Encyclopedia - Animal Worship: Encyclopedia - Animal Worship
Animal worship is an ill-defined term, covering facts ranging from the worship of the real divine animal, commonly conceived as a "god-bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal Worship: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Worship - Animal Cults
Animal worship - Bear. The bear enjoys a large measure of respect from all cultures that come in contact with it, which shows itself in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animal Worship: Encyclopedia Ii - Animal Worship - Classification By Inward Meaning
Treating cults according to their meaning, which is not necessarily identical with the cause which first led to the deification of the an...   » Read the article

Article - Basics Of Hinduism: Why Do Hindus Worship The Cow?
Basics of Hinduism: Why do Hindus worship the cow? The cow represents the giving nature of life to every Hindu. Honoring this gentle ani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Worship: Encyclopedia - Worship
Worship usually refers to specific acts of religious praise, honour, or devotion, typically directed to a supernatural being such as a go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancestor Worship: Encyclopedia - Ancestor Worship
Ancestor worship (拜祖), also ancestor veneration (敬祖), is a religious practice based on the belief that one's ancestors possess su...   » Read the article

Article - Animal Rights: God Of All Things
Animal Rights: God of All Things All creatures, big and small, are beautiful creations of God. Very often, however, we tend to either ig...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demonolatry: Encyclopedia - Demonolatry
Demonolatry is the worship of one or more demons or archdemons, typically other than Satan (Worship of Satan primarily or exclusively is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Offering: Encyclopedia - Offering
Offering can mean any of the following: An offering is a collection of donations during worship. See also alms, tithe, charity, gift and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aumakua: Encyclopedia - Aumakua
Aumakua is a Hawaiian word meaning family or personal god, often a deified ancestor. The 'aumakua frequently manifested him or herself as...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia - Religion
Religion (see etymology below) —sometimes used interchangeably with faith or belief system—is commonly defined as belief concerning t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artemis: Encyclopedia - Artemis
In Greek mythology Artemis (World Book «AHR tuh mihs») (Greek Άρτεμις) is the daughter of Zeus and Leto and the twin sister of A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Apis Egyptian Mythology: Encyclopedia - Apis Egyptian Mythology
In Egyptian mythology, Apis or Hapis (alternatively spelt Hapi-ankh), was a bull-deity worshipped in the Memphis region. By Manetho his w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deity: Encyclopedia - Deity
A deity or a god, is a postulated preternatural being, usually, but not always, of significant power, worshipped, thought holy, divine, o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sacrifice: Encyclopedia - Sacrifice
Sacrifice (from a Middle English verb meaning 'to make sacred', from Old French, from Latin sacrificium : sacer, sacred; sacred + fa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurochs: Encyclopedia - Aurochs
The aurochs (Bos primigenius) is an extinct European mammal of the Bovidae family. The word aurochs is both singular and plural; alternat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cernunnos: Encyclopedia - Cernunnos
Cernunnos in Celtic polytheism is the deified spirit of horned male animals, especially of stags, a nature god associated with produce an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cybele: Encyclopedia - Cybele
Originally a Phrygian goddess, Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη, sometimes given the etymology "she of the hair" if her name is Greek, not Phry...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism
Celtic polytheism (also called Druidic polytheism) is the term for the religious beliefs and practices of the ancient Celts. Celtic polyt...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Animism: Encyclopedia Ii - Animism - Animism And The Origin Of Religion
Two animistic theories of the origin of religion have been put forward. The one, often termed the "ghost theory," mainly associated with ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Satanism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Satanism
Satanism Any of several perverse Christian religions in which Satan is worshipped with occult rituals sometimes including animal or hu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kuruba: Encyclopedia Ii - Kuruba - Culture
Kurubas are Hindus follow Halumatha. Worshiping Almighty Source in stone (Linga) form might have originated from Halumatha. Stone is the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Horned God: Encyclopedia Ii - Horned God - Development Of An Idea
Sacred horned or antlered animals that signalled the numinous presence of a deity were ubiquitous in the ancient world. Enthusiasts may b...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zoolatry: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Zoolatry
Zoolatry [from Greek zoon animal + latreia worship]   Animal worship; animal symbols are found in all religions, as in the religi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of World Records: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of World Records - Human Mental And Physical Achievement And Traits
List of world records - Anatomy. Tallest: Robert Pershing Wadlow, 272 cm (8 ft 11.1 in) Shortest: Gul Mohammed, 57 cm (22.5 inches) t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of World Records: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of World Records - Culture And Society
List of world records - History. Largest empire: British Empire, 37 million km² (1912) Battles Largest naval battle: Matter of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of World Records: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of World Records - Physical Phenomena
List of world records - Geography. Largest: Greenland, 2,166,086 km² Remotest inhabited: Tristan da Cunha Fresh water lakes Dee...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Toto Tribe: Encyclopedia Ii - Toto Tribe - Religion
They define themselves as Hindus, but have two main gods whom they worship: 1. Ishpa - He is supposed to live in the Bhutan hills, and ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Santeria: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Santeria
Santeria Literally “worship of the saints,” a syncretism of traditional African religion with Roman Catholicism created wh...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aten: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Aten
Aten (Egyptian) The disk of the sun and its vivifying, light-giving beams. Extended during the 18th dynasty to become the basis of a n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Relic: Encyclopedia Ii - Relic - Non-christian Relics
At Athens the supposed remains of Oedipus and Theseus enjoyed an honor that is very difficult to distinguish from a religious cult, while...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cats In Ancient Egypt: Encyclopedia Ii - Cats In Ancient Egypt - Cats In Egyptian Mythology
Egypt was not always unified; initially, it was a land with many regional tribes and nomes. Many nomes had a totemistic system of religio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Relic: Encyclopedia Ii - Relic - Christian Relics
Relic - History of Christian relics. One of the earliest sources cited to support the efficacy of relics is 2 Kings 13:20–21: 20 Elis...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurochs: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurochs - The Worship Of Aurochs
Aurochs are depicted in many Paleolithic European cave paintings such as those found at Lascaux and Livernon in France. Their life force ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Culture Of The Philippines: Encyclopedia Ii - Culture Of The Philippines - Folk Traditions And Beliefs
Main Article: Superstitions of the Philippines and Philippine Mythology Before the coming of the Spaniards and the introducing of Roman C...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hare-worship: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Hare-worship
Hare-Worship. The hare was sacred in many lands and especially among the Egyptians and Jews.   Though the latter consider it an ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nocte: Encyclopedia Ii - Nocte - Religion
The Nocte were follwers of Theravada Buddhism and Animism, although they have adopted Hinduism since the 18th century, under the influenc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hovot Ha-levavot: Encyclopedia Ii - Hovot Ha-levavot - Pedagogical Value Of Jewish Law
Worship of God, however, in obedience to the commandments of the Law is in itself certainly of unmistakable value, inasmuch as it asserts...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Worship
The most widespread public act of worship in ancient Greece was sacrifice, whether of grain or the blood sacrifice of animals. The temple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ancient Greek Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Ancient Greek Religion - Worship
The most widespread public act of worship in ancient Greece was sacrifice, whether of grain or the blood sacrifice of animals. In general...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Islam In Kyrgyzstan: Encyclopedia Ii - Islam In Kyrgyzstan - Tribal Religion
Alongside Islam the Kyrgyz tribes also practiced totemism, the recognition of spiritual kinship with a particular type of animal. Under t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bear: Encyclopedia Ii - Bear - Bears In Mythology
There is some evidence for prehistoric bear worship, see Arctic, Arcturus, Great Bear, Berserker, Kalevala. Anthropologists such as Josep...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Goddess - Olympian Goddesses
In the Aegean, Anatolian, and ancient Near Eastern culture zones, a Mother Goddess was worshipped in the forms of Cybele (revered in Rome...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Idol: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Idol
Idol (Greek eidolon, "image") A pejorative term designating, narrowly, any three-dimensional or sculpted figure, or, more br...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Idol: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Idol
Idol (Greek eidolon, "image") A pejorative term designating, narrowly, any three-dimensional or sculpted figure, or, more br...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To Relating To The Beliefs Of Others
Adherents of particular religions deal with the differing doctrines and practices espoused by other religions in a variety ways. All stra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Religion And Other Approaches To Forming Beliefs About The Nature Of The Universe
Humans have many different methods which attempt to answer fundamental questions about the nature of the universe and our place in it (co...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canopic Jar: Encyclopedia Ii - Canopic Jar - The Name Canopic Jar
Canopus was an ancient Egyptian coastal town in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bull-worship: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Bull-worship
Bull-Worship (See "Apis" ). The worship of the Bull and the Ram was addressed to one and the same power, that of generative ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Development Of Religion
There are several models for understanding how religions develop. Models which view religion as untrue include: The "Dogma Selection Mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tharu: Encyclopedia Ii - Tharu - Religion
The Tharu are adherents of Hinduism, but also held Animist and Buddhist beliefs. Small numbers have converted to Buddhism in the recent y...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paranoia Role-playing Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Paranoia Role-playing Game - Secret Societies
Secret societies tend to be based on sketchy and spurious knowledge of pre-apocalyptic matters. In previous editions they included societ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paranoia Role-playing Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Paranoia Role-playing Game - Secret Societies
Secret societies tend to be based on sketchy and spurious knowledge of pre-apocalyptic matters. In previous editions they included societ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Manjusri: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Manjusri
Manjusri (Sanskrit) [from manju beautiful + sri an epithet of holiness, dignity, and reverence]   The holy beautiful one; a name ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Approaches To The Study Of Individual Religions
Religion - Methods of studying religion subjectively in relation to one's own beliefs. These include efforts to determine the meaning a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion - Etymology
The origins of the word "religion" have been debated for centuries. Some explanations for the origin of the word are: re-reading--from L...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Artemis: Encyclopedia Ii - Artemis - Worship
She was the virgin moon goddess of the hunt, wild animals, healing, wilderness, chastity, and childbirth. She was worshipped as a fertili...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In The Philippines: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In The Philippines - Animism
See also: Philippine Mythology Animism, for lack of better terminology, can be used to describe the indigenous spiritual traditions pract...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Cow-worship: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Cow-worship
Cow-worship. The idea of any such "worship" is as erroneous as it is unjust.   No Egyptian worshipped the cow, nor doe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pumi: Encyclopedia Ii - Pumi - Religion
Since they had severed much contact with the Tibetans since ancient times, along with some Buddhist influence, the Pumi had largely pract...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trigon Comics: Encyclopedia Ii - Trigon Comics - History
Trigon was born in another dimension through the mating of a female member of a mystic sect and the god they worshipped. As a side effect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ár Ndraíocht Féin: Encyclopedia Ii - Ár Ndraíocht Féin - Beliefs
ADF promotes a kind of Neo-druidism in which worshippers perform rituals honoring three kinds of entities: gods and goddesses, ancestors ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Idolatry: Encyclopedia Ii - Idolatry - Polytheistic Views Of Idolatry In General
Adherents of polytheism and animism reject the charge of idolatry as an inaccurate description of their religious beliefs and practices. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Idolatry: Encyclopedia Ii - Idolatry - Polytheistic Views Of Idolatry In General
Adherents of polytheism and animism reject the charge of idolatry as an inaccurate description of their religious beliefs and practices. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sangharaj Nikaya: Encyclopedia Ii - Sangharaj Nikaya - Dark Ages
From the 13th to the middle of the 19th century, Bengali Buddhism underwent its own "Dark age". In this time, much cross-over between Hin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Leo: Encyclopedia Ii - Leo - History Of The Symbol
The adoption of this animal's form for the zodiac sign has been attributed to the fact that when the Sun was among its stars in midsummer...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Bull, Bull Worship: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Bull, Bull Worship
Bull, Bull Worship The bull has been worshiped as a symbol of generative creation in its celestial or cosmic aspect -- in contrast wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eostre: Encyclopedia Ii - Eostre - Popular Culture
Eostre plays a role in the novel American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Eostre is also worshipped by some neopagans, who associate her with variou...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Indra: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Indra
Indra (Sanskit, "virile power") Lord of heaven and king of the gods in Vedism and Hinduism.   As the warrior god of th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Indra: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Indra
Indra (Sanskit, "virile power") Lord of heaven and king of the gods in Vedism and Hinduism.   As the warrior god of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia Ii - Quetzalcoatl - The Cult
The worship of Quetzalcoatl sometimes included animal sacrifices, and in other traditions Quetzalcoatl was said to oppose human sacrifice...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Quetzalcoatl: Encyclopedia Ii - Quetzalcoatl - The Cult
The worship of Quetzalcoatl sometimes included animal sacrifices, and in other traditions Quetzalcoatl was said to oppose human sacrifice...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Shaktism: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Shaktism
Shaktism (Shakta): (Sanskrit) "Doctrine of power."   The religion followed by those who worship the Supreme as the Div...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Concepts Of Divinity
While today's Neopaganism does continue many beliefs and practices of previous forms of Paganism, including many gods and goddesses, it i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neopaganism: Encyclopedia Ii - Neopaganism - Concepts Of Divinity
While today's Neopaganism does continue many beliefs and practices of previous forms of Paganism, including many gods and goddesses, it i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Linga: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Linga
Linga (Sanskrit) The phallus; in ancient India, the symbol of abstract creation. Force becomes the linga or organ of creation only on ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deities In The Belgariad: Encyclopedia Ii - Deities In The Belgariad - Gods
Deities in The Belgariad - Aldur. Aldur is the eldest of the seven gods. He takes no people, but has a number of disciples, among them ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shipping Fandom: Encyclopedia Ii - Shipping Fandom - Etymology And Usage Of Terminology
Though ship is undoubtedly a derivative of the word relationship (or perhaps worship) in some way, where and when it was first used to in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Friday: Encyclopedia Ii - Friday - Friday In Religion
In Islam, Friday is the day of public worship in mosques (see Friday prayers). In some Islamic countries, the week begins on Sunday and e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lusitanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Lusitanians - Religion
The Lusitanians worshipped various gods in a very chaotic polytheism, using animal sacrifice. They represented their gods and warriors in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Demitri Maximoff: Encyclopedia Ii - Demitri Maximoff - Other Appearances
In the Night Warriors anime OVA, Demitri was awakened as a small band of humans entered his castle to drive a stake through his heart. De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lusitanians: Encyclopedia Ii - Lusitanians - Religion
The Lusitanians worshipped various gods in a very chaotic polytheism, using animal sacrifice. They represented their gods and warriors in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Set Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Set Mythology - Desert God
As he was the god of the desert, Set was associated with sandstorms, and desert caravans. Due to the extreme hostility of the desert envi...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Crocodile: Spiritual Theosophical Dictionary On Crocodile
Crocodile. "The great reptile of Typhon." The seat of its "worship" was Crocodilopolis and it was sacred to Set an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Holi: Encyclopedia Ii - Holi - Mythology
In Hindu mythology, Hiranyakashipu was the king of demons, and he had been granted a boon by Brahma, which made it almost impossible for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Worship
According to Poseidonius and later classical authors Gaulish religion and culture were the concern of three professional classes—the dr...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eagle: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Eagle
Eagle One of the four sacred animals of the Christian Qabbalists, the other three being the bull, the lion, and the man-angel. The eag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Festivals
Insular sources provide important information about Celtic religious festivals. In Ireland the year was divided into two periods of six m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Cults Within Celtic Polytheism
The notion of the Celtic pantheon as merely a proliferation of local gods is contradicted by the several well-attested deities whose cult...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noahide Laws: Encyclopedia Ii - Noahide Laws - The Seven Laws
The seven laws are: Avodah zarah - Do not worship false gods/idols. Shefichat damim - Do not murder. Gezel - Do not steal. Gilui arayot ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Yajna: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Yajna
yajna: (Sanskrit) "Worship; sacrifice."   One of the most central Hindu concepts - sacrifice and surrender through act...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Africa - Religion
Africans profess a wide variety of religious beliefs, with Christianity and Islam being the most widespread. Approximately 40% of all Afr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barefoot: Encyclopedia Ii - Barefoot - Religious And Cultural Aspects
Barefoot - Sign of godliness. Many religions consider removing shoes as appropriate when approaching holy places. In Exodus, Moses had ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Minoan Civilization: Encyclopedia Ii - Minoan Civilization - Religion
The Minoans worshipped goddesses, (see Rodney Castleden, Minoans, 1994; Goodison and Morris, Ancient Goddesses, 1998; Nanno Marinatos, Mi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Set Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Set Mythology - God Of Evil
Naturally, when, during the Second Intermediate Period the mysterious foreign Hyksos gained the rulership of Egypt, and ruled the Nile De...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Second Temple: Encyclopedia Ii - Second Temple - Nation Reorganized
After the return from captivity, under Zerubbabel and the high priest Jeshua, arrangements were almost immediately made to reorganize the...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nidhi: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nidhi
Nidhi (Sanskrit) A treasure; the nine divine treasures or jewels of Kuvera, the Vedic Satan, each under the guardianship of some demon...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Betylos, Baetylus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Betylos, Baetylus
Betylos, Baetylus (Latin) (from Greek baitylos meteoric stone)   Also betylus, baetyl, betyles. In Classical antiquity a stone, e...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Fetishism: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Fetishism
Fetishism (from Latin facticius artificial)   Applied by modern scholars to the practice of worshiping various objects, either na...   » Read the article