Search results for "God (male deity)" - New World Encyclopedia
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- the earliest known reference to the Hebrew god Yahweh as the national god ... of Israel as the result of the anger of the god Chemosh and Mesha's later ...13 KB (2,054 words) - 16:16, 9 November 2022
- substantial. However, its cosmic dualism of God and Satan is unacceptable ... evil by denying the infinite perfection of God and postulating the two equal ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- wand of Hermes, was a symbol of the Greek god Hermes, who carried a staff ... to Roman mythology, which describes the god Mercury (the Roman version ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- Books of Zephaniah and Nahum, it describes God in violent, martial terms ... :Joel's name, which means "Yahweh is God," may carry ...19 KB (3,075 words) - 00:18, 19 November 2023
- or vahana) of Vishnu, the supreme preserver deity. Hindus have bestowed various ... egg with the torso and limbs of a human male and the talons, wings and ...14 KB (2,324 words) - 04:34, 18 April 2024
- (Old Norse: Þórr) was a widely worshipped deity among the Viking peoples ... As a Norse deity, Thor belongs to a complex religious, mythological ...24 KB (3,867 words) - 21:00, 31 October 2022
- the open sky, Hera may have been the first deity to whom an enclosed, roofed ... of pomegranates among the offerings to the deity, as described from new-found ...19 KB (3,127 words) - 09:47, 22 January 2024
- the ancient belief in a water goddess or deity. It was common in ancient ... ISBN 0415221080 Grim or Fosse-Grim were male water spirits who played enchanted ...14 KB (2,167 words) - 09:56, 11 March 2023
- around bhakti, or devotion to a personal god, which is usually identified ... The god further was honoured with liquor and offerings of human heads ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 17:44, 14 May 2024
- , Apellōn) was the god of light, truth, archery, music, medicine ... he was eventually identified with the Sun god Helios usurping the latter ...31 KB (4,788 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- connection between herself and Horus (a sky god). Further, she was also symbolically ... As an Egyptian deity, Hathor belonged to a religious, mythological ...27 KB (4,192 words) - 15:02, 25 January 2023
- The vajra was the weapon of ancient Hindu god Indra, and was incorporated ... Deity yoga (Tibetan: lha'i rnal 'byor; Sanskrit: Devata ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- Allāh,) is the common Arabic word for God. In the English language, ... (ʼAlāhā) and the Hebrew word El (Elohim) for God. The word Allah ...42 KB (6,212 words) - 23:54, 4 March 2024
- devoted primarily to the worship of the god Shiva, who is one of the principal ... the school that worships the Hindu god Vishnu. ==History== ...34 KB (5,141 words) - 19:47, 14 April 2020
- temples began as simple shrines housing a deity and by the time of the Hoysalas ... but they occasionally chose a different deity. Shiva followers call themselves ...30 KB (4,528 words) - 17:15, 18 March 2023
- In Akhenaten's new state religion centered on the sun god, he ... at his capital at Amarna honoring the sun god, where Nefertiti especially ...18 KB (2,906 words) - 16:08, 11 November 2022
- Although the rulers of Egypt were usually male, the title of pharaoh was ... believed to be the incarnations of the god Horus during their lives and ...12 KB (1,786 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- "Auspicious one") is a principal deity of Hinduism who is especially ... the phallic symbol (representing the male sexual organ) that symbolizes ...43 KB (6,555 words) - 20:31, 21 April 2021
- often personified as a Goddess, as well as a God's female aspect or consort ... mudra, a yogini, and a specific form of the deity Tripura Sundari along with ...9 KB (1,275 words) - 10:12, 22 May 2023
- * Hercules (Gilgamesh as the nearly immortal demi-god and great, but ... He is the greatest king on Earth, two-thirds god and one-third human, the strongest ...20 KB (3,247 words) - 12:42, 22 May 2024
