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- organ music to bring out his interest in sacred music. Graun felt that ethical ... as Montezuma (1755), with a libretto by King Frederick. None of his pieces ...2 KB (357 words) - 19:19, 26 November 2023
- societies relates closely to the idea of sacred bone in Silla thought. Strictly ... The "sacred bone," or seonggol (성골,聖骨), sometimes ...8 KB (1,213 words) - 07:22, 17 November 2023
- Sacred fig (Ficus religiosa) is a species of banyan fig, characterized ... Two famous representatives of sacred fig are the Bodhi tree and the ...10 KB (1,612 words) - 20:37, 17 April 2023
- games, and Pelops, divine hero and mythical king of Olympia, famous for his ... buildings. Enclosed within the temenos (sacred enclosed area) were the Temple ...7 KB (1,101 words) - 04:40, 28 April 2023
- Daniel at the court of Cyrus, the Persian king of Babylon near the end of ... The narrative of priests of Bel, the king asks Daniel, "Do you ...11 KB (1,817 words) - 10:29, 26 September 2023
- in the early eighteenth century. His sacred music, chamber compositions ... du Roi, organist by appointment to the King. This was the Sun King, Louis XIV. ...10 KB (1,509 words) - 04:57, 9 April 2024
- The Sacred Heart is a devotional representation of Jesus' physical ... Predecessors to the modern devotion to the Sacred Heart existed to ...16 KB (2,644 words) - 18:34, 22 December 2022
- a supposed edict of Cyrus in which the king names Yahweh rather than Marduk ... 539 B.C.E., assuming the titles of "king of Babylon, king of Sumer ...15 KB (2,435 words) - 02:16, 6 July 2023
- to "Asherah" refer to a type of sacred pillar or tree that was erected ... yammi, 'Athirat of the Sea'. The sacred sea (or lake) upon which ...14 KB (2,179 words) - 04:03, 18 August 2023
- the god of heaven, lord of constellations, king of gods, and the father of ... center of worship was probably the sacred city of Uruk (Erech), in ...10 KB (1,744 words) - 21:24, 24 March 2024
- Malvathu Oya. UNESCO designated the Sacred City of Anuradhapura a World ... and urban life in South Asia. Considered sacred to the Buddhist world, monasteries ...16 KB (2,446 words) - 05:50, 11 August 2023
- functions fused in the tradition of the Sacred Tooth of Buddha. The Royal ... Historical records suggest that King Wickramabahu (1357-1374 C.E. ...14 KB (1,979 words) - 07:07, 28 February 2023
- the presence of a deity, and sometimes a sacred tree. High places near major ... and early prophets established altars and sacred pillars at high places, such ...15 KB (2,332 words) - 22:24, 2 May 2024
- period of the judges, when it was also a sacred place to offer sacrifices ... bull calf. The shrine was thus destroyed by King Josiah of Judah during his ...13 KB (2,035 words) - 10:23, 4 March 2023
- Hieros Gamos (Greek ιερός γάμος, "sacred wedding" ... *The union of a goddess and a priest or king standing in the role ...13 KB (2,025 words) - 23:49, 12 February 2022
- beol)), 徐伐 (서벌, seobeol). In 503, King Jijeung standardized the characters ... According to Korean records, King Bak Hyeokgeose founded Silla in ...16 KB (2,364 words) - 22:07, 29 January 2023
- House," it earlier referred to the king's palace but eventually ... Osiris, god of the dead, passing on his sacred powers to his son, the new ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- a bas-relief representing two images of the king worshiping the falcon-headed ... in present-day Syria, in which the Egyptian king fought against the Hittites ...14 KB (2,343 words) - 06:55, 14 June 2023
- in history. Identified as a daughter of King Sargon I, she was appointed ... later returning to her position at Ur sacred temple. Her writings were ...10 KB (1,613 words) - 18:54, 13 February 2024
- Carians who were eventually expelled by King Minos of Crete. ... die or give birth on the island due to its sacred importance and to preserve ...9 KB (1,335 words) - 09:22, 28 January 2024
- C.E., before moving, at the behest of the king and ministers, to Vijayanagara ... alphabet, and at seven took upanayana (the sacred thread) and remained at the ...11 KB (1,714 words) - 21:53, 3 May 2023
- who served as royal secretary in the time of King Josiah. of Jerusalem and the execution of King Zedekiah in 586, King Nebuchadnezzar ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 21:06, 20 July 2021
- popular resistance and was able to convert King Ethelbert of England to Christianity ... Kent was targeted by the pope because its king, Æthelbert, had married a ...8 KB (1,136 words) - 19:07, 22 December 2022
- the northern leader Jeroboam I becoming the king of Israel and Rehoboam, the ... priests in the area: "Then the king of Assyria gave this order: ...12 KB (1,793 words) - 22:25, 26 September 2023
- places were frequently considered to be sacred, and Mount Carmel was no ... of the tribe of Asher (Josh. 19:24). King Saul reportedly established ...10 KB (1,644 words) - 01:44, 11 March 2023
- he is portrayed as the primary deity and king of the gods. Enlil was the ... to hold the Tablets of Destiny and rule as king of the gods, while the triad ...12 KB (1,974 words) - 18:55, 13 February 2024
- of the LORD") was an important king of Judah whom the Bible praises ... #039;s grandson Jehoiachin, was the last king of royal line of David. ...13 KB (2,117 words) - 05:07, 7 May 2024
- to rule directly from the will of God. The king is thus not subject to the ... that God had bestowed earthly power to the king, just has He had given spiritual ...11 KB (1,829 words) - 15:08, 26 August 2020
- Israelite prophet who lived in the time of King David. His actions are described ... He appears suddenly in the narrative as King David plans to build a "house ...11 KB (1,891 words) - 01:30, 11 November 2022
- into English as "Jesus Nazarene, King of the Jews." This title ... Jesus if he was indeed the alleged "King of the Jews," it is notable ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 20:14, 29 March 2024
- the capital area into many zones. The Sacred Center and the Royal Center ... high-ranking Muslim officers of the king’s court and the military ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 19:11, 26 July 2023
- Nabonidus (Akkadian Nabû-nāʾid) was the last king of the Neo-Babylonian ... As king, Nabonidus was maligned by the priests of the chief Babylonian ...17 KB (2,715 words) - 22:59, 10 November 2022
- Enlil and the grain goddess Ninlil. His sacred city was Ur, and temples ... love. The virgin Ninlil bathes in the sacred river, where she is seen ...12 KB (1,952 words) - 08:45, 9 October 2022
- A votive deposit or votive offering is an object left in a sacred ... collection of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh King Tutankhamen (King "Tut ...13 KB (1,977 words) - 17:39, 16 August 2023
- one of the last kings of Judah. The son of King Jehoiakim, his reign in Jerusalem ... from office by the Babylonian army of King Nebuchadnezzar II. Jehoiachin ...11 KB (1,755 words) - 04:29, 31 July 2022
- of Kama" is attributed to Nandi the sacred bull, Shiva's doorkeeper ... manual nor, as also commonly believed, a sacred or religious work. It is ...11 KB (1,702 words) - 02:33, 5 October 2022
- Yoʾav) was a key military leader under King David in the Hebrew Bible ... in-chief of his armies, he also earned the king's curses for overstepping ...18 KB (2,943 words) - 05:54, 5 April 2024
- incense altar in the inner sanctuary. The sacred Ark of the Covenant was also ... Instead, they suppose that a portable sacred tent may once have existed ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- taught the Kalachakra tantra on request of King Suchandra of Shambhala; the ... and all is lost, the twenty-fifth Kalki king will emerge from Shambhala ...10 KB (1,530 words) - 09:52, 6 October 2022
- ::For the Gupta king, see Chandragupta II Vikramāditya ... The name king Vikramaditya ( विक्रमादित्य ...12 KB (1,714 words) - 20:21, 3 May 2023
- tradition makes more direct use of the sacred names of God, using them ... the Jews. Each of the names was considered sacred. The seven names for the ...18 KB (2,791 words) - 01:12, 11 November 2022
- of figs include the banyans and the sacred fig (Peepul or Bo) tree. areas with fig leaves after the Fall. The sacred fig, Ficus religiosa, is ...16 KB (2,692 words) - 19:39, 26 March 2024
- stupa, a tomb-like structure in which sacred relics could be kept safe ... over the remains or relics of a holy man or king. The hemispherical domed stupa ...11 KB (1,700 words) - 23:42, 28 April 2024
- :such as no later king or man ever equaled! In the sixth century B.C.E., the great Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar ...12 KB (2,015 words) - 03:03, 8 March 2024
- Rehoboam (Hebrew: רחבעם, Rehav'am) was a king in ancient ... kingdom, proclaiming Jeroboam I as their king. Only the southern tribes ...14 KB (2,210 words) - 19:23, 23 June 2023
- In this view the statement of the northern king Jeroboam in unveiling the ... cc/1_kings/12-28.htm 12:28], after King Jeroboam I had established ...19 KB (3,041 words) - 13:10, 19 December 2022
- The cave monastery has been a sacred pilgrimage site since its founding ... the largest and most important monasteries. King Valagambahu has been traditionally ...13 KB (1,949 words) - 18:09, 24 January 2024
- For humans, various species, such as the king colobus (C. polykomos ... species of African primates and the king colobus also is considered ...11 KB (1,634 words) - 18:03, 31 October 2023
- The temple in Badrinath serves as a sacred pilgrimage site for Vaishnavites. ... The Skanda Purana states that “There are several sacred shrines ...11 KB (1,669 words) - 05:36, 26 August 2023
- possibility of errors in translation of sacred text. A famous quote from ... context as a human work, and not only as a sacred scripture which must not ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:41, 1 October 2023
- The step pyramid at Saqqara, designed by Imhotep for King Djoser ... found on the site were inscribed with this king's name. From its design ...17 KB (2,687 words) - 00:23, 8 November 2023
- of an important religious figure, or a sacred item, carefully preserved ... still survive including the much revered Sacred Relic of the tooth of the ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- ) is a form of sacred theater traditionally performed in Hindu temples ... women of the Ambalavasi Nambiar caste in sacred theaters, called Koothambalam ...19 KB (2,773 words) - 04:09, 4 March 2023
- Māyā married king Śuddhodana (Pāli: Suddhodana), the ruler of ... Queen Māyā and King Suddhodhana had no children twenty years into ...12 KB (1,788 words) - 02:57, 5 November 2022
- Either Rakai Pikatan, king of the second Mataram dynasty, or Balitung ... function remains unknown, possibly a sacred park or priests' boarding ...15 KB (2,259 words) - 22:14, 30 November 2022
- Al-Qays was the son of Hujr, the last king of Kindah which is part ... character based on a much earlier real Arab king" Aymen, Br., ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 12:38, 4 March 2024
- Jewish faith. As God's agent—and the king's—he is empowered to ... to its destination and delivered the sacred vessels to the temple. ...13 KB (2,057 words) - 07:29, 17 November 2023
- As Wilkinson summarizes, "the Egyptian king himself was called the 'heir ... Book of the Dead, 1895. At [http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/index ...20 KB (3,212 words) - 17:11, 23 October 2022
- life in the service of others through his sacred and secular compositions. ... for Henry VIII of England (until the king's death in 1547), Edward ...6 KB (933 words) - 22:55, 30 April 2023
- of Nebat, (1 Kings 11:26-39), was the first king of the break-away ten tribes ... Appointed by King Solomon as the leader of forced labor gangs in Jerusalem ...17 KB (2,812 words) - 18:48, 23 June 2023
- Their primary task was to maintain the sacred fire of Vesta. The Vestal ... be a Vestal priestess, who will carry out sacred rites which it is the law ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 18:03, 3 May 2023
- and various other transliterations) is a sacred ritualized dance of Java ... only in the presence of the Susuhunan (King), on the anniversary of his ...12 KB (1,955 words) - 10:21, 26 September 2023
- was principally a goddess of fertility and sacred mountains. Temple hymn sources ... Nin ("lady") and Ḫursag ("sacred mountain"). She had ...14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:51, 15 November 2022
- of the Temple and seven additional sacred spots. It is divided into ... The Bodhi tree is the most prominent of the seven sacred spots. It ...16 KB (2,541 words) - 05:18, 17 November 2023
- in prestige and never again housed the sacred Ark. In Samaritan tradition ... In the Bible, his descendant Abiathar was high priest under King David ...11 KB (1,806 words) - 00:35, 30 December 2021
- the Magyars (997-1000/1001) and the first King of Hungary (1000/1001-1038 ... Sancti Regis Stephani (The Major Legend of King Saint Stephen). He was given ...19 KB (3,077 words) - 20:02, 9 February 2023
- millennia. In the Homeric Hymn to Demeter, King Celeus is said to have been ... only initiates knew what the kiste, a sacred chest, and the kalathos, ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- they are often funny even when performing sacred tasks. The Native American ... as essential to any contact with the sacred. People could not pray until ...19 KB (2,802 words) - 16:52, 2 May 2023
- in metal-work reached the ear of King Nidud, the local sovereign ... to do but plot revenge. First, he lured King Nidud's two young sons ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- who was married to the Merovingian king Sigebert I in 567. Whether ... woman, the beautiful daughter of a great king, though she shares some of ...18 KB (2,858 words) - 16:28, 30 April 2020
- Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia c. 538 B.C.E. He ... three months after replacing his father King Jehoiachim, who had died during ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:52, 13 June 2023
- and protect many of South Korea's sacred, historical, and beautiful ... of Buddhism in Korea, hosts a number of sacred historical sites in Korea ...14 KB (1,925 words) - 04:16, 11 March 2023
- This point, known as the Sangam, is a sacred place in Hinduism. According ... called by westerners) is considered to be sacred. It is worshipped by Hindus ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- made based on the position of the tomb of King Mun-mu (30th King), who unified ... in the face of worldly strife. A sacred jewel spot sits on his forehead ...13 KB (1,917 words) - 09:48, 26 January 2023
- epics Ramayana and Mahabharata, and the sacred text Puranas all mention ... Buddhists. Jains, as well, hold the region sacred. To Jains, Magadha was the ...20 KB (3,019 words) - 04:57, 5 November 2022
- Few personal details have been recorded of the great king. His mother ... The fragment from Natya-darpana mentions the king Ramagupta, the elder ...13 KB (1,823 words) - 01:15, 4 December 2023
- works on the subject of Indology. The Sacred Books of the East was a massive ... which helped her to create a multi-cultural sacred imagery. ...30 KB (4,499 words) - 00:55, 9 November 2022
- a major Israelite city)—depict an unknown king being carried on his throne ... Lammasu was originally depicted as having a king's head, a lion's ...13 KB (1,935 words) - 18:30, 8 December 2023
- image was often adopted by emperors as a sacred symbol of power. Thus, the ... often depicted as a humanoid, dressed in a king's costume, but with a ...21 KB (3,271 words) - 17:03, 10 December 2023
- The king wanted Jajang to serve as a minister in the court, rather ... Rebuilt in 1601 during the reign of King Sonjo. National Treasure #144. ...15 KB (2,255 words) - 03:59, 1 May 2023
- by the ninth century B.C.E. Moabite King Mesha. Discovered in 1868 ... undertaken after the death of Israel's King Ahab. Currently displayed ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- secular, whereas kahiko is still considered to be sacred. ... or goddesses. This is why the hula is held sacred by Hawaiians, and has historically ...19 KB (3,030 words) - 16:15, 9 February 2024
- a significant role in the religious cultus. King Sargon was the first ruler ... was also a society that revered the 'sacred female,' a concept that ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- Potala, which is considered to be the sacred abode of the Buddhist deity ... The site was used as a meditation retreat by King Songtsen Gampo, ...16 KB (2,576 words) - 05:51, 30 November 2022
- storm deity Marduk, who assumed the role of king of the gods in the second ... This may be a reference to Enki's fertile sacred marriage with ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- of Waters and solemn processions with the sacred Tabot. ... of France and Belgium. This is a kind of king cake, with a trinket or a ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 19:09, 13 February 2024
- Messiah, an oratorio set to texts from the King James Bible (an excerpt of ... Handel found work as a composer of sacred music and wrote some pieces ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 08:06, 23 January 2023
- * The mention of the "Yona king Antiochus" in the Edicts ... * The mention of the "Yona king Antialcidas" in the Heliodorus ...21 KB (3,106 words) - 16:58, 4 June 2023
- center and the permanent cite of the sacred Tabernacle, which the Israelites ... who commissioned Jeroboam I to become the king of Israel in opposition to ...16 KB (2,424 words) - 14:11, 27 January 2023
- to be a magical signet ring possessed by King Solomon, which variously gave ... soldiers of Spain wore a medal of the Sacred Heart of Jesus on their chests ...13 KB (2,101 words) - 17:26, 26 July 2023
- she floats down the Nile. A daughter of the king of Egypt finds the infant ... day pilgrimage into the desert to hold a sacred feast. The king not only ...26 KB (4,281 words) - 07:28, 17 November 2023
- between Amenhotep III and the Babylonian king Kadeshman-Enlil shows a fascinating ... of the period. Letters from the Babylonian king Kadashman-Enlil I anchor the ...34 KB (6,076 words) - 02:40, 24 July 2023
- of Athens. The site of the academy was sacred to Athena and other immortals ... Life of Cimon xiii:7), it contained a sacred grove of olive trees, watered ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- the reptile's flickering tongue (L.W. King: "A History of Babylon ... Once they promised to revere him as "king of the Gods" after his ...16 KB (2,560 words) - 23:20, 30 April 2023
- has strengthened") was the thirteenth king of independent Judah in the ... The account of this king in the Hebrew Bible is contained in 2 Kings ...20 KB (3,298 words) - 11:58, 22 January 2024
- The three Theban Plays, or the Oedipus cycle, Oedipus the King (also ... Oedipus the King (also known as Oedipus Rex and Oedipus Tyrannos, ...23 KB (3,721 words) - 01:18, 4 February 2023
- the Athenians (as represented by their king, Cecrops) accepted the olive ... After working for a year for the Trojan king Laomedon, both deities were ...11 KB (1,681 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- the biblical record as late as the reign of King Hezekiah in the eighth century ... a military campaign of Kedorlaomer, king of Elam, and his allies which ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 02:37, 24 July 2023
- B.C.E., including the destruction of its sacred Temple, left many of the ... The purpose of this action was to punish King Josiah's son Jehoiakim ...18 KB (2,780 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- there. Ujjain served as the capital for King Chandragupta II (375–415 ... Ujjain numbers among the seven sacred cities of the Hindus, with the ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- into a longer Akkadian epic about the hero-king Gilgamesh of Uruk (Erech, ... Gilgamesh, the powerful but self-centered king who tyrannizes his people ...20 KB (3,264 words) - 07:45, 24 January 2023
- was taken into Pharaoh's harem. The king rewarded Abram richly on her ... #039;s sister, was again taken into the king's household—this time ...14 KB (2,282 words) - 19:23, 15 September 2022
- intervention preventing a Gentile king from entering the Temple of ... as unclean and unfit to enter the sacred sanctuary of the Temple of ...9 KB (1,497 words) - 06:44, 13 June 2023
- A dreamcatcher is a sacred Native American object that consists of ... thoughtless perversion of something sacred. Dreamcatchers were also ...11 KB (1,727 words) - 17:35, 30 January 2024
- himself the authority usually reserved to sacred kingship. The poet declares ... * [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/hesiod/index.htm Sacred Texts: ...12 KB (1,937 words) - 15:44, 25 January 2023
- one of the nineteen Cardinals who refused King Henry VIII of England an annulment ... theologian, and he was soon made master of sacred theology. For several years ...15 KB (2,393 words) - 19:13, 26 November 2023
- Vaishali derives its name from King Vishal, of the Mahabharata age ... "I am now a free tiller of the soil, king over my acre." The last ...15 KB (2,417 words) - 14:09, 3 May 2023
- Sacred singing in Hebrew tradition dates back to songs of Miriam and ... of Ages past, made a distinction between sacred and secular art which it ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- #039;s 12 sons. She is the foremother of King Saul, the first king of Israel ... comes to Rachel, who has hidden the sacred items in her camel's ...14 KB (2,238 words) - 22:37, 7 December 2022
- the fearsome sea god Yam to reign as king of the gods. Yam rules harshly ... seems to have involved ritual sex between a king or priest and a female priestly ...25 KB (4,203 words) - 05:22, 26 August 2023
- The most famous Hebrew singer of psalms was King David, although his ... singers were employed there as well. King Jehoshaphat of Judah appointed ...15 KB (2,193 words) - 19:28, 25 November 2023
- the son of Jacob. She was the ancestor of King David in the Hebrew Bible ... #039;s lineage. Among her descendants were King David, each of the subsequent ...15 KB (2,478 words) - 03:57, 27 February 2023
- these five major judges and one shortlived king (Abimelech), with other minor ... into a national federation with its own king. The figure of Abimelech, ...19 KB (3,100 words) - 00:20, 19 November 2023
- the goddess Ishtar/Inanna plants this sacred tree in her garden, where ... to by Eagle-Headed gods and priests, or the king himself. ...17 KB (2,857 words) - 16:43, 2 May 2023
- of Solomon's son Rehoboam as king, and the establishment of ... of neighboring cities. To accomplish this, King Labaya allegedly recruited ...12 KB (1,941 words) - 21:20, 6 October 2022
- Jeroboam II (ירבעם השני) was the the fourteenth king of the ... when it was attacked by Assur-dan III, King of Assyria (773). This enabled ...13 KB (2,065 words) - 08:00, 3 April 2024
- of both marital fertility and the sacred law. She is invoked as the ... as a mare-goddess. She resisted the sea king's advances, but she could ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- Bahram II was the fifth Sassanid King of Persia in 276–293. He was ... his son, the future Bahram III as "King of the Sakas." ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- (البيت الحرام "The Sacred House"). For the Muslim ... for Mecca suffice. However, in the Sacred Mosque, worshippers pray ...10 KB (1,571 words) - 21:48, 4 October 2022
- of the Ostrogoths but was later executed by King Theodoric the Great on suspicion ... apart, and he was employed by the Gothic king of Italy at Ravenna, Theodoric ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- the major bridges were over the Tiber, the sacred river (and a deity): only ... of ancient Rome. The foundation of this sacred college is attributed to ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- serpent-man, Kekrops or Cecrops, the first Athenian king. ... A sizable temple, sacred to "Athena Polias" (Protectress ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- was Juno. The cow and peacock are sacred to her. Portrayed as majestic ... also because I am your wife, and you are king of the gods." ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- wall surrounding the temple, is a sacred place of pilgrimage to this day. ... *King David's Altar was the first construction on the site of ...30 KB (4,697 words) - 20:29, 9 May 2024
- was burned on a holy tree in one of the sacred precincts of the temple of ... head it is a sign that he will become a king. Its true meaning is that ...14 KB (2,311 words) - 14:23, 19 March 2024
- According to Villani, Landini was given a crown of laurel by the King ... there are records of his having composed sacred music, none of it has survived ...6 KB (949 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- mpu Kanwa in 1030 C.E. during the reign of king Airlangga. The story tells ... * The [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/rigveda/index.htm Rig Veda ...10 KB (1,598 words) - 15:57, 11 August 2023
- saved from falling into the hands of the king by the shrewd tactics of Rahab ... they reach the Jordan River carrying the sacred Ark of the Covenant, the ...26 KB (4,240 words) - 00:19, 19 November 2023
- personal names bearing an element of the sacred name, such as yeho or yo ... with Melchizedek, the mysterious priest-king of Salem (the future Jerusalem): ...25 KB (4,138 words) - 10:00, 22 May 2023
- Life of Cimon xiii:7), it contained a sacred grove of olive trees dedicated ... The site of the Academy was sacred to Athena and other immortals; ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- of Samuel. Jonathan, the eldest son of King Saul, was a military commander ... God had withdrawn his support of Saul as king. Only 600 men remained with ...16 KB (2,582 words) - 05:57, 9 July 2023
- the Scythian nobles learned about their king's inclination toward ... with the upper world by means of a sacred World Tree. There are no ...26 KB (4,249 words) - 06:07, 27 February 2023
- (Exod. 32:17) and attending the sacred Tent of Meeting prior to ... on the Mount Ebal, Joshua establishes a sacred altar and causes the blessings ...17 KB (2,859 words) - 19:56, 7 September 2022
- Isis. From the earliest Dynastic Period the king's name was written in ... of the Dead. 1895. Accessed at [http://www.sacred-texts.com/egy/ebod/index ...25 KB (3,894 words) - 18:16, 7 February 2024
- history, and is still considered sacred by the Korean population ... The Jurchen Jin Dynasty (1115–1234) bestowed the title "the ...15 KB (2,130 words) - 05:38, 26 August 2023
- Built for king Suryavarman II in the early twelfth century as his ... . Dedicated to Vishnu, it was built as the king's state temple and capital ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- quot; or "lent") was the first king of the ancient Kingdom of ... some respects, to describe that of a future king rather than a prophet. ...26 KB (4,275 words) - 17:04, 23 December 2022
- the Chinese Tang dynasty. In 660, under King Muyeol (654-661), Silla subjugated ... King Sinmun (681-692) firmly established the throne of the Unified ...16 KB (2,444 words) - 23:42, 11 November 2022
- the "chronicle of the whole of sacred history." ... 1-9) is a detailed history of the reign of King Solomon as a Golden Age of ...18 KB (2,889 words) - 21:52, 10 December 2023
- Jezebel was the wife of King Ahab and thus Queen of Israel in the ... century B.C.E.. She was the daughter of King Ithobaal I of Tyre. A Phoencian ...16 KB (2,494 words) - 03:03, 1 August 2022
- she famously traveled to Jerusalem to meet King Solomon. The city was already ... This kingdom was at its height under king Ezana, baptized as Abreha ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- world; and Anasagar Lake, constructed by King Anaji (1135-1150 C.E.). Mayo ... King Anaji (1135-1150 C.E.), the grandfather of Prithvi Raj Chauhan ...14 KB (1,997 words) - 07:13, 16 June 2023
- Israelite conquest of Canaan and the first king of Israel, Saul. Jephthah ... the reason for their attacks. The Ammonite king replies that the Israelites ...11 KB (1,778 words) - 19:50, 15 August 2022
- it to the world. Later, it was conquered by King Sumaguru Kante of Sosso in ... capital of the Empire. It contained a sacred grove of trees used for Soninke ...15 KB (2,401 words) - 23:55, 6 December 2022
- fully independent state, and his titles of King of Kings, Lord of Lords, and ... "Look to Africa, for there a king shall be crowned" allegedly ...26 KB (4,200 words) - 17:24, 16 April 2023
- (or a former general) of the Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I, but the two kings ... by Demetrius, the son of Euthydemus the king of the Bactrians; and they ...28 KB (4,241 words) - 04:28, 9 November 2022
- by Assyria. Rather than a work of sacred history, however, it is best ... the Ammonites, briefs him on Israel's sacred history and declares that ...14 KB (2,138 words) - 00:21, 19 November 2023
- religions into her bosom—She secures the sacred rights of every individual; ... There was no mention of God, the Bible, or sacred events. "Let sacred ...15 KB (2,342 words) - 02:32, 16 November 2022
- Vyasa was born to Satyavati before her marriage with the Kuru king ... between the blind Dhritarashtra (the Kuru king and the father of the Kauravas ...17 KB (2,751 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- shepherd (reigning 36000 years), the fifth King before the Flood *Dumuzid of Kua, the fisherman (reigning 100 years), the third King ...16 KB (2,459 words) - 04:00, 27 February 2023
- سليمان Sulayman) was the son of king David and the third king of ... of power in his realm. However, this king of a supposedly great empire ...29 KB (4,624 words) - 00:50, 4 February 2023
- to a shrine where a linga was bathed in sacred water from a mountain spring ... The temples, also dedicated to Shiva, boast sacred springs near by. ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- were regarded as protectors of temples or sacred areas. To what extent the ... Images depicting the Egyptian king in the form of a lion smiting ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- operas and his compositions of sacred music. His influence extended ... the anniversary of the execution of King Louis XVI of France, was a ...6 KB (953 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- events as well as all genres of English sacred and secular vocal music, ... Masque opera for the entertainment of the King, Venus and Adonis. In this ...6 KB (993 words) - 16:55, 5 April 2024
- activity in Jerusalem was initiated by King Josiah of Judah in the late ... of the other Israelites. The Levites' sacred role is mentioned in various ...21 KB (3,292 words) - 22:17, 25 October 2022
- and diamond) refers to an important sacred tool and ritual implement ... weapon of Indra, the Vedic god of war and king of the devas. In Hindu mythology ...7 KB (1,107 words) - 14:11, 3 May 2023
- "universal monarch" and "god-king" of Cambodia, until 1431 ... The Angkorian period began shortly after 800 C.E., when the Khmer ...32 KB (4,644 words) - 18:07, 27 July 2023
- purge of the descendants of Israel's King Ahab. After the ascension ... under the influence of Jezebel, wife of King Ahab of Israel. The prophet ...20 KB (3,192 words) - 21:43, 7 January 2019
- is located on the Temple Mount, a spot is sacred to Jews, Christians and Muslims ... Moriah which has always been regarded as sacred. In an ancient Semitic tradition ...22 KB (3,569 words) - 16:41, 29 January 2024
- Of the Druids' oral literature (sacred songs, formulas for prayers ... In the Ulster Cycle, Cathbad, chief Druid at the court of Conchobar ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- of the powerful Long Juju oracle, the Aro King, Chiefs, and High Priests. defeated. The office of the Eze-Aro, or King, continues and he is constitutionally ...15 KB (2,314 words) - 03:57, 15 August 2023
- ) is a city in southeastern Peru near the Sacred Valley in the Andes ... Title to the land itself remained with the king of Spain. ...22 KB (3,238 words) - 06:49, 12 January 2024
- The city of Sur-marrati--re-founded by the Assyrian King Sennacherib ... was attributed by Yaqut to the Sassanid king Khosrau I Anushirvan (531–578 ...9 KB (1,343 words) - 02:08, 23 December 2022
- Attis, was about to wed the daughter of the king, when Cybele appeared in her ... shape and is covered with the hide of the sacred lunar bull. ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- ancient editions of the Latin Vulgate, as sacred and canonical." The ... * 3 Esdras (1 Esdras in the King James Bible) * 4 Esdras (2 Esdras ...29 KB (4,388 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- anointed David, a Judahite, as the first king of the supposedly united kingdom ... However, after the split between Judah and Israel the sacred nature ...22 KB (3,530 words) - 01:14, 21 April 2023
- The Book of Mormon is one of the sacred texts of the Latter Day Saint ... Mormon is esteemed as part of the canon of sacred scripture by The Church of ...29 KB (4,400 words) - 00:27, 19 November 2023
- Isis was as the assistant to the deceased king. Thus she gained a funerary ... by association. In many African tribes, the king's throne is known as ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- All three probably reported directly to the king. This more evenly distributed ... throne and described Darius' legitimacy to be king. ...12 KB (1,863 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- "son of Beor," who was hired by King Balak of Moab to curse the ... kings on this side of the Jordan: Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king ...16 KB (2,754 words) - 04:16, 11 January 2023
- In these accounts, Osiris is generally portrayed as a wise king and ... even found on a mace-head of the Scorpion King, a Protodynastic ruler. ...29 KB (4,585 words) - 10:05, 26 January 2023
- The earliest relics date to the era of king Bhadravarman I (Phạm Hồ ... which burned down in the seventh century. King Sambhuvarman (Phạm Phạn ...14 KB (2,135 words) - 02:40, 11 March 2023
- shown to the surrounding nations, such as King Sihon of Heshbon, whose people ... *A ban is instituted against erecting sacred pillars dedicated to ...25 KB (3,999 words) - 07:26, 17 November 2023
- represented in the secular sphere by the King assisted by his nobles and ... of tribunals, ruled by the "Supreme Sacred Congregation of the Universal ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- Vikings, in which capacity he convinced King Olaf I of Norway to accept ... holy blood fell on the earth, whilst his sacred soul was sent to the realm of God. ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 19:03, 22 December 2022
- El as the highest God. For example, the king of the town of Salem (the ... :Melchizedek king of Salem brought out bread and wine. He was priest ...20 KB (3,357 words) - 00:06, 13 February 2024
- their leaders and the Tabernacle as their sacred sanctuary. God is visibly ... person. Also: "Each man's sacred gifts are his own, but what ...28 KB (4,576 words) - 20:04, 17 May 2023
- *“A holy convocation” or “a sacred occasion” (Num. ... it. According to the biblical histories, King Solomon dedicated the Temple ...19 KB (2,871 words) - 21:43, 26 February 2023
- The Midianites were beaten by the Edomite king Hadad ben Bedad "in the ... way. Thus, they joined with the Moabite king Balak to ask the prophet Balaam ...13 KB (2,089 words) - 17:34, 9 November 2022
- 2 Maccabees covers the period from the high priest Onias III and King ... to prevent him from entering the sacred place. The high priest Onias ...12 KB (1,773 words) - 06:43, 13 June 2023
- was worshiped for defeating the evil king Kamsa and for serving as a ... prince named Kamsa overthrew his father, King Ugrasena, and usurped the ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 23:27, 12 June 2023
- horns and hairy coat, sacred to Khnum or Chnumis). In this guise, ... :When the last Rameses was dead the high-priest of Amen-Ra became ...27 KB (4,283 words) - 17:27, 26 July 2023
- gift-giving. Although not one of the most sacred Jewish holidays, it has grown ... which was controlled by the Seleucid Greek king of Syria, whose administrative ...28 KB (4,314 words) - 19:38, 29 January 2022
- of mugwort, ordering them to eat only this sacred food and remain out of the ... hundred years later, in the year Kimyo, King Wu of the Zhou Dynasty enfeoffed ...11 KB (1,597 words) - 18:13, 24 January 2024
- known internationally, especially for his sacred music. These sacred works ... As with many composers of his era, Josquin's sacred music was ...26 KB (3,991 words) - 05:29, 7 May 2024
- damage to the land on which they are erected (King 2002). ... of shelter for Mongolian tribes. They are sacred places, expressing the world ...18 KB (2,825 words) - 10:30, 7 June 2023
- the recognized and accepted body of sacred scripture" found in ... for Judaism, and for many Protestants, the King James Version is the canonical ...22 KB (3,254 words) - 03:43, 1 October 2023
- (البيت الحرام "The Sacred House"). For the Muslim ... "The Sacred Mosque", sometimes called "The Noble Sanctuary ...20 KB (3,193 words) - 03:48, 9 November 2022
- ruled the area directly as a Roman client king until his death around 4 B ... :At another time he used the sacred treasure of the Temple, called ...17 KB (2,703 words) - 20:06, 9 April 2023
- King Mu of Zhou Life as a dream or illusion (though without the Buddhist ... Emperor (supposedly r. 2698-2599 B.C.E.), King Tang of Shang (r. 1617-1588 ...18 KB (2,907 words) - 22:49, 25 October 2022
- as he sits, holds the extremities of the sacred wood firmly in his hands ... in a golden cross, and it became the most sacred relic of the Latin Kingdom ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- at Byblos naming the 13th dynasty Egyptian king Neferhotep I, and the rulers ... of this script is the sarcophagus of king Ahiram. The use of the alphabet ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 2023
- used arguments that were not dependent on Sacred Scripture, Christian doctrine ... Upon Lanfranc's death, however, King William II seized the possessions ...33 KB (5,289 words) - 05:15, 31 July 2023
- *The Book of Jeremiah describes the end of the Judean king Zedekiah ... of Ancient Israel and the Origin of Its Sacred Texts. Free Press, 2001. ...16 KB (2,400 words) - 02:27, 1 August 2022
- who challenged the idolatrous ways of King Ahab, who ruled the Israel ... After having delivered his message to the apostate king, Elijah retired ...18 KB (2,908 words) - 16:12, 13 February 2024
- It is considered an instrument for sacred use, and the manner of playing ... horn—shout for joy before the LORD, the King. (Ps. 98:5-6) ...13 KB (2,151 words) - 14:23, 27 January 2023
- The last king of the dynasty was Samsu-Ditana, son of Ammisaduqa. ... his homesick wife, Amytis, daughter of the king of the Medes, a much more ...19 KB (2,994 words) - 05:24, 26 August 2023
- India during which the Vedas, the oldest sacred texts of Hinduism, were being ... The rashtra (polity) was governed by a rajan (chieftain, 'king ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- of Government. The History of the Present King of Great-Britain is a History ... grievances are directed personally at the King (as in “He has refused his ...24 KB (3,622 words) - 09:03, 28 January 2024
- day period in the late summer during a sacred truce, observed by all Greek ... who began the games. Having agreed to clean King Augeas's stables in exchange ...17 KB (2,779 words) - 19:43, 26 July 2023
- meaning "a writing") are sacred texts that serve a variety ... quot; describes any religious sacred text, such as Hindu scripture ...38 KB (5,920 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- in Jerusalem from the thirteenth year of King Josiah of Judah through the ... In a hopeful mood, possibly inspired by King Josiah's campaign against ...32 KB (5,493 words) - 08:37, 31 July 2022
- ארון הברית,aron habrit) is a sacred chest in Jewish tradition ... he first met the Philistines, but the king was too impatient to consult ...29 KB (4,905 words) - 02:49, 15 August 2023
- "Beloved"), also referred to as King David, was the second and ... The successor to King Saul, who was the first official king of the ...25 KB (4,033 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- time for a poem based on “a passage of sacred history or doctrine,” by ... The next datable event in the Historia ecclesiastica is King Ecgfrith’s ...20 KB (2,950 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- strangled around 125 people. Having turned King's Evidence and agreed ... *Dutta, Krishna. 2005. The sacred slaughterers. Book review of Thug: ...16 KB (2,481 words) - 17:24, 18 April 2023
- Israel, while Uzziah (792-740 B.C.E.) was king of Judah. He likely performed ... up trouble and conspiring against the king, and commands him to stop ...15 KB (2,479 words) - 17:17, 26 July 2023
- appears as grandfather, sage, magician, king, doctor, priest, professor ... are often very funny even when considered sacred or performing important cultural ...28 KB (4,297 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
- and rise of Saul as Israel's first king, the rejection of Saul by ... of Samuel and Kings began with the King James Bible. While the traditional ...37 KB (5,923 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- Izaak Walton, Hooker's biographer quotes King James I as saying, "I observe there is in Mr. Hooker no affected language; but a grave, comprehensive ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 21:41, 8 December 2022
- The Sumerian myth of Ziusudra tells how the god Enki warns Ziusudra ... The Sumerian king list, a genealogy of historical, legendary, and ...29 KB (4,785 words) - 17:53, 11 November 2023
- tomb of Harkuf, an explorer for the young King Pepi II of Ancient Egypt. ... The rite of initiation into manhood is one of the most sacred parts ...27 KB (4,197 words) - 20:58, 14 April 2023
- day, since the prophecy was delivered to King Ahaz of Judah and was fulfilled ... for the plot of land, a purported sacred burial site of Sha'ab ...12 KB (2,039 words) - 05:11, 31 July 2023
- left eye. When he was 19, he persuaded the king of Aghanistran to grant him ... kings of Afghanistan. In 1830, the deposed King, Shah Shuja, fled to Lahore ...14 KB (2,163 words) - 05:26, 5 November 2022
- The sacred way started from Sifangcheng (Rectangular city), a pavilion ... of the tomb is the mausoleum of Sun Quan, King of the Kingdom of Wu in the ...24 KB (3,553 words) - 16:44, 12 February 2024
- is irreverence toward something considered sacred or inviolable. Many cultures ... chosen leaders. For example, reviling the king, who acts as God's representative ...20 KB (3,022 words) - 14:33, 8 February 2022
- God shall make manifest, promised in the sacred writings of previous religions ... a corpse, and remarked: ‘It is as if the King of Kings were issuing his ...32 KB (5,101 words) - 05:47, 26 August 2023
- awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Sacred Treasure. ... *Eisenstaedt, Alfred. 1946. The pearl king: Mr. Mikimoto of Japan ...11 KB (1,723 words) - 17:55, 9 November 2022
- Threatened with defeat by the Donghaks, King Gojong requested Chinese troops ... of the Daewongun, the regent father for King Gojong. In a hasty, rigged ...15 KB (2,185 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- capable women chose to enter a convent in sacred service to God. There, women ... I collected from the various flowers of sacred Scripture and philosophic ...14 KB (2,145 words) - 22:37, 12 February 2022
- Gupta period onward (320-600 C.E.), the sacred thread worn by twice-born ... *Marglin, Frederique Apffel. Wives of the God-King: The Rituals of ...12 KB (1,890 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- the sacrificial killing of the "Year King" by his successor, in ... of the annual sacrifice of the "Year King" has not been verified ...15 KB (2,162 words) - 21:27, 29 May 2023
- Hindu epic, the Ramayana, where, as the king of Lanka, he is both the overlord ... princess. Kaikesi's father, Sumali, king of the Daityas, wished her ...15 KB (2,384 words) - 19:05, 16 April 2023
- of these idols. He was then brought to the king, Nimrod, and he and his brother ... Abram journeyed to Shechem, and at the sacred tree there received ...30 KB (4,873 words) - 16:27, 23 December 2022
- to leave his hometown and serve a distant king. Having been banished from ... to their arm), which took the place of the sacred thread worn by most orthodox ...15 KB (2,359 words) - 23:15, 18 April 2020
- son and successor of Philip III, reigned as King of France from 1285 until ... Fontainebleau at Seine-et-Marne, the son of King Philip III and Isabella of ...23 KB (3,671 words) - 22:38, 28 March 2023
- * myths–sacred stories concerning the distant past, particularly ... * an Australian myth describing the first sacred bora ritual ...26 KB (3,852 words) - 22:45, 10 November 2022
- ager vaticanus) had long been considered sacred, or at least not available ... But they did not recognize the Italian king's right to rule in Rome ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- Sacred Indian dance drama, such as Krishnattom and Ramanattom, emerged ... Homer's Iliad, and Shakespeare's King Lear have also been adapted ...22 KB (3,220 words) - 17:09, 5 October 2022
- (1914) and accessed online at [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/demeter.htm ... Also accessible online at [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/gpr/ sacred ...23 KB (3,693 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- hours and are frequently performed during sacred temple ceremonies, at private ... of painting and puppetry was suppressed. King Raden Patah of Demak, Java ...19 KB (2,886 words) - 23:20, 3 May 2023
- by writing verses and satires to aid the king in various times of political ... he was sent to Westminster School as a King’s Scholar where his headmaster ...14 KB (2,199 words) - 04:57, 3 August 2022
- Almighty with the declaration, "to the King of kings, or Lord—and I ... Bruckner wrote Masses, motets, and other sacred choral works. Unlike his ...22 KB (3,442 words) - 06:48, 31 July 2023
- Saharan Africa had no written language or sacred writings, so it is necessary ... Africa did not have a written language or sacred writings to preserve any ...20 KB (3,143 words) - 06:07, 16 June 2023
- Judah divided, shortly after the reign of King Solomon, which ended in 931/922 ... However, it should be noted that King David had earlier been anointed ...27 KB (4,065 words) - 16:48, 25 February 2024
- For Jainism, Ayodhya is sacred place because Jain scripture relates ... of Kosala (Kaushal), the court of the great king Dasaratha, the 63rd monarch ...16 KB (2,296 words) - 07:27, 23 August 2023
- of Soma, and he was regarded as the king of medicinal herbs. Hence ... is said to have invested him with the sacred girdle, and in Yasna 10.89 ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 01:08, 4 February 2023
- by the storm deity Zeus, who becomes the king of the gods. ... of them all and elect him as their leader and king. They bestowed upon ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 18:58, 13 February 2024
- the burial place of an otherwise forgotten King Sil (or Zel); of a knight ... to Avebury is part of the study of the Sacred Sites, Contested Rites/Rights ...18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:14, 23 August 2023
- the Moon and both deer and cypress are sacred to her. She was seen to be ... or by slaying an animal from a sacred grove. Sophocles, Electra, 566-572. ...26 KB (4,093 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- Kanokupolu, he was baptized with the name King George. With the help in 1875 ... Tongan chiefs tried to oust the second king. It was part of the British ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 03:57, 1 May 2023
- also, in after years, he was anointed as king by Samuel (1 Samuel 16:4-13 ... On Christmas Day 1100 Baldwin I, first king of the Frankish Kingdom ...17 KB (2,657 words) - 12:00, 9 May 2024
- the nature of truth in the court of King Vikramāditya: ... used by Ācārya Hemacandra to convert king Kumarapala of Gujarat to Jainism ...30 KB (4,673 words) - 18:01, 27 July 2023
- grades outlined in the manuscripts.Francis King. Modern Ritual Magic: The ... therefore, it had to be done on their own.King, 1989, 43 ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 14:46, 12 February 2022
- Wu). In 216, Cao Cao was promoted to "King of Wei." his son Cao Pi succeeded to the title "King of Wei" and the position ...14 KB (2,127 words) - 19:50, 21 April 2023
- Odysseus; Latin: Ulixes), was the mythical Greek king of Ithaca and ... Achaean cause and is unwavering when the king is in question. ...27 KB (4,422 words) - 23:55, 17 November 2022
- who wrote more than 30 operas as well as sacred music and chamber music. ... In 1823, at the suggestion of the manager of the King’s Theatre ...21 KB (3,251 words) - 13:21, 15 December 2022
- of castration as an act of devotion, and sacred eunuchs are found in spiritual ... to receive it, let him receive it" (King James Version). ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- Olympian god of war, was the son of Zeus (king of the gods) and Hera. Among ... immortal stallions (Iliad v.352). His sacred birds were the barn owl, ...9 KB (1,454 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- obedience: in A Gest of Robyn Hode the king even observes that "His ... This often put the figure in the role of a May King, presiding over ...35 KB (5,638 words) - 17:08, 16 August 2023
- that characterized the motets and other sacred choral pieces of high Renaissance ... was Venice, which had both secular and sacred patronage available at this time. ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 10:49, 20 September 2023
- of the gods in heaven. Indra, the mighty king of the gods, guarded it jealously ... onward, Garuda encountered Indra. The king of the gods hit Garuda with ...14 KB (2,324 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- demand for copies of the Gospels and other sacred books, and later on for missals ... curb it. The first patent for the office of king's printer was granted ...13 KB (2,008 words) - 19:27, 20 November 2023
- symbolically acknowledge Jesus as the "King of the Jews." The journey ... Some translations of the Bible, such as the King James Version and ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- life of the Brahmins. Unlike Varuna who is king by divine right, Indra is ... name served as a suffix for rulers. Thus a king could also be called Mānavendra ...18 KB (2,879 words) - 20:00, 4 March 2024
- Tyrrhenia. This is their story: [...] their king divided the people into two ... Where they were was a fanu or luth, a sacred place, such as a favi, a ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- possession is related in the story of King Saul, who was possessed by ... 21a), and those bent upon doing some sacred work need fear no evil powers ...12 KB (1,997 words) - 17:25, 12 February 2024
- seen as a path to that perfection. It was sacred duty to execute the abbot ... kneeling, as were those of the pope and the king. No monk might sit in his ...15 KB (2,485 words) - 04:42, 14 June 2023
- ritual in Africa, such as Silene capensis sacred to the Xhosa, are yet to ... Philologist John Marco Allegro has argued in his book The Sacred Mushroom ...32 KB (4,699 words) - 18:57, 13 February 2024
- The term derives from the Greek term for “sacred carving,” translated from ... the Greek words ἱερός (hierós "sacred") and γλύφειν ...20 KB (3,009 words) - 15:47, 25 January 2023
- Norman Vincent Peale, and Martin Luther King, Jr..Mary K. Witkowski, [https://bp ... with either the University of New Haven or Sacred Heart University.Associated ...30 KB (4,093 words) - 17:06, 15 September 2023
- and Israel from the end of the reign of King David through the beginning ... with the most important virtue of a king being his devotion to the ...60 KB (9,862 words) - 21:32, 6 February 2024
- In one case, Thor was outwitted by a giant king, Útgarða-Loki, who used ... adjacent to the temple. This grove is so sacred to the people that the separate ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- was finally dedicated in the presence of King Louis IX. However, the cathedral ... * Strachan, Gordon, and Oliver Perceval. Chartres: Sacred Geometry ...15 KB (2,381 words) - 00:43, 5 December 2023
- (honest) in all deliberations … is a sacred and absolutely commanding ... It holds that the ruler, usually the king, has exclusive legal authority ...18 KB (2,761 words) - 06:37, 14 June 2023
- the world as Prahlada, son of the demon king Hiranyakashipu. Prahlada was ... lute) scholar, who had taught the veena to King Krishnadevaraya. Initially ...18 KB (2,831 words) - 00:04, 8 December 2022
- On March 23, 1492, he was formally admitted into the sacred college ... occurred between the pope and the new king of France, Francis I, an enthusiastic ...28 KB (4,490 words) - 20:07, 25 October 2022
- process that can be backdated from the time of King Josiah). ... "the tomb of Habaquq [Habakkuk] is sacred to both Jews and Muslims ...13 KB (2,086 words) - 00:31, 30 July 2023
- (i.e. semi-divine) son of the Thracian king Oeagrus and the muse Calliope ... suggest that his father was Oeagrus (the king of Thrace) and that his mother ...19 KB (3,011 words) - 02:17, 18 November 2022
- See of Seville, and while in office opposed King Liuvigild. A younger brother ... from the time of Emperor Maurice and King Reccared. In him antiquity ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- the Spanish-born Belgian Queen Fabiola of King Baudouin's funeral. It ... is the royal heir crowned the new king. On the other hand, the principle ...23 KB (3,744 words) - 01:46, 11 March 2023
- causes and his growing distaste for King Charles I. He would spend ... On February 13, 1649, King Charles I was beheaded by order of Parliament ...27 KB (4,256 words) - 03:00, 2 May 2024
- quest to sacrifice the head of a sage or a king in order to please Shiva. ... characters. The Mattavilasa by the Pallava king Mahendravarman, the Malati ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 17:44, 14 May 2024
- by Egyptologists. Unlike most Egyptian sacred images, the ankh did not ... The ankh appeared in the name of King Tutankhamun, meaning the "Living ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- Seated male sculpture, or "Priest King" (even though no ... Places The World's Unexplained Sacred Sites, Symbolic Landscapes ...14 KB (2,047 words) - 19:32, 9 November 2022
- is now a suburb of Paris. From 1682, when King Louis XIV moved from Paris ... provided new lodgings for members of the king and his family. ...36 KB (5,934 words) - 06:18, 18 November 2022
- of the ocean. This island later became sacred to Apollo. ... and full moon, were ever afterwards held sacred to him. ...31 KB (4,788 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- celebrated as the return of Lord Rama, King of Ayodhya, with his wife ... Diwali is associated with the Daitya king Bali, who is allowed to return ...17 KB (2,633 words) - 15:51, 29 January 2024
- Gateway by the artisans of the Satavahana king Satakarni: ... Popular Bases of Early Buddhist Patronage: Sacred Monuments, 100 B.C.E. – ...10 KB (1,469 words) - 03:10, 23 December 2022
- 楡罔), a descendant of Shennong, ruled as king in the nation of Shennong ... came down to the shindansu (a kind of sacred tree) and Hwanung taught ...10 KB (1,470 words) - 22:56, 23 April 2023
- to Tibet and Bhutan, at the request of the king of Tibet. This was the original ... from India at the instigation of the Dharma King Trisong Detsen, some time ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- determined by the presence of a powerful king. There St. Patrick had a school ... of the annual vernal fire lit by the high king of Ireland at Tara. All the ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 00:49, 23 December 2022
- the Linga or guru's feet), Prasāda (sacred offering), Vibhuti (holy ... rivers flowing all through the year, and sacred Ganga bless the North. The ...20 KB (2,822 words) - 04:17, 29 October 2022
- of Paris. The Arsenal itself was founded by King François I in the sixteenth ... include the original manuscripts of The Sacred Magic of Abra-Melin and the ...17 KB (2,614 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- Although some histories lionize Attila as a great and noble king, ... the historical record when he became joint king of the Huns with his brother ...21 KB (3,303 words) - 18:24, 21 August 2023
- sutra, (Sutra of the Most Honored King, 金光明最勝王經). He ... to 30 principalities. They visited sacred sites in Gṛdhrakūṭa ...13 KB (2,067 words) - 13:24, 4 February 2023
- the most impressive examples of Buddhist sacred architecture in the world ... as Kedu Plain constitutes a Javanese 'sacred' place and has been ...30 KB (4,409 words) - 19:44, 20 November 2023
- that the Turks and other barbarians had considered sacred. ... * King, Dorothy. The Elgin Marbles. Hutchinson, 2006. ISBN 978-0091800130 ...16 KB (2,366 words) - 16:10, 13 February 2024
- Places; Instruments of Reduction; On The Sacred Disease; etc. ... Hippocrates curing Perdiccas, a Macedonian king, of "love sickness." ...33 KB (4,488 words) - 14:32, 13 July 2023
- the authority usually reserved for sacred kings when he declares that ... was destined to happen touching Cronos the king and his stout-hearted son ...19 KB (3,043 words) - 18:20, 30 April 2023
- courage to the man whose soul is fired by the sacred flame. ... Nobel Peace Prize, such as Martin Luther King, Jr or Desmond Tutu but her ...10 KB (1,611 words) - 18:17, 13 February 2024
- By 1727, King Agaja of the Kingdom of Dahomey had conquered the coastal ... soldier corps variously called Ahosi (the king's wives), Mino ("our ...19 KB (2,686 words) - 19:41, 27 September 2023
- Traditionally, most of the Psalms are ascribed to King David. However ... , a lyric ode or a song set to music; a sacred song accompanied with a musical ...21 KB (3,276 words) - 00:29, 19 November 2023
- cenotes, the "Cenote Sagrado" or Sacred Cenote, is the more famous ... Some ethnohistoric sources claim that in about 987 a Toltec king named ...32 KB (4,966 words) - 20:59, 9 December 2023
- of Charles’ edgy approach to blending sacred and secular musical forms. ... various admirers and contemporaries: B.B. King, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson ...14 KB (2,284 words) - 01:32, 8 December 2022
- related. Since Aahmes is never called "King's Daughter" in any ... He constructed a Sacred barque chapel of Amun out of alabaster and ...23 KB (3,603 words) - 02:51, 24 July 2023
- which is read. The Tanakh is not only sacred scripture for the Jews but ... (Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia and King James Version) ...11 KB (1,531 words) - 02:04, 27 February 2023
- Some secular music, as well as sacred music, was also preserved ... In this era, music was both sacred and secular, although almost no ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- Greek words ἱερός (hierós): "Sacred" and γλύφειν ... is believed to be a gift offering from King Narmer to the god Amun. Narmer’s ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- of the dichotomy between the sacred and the profane, his cross ... a crackdown on the Iron Guard authorized by King Carol II. Eliade was kept ...30 KB (4,475 words) - 18:55, 9 November 2022
- that he was reportedly descended from King David and worked as a carpenter ... then tracing Jesus' lineage through King David down through the generations ...18 KB (2,901 words) - 07:38, 27 February 2023
- and Sikkim). Tibetan art is primarily sacred art, drawing elements from ... art is found in the temples built by King Songtsän Gampo (r. 608 – ...39 KB (5,852 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- the Chinese title of "wang" (王) or king. The leadership ... The Stele of Great King Gwanggaeto states that Jumong existed in the ...29 KB (4,387 words) - 08:36, 19 December 2022
- her while she slept under an oak tree sacred to the god.) The title was ... a title applied only to the real or ideal king over Israel (II Samuel 7: ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- Azzam moved to Saudi Arabia in the 1970s, teaching at King Abdul Aziz ... moved to Saudi Arabia. Since the 1960s, King Faisal of Saudi Arabia had ...22 KB (3,344 words) - 04:44, 14 June 2023
- Bishop Brynjólfur sent Codex Regius as a present to the Danish king ... Nibelungs and the story of Jörmunrekkr, king of the Goths. These are, respectively ...21 KB (3,478 words) - 08:12, 24 November 2022
- 10, 210 B.C.E.), personal name Zheng, was king of the Chinese State of Qin ... as "Prince Zheng," or as "King Zheng of Qin." As a king ...27 KB (4,481 words) - 23:18, 3 November 2023
- years) in Sravasti. During that time, the king of Kosala became a disciple ... According to the Mahabharata, the legendary king Shravasta founded ...17 KB (2,630 words) - 16:17, 8 February 2023
- mainly through prayer. One of the most sacred prayers dedicated to Ahura ... described the practice, this chariot was sacred to a supreme god also referred ...19 KB (2,918 words) - 16:30, 30 December 2021
- To a great extent there is no formal distinction drawn between sacred ... their social standing and age, from the king down to the youngest at the ...41 KB (6,461 words) - 06:06, 16 June 2023
- . In God's name, he stood before the king of Egypt and demanded liberation ... and anointed both Saul and David as king of Israel. In this period ...39 KB (6,126 words) - 09:20, 28 June 2022
- the novitiate of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary ... #039;s disease). Fearful of its spread, King Kamehameha V segregated the ...24 KB (3,819 words) - 01:38, 26 March 2024
- cult the forefathers were worshiped in sacred groves, by altars, or by ... :What is a Troll but that? [http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/celt/tnm/tnm02 ...13 KB (2,076 words) - 17:46, 2 May 2023
- The king, Artaxerxes I (Artaxerxes Longimanus), appears to have been ... #039;s ancestral land. After some time, the king observed his attendant's ...20 KB (3,125 words) - 21:11, 17 May 2023
- in Ellington's life. In 1927, King Oliver turned down a job as ... #039;s undisputed superstar soloist, the king of romantic alto saxophone ...22 KB (3,452 words) - 17:20, 12 February 2024
- of Israel. He dared even to pronounce the sacred name of God. This was of ... Gaza, and not Jerusalem, would be the sacred city. On his way from Jerusalem ...24 KB (3,736 words) - 10:16, 26 January 2023
- 3). The Torah leaves the identity of this king, or pharaoh, unstated. Many ... bears a striking resemblance to that of King Sargon I, founder of the Semitic ...40 KB (6,642 words) - 20:52, 26 August 2020
- of the sun.Maurice Bloomfield, [http://www.sacred-texts.com/hin/av.htm Hymns ... of nature; trees in particular were sacred to the Celts. Over time, ...35 KB (5,255 words) - 10:49, 9 March 2023
- that if he is to fulfill his function as king of the gods, he must possess ... Blót, were often celebrated outdoors, in sacred groves. This worship could ...33 KB (5,117 words) - 10:01, 11 March 2023
- Zeus' father Cronus attained the rank of king of the gods by ... As king of the Gods, Zeus was said to rule over all that exists from ...16 KB (2,635 words) - 05:54, 13 June 2023
- *Mears, John. The King's Men in China ... Robert Morrison, Griffith John [and] Chiang Kai-Shek. Wellington: A.H. & A.W. Reed. 1948. ...15 KB (2,249 words) - 01:44, 16 December 2022
- === Violence and the sacred === forth in his second book, Violence and the Sacred (1972). ...32 KB (4,801 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- is a place to which one comes to honor the sacred by whatever name the sacred ... of the divine) were erected, and sometimes a sacred tree. ...49 KB (7,532 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2024
- mugwort, instructing them to eat only this sacred food and remain out of the ... the leader of Gojoseon, designated as "king" (王 Wáng) in the tradition ...18 KB (2,662 words) - 09:14, 19 December 2022
- to prevent the Abdalis from coming to their King's rescue. However, Ahmad ... Temple in Amristar and filled its sarovar (sacred pool) with the blood of slaughtered ...21 KB (3,377 words) - 06:52, 16 June 2023
- thirteenth century, and was formalized by King Edward I of England at a meeting ... which kept a check on the absolutism of the king, were given a sacred position ...32 KB (4,950 words) - 13:21, 11 March 2023
- worship of Aphrodite diminished for "sacred prostitution" was no ... over love, sexuality, fertility, and sacred prostitution. Herodotus recorded ...23 KB (3,678 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- the sense of justice of the lawful and wise king Solomon, who asks God for ... *The Dhammapada. Sacred texts. London: Watkins, 2006. ISBN 1842931725 ...11 KB (1,692 words) - 23:18, 17 May 2023
- inscription) written by Kharavela, the king of Kalinga in Brahmi letters ... "Beloved of the Gods" and "King Priya-darshi." The identification ...36 KB (5,521 words) - 22:01, 4 February 2023
- elites, taking their name, Sadducee, from King Solomon's loyal priest ... two parties grew wider under the Hasmonean king Alexander Jannaeus, who adopted ...22 KB (3,391 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- Aeneas is betrothed to Lavinia, daughter of King Latinus, but Lavinia had already ... ** [http://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/virgil/index.htm Sacred Texts: ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- After the destruction of Jerusalem and its sacred temple, Yochanan ... "Prepare a throne for Hezekiah, the King of Judah, who is coming" ...11 KB (1,769 words) - 11:15, 24 May 2023
- In his late years, Verdi also composed several sacred works, known ... his musical career at age 12 with the sacred music he learned from Fernando ...22 KB (3,400 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- hair, and eyes. White bison are considered sacred by many Native Americans. ... Lithuanian princes, and Russian tsars. King Sigismund the Old of Poland ...15 KB (2,366 words) - 02:50, 8 March 2023
- School and was awarded a Master of Sacred Theology degree in 1955. ... God of history who is known as a supreme king, a father, a creator, a judge ...16 KB (2,308 words) - 20:55, 16 April 2023
- "that which happened," or sacred history. In particular, the ... the Mahabharata war and the coronation of king Mahapadma Nanda (ca. 364–382 ...33 KB (5,198 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- James King was made First Lieutenant, and was the man who recorded ... Surf chants, board creating, and other sacred aspects of surfing were all ...15 KB (2,531 words) - 23:54, 26 February 2023
- of learning and for its large library of sacred texts. Established in 427 ... King Ashoka (250 B.C.E.) is said to have built a temple in Nalanda. ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 02:42, 11 March 2023
- while Xenophon, who idolized Sparta and its king Agesilaus, avoids mentioning ... were sent out from Sparta to the Spartan king Cleombrotus, who was at the ...33 KB (5,264 words) - 21:39, 9 February 2022
- that "whenever the Lord shuts his sacred mouth, [the student of the ... *Hezekiam, Benjamin. 2003. Total Depravity and Free Will. King & ...13 KB (2,059 words) - 04:43, 1 May 2023
- This rivalry between Emperor or King and Pope was a key feature ... variant of this is caesaropapism where the king ruled both Crown and Church. ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- of alcohol, which he called "my sacred herb" or, when referring ... and the avant-garde in the audience, King Ubu (played by Firmin Gémier ...14 KB (2,108 words) - 08:15, 20 July 2023
- known to the Lakota Sioux, were considered sacred territory where they believe ... land from the Tribe, but considering it sacred, they refused to sell. In ...20 KB (3,068 words) - 00:37, 3 November 2022
- He named the place Bethel, and erected a sacred pillar on the spot, vowing: ... to note Jacob's erecting of a sacred pillar at Bethel in this ...29 KB (4,809 words) - 08:01, 18 March 2024
- considered the family deity (Kuladevata) by King Krishnadevaraya. ... century and sixteenth century, the sacred center of Vijayanagara, the ...13 KB (1,811 words) - 23:13, 26 December 2022
- Richard II of Normandy and the English king, 20 years her senior, to create ... in 1043, claiming that they belonged to the king and banished her to Winchester ...42 KB (6,697 words) - 18:48, 31 December 2021
- The Hebrew letters מלך (mlk) usually stand for melek or “the ... is merely another name for Ba'al, the Sacred Bull who was widely worshiped ...20 KB (3,200 words) - 21:06, 21 December 2022
- with which he had pagan temples, altars, sacred trees, and sculptures destroyed. ... instance, the Druids agreed to fell their sacred fir tree if Martin would ...18 KB (2,840 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- Chola I, (r. 985 – 1015 C.E.) the great king of the Cholas, expanded the ... times, had been chosen by the Mutharayar king and later conquered in 846 ...28 KB (4,178 words) - 16:37, 13 July 2017
- Yi Seong-gye, or King Taejo, of the Jeonju clan of Yi, ascended the ... Rivalry erupted among family branches, even King U's mother became exposed ...39 KB (5,700 words) - 15:30, 6 May 2024
- said rights were not referenced to the sacred beyond mere metaphor. Here ... of beliefs and practices relative to sacred things, that is to say, things ...35 KB (5,329 words) - 21:52, 30 January 2023
- they needed to be governed by a permanent king, as were other nations. God ... temple for the Lord. God promised the king that he would allow his son ...32 KB (4,795 words) - 08:46, 12 May 2024
- Purushottama or Supreme Purusha in ancient sacred texts like the Bhagavad Gita ... Purushottama or Supreme Purusha in ancient sacred texts like the Bhagavad Gita. ...50 KB (7,445 words) - 20:39, 3 May 2023
- until the sixteenth century, every German king traveled straight to Cologne ... *Harpur, James. 1994. The Atlas of Sacred Places: Meeting Points of ...24 KB (3,597 words) - 22:36, 7 January 2024
- brought by Venerable Mahinda, the son of King Asoka from India. It had been ... in English, including Maha Paritta Pali Sacred Verses, The Dawn of Buddhism ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 18:46, 22 November 2023
- The overwhelming majority of Hindu sacred texts are composed in the ... , who were forbidden from reading the sacred texts. Yoga aims to achieve ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- Muslims were accused of violating sacred Hindu sites by bulding Mosques ... and actually gave him money to flee the king's anger. ...15 KB (2,357 words) - 08:42, 28 January 2024
- went on to become chaplain in ordinary to King Charles I as a result of Laud ... to the Royalist cause. The author of The Sacred Order and Offices of Episcopacy ...18 KB (2,949 words) - 02:26, 1 August 2022
- to Jewish control. The Bible records that King David defeated the Jebusites ... Jewish Temple was built in Jerusalem by King Solomon. The Temple became ...43 KB (6,551 words) - 12:27, 7 May 2024
- of small tomb-pits for the servants of the king surround the royal chamber ... and the site took on the role of a sacred site. Abydos became the cult ...12 KB (1,832 words) - 07:07, 14 June 2023
- however regaining Kamieniec Podolski. After King Michael’s death in 1673 ... granted them custodianship of Christian sacred sites in the Empire and trading ...18 KB (2,776 words) - 12:21, 24 January 2023
- 9 and 10, the Chaitya-grahas (homes of the Sacred, monument halls) do not have ... it has been proposed that the Vākāţaka king Harisena may have been the ...19 KB (2,978 words) - 07:12, 16 June 2023
- a German, prophesied that he would become king, but that if the bird appeared ... " (Exodus 28:30) In I Samuel 14:41, King Saul reportedly said: "If ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- Hinduism combines secular and sacred beliefs, rituals, daily practices ... followers call themselves Vaishnavas. While King Vishnuvardhana and his descendants ...30 KB (4,528 words) - 17:15, 18 March 2023
- in the Indian Cavalry could live like a king. Her father was British, while ... Leigh was sent to the "Convent of the Sacred Heart" in Roehampton ...25 KB (3,932 words) - 17:29, 16 August 2023
- the world is a future event prophesied in sacred texts or folklore. meaning “age,” some translations of sacred texts may read “end of ...39 KB (6,287 words) - 23:22, 20 February 2022
- portion of the Christian Bible. It is the sacred scripture and central element ... be included with the Christian writings as sacred scripture. Some other works ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- became urgent with the donation in 1822 of King George III's personal ... the courtyard with the East Wing (the King's Library) from 1823 ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- by Eusebius of Caesarea. If he became king in 1279 B.C.E. as most Egyptologists ... of the actual vocalization of the Egyptian king's name. ...38 KB (6,086 words) - 05:03, 17 July 2022
- the home of Croesus and near the gold-rich lands of King Midas. ... * [https://www.sacred-texts.com/cla/sappho/index.htm The Poems of ...13 KB (2,038 words) - 03:24, 23 December 2022
- The Portuguese Macau considered Roman Catholic ground sacred and authorities ... in 1860, to commemorate their reigning king, Peter V. The theater, neo ...18 KB (2,756 words) - 21:51, 31 January 2024
- altar. It is adorned with engravings of the King and Pope Leo III. Pope Leo ... [http://www.sacred-destinations.com/germany/aachen-cathedral.htm Aachen ...13 KB (1,948 words) - 07:09, 13 June 2023
- pieces to more classical orchestral and sacred music, always interweaving ... with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He also composed for ...37 KB (5,167 words) - 22:26, 25 January 2024
- sacrifices to God. Jethro then hosted a sacred feast, and "Aaron came ... the Israelites. He dissuaded the Egyptian king from his design and was rewarded ...13 KB (2,051 words) - 02:58, 1 August 2022
- Visigoths had been defeated by the Frankish King Clovis I and had been reduced ... the Ark of the Covenant, ley lines, and sacred geometry alignments. ...19 KB (2,883 words) - 16:42, 24 February 2023
- that they had no basis in the Hindu sacred writings (although the latter ... Carey had begun translating literature and sacred writings from the original ...25 KB (3,845 words) - 15:53, 7 May 2023
- #039;s arrival, by the quasi-legendary King of Tibet Songtsen Gampo. ... chose Ugyen Wangchuck as the hereditary king. In 1910 Bhutan signed a treaty ...39 KB (5,985 words) - 03:39, 1 October 2023
- Greece, which is known for the reign of King Agamemnon and the wars against ... Bronze Age. They are named after the famous King Minos, said to be the son ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic ... produced other notable works in this time. Sacred subjects are depicted in ...37 KB (5,925 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- sexuality, fertility, and sometimes even sacred prostitution. It is likely ... and private rites." In M. Henig and A. King (eds.), Pagan Gods and Shrines ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- in Crimea since the time of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser in the seventh ... Jews such as Joseph Ferrizuel persuaded the king to allow the persecution and ...17 KB (2,623 words) - 07:10, 5 October 2022
- On January 3, 1919, he and the future King Faisal I of Iraq signed ... In 1921, the British made Emir Faisal King of Iraq, and his brother, ...21 KB (3,201 words) - 16:52, 21 January 2024
- It is mentioned in the Rig Veda, a collection of Indian sacred hymns ... In the early twentieth century, King Amanullah Khan (1892–1960) ...23 KB (3,382 words) - 16:50, 14 May 2024
- |image= Facial Chronicle - b.13, p.414 - Photios baptising king of ... the reading of old classical and sacred authors, whose language and ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- Basilica di San Francesco, which contains sacred relics of Francis and beautiful ... The Ostrogoths of king Totila destroyed most of the town in 545. Assisi ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 05:01, 18 August 2023
- Religious fundamentalists typically see sacred scripture as the authentic ... all of life in the authority of the sacred and a shared ethos that expresses ...27 KB (4,004 words) - 07:21, 15 April 2024
- of the state. In ancient societies, the king was often also the high priest ... Judeo-Christian tradition. Confronting the king of Egypt, the Israelite leaders ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- He earned a reputation as "The King of Cancellations" by ... of a book by Breslin entitled The King & I, seen by many as sensationalist ...22 KB (3,379 words) - 10:36, 9 March 2023
- of the day; Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse, Crow King, and Gall, to name a few. ... reported gold in the Black Hills, an area sacred to the Natives. This brought ...13 KB (2,097 words) - 01:47, 8 December 2022
- Vedas (holy books of the Hindus) include sacred spells needed to cast out ... evil spirits from an area to help create a sacred space. Because some illnesses ...20 KB (3,223 words) - 23:55, 24 March 2024
- as Kabir, Guru Nanak Dev, and the Mughal King Akbar and his Din-i-Ilahi ... # There is One Holy Book, the Sacred Manuscript of Nature, the only ...13 KB (2,071 words) - 19:28, 6 September 2022
- de Tounens, who had declared himself "King of Araucania," the Chilean ... also, have an extensive knowledge of sacred stones and the sacred animals. ...21 KB (3,210 words) - 11:10, 9 March 2023
- use of ritual instruments, speech through sacred formulas (mantra), and mind ... * Dleitlein, Eijō. Sacred Treasures of Mount Koya: The Art of Japanese ...22 KB (3,219 words) - 14:14, 27 January 2023
- of the First Temple and the capture of King Jehoiachin. Indeed, folk wisdom ... throughout Lamentations, the Temple is the sacred seat of God (e.g., 2:1, 2:6 ...22 KB (3,444 words) - 00:22, 19 November 2023
- nine of the ten suns, he was pronounced king by the thankful people. However ... a circle around a child chosen to be a Toad King and chanted a song that transformed ...32 KB (4,726 words) - 17:31, 9 November 2022
- as his sister. God (Yahweh) strikes the king and his house with plagues ... is taken prisoner during a war between the King of Shinar ...32 KB (5,356 words) - 06:45, 18 April 2024
- be identical. Other characteristics include King (Vadi) and Queen (Samvadi ... In the Vishnudharmottara Purana, the Naga king Ashvatara asks to know the ...31 KB (4,635 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- Goats, Zhenhai Tower in Yuexiu Park, and Sacred Heart Cathedral. ... * Museum of the Tomb of the King of Southern Yue in Western Han Dynasty ...22 KB (2,966 words) - 03:09, 5 March 2023
- in 1596 as Mysterium Cosmographicum (The Sacred Mystery of the Cosmos). It ... an emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, king of Bohemia, and king of Hungary. ...31 KB (4,812 words) - 07:18, 5 April 2024
- Nearly every ancient culture considered blood to be sacred. It was ... and cemeteries. A prominent story tells of King Vikramāditya and his nightly ...26 KB (4,074 words) - 01:36, 18 April 2023
- for power that involved the traditional king of Buganda and various rival ... to the hunting expeditions of Kabaka, the King of Buganda, as Kabaka agenze ...19 KB (2,830 words) - 17:26, 14 May 2024
- viewed the world as infused with kami or sacred presence. Kami was manifest ... officially introduced to Japan in 538, when King Seong of Baekje sent a mission ...28 KB (4,111 words) - 09:55, 1 April 2024
- of a civilization ruled by the legendary King Minos. Upon discovering the ... have included a poem, a calendar, a sacred text, magical inscription ...15 KB (2,229 words) - 07:40, 9 March 2023
- in Jerusalem and combining the office of king and High Priest. This attracted ... The people of Azotus complained to King Ptolemy VI, who had come to ...39 KB (6,358 words) - 14:51, 7 June 2023
- recently. New Zealand historian Michael King has described the Māori as ... She supported Kingitanga (the Māori king movement) and the revival ...37 KB (5,756 words) - 11:08, 9 March 2023
- occupation was as a physician to the king of Spain, but he continued ... in the form of a dialogue between the pagan king of the Khazars and a rabbi ...27 KB (4,480 words) - 20:50, 4 October 2022
- In an expedition to Tangier, undertaken in 1436, by King Edward of ... (Bartolomeu Dias' voyage of 1488), King John II of Portugal refused ...34 KB (5,157 words) - 00:26, 12 April 2023
- 039;s revival and a renewal of respect for sacred music in the era when feeling ... him. After a personal interview with the King of Prussia, Frederick William ...31 KB (4,782 words) - 17:14, 26 March 2024
- Scripture: A Comparative Anthology of Sacred Texts (New York, NY: Paragon ... Unfortunately, while the sacred texts and the lives of the founders ...31 KB (4,680 words) - 06:32, 1 April 2024
- later of Germany, which was established by King Frederick William III of Prussia ... , and a representation of oak leaves, the sacred tree of Germany. ...23 KB (3,657 words) - 13:20, 6 March 2024
- [[Image:Adad-Nirari stela.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Stela of a king named ... burial grounds and other places considered sacred, removing artifacts and human ...28 KB (4,112 words) - 06:15, 12 August 2023
- (Megas Alexandros), King of Macedon (336–323 B.C.E.), was the most ... Alexander was the son of King Philip II of Macedon and of Epirus ...47 KB (7,410 words) - 20:29, 18 July 2023
- began in 1562 under the reign of King Dom Sebastião. The Cathedral ... for Visitors to the Exposition of the Sacred Body of St. Xavier, Apostle ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:24, 31 December 2023
- shawl or copy of your religion's sacred scriptures, if your religion ... with civil rights leaders [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Martin Luther King, Jr ...29 KB (4,520 words) - 22:29, 10 December 2023
- war (Paris' abduction of Helen from King Menelaus), nor its end (the ... stands the Trojan prince, Hector, son of King Priam. As a husband and father ...27 KB (4,051 words) - 17:08, 14 November 2021
- Lotharingia to Charles, the banished son of King Louis IV of France in 977 ... Charles V (1500-1558) was declared King of the unified Spain, in 1516 ...30 KB (4,219 words) - 04:45, 22 November 2023
- from Latin), "Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews." ... which has so loved men," and the Sacred Heart is then shown where ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- [a transliteration of Freyr] as the "king of Sweden" (rex Suetiae): :About this time the Swedish ruler Frø, after killing Sivard, king ...27 KB (4,366 words) - 02:39, 1 December 2023
- of other people's religion and sacred places. By establishing Muslim ... about to retreat when Jayapala's son King Anandpala's elephant ...21 KB (3,127 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- the valuable minerals; his bone marrows sacred diamonds; his sweat fell ... Jie, the last king of the Xia Dynasty, is said to have been a bloodthirsty ...23 KB (3,481 words) - 17:04, 10 December 2023
- period at Abydos, when on the death of a king he would be accompanied with ... During a battle against the Israelites, the king of Moab sacrificed his firstborn ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- discourses, presented at the court of King Vištāspa. From Greek accounts ... Lycurgus and Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome according to legend ...25 KB (3,791 words) - 06:11, 13 June 2023
- was headed by a patriarch who performed sacred rites for the clan's ... to Japan is attributed to the Baekje king Seong in 538. The Soga clan ...34 KB (5,124 words) - 18:29, 19 August 2023
- everyone must partake; a sacrifice of a sacred bull, a feast of its flesh ... is brought into the town and crowned "king," while a local girl ...20 KB (2,998 words) - 02:42, 5 November 2022
- Amoghavarsha I emerged as the most famous king of that dynasty, writing Kavirajamarga ... grant (753) confirms that the feudatory King Dantidurga, who probably ruled ...53 KB (7,699 words) - 00:10, 14 November 2023
- in 1453. A three-year period without a king seems to have ensued, possibly ... administrated by officials appointed by the king; and the outer dependencies ...26 KB (3,833 words) - 05:33, 5 November 2022
- same area as Creon, a Thracian Prince or King. Thucydides, born in Alimos ... fountains in their longing for water. The sacred places also in which they ...24 KB (3,705 words) - 22:51, 5 May 2023
- The dedication of The Sand Reckoner to Gelon, the son of King Hieron ... King Hiero II, who was rumored to be Archimedes' uncle, commissioned ...30 KB (4,881 words) - 06:19, 12 August 2023
- He also possessed a reverence for sacred music and wrote several hymns ... period are Toccata marziale, the ballet Old King Cole, the Piano Concerto, ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- sacred and I direct them." …He was taller than others and his ... the Egyptian Pharaoh placed as next to the king after him of ...15 KB (2,202 words) - 14:33, 18 July 2023
- James Darmesteter, (translator) (From Sacred Books of the East, American ... :Word-by-word translation: From Sogdiana's King Dewashtic to ...15 KB (2,182 words) - 15:07, 27 April 2023
- world in two comprehensive domains, one sacred, the other profane. ... *a set of myths or sacred truths held in reverence or believed by adherents ...54 KB (7,792 words) - 03:38, 8 December 2022
- and dances, keeping those that are sacred closed to the public. Much ... Cuming. Moytoy agreed to recognize King George II of Great Britain ...50 KB (7,562 words) - 14:54, 5 December 2023
- Buddhism). Legend says that the 28th king of Tibet, Lhatotori Nyentsen ... Pilgrims plant their prayer flags onto the sacred grounds as a symbol of good luck. ...35 KB (5,227 words) - 23:25, 30 April 2023
- They are known for their birch bark canoes, sacred birch bark scrolls ... instructed by seven prophets to follow a sacred miigis shell, a whiteshell ...46 KB (6,830 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- yari malka, meaning "fear of the King [i.e., God]," or from ... head when in the synagogue, at prayer or sacred study, when engaging in a ...15 KB (2,303 words) - 10:14, 22 May 2023
- priests under the centralizing reforms of King Josiah in the seventh century ... between the Philistines, represented by king Abimelech, and the patriarch ...24 KB (3,637 words) - 10:25, 26 September 2023
- on an exclusive interview with the deposed King. She reportedly achieved this ... :(1941) Our Lives, Fortunes, and Sacred Honor :(1942) Listen Hans ...14 KB (2,067 words) - 17:28, 30 January 2024
- Clare found sacred poverty a source of great power in her work at ... ::The King of angels, the Lord of heaven and earth resting in a manger ...19 KB (3,232 words) - 22:31, 10 December 2023
- safeguard the accurate transmission of the sacred text. ... that the Masoretes would not alter the sacred consonantal text, the Kethiv ...26 KB (4,162 words) - 16:18, 7 November 2022
- agricultural societies; even as the sacred feminine continued to hold ... women, such as Queen Puduhepa, wife of the King Hattuşili III of the Hittite ...15 KB (2,315 words) - 11:30, 26 June 2022
- character and may be associated with sacred rites or festivals. Folklore ... , and mentions the patronage of a king called Dhavalachandra, of ...32 KB (4,865 words) - 07:00, 5 September 2022
- translation: “From here, light and sacred draughts.” Non-literal: ... institution of choice of the Royal Family (King Edward VII, King George VI ...34 KB (4,989 words) - 13:06, 3 May 2023
- Domitius Ahenobarbus and the Numidian king Hiarbas, after a hard-fought ... B.C.E. he marched into Syria, deposed the king Antiochus XIII Asiaticus, ...48 KB (7,762 words) - 08:50, 24 November 2022
- century, and later appeared in the King James Version as well. ... the Kingdom of Judah: during the reign of King Hezekiah (2 Chronicles 30 ...28 KB (4,349 words) - 09:03, 18 November 2022
- the Jewish scriptures into its own canon of sacred texts. ... *1534—King Henry VIII was declared “the only supreme head on earth ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 11:58, 7 May 2024
- , Nikolay II) was the last tsar of Russia, the King of Poland, and ... Novgorod, Tsar of Kazan, Tsar of Astrakhan, King of Poland, Tsar of Siberia ...28 KB (4,350 words) - 23:31, 14 November 2022
- This new corpus of sacred writings were credited to Hermes Trismegistus ... that the Egyptians had forty-two sacred writings by Hermes, encapsulating ...42 KB (6,476 words) - 10:52, 22 January 2024
- Qua Pieth Tow of the Bear Clan, called King of Maguas, with the Christian ... behalf of the colony of Pennsylvania), and King Hendrick (for the Mohawks). ...25 KB (3,874 words) - 12:59, 10 March 2023
- so, by John Muir, Josiah Whitney, Clarence King, and John Wesley Powell. In ... The mountain is therefore considered a sacred site. The Natives struggle ...20 KB (2,974 words) - 17:45, 10 November 2022
- he bought from Ephron the Hittite. David, king of Israel, and the other kings ... Funeral services include prayers, readings from the Bible or other ...37 KB (6,189 words) - 14:58, 3 December 2023
- favor with the prince, who gave him to the king to be his minister. During ... this possible by the utterance of the Sacred Name. Now, to do this is ...23 KB (3,822 words) - 05:22, 26 August 2023
- contain a record that in 188 the Chinese King Doman presented the Japanese ... at Shinto shrines. The gifts were kept as sacred treasures, fashioned into ...33 KB (5,356 words) - 17:09, 19 May 2023
- only of the pious Queen Louise, but also of King Leopold I, who was strongly ... "For all the books which the Church receives as sacred and canonical ...14 KB (2,227 words) - 20:07, 25 October 2022
- injunctions throughout scriptures held as sacred within the Vaishnava traditions: ... is taken as a history of the 'ideal king', who rules based upon ...42 KB (6,471 words) - 14:11, 3 May 2023
- Gospel music is a popular adaptation of sacred music that has advocated ... on Washington, during which Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous ...16 KB (2,435 words) - 00:04, 3 January 2024
- and a council of elders led by an elected “king consul.” The Mahajanapadas ... elected as a chief (raja or pan) or "king consul," to preside over ...50 KB (7,467 words) - 05:25, 5 November 2022
- before falling to the army of the Siamese King Taksin in 1775. first ruler of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, King Ramathibodi I, who took the ...33 KB (4,876 words) - 15:05, 30 April 2023
- who plots revenge on his uncle, the current king, for killing his father, the ... Laertes and Fortinbras), the testing of the king via a play, and the mutually ...40 KB (6,336 words) - 16:59, 21 January 2024
- were considered to be held as a "sacred trust of civilization" ... with the support of Faisal's father, King Hussein, in return for assurances ...26 KB (3,995 words) - 08:51, 18 November 2022
- these pressures, the national leader, King Shaka, formed the Zulu chiefdom ... creation myths of the python being a sacred animal to the early inhabitants ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- the town had been named after the Pallava king Mamalla who had numerous historic ... had been dedicated to Lord Vishnu. Pallava King built the temple to safeguard ...31 KB (4,590 words) - 10:54, 9 March 2023
- first to record fanciful associations with King Arthur which led the monument ... its presence within a wider landscape of sacred sites. Many also believe ...37 KB (5,831 words) - 02:27, 26 February 2023
- he thought they referred to an unknown king named Piyadasi. It was as ... yet he remained a powerful and influential king, although the empire did decline ...35 KB (5,661 words) - 04:44, 18 August 2023
- by a representation of Mithras killing a sacred bull which was associated ... preceded as it was by Max Müller's Sacred Books of the East series ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- reason, and morals. In 1787, the Anglican King’s Chapel, which had been ... The pure Walden water is mingled with the sacred water of the Ganges. ...16 KB (2,410 words) - 01:03, 2 May 2023
- Latter-day Saints, the golden plates were sacred writings used to produce ... is generally accepted by adherents as a sacred text, not all Latter Day ...50 KB (7,692 words) - 04:51, 20 December 2022
- The king is viewed as spiritual leader of the country and dominates ... for 12 years, to the Spanish Royal Army of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella ...40 KB (5,727 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- highly esteemed book of Ben Sira is not sacred Scripture [because] 'the ... he was exposed in the presence of a certain king, supposed to be one of the ...16 KB (2,553 words) - 09:06, 27 September 2023
- target of a zealous, impoverished French King Philip IV The Fair, leading ... Saladin. The Templars saw non-retreat as a sacred duty. The Templar insisted ...33 KB (5,056 words) - 23:20, 3 March 2023
- so that they might escape the clutches of King Minos. Daedalus warns his ... not exceed their natural order (Internet Sacred Text Archive, 2008). ...17 KB (2,574 words) - 06:15, 20 December 2022
- Spanish captain Don Felipe Gonzáles claimed the island for the King ... In 1864, Eugene Eyraud, a lay member of the Sacred Heart Congregation ...24 KB (3,502 words) - 17:39, 12 February 2024
- beauty, truth and goodness. The Anglo-Saxon king Alfred the Great (c. 849 – ... shawl or a copy of your religion's sacred scripture, the state does ...28 KB (4,455 words) - 10:43, 11 April 2024
- powers plotted to silence him. By order of King Vishtaspa, he was eventually ... The Avesta, the primary collection of sacred texts of Zoroastrianism, ...42 KB (6,394 words) - 06:12, 13 June 2023
- that the site itself must have had sacred meaning, since it would have ... This enriched reconstruction was sponsored by Croesus, the wealthy ...16 KB (2,567 words) - 05:37, 27 February 2023
- city and ruled over by a priest (ensi) or king (lugal), who was intimately ... of Agade, but which is credited in the king list to have "exercised ...37 KB (5,525 words) - 22:21, 26 February 2023
- [[Image:Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern.jpg|thumb|right ... Martin Luther King, Jr. received a Nobel Peace Prize for his work ...32 KB (4,807 words) - 18:58, 15 May 2020
- Afghanistan among the winter snows, are as sacred in the eye of Almighty God ... [[Image:Martin-Luther-King-1964-leaning-on-a-lectern.jpg|thumb|200px ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- of the Catholic Church, and advised the king, Louis VIII, his kinsman, ... Aquinas viewed theology, or the sacred doctrine, as a science, the ...35 KB (5,231 words) - 18:38, 30 April 2023
- vizier, Dimna, trying to lead his lion-king into war.]] ... Panchatantra. They are retainers to a lion king and their lively adventures ...24 KB (3,634 words) - 06:28, 18 November 2022
- psalm tones that had a significant impact on sacred music. ... just as he had imitated the violent king in guilt. Ambrose readmitted ...27 KB (4,266 words) - 02:47, 24 July 2023
- Sir Arthur Evans after the mythic "king" Minos, associated with ... and mountain peaks and very numerous sacred caves—over 300 have been ...35 KB (5,383 words) - 18:52, 9 November 2022
- it was enacted by Hammurabi, Babylonian king of the twentieth century B ... same class. Judges 1:6-7 speaks of a petty king getting the same punishment ...29 KB (4,671 words) - 22:22, 25 October 2022
- "...The sacred synod of bishops assembled at Constantinople has ... *King, Noel Quinton. The Emperor Theodosius and the Establishment ...21 KB (3,217 words) - 17:20, 28 March 2024
- differ from those editions. Likewise, the King James Version references some ... use the same "standardized" (King James Version) spellings and ...62 KB (8,829 words) - 16:26, 30 January 2024
- a tradition including, Eddie Jefferson, King Pleasure, Lambert, Hendricks ... Europe. With the rise of humanism, sacred music began to break free ...47 KB (7,194 words) - 19:07, 30 September 2023
- who now possessed Jerusalem and other sacred sites. Instead of fighting ... rebellion against his father and crowned King of the Romans at Milan in ...16 KB (2,600 words) - 13:42, 3 May 2023
- powerful mystic one, hence the sensation of sacred possession (misinterpreted by passers-by as drunkenness) and the advent of supernatural gifts: the ...19 KB (3,024 words) - 07:22, 23 November 2022
- *God the Invisible King (1917)* *War and the Future: Italy, France ... notes of their Habits. How he became a Sacred Lunatic. How he did at last ...25 KB (3,814 words) - 16:38, 29 July 2023
- Smith's teachings had some root in the King James Version of the Bible ... "The proper use of the Book of Mormon as sacred scripture has ...44 KB (6,932 words) - 07:39, 27 February 2023
- and organist of the Baroque era, whose sacred and secular works for choir ... of the new council in 1708—God is my King BWV 71, clearly in the style ...38 KB (5,977 words) - 19:57, 7 May 2024
- The feast of Sol Invictus on December 25 was a sacred day in the religion ... the birthday of Jesus "as if he were a king pharaoh." Thus Christmas ...30 KB (4,439 words) - 14:09, 7 May 2024
- forbade any family except for the king to have a residence of more ... the last days of the Silla kingdom, the king's guest would sit along ...29 KB (4,255 words) - 06:48, 11 January 2024
- : The meeting Points the sacred Hair dissever : From the fair Head ... the poet laureate Colley Cibber as "king of dunces". By now Pope ...16 KB (2,637 words) - 14:35, 18 July 2023
- Muhammad VIII al-Amin Bey, taking the title King of Tunisia. ... * Sacred Destinations. [http://www.sacred-destinations.com/tunisia/kairouan ...17 KB (2,480 words) - 06:50, 28 February 2023
- word "Ghana" means "Warrior King."John G. Jackson, Introduction ... also a symbol of the chieftain). The most sacred symbol of the Ashanti people ...16 KB (2,385 words) - 20:13, 14 December 2023
- the allegorical backdrop of the building of King Solomon's Temple, to ... the allegorical backdrop of the building of King Solomon's Temple, to ...59 KB (8,933 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- ===Devotion to the Sacred Heart, the Eucharist, and our Lady=== a commitment to spread the devotion to the Sacred Heart (though the concept ...45 KB (6,894 words) - 21:50, 30 January 2023
- returned to the stage to play "Sefronia - The King's Chain," "Phantasmagoria in Two," and concluded the concert with "Once ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 04:32, 31 July 2022
