A Wisdom Archive on Deities

DEITY - a Diven entity, God/Goddess honored in a religious "doctirine".

 
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Deity:
(1) The most powerful sort of “supernatural” being.
(2) A powerful pattern in the Switchboard.
(3) The memory of a dead hero(ine) or magician.
(4) An ancient visitor from outer space.
(5) An ancient visitor from inner space.
(6) All of the above?

 
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Transcendent Deity: A God or Goddess who is seen as dwelling outside, rather than inside, humanity. A non-invocable deity.

 
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This table shows some gods and goddesses believed to have comprised the Proto-Celtic pantheon along with the semantics of their names and their derivational forms. From this chart it will be seen that many, though not all, Celtic theonyms incorporate the element *-on- and this element seems to be used to denote divinity. It appears sometimes in *a grade form as *-an- and sometimes in zero grade form as *-n-. It is plausibly a Proto-Celtic form of the Proto-Indo-European lemna *H2en- *H2on- *

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Many of the Deities revered by Canaanite Pagans include the Deities listed in the Ugaritic texts found in modern-day Ras Shamra around 1928. Some of these Deities include: Ilu, the benevolent King of the Deities see also El (Canaanite god) Athirat, wise Queen of the Deities see also the Hebrew Asherah Anat, impetuous adolescent Goddess of war and passion see also the Greek Astarte and the composite Goddess Qudshu known to the Egyptians Ba� ...

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The supreme God and Creator is Zambi or Zambiapongo; below him are the Inkices, the spirit-gods of Bantu mythology. These deities correspond to Olorun and the Orishas of Yoruba mythology, and to Olorum and the Orixá of Candomblé Ketu. The main Inkices are: Aluvaiá, Bombojira, Pambu Njila: intermediary between humans and the other Inkices (cf. Exu). In his female manifestation, it is called Vangira. Nkosi Mukumbe, Roxi Mukumbe: Inkice of war and roads. Kabila, Mutalambô, Lambaranguange: hunter, lives ...

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Burkhanism accepts the "three worlds" of Mongolic and Turkic tradition. (These are the upper, middle, and lower worlds--in other words heaven, earth, and the underworld.) However, it rejects worship of traditional deities associated with the underworld. In addition, it imports into cultic worship many figures from Altaian oral epic lore, which were not worshipped in the "shamanic" part of the Altaian religion. Uch Kurbustan--"Uch" means "three," while "Kurbustan" comes from the Soghdian "Khormazta" (and thence from the Avestan ...

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Yoruba deities are called Orishas. The primordial, first-existing, Orishas are called Obatala and Odùduwà, brother and sister respectively, and their father Olorun. Obatala created humanity and Olorun gave life to the hollow shells Obatala had made. Obatala and Odùduwà later had a son, Aganyu, and a daughter, Yemaja, who was a mother goddess. Her son, Ogun, raped her twice; the second time, her body exploded and fifteen Orishas came out. They included Oshun, Olukun, Shakpana, Shango. Shango is perhaps the most important Orisha; god of thunder and an ancestor of the Yorùbá. He was the fourth king o ...

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Ketu deities are basically those of Yoruba mythology. Olorun (Olorum) is the supreme God, who created the spirits or Orishas (Orixás). The hundreds of orixás still worshiped in Africa were reduced to 16, of which only twelve are invoked in ceremonies: Exu, Orixá guardian of temples, houses, cities and people. Ogum, Orixá of iron, war, fire, and technology. Oxóssi, Orixá of hunting and plenty. Logunedê, young Orixá of hunting, of rivers and fishermen. Xangô, Orixá of fir ...

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The river is said to be protected by two goddesses, the Xiang Consorts (湘妃 Xiangfei): Ehuang (娥皇) and Nüying (女英). They were the wives of the mystical ruler, Shun. Unable to bear the pain of their husband's death, they committed suicide in this river. The spots on the dotted Xiang River bamboos (湘江竹 or 湘竹), also known as Xiang Consorts Bamboo (湘妃竹), are said to be the teardrops of the consorts. These bamboos are also known as Marked Bam ...

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