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 - Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Deity - Religion
Main article: religion. Theories and narratives about, and modes of worship of, gods are largely a matter of religion. At present, the va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - The Supreme Deity
Judaism and Islam visualize God in strictly monotheistic terms as one being; Christianity believes likewise but for many Christians, God ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agni: Encyclopedia - Agni
Agni is a Hindu deity. The word agni is Sanskrit for "fire" (noun), cognate with Latin ignis. In Hinduism, he is a deva, second only to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Mythology: Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Mythology
Gods Enlil and 7 who decree fate Ishtar and planet Venus Tiamat and Tablets of Destiny Annunaki and astronauts Marduk and Babylon Heroe...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: How God And The Gods Help Us
Hinduism: How God and the Gods Help Us  Visiting a Hindu temple, receiving the shakti from the majestic Gods of our religion, can a...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Communicating With God And The Gods In Hinduism
Hinduism: Communicating with God and the Gods in Hinduism  It is in the Hindu temple that the three worlds meet and devotees invoke...   » Read the article

Article - Makara Sankaranti: A Different Kind Of Pilgrimage - About Makara Sankaranti  
January every year, devotees throng the Sabarimala temple situated in the Sahayadri ranges in Kerala, to participate in the renowned M...   » Read the article

Article - Dhanteras: Dhanteras For Health, Wealth And Prosperity  
On Dhanteras , Hindus worship Lord Dhanwantari, the deity of health and healing. Dhan is wealth or Lakshmi - so the goddess of wealth ...   » Read the article

Article - Shivaratri: A Column Of Light On Shivaratri  
The lakhs of Shiva temples all over India include the famous temples at Amarnath in Kashmir, Somnath in Gujarat, Vishwanath in Varanas...   » Read the article

Article - Durga Puja Or Navaratri: Hindu Festivals - Durga Puja Or Navaratri
Durga Puja or Navaratri: This festival is observed twice a year, once in the month of Chaitra and then in Aswayuja. It lasts for nine d...   » Read the article

Article - Shani: Shanidev Is Partly Shiva's Avatar
Shanidev is Partly Shiva's Avatar Shani or Shanichar (Saturn) is believed to be the son of Surya the Sun-god and Chhaya. So he is also c...   » Read the article

Article - Vastu: Vastubali - The Sacrificial Offering To Vastu
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Article - Hinduism: Do God And The Gods In Hinduism Have Gender?
Hinduism: Do God and the Gods in Hinduism have Gender?  Esoterically, it must be admitted that none of the Gods has a wife. Their c...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: God And Gods Of Hinduism
God and Gods of Hinduism The most prevalent expression of worship for the Hindu comes as devotion to God and the Gods. In the Hindu pant...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: Nine Questions About Hinduism
Nine Questions About Hinduism Prepared for the July 4th, 1990 meeting of the youth of the Hindu Temple of greater Chicago, by Gurudeva, ...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: What Is The Hindu Definition Of God -monotheistic Or Polytheistic?
What is the Hindu definition of God -monotheistic or polytheistic? There is much confusion about this, not among Hindus but among those ...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: God And Gods Of Hinduism
God and Gods of Hinduism Devotion to God and the Gods of Hinduism is known as Bhakti. It is an entire realm of knowledge and practice un...   » Read the article

Article - Hinduism: A Hierarchy Of Gods Guide In Hinduism
A Hierarchy of Gods Guide Hinduism  A unique and all-encompassing characteristic of Hinduism is that one devotee may be worshipping...   » Read the article

Article - Vaastu Shastra: Energy And The Earth
 The Vaastu Purusha who is the indwelling energy of the Earth itself, is first propitiated before any building activities are begun....   » Read the article

Article - Hindu Worship: Worship In Hinduism For Different Hindu Gods
Religious observances, traditional worship and Vratas have, at times, more than one significance. Apart from being the adoration of the D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mesopotamian Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mesopotamian Mythology - The Three Sky Deities
Divine Relationships. The universe first appeared when Nammu, a presumably formless abyss, curled in upon herself, and in an act of sel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion
All the Abrahamic religions are derived to some extent from Judaism as practiced in ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah prior to the Bab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sky: Encyclopedia - Sky
The sky is (roughly) that part of the atmosphere or of outer space visible from the surface of the earth (or any other planet; see Skies ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deva Hinduism: Encyclopedia - Deva Hinduism
Deva (देव in Devanagari script, pronounced as "dévə") is the Sanskrit word for "god, deity". It can be variously interpreted as ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess: Encyclopedia - Goddess
A goddess is a female deity, in contrast with a male deity known as a "god". A great many cultures have goddesses, sometimes alone, but m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia - Taoism
Taoism (sometimes written as Daoism) is the English name for (a) the Chinese folk religion; (b) a family of organized Chinese religious ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology is the mythology of Celtic polytheism, the apparent religion of the Iron Age Celts. Like other Iron Age Europeans, the e...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sky: Encyclopedia Ii - Sky - Sky In Religion
Many cultures ascribed strong religious qualities to Earth's sky, believing it to be the home of the heavens and various deities. Among t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Deities: Encyclopedia - List Of Deities
This list of deities aims to give information about deities in the different religions, cultures and mythologies of the world. It is sort...   » 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 - Chinese Mythology: Encyclopedia - Chinese Mythology
At the moment this page contains a list of links. This list itself does not provide the information that this article should include. Ple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesta Mythology: Encyclopedia - Vesta Mythology
Roman Mythology Jupiter Mars Quirinus Divus Julius Divus Augustus Juno Vesta Minerva Mercury Vulcan Ceres Venus Diana Lares Fortuna ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Afterlife
Most Abrahamic religions agree that a human being comprises the body, which dies, and the soul, which need not do so. The soul, capable o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Origins
The origins of Judaism and the ancestral Abrahamic religion are still obscure. The only source generally agreed by all to be canonical th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Worship
Worship, ceremonies, and religion-related customs differ substantially between the various Abrahamic religions. Among the few similaritie...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Overview
All the Abrahamic religions are derived to some extent from Judaism as practiced in ancient kingdoms of Israel and Judah prior to the Bab...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - The Coming
Main article: Millennialism In the major Abrahamic religions, there exists the expectation of an individual who will herald the end of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Evangelism
Christianity encourages proselytism — convincing others to convert to the religion; many Christian organizations send missionaries to n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Inclusivity
Judaism teaches that one does not necessarily have to be Jewish to be righteous. Gentiles (non-Jews) can become righteous by following th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deva Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Deva Hinduism - Classical Hinduism
Nature devas are responsible for things as fire, air, rain and trees - most of them assumed a minor role in the later religion. Certain o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Goddess - Abrahamic Religions
Monotheist cultures, which recognise only one central deity, generally do characterize that deity as male, implicitly already grammatical...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neolithic: Encyclopedia Ii - Neolithic - Neolithic Religion
The Neolithic Religion was the major religion during the main Neolithic Period in Europe. There appeared to be veneration of a Mother God...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religion - Patriarchs
There are six notable figures in the Bible prior to Abraham: Adam and Eve, their two sons Cain and Abel, Enoch, and his great-grandson, N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Forgotten Realms: Encyclopedia Ii - Forgotten Realms - Religions
The Forgotten Realms has several polytheistic pantheons. Deities are an integral part of the world. They interact with mortals, answer pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesta Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesta Mythology - Vestales
The fire was guarded by her priestesses, the Vestales. Every March 1 the fire was renewed. It burned until AD 391, when the Emperor Theod...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neolithic: Encyclopedia Ii - Neolithic - Farming
A significant and far-reaching shift in human subsistence and lifestyle was to be brought about in those areas where crop farming and cul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neolithic: Encyclopedia Ii - Neolithic - Technology
Neolithic peoples were skilled farmers, manufacturing a range of tools necessary for the tending, harvesting and processing of crops (suc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Deities
Taoism - Religious Taoism. Traditional Chinese religion is determinedly polytheistic. Its deities arranged into a heavenly civil servic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Deities
Celtic mythology - The gods of the ancient Celts. Though the Celtic world at its greatest extent covered much of western and central Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Branches Of Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology can be divided into a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Branches Of Celtic Mythology
Celtic mythology can be divided into a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic lan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Practices
Taoism - Religious Taoism. All forms of Chinese traditional religion involve baibai--bowing towards an altar, with a stick of incense i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Modern Remnants
The indigenous Celtic beliefs and ways have had a large impact on the modern Celtic cultures. Mythology based on (though, not identical t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Deities
Celtic mythology - The gods of the ancient Celts. Though the Celtic world at its greatest extent covered much of western and central Eu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Modern Remnants
The indigenous Celtic beliefs and ways have had a large impact on the modern Celtic cultures. Mythology based on (though, not identical t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Mythology - Definition
In order to consider mythology, it is first necessary to consider what is meant by the term myth. Myths are generally narratives passed d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - History
Depending on how it is defined, Taoism's origins may be traced to the prehistoric Chinese religion; to the composition of the Daodejing (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Adherents
The number of "Taoists" is difficult to estimate, partly for definitional reasons (who counts as a Taoist?), and partly for practical one...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - The Druids
The druids, who have been romanticised in modern literature, were the largely hereditary class of priests responsible for transmitting an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Beliefs
Taoism - Religious Taoism. Taoism is not a belief-centered religion, and there are no known Taoist creeds. At the same time, certain ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Worship
The early Celts considered some trees to be sacred. The importance of trees in Celtic religion is shown by the fact that the very name of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Celtic Worship
The early Celts considered some trees to be sacred. The importance of trees in Celtic religion is shown by the fact that the very name of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Scriptures
Taoism - Religious Taoism. The Daozang(道藏)(Treasury of Tao) is sometimes referred to as the "Taoist canon." It was compiled during ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Symbols
Many people assume the Taijitu symbol--perhaps together with the Bagua 八卦 ("Eight Trigrams")--to be Taoist symbols. While many Taoist...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Relations With Other Religions And Philosophies
The origins of Taoism and Confucianism are intimately related. The authorship of the Daodejing is traditionally assigned to Laozi, a teac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Historical Sources
Because of the scarcity of surviving materials bearing written Gaulish, it is surmised that the pagan Celts were not widely literate— a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - Historical Sources
Because of the scarcity of surviving materials bearing written Gaulish, it is surmised that the pagan Celts were not widely literate— a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Celtic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Mythology - The Druids
The druids, who have been romanticised in modern literature, were the largely hereditary class of priests responsible for transmitting an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taoism: Encyclopedia Ii - Taoism - Taoist Symbols And Images
There are many Symbols and Images that are associated with Taoism. Like in Christianity "Jesus" and the "cross", and in Buddhism the "whe...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Celtic Polytheism: Encyclopedia Ii - Celtic Polytheism - Extent Of Celtic Polytheism
As the religion of the ancient Celts, the shifts in the fortunes of Celtic Polytheism coincided with those of its people. The Celts, like...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Japan - Shinto
Shintoism is one of Japan's largest religions and is the native religion. It originated in and is almost exclusive to Japan. Shintoism or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philosophy Of Religion: Encyclopedia Ii - Philosophy Of Religion - Rationality Of Belief
Philosophy of religion - Positions. The second question, "Do we have any good reason to think that God does (or does not) exists?", is ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Deities: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Deities - Denominations Of Hinduism
Contemporary Hinduism traditionally has four major divisions, Saivism, Shaktism, Vaishnavism, and Smarthism. According to Adherents.com t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Life-death-rebirth Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Life-death-rebirth Deity - Criticisms Of The Category
The chief criticism that has been brought against the universal life-death-resurrection deity category is that it is reductionist: in see...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Articles About Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Articles About Mormonism - Category:mormonism In General As A Religion
Church of Christ (Mormonism), Latter-day Saint, Latter Day Saint, Latter Day Saint movement, Mormon, Mormonism, Mormonism and Christianit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Articles About Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Articles About Mormonism - Category:latter Day Saint Doctrines Beliefs And Practices
Adamic language, pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact, Angel, LDS Apostates, Authority_and_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Articles About Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Articles About Mormonism - Category:latter Day Saint Texts
Apocrypha, Articles of Faith, Articles of the Church of Christ, Book of Abraham, Book of Commandments, Book of Mormon, Book of Moses, Doc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Articles About Mormonism: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Articles About Mormonism - Category:latter Day Saint History
1890 Manifesto, Amboy Conference, Authoritarianism and Mormonism, Beehive, Blacks and Mormonism, Burned-over district, Cart, Council of F...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deva Hinduism: Encyclopedia Ii - Deva Hinduism - Vedic Religion
The Vedas, the earliest comprehensive literature of the Indo-European people, contain mantras for pleasing the devas to obtain blessings....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vesta Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Vesta Mythology - Deity
Vesta was introduced in Rome by King Numa Pompilius. She was a native Roman deity (some authors suggest received from the Sabine cults), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In Japan - Shinto
Shintoism is one of Japan's largest religions and is the native religion. It originated in and is almost exclusive to Japan. Shintoism or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Religion In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Religion In The United Kingdom - History
Religion in the United Kingdom - Before Christianity. Paganism in the British Isles was supplemented by the arrival of Roman religion: ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity, God: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Deity, God
Deity or God. Intelligence and will superior to the human, forming the intelligent and vital governing essence of the universe, whethe...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Deity
Deity: (1) The most powerful sort of “supernatural” being. (2) A powerful pattern in the Switchboard. (3) The memory of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: Hindu - Hinduism Dictionary On Deity
Deity: "God." Can refer to the image or murti installed in a temple or to the Mah�deva the murti represents. See: murti, puj...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transcendent Deity: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Transcendent Deity
Transcendent Deity: A God or Goddess who is seen as dwelling outside, rather than inside, humanity. A non-invocable deity.   (S...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Earth Deities: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Earth Deities
EARTH DEITIES - Asasaya (Ashanti), Bhumi (Sanskrit), Coatlicue (Nahuatl), Estanatlehi (Navajo), Gaia (Greek), Geb (Egypt), Geo (Greek)...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Transcendent Deity: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Transcendent Deity
TRANSCENDENT DEITY - a God or Goddess who is seen as dwelling outside, rather than inside, humanity. A non-invocable deity. (CMM) &n...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Deity
DEITY - a Diven entity, God/Goddess honored in a religious "doctirine".   (See also: DEITY , Wiccan Pagan, Paganism,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: Parapsychology Dictionary On Deity
Deity: Refers to various forms and types of God as projected by human imagination.   A name for a divine statue. For example, t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Deity: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Deity
A Christian theological definition of Deity according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   " Dei...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Nameless Deity, Nameless One: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Nameless Deity, Nameless One
Nameless Deity, Nameless One The real name of a thing is its essential characteristic, is itself; therefore that which is beyond all a...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Infernal Deities: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Infernal Deities
Infernal Deities (from Latin inferi or inferni inhabitants of the lower world)   Cosmic powers pertaining to the lower planes of ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Monotheism: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Monotheism
Monotheism: A style of religion in which the theologians (or thealogians) claim that there is only one deity (theirs of course) and th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Pantheon: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Pantheon
Pantheon: The organization of deities and lesser spirits in any given religion.   (See also: Pantheon , Pagan, Paganism, Pagan...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Duotheism: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Duotheism
Duotheism: A style of religion in which there are two deities accepted by the polytheologians, usually of opposite gender; all other d...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Henotheism: Pagan Paganism Dictionary Ii On Henotheism
Henotheism: A polytheistic religion where one deity is the official Ruler and is supposed to be the prime focus of attention.  ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deity: Encyclopedia Ii - Deity - Relation With Humanity
Some are thought to be invisible or inaccessible to humans— to dwell mainly in otherworldly, remote or secluded and holy places, such a...   » Read the article