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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) - 23:54, 12 February 2022
- 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
