) - 22:50, 3 May 2023
- In Greek mythology, Artemis (Greek: Ἄρτεμις or Ἀρτέμιδος ... with the Roman goddess Diana. In Etruscan mythology, she took the form of Artume. ...26 KB (4,093 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- who is best known for his development of Christian realism. As he served as ... human sinfulness, which he adopted in his Christian realism to address social ...32 KB (4,798 words) - 03:06, 8 December 2022
- battles, and dramas based on classical mythology. The building eventually ... it sanctified by the blood of the Christian martyrs who perished there ...28 KB (4,452 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- archaic "mother right" with the Christian veneration of the Virgin ... by Bachofen to devote her career to mythology) Erich Fromm, Robert Graves ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- or judge. In a Spanish era when purity of Christian lineage (limpieza de sangre ... #039;s a gambling den; not much of a Christian, / but he's very much ...19 KB (2,991 words) - 10:37, 9 March 2023
- answers.com/topic/nzambi Nzambi.] World Mythology Dictionary. A Dictionary ... of God in Africa. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. New York, NY: ...16 KB (2,448 words) - 03:03, 5 November 2022
- evolving into the familiar archetype of Christian chivalry and the tragic ... applying the conventions of chivalric Christian society onto a much earlier ...21 KB (3,215 words) - 11:02, 16 August 2023
- while at the same time remaining Christian, in his words: "I ... the relationship between theology, mythology, and science" in a ...17 KB (2,414 words) - 21:25, 9 February 2024
- the Fall of Man becomes explicit in later Christian theology, and also the ... for them traveling to and from heaven. In Christian art, the use of wings is ...37 KB (6,014 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- Wabanaki confederacy allies. They adopted Christian teachings from the French ... The Penobscot were Christian, noting that "Christ is our Saviour ...23 KB (3,545 words) - 07:18, 23 November 2022
- Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary ... Saint Patrick's Day was made an official Christian feast day ...52 KB (7,483 words) - 20:49, 17 April 2023
- in early religious texts. In Greek mythology, for example, the rape ... by committing suicide. The failure of Christian women, having been raped ...32 KB (4,983 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- Gabriel is also, according to Jewish mythology, the voice that told ... * Christian Art. [http://www.icon-art.info/topic.php?lng=en&top_id ...11 KB (1,671 words) - 07:35, 15 April 2024
- the use of religious schools, set up by Christian missionaries to draw people ... Yoruba religion and mythology is a major influence in West Africa ...21 KB (3,192 words) - 21:30, 4 June 2023
- (September 1, 1862 – October 15, 1933) was a Christian, agricultural ... http://www.twcu.ac.jp/ Tokyo Woman's Christian University] (Tokyo Joshi ...16 KB (2,449 words) - 01:35, 16 November 2022
- by arson and finally by a mob allegedly led by the Christian bishop St. John Chrysostom. The Statue of Zeus was destroyed by fire. Four of the wonders ...19 KB (2,688 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- have an indigenous spirituality, today many are Christian. Exposure to international markets has led to a change in hunting methods, and their activities ...25 KB (3,718 words) - 11:09, 10 March 2023
- sometimes used as a hooked version of the Christian Cross, the symbol of Christ ... symbol of Odinism," citing the pre-Christian Germanic use of the symbol. ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- virgin. A universally held belief in the Christian church by the second century, ... this doctrine was included in the two most widely used Christian creeds ...30 KB (4,795 words) - 20:34, 3 May 2023
- the origin of foot binding. Chinese mythology includes the story of a fox who, in an attempt to disguise himself as an empress, concealed his ...11 KB (1,666 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- Rosicrucianism was based on an amalgamation of Christian mysticism ... who adopted the symbolic name of Christian Rosenkreuz. It was said ...24 KB (3,613 words) - 19:19, 16 December 2022
- varieties of crosses found throughout the Christian world. For example, the ... In Christian theology, the cross symbolizes God's self-sacrificing ...36 KB (5,848 words) - 06:28, 11 January 2024
- his physical form. Nonetheless, a mythology developed concerning the ... of Brahman and that of the Father in the Christian Trinity. ...13 KB (1,936 words) - 16:53, 2 May 2023
- public interest in the culture and mythology of ancient Greece. ... His father, a convinced Evangelist Christian and a famous pedagogue ...11 KB (1,693 words) - 10:38, 5 May 2023
- respect for him and mock him if he became a Christian. Serge A. Zenkovsky ... for example, Mikhail Artamonov and David Christian proposed that the sack ...31 KB (4,615 words) - 14:14, 28 April 2023
- The Old Testament (OT) is the first division of the Christian biblical ... There are 39 books common to essentially all Christian canons. They ...62 KB (8,829 words) - 16:26, 30 January 2024
- events in human life without resorting to mythology. They initiated a new method ... but used abstract reasoning rather than mythology to explain themselves, ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- in lush backgrounds. Turning away from the solemn Christian subjects that dominated the preceding Baroque era, Boucher's art was criticized for ...11 KB (1,576 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- strangle,” as the sphinx from Greek mythology strangled anyone incapable ... on fragmented summaries of early Christian writings gleaned from the ...33 KB (5,140 words) - 03:38, 7 December 2022
- future savior figure had an influence on Christian views of the apocalypse ... *Knappert, J. Indian Mythology. London: Diamond Books, 1995. ISBN ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:29, 5 October 2022
- as goats, eagles, and hawks, leading many Christian scholars to surmise that ... The Christian interpretation of Leviathan is often considered to be ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- In Ancient Egyptian mythology, the god Chnum was depicted as forming ... * Kirkpatrick, Christian. [http://historynet.com/bh/bl-staffordshire ...12 KB (2,032 words) - 05:56, 30 November 2022
- Nilotic speakers.Toyin Falola and Christian Jennings, Sources and Methods ... in outlook, but many have become Christian under the influence of ...36 KB (5,546 words) - 10:43, 9 March 2023
- Akhkharu is mentioned in Sumerian mythology. Bram Stoker's Dracula ... Akhkharu is discussed in Sumerian mythology. These female demons were ...26 KB (4,074 words) - 01:36, 18 April 2023
- on his reign as well as insights into Goguryeo mythology. ... The Nestorian Stele documents the existence of Christian communities ...21 KB (3,178 words) - 22:31, 23 September 2022
- of monotheism struggled against primitive mythology, without completely defeating ... was a Jewish gnosticism that preceded Christian gnosticism. This is not ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 17:57, 14 December 2023
- Researches into the Development of Mythology, Philosophy, Religion, ... thought has very much been influenced by Christian philosophers such as St ...40 KB (5,823 words) - 13:34, 4 July 2023
- were the "alien" enemies of the Christian world. European knowledge ... of Eastern cultures as superior to the Christian West. For example Voltaire ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- roots in Ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology. Greek mythology has exercised ... major focal point for the development of Christian thought. The Museum, or ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- |religions = Christian, African Traditional Religion |related = Bantu ... South Africa, and Zimbabwe, or part-Christian, part-Traditionalist in ...23 KB (3,468 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- traditions, writings, history, and mythology. As religious traditions ... of the term that was inherited by early Christian writers. Jonathan Z. Smith ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- in the epic form, is a long, dense allegory of Christian virtues, tied into England's mythology of King Arthur. Spenser intended to complete ...12 KB (1,990 words) - 18:15, 12 February 2024
- in the folklore of other cultures. In Norse mythology, for example, Mökkurkálfi (or Mistcalfa) was a clay giant, built to help the troll Hrungnir ...13 KB (2,171 words) - 11:55, 24 January 2023
- a seemingly inexhaustible knowledge of mythology, religion, and philosophy ... astrology, alchemy, dreams, art, mythology, religion, and philosophy. ...31 KB (4,736 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- *Christian Jürgensen Thomsen proposed the three-age system to divide ... * In the Christian concept of the Holy Trinity, God is a single being ...42 KB (5,963 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- During the second and third centuries C.E., various semi-Christian ... removed and put up for sale. The early Christian writer Irenaeus of Lyons ...24 KB (3,824 words) - 19:38, 8 June 2023
- artists and writers by combining Christian religious themes and subjects ... subjects from 'pagan' classical mythology. This would have been in ...28 KB (4,301 words) - 01:35, 24 November 2022
- as an attempt by the Church and ancient Christian politicians to destroy her messages of erotic love and worship of pagan gods, especially Aphrodite ...13 KB (2,038 words) - 03:24, 23 December 2022
- The Government of Indonesia officially recognizes the two main Christian ... 1534. Between 1546 and 1547, the pioneer Christian missionary, Francis Xavier ...26 KB (3,688 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- south of modern Baghdad. In Mesopotamian mythology Gilgamesh is credited to ... *[http://www.christian-thinktank.com/gilgy09.html Comparison of the ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- with the situation of Sisyphus, a figure of Greek mythology who was condemned to repeat forever the same meaningless task of pushing a rock up a mountain ...15 KB (2,329 words) - 06:46, 14 June 2023
- |rels= Crow Way, Sundance, Tobacco Society, Christian: Catholic, Pentecostal ... === Mythology === Like other Plains Indians, the Crow believed in supernatural ...27 KB (4,037 words) - 06:29, 11 January 2024
- as one of the later incarnations of Christian Rosenkreuz, an enigmatic ... as a major source of knowledge for Greek mythology and cosmology (circa 700 B.C.E.) ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 08:29, 10 January 2024
- ) is a female demon figure found in Mesopotamian mythology and Jewish ... became her cult animals. It is from this mythology that the later Kabbalah ...47 KB (7,623 words) - 08:39, 8 March 2023
- Pontifex Maximus as well. Even the early Christian Emperors continued to use ... were avoided in the vocabulary of Christian Latin in favour of neologisms ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- Marathe, and published in Madras by the Christian Literature Society (1909 ... deal with topics such as the Puranas (mythology); lives of Saints; panegyric ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 18:41, 2 May 2023
- estimates are dependent upon Persian mythology, and give dates as early ... Persian mythology, primarily from the Shāhnāma ("The Book of ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- century, through poems such Hans Christian Andersen's "I ... the governor of Norway, crown prince Christian Frederick (later Christian ...27 KB (3,890 words) - 02:32, 21 April 2023
- Arabic poetry even when composed by the Christian ʿAdī ibn Zayd.Nicholas ... Regional variants of the word Allah occur in both pagan and Christian ...42 KB (6,212 words) - 23:54, 4 March 2024
- There are only very limited records from pre-Christian times written ... To the extent that sources are available, they depict a pre-Christian ...49 KB (7,613 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- The dialogue was frequently used by early Christian writers, such as Justin, Origen and Augustine, and a particularly notable dialogue from late ...18 KB (2,652 words) - 10:24, 29 January 2024
- stand as a legacy to Handel's Christian faith. Messiah was composed ... oratorios, Handel turned to classical mythology for subjects, producing ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- where it unified elements of Jewish and Christian mysticism with Hellenistic ... from Judaism, Hellenistic philosophy and mythology, and classical Egyptian ...42 KB (6,476 words) - 10:52, 22 January 2024
- in other stories, not only in Irish mythology but in other traditions ... Celtic elements from Ireland and combines Christian and fairy tale elements ...12 KB (1,898 words) - 22:58, 20 November 2023
- under date of the nineteenth century of the Christian era.—We find ourselves in the peaceful possession, of the fairest portion of the earth, as ...14 KB (2,070 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- were named after figures from Greco-Roman mythology, but as such names started to run out, others were used—famous people, literary characters ...22 KB (3,261 words) - 05:10, 18 August 2023
- #039;s Jonathan Livingston Seagull; Hans Christian Andersen's satirization ... had reached the West by the start of the Christian era and were included in ...17 KB (2,635 words) - 00:26, 25 March 2024
- The rights of groups such as Jehovah's Witnesses and Christian ... of the best-known stories in the Judeo-Christian tradition. Confronting ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- He believed in a Mediterranean-wide Christian order politically, religiously ... Swan, a play that managed to mock Greek mythology and Christian morality ...22 KB (3,355 words) - 21:25, 4 October 2022
- (1820-1823), promoting the idea of a Christian state; his attack on the ... *Arvidsson, Stefan. Aryan idols: Indo-European mythology as ideology ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- their culture, which is based on a mythology of their origin, spiritual ... The Hopi have much in their culture and mythology which emphasized ...33 KB (5,396 words) - 13:43, 2 February 2024
- Dr. Martin Luther for the sake of Christian truth. It matters more ... the bronze portrait statue of Dürer by Christian Daniel Rauch (1777–1857 ...24 KB (3,763 words) - 05:04, 17 June 2023
- de Argel which is about the lives of Christian slaves in Algiers and El ... captive, Cervantes dealt with the life of Christian slaves in Algiers. The ...33 KB (5,296 words) - 17:47, 9 November 2022
- use of allusions to classical literature, mythology, and Christianity symbolism ... of Jesus in the wilderness. Some Christian readers allude the British ...18 KB (2,814 words) - 12:13, 8 May 2023
- the Tale of Bygone Years, and the Christian-inspired жития святых ... by commentaries in the spirit of medieval Christian symbolism. The images from ...22 KB (3,102 words) - 02:35, 31 March 2023
- as well as the emerging influence of Christian ideas and values. ... The chansons de geste created a body of mythology that lived on well ...21 KB (3,315 words) - 01:43, 4 December 2023
- setting sun, which was the focus of the pre-Christian Celtic rituals of the area. To wit, the pre-Christian roots of the Way of St. James was a Celtic ...19 KB (2,833 words) - 02:31, 21 April 2023
- over nineteen centuries. Among medieval Christian theologians, Trajan was ... from the dead and baptized him into the Christian faith. An account of this ...18 KB (2,716 words) - 00:38, 2 May 2023
- such as the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament, which were ... stages. Critical points in Protestant Christian history were the translations ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- or undeclared inclusion or exclusion of Christian Todas by the various enumerators ... that the believe in the rest of the Hindu mythology. Toda temples, constructed ...14 KB (2,124 words) - 03:52, 1 May 2023
- #039;s account with a tale found in Lozi mythology, wherein the wicked men ... 73) languages are the second century Christian writers Clement of Alexandria ...34 KB (5,579 words) - 04:46, 1 May 2023
- and debated everything from classical mythology and ethics, to education ... about religion. She did not give up her Christian faith, like many of the ...15 KB (2,322 words) - 03:55, 6 November 2022
- eighth month staging elaborate rituals. Christian Roy, Traditional Festivals: ... Anderson Turner, Handbook of Chinese Mythology (Oxford University Press ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- which went against the mainstream Christian teaching of resurrection ... the protectors of the Holy Grail of Christian mythology. ...32 KB (4,952 words) - 00:09, 1 December 2023
- narratives and songs. Although Christian missions were established ... *Euler, Robert C. 2002. Havasupai Legends: Religion and Mythology ...21 KB (3,010 words) - 10:25, 7 June 2023
- villages. As with most Christianized peoples, Christian Igbos incorporated many of the culture's indigenous values, customs and traditions into their ...21 KB (3,253 words) - 16:00, 12 February 2024
- Niobium (Greek mythology: Niobe, daughter of Tantalus) was discovered ... a different name, niobium. In 1864, Christian Blomstrand was the first ...14 KB (1,909 words) - 04:59, 15 November 2022
- God-given is important to various Judeo-Christian beliefs. The biblical Book ... In Christian tradition, Solomon is viewed as a great king of Israel ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
- Josiah. It served to bolster the national mythology of the tribes as a national ... In early Christian tradition, the church celebrated the Resurrection ...28 KB (4,349 words) - 09:03, 18 November 2022
- in Egypt. Sometime during Egypt's Christian period (c.200-639) the ... * The Christian churches calculate Easter as the first Sunday after ...25 KB (4,132 words) - 19:17, 13 February 2024
- purely Druidic, without a Roman and/or Christian overlay or interpretation. ... mac Cerbaill more accurately than three Christian saints, but there is little ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- time, not unlike the Golden Age in Greek mythology. The Dharma bull stands ... htm Comparison of Hindu and Christian end-of-world prophecies] ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 21:36, 4 June 2023
- and even ridiculed by both Jewish and Christian commentators and scholars ... === In Christian tradition === [[Image:Nuremberg chronicles f 11r 1 ...50 KB (7,876 words) - 00:06, 5 March 2024
- Xia Dynasty and the ancients of Chinese mythology, but he criticized the ... and punished the evil, similar to the Christian idea of God. Thus he writes ...15 KB (2,461 words) - 17:52, 10 November 2022
- ==Some Christian and Theological Periodizations== Several theological ... Scofield parted company from traditional Christian thought in regarding the ...29 KB (4,535 words) - 16:10, 29 December 2020
- predator features in Native American mythology, often intertwined with ... In Native American mythology the bobcat is often twinned with the ...41 KB (6,143 words) - 23:59, 11 January 2023
- a religious city as a hub of Judaism and Christian seafaring missions. ... A number of Christian missions to seafarers are based in Antwerp, ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 05:47, 11 August 2023
- Inuit mythology While the dominant religious system of the Inuit today ... Inuit mythology has many similarities to the religions of other polar ...53 KB (8,160 words) - 18:55, 7 February 2023
- later come to have an impact on the Christian version of the Old Testament ... [[Image:NicholasLyrapage.jpg|thumb|A page from the Christian writer ...21 KB (3,376 words) - 17:23, 16 April 2023
- significance in kabbalistic thought and Christian apocalypticism. ... This prophecy became influential in Christian times as prediction of ...39 KB (6,126 words) - 09:20, 28 June 2022
- traditional school and a school run by a Christian church. Older children ... the lake's largest islands. In Inca mythology it figured as the place ...14 KB (2,293 words) - 05:37, 4 March 2023
- Jesus is featured throughout the New Testament and other Early Christian ... Early Christian sources outside the New Testament also mention Jesus ...44 KB (6,589 words) - 16:59, 22 February 2023
- images, sculpture, dance, visual mythology, and symbols deriving from ... all “foreign” religions (including Christian Nestorianism, Zoroastrianism ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- only place names remain from the pre-Christian era. The date at which ... The cult of Saints was, as throughout Christian lands, of great importance ...35 KB (5,272 words) - 05:13, 24 November 2022
- Hebrew versions of the scriptures. Early Christian translators of the Hebrew ... In Canaanite mythology, the divine offspring of the god El were called ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 01:12, 11 November 2022
- separates oneself from the canons of the Christian Church, the further one ... Stravinsky's ballets to draw on folk mythology. But it is the third ballet ...32 KB (4,790 words) - 16:04, 12 February 2024
- without being distinctively Jewish or Christian. Levinskaya speculates that some of the people who converted to Christianity in this region in ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- later produced some leading Christian scholars. The Roman emperors ... Ages as the liturgical language of the Christian minority. ...44 KB (6,818 words) - 19:13, 26 July 2023
- Rank was an expert in philosophy, literature, and mythology, and brought ... , Buddhist (story of Siddhartha), and Christian (story of Jesus). Rank ...17 KB (2,538 words) - 05:54, 18 November 2022
- Basilica, is considered one of the holiest of all Christian sites in the Catholic tradition and is the location of principal church of the Pope, over ...25 KB (3,946 words) - 18:31, 14 October 2022
- America, whose cultures are based on a Christian model, political and religious ... In 1 Timothy 2:8-15, Paul outlined the role of women in the Christian ...28 KB (4,138 words) - 18:57, 23 March 2023
- of Illiam Dhone (also known as William Christian) rebelled and captured ... Castle Rushen and Peel Castle and Christian remained receiver general ...38 KB (5,944 words) - 21:52, 8 March 2024
- Haakon the Good was Norway's first Christian king. Norse traditions ... and elected the Danish crown prince Christian Fredrik as king on May ...44 KB (6,442 words) - 10:06, 11 March 2023
- is also known for his advocacy of "Christian socialism." He attacked ... of the British Labor party and of Christian socialism. Upon the death ...29 KB (4,497 words) - 03:58, 3 May 2024
- particularly from later period Norse mythology. Wagner drew largely from ... his plots were based on Northern European mythology and legend. Further, Wagner ...53 KB (8,225 words) - 21:05, 16 April 2023
- and influential story in ancient Egyptian mythology. It concerns the murder ... of this account were taken from Greek mythology, and that the work as a ...56 KB (8,963 words) - 04:38, 18 November 2022
- in about the tenth century. Maori mythology credits Maui with fishing ... percent) of Wellingtonians are nominally Christian, and 30.4 percent profess ...30 KB (4,384 words) - 20:30, 18 January 2024
- incorporated a god of death into their mythology or folk religion. As death ... as a figure or fictional character in mythology and popular culture since ...47 KB (7,217 words) - 08:56, 28 January 2024
- he took jobs as a cook at the house of a Christian railway guard and at a ... images from Hindu, Muslim and Greek mythology. Nazrul won admiration ...34 KB (5,210 words) - 22:44, 14 September 2023
