Encyclopedia - Sky Father: Encyclopedia - Sky Father
The sky father is a recurring theme in pagan and neopagan mythology. The sky father is the complement of the earth mother and appears in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sky Father: Encyclopedia Ii - Sky Father - History Of The Concept
In late nineteenth century opinions on comparative religion, in a line of thinking that begins with Friedrich Engels and J. J. Bachofen, ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Sky Father: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Sky Father
SKY FATHER: Shamanistic in origin. It assigns deification to the sky as a male entity.   (See also: SKY FATHER , Paganism, Pag...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goddess Worship: Encyclopedia - Goddess Worship
Goddess worship is a general description for the veneration of a female Goddess or goddesses. Many New Age Goddess devotees prefer the te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess
A mother goddess is a goddess portrayed as the Earth Mother who serves as a general fertility deity, the bountiful embodiment of the eart...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olorun: Encyclopedia - Olorun
In Yorùbá mythology, Olorun is the Sky Father (though occasionally androgynous or female), and a god of peace, purity and harmony. He i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Dyaus Pita: Encyclopedia - Dyaus Pita
In vedic religion, Dyaus Pita is the Sky Father, husband of Prthivi and father of Agni and Indra (RV 4.17.4). His origins can be traced t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God And Gender: Encyclopedia - God And Gender
This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender: Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender
This entry discusses how the Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam deal with God and gender. It includes both traditional r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Caelus: Encyclopedia - Caelus
Caelus was the Latin name that the Romans used for the Greek sky god Uranus. Caelus (sometimes spelt Coelus), was, by marriage to Tellus ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nuit: Encyclopedia - Nuit
In the Ennead mythology, Nuit (alternatively spelt Nut) was the sky goddess, in contrast to most other mythologies, which usually have a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shango: Encyclopedia - Shango
In Yorùbá mythology, Shango (Xango), or Changó in Latin America, is perhaps the most popular Orisha; he is a Sky Father, god of thunde...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Baiame: Encyclopedia - Baiame
In Australian aboriginal mythology, Baiame was the ancestor and patron god of the Kamilaroi. He was a sky god and a deity of death and li...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chandra: Encyclopedia - Chandra
In Hinduism, Chandra is a lunar deity. Chandra is sometimes identified with Soma. He is white and rides his chariot (the moon) across the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sabazios: Encyclopedia - Sabazios
Sabazios is the nomadic horseman sky and father god of the Phrygians. In Indo-European languages, such as Phrygian, the '-zios' element i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tuisco: Encyclopedia - Tuisco
Tuisto or Tuisco was according to Tacitus (Germania, ch. 2) the ancestor of all Germanic tribes. He was the father of the first man, Mann...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zuni Mythology: Encyclopedia - Zuni Mythology
The Zuni are a Pueblo people located in the southwest of the United States. Awonawilona is the creator god. He made the sun and ocean, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anansi: Encyclopedia - Anansi
Anansi is one of the most important and famous gods of west African lore. He is a trickster and a culture hero, who acts on behalf of Nya...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zulu Kantombhela: Encyclopedia - Zulu Kantombhela
Zulu kaNtombhela, son of Ntombhela kaMalandela, (also known as Zulu Nkosinkulu ?) was the founder and chief of the Zulu clan from ca...   » 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 - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Goddess - Matriarchy And Goddess History
Mother goddesses have been revered in many societies, though James Frazer (author of The Golden Bough) and those he influenced (like Robe...   » 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

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Goddess - Shaktism
This form of Hinduism, known as Shaktism, is strongly associated with Vedanta, Samkhya and Tantra Hindu philosophies and is ultimately mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mother Goddess: Encyclopedia Ii - Mother Goddess - Mother Goddess Worship In Catholicism
Some people consider Mary to be a "mother goddess", since she not only fulfills a maternal role but is often viewed as a protective force...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Views On God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Views On God And Gender - Shakti
Shaktism, on the other hand, is a denomination of Hinduism that worships Shakti, or Devi Mata -- the Hindu name for the Great Divine Moth...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Views On God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Views On God And Gender - Vishnu And Shiva
In Vaishnavism and Shaivism, which are exclusive monotheistic religions,like the Judaeo-Christian traditions, God, Vishnu or Shiva is per...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Views On God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Views On God And Gender - Ardhangini: The Cornerstone Of Relationships
The concept of Ardhangini, of women being an equal part of men and vice versa, and without either, both are incomplete, is extensively pr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hindu Views On God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Hindu Views On God And Gender - In Other Indian Religions
The Hindu and Smarta conception regarding God and gender is shared by the Ayyavazhi sect, which refers to its conception of Brahman as Ek...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds: Encyclopedia Ii - Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds - Julian's Drawing
According to the Beatles, one day in 1966 Lennon's son Julian came home from nursery school with a drawing he said was of his classmate, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - God And Gender - Jewish Views Of God And Gender
In regard to translating Hebrew names of God into English, most Orthodox Jews and many Conservative Jews hold that it is wrong to use Eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - God And Gender - Christian Views Of God And Gender
In Christianity, one Person of the Trinity, the Son, is believed to have become incarnate as a human male. Most Christians believe that t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - God And Gender - Translating The Names Of God Into English
There are a number of ways that one can translate the names of God into English from Hebrew. The Tetragrammaton is composed of the Hebrew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - God And Gender - Criticism Of Feminine Reconstructions Of Theology
Grammatically, most of the Hebrew names for God are masculine; a few are grammatically feminine; the grammatical form of words has no bio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - God And Gender - God In The Hebrew Bible
In the first book of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis 1:26, God states "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness....And God created man ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender - God In The Hebrew Bible
In the first book of the Hebrew Bible, Genesis 1:26, God states "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness....And God created man ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender - Jewish Views Of God And Gender
In regard to translating Hebrew names of God into English, most Orthodox Jews and many Conservative Jews hold that it is wrong to use Eng...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender - Christian Views Of God And Gender
In Christianity, one person of God, the Son, is believed to have become incarnate as a human male. Most Christians believe that the other...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender - Translating The Names Of God Into English
There are a number of ways that one can translate the names of God into English from Hebrew. The Tetragrammaton is composed of the Hebrew...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender: Encyclopedia Ii - Abrahamic Religions On God And Gender - Criticism Of Feminine Reconstructions Of Theology
Grammatically, most of the Hebrew names for God are masculine; a few are grammatically feminine; the grammatical form of words has no bio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Astarte: Encyclopedia Ii - Astarte - ‘ashtart Described By Sanchuniathon
In the description of the Phoenician pantheon ascribed to Sanchuniathon ‘Ashtart appears as a daughter of Sky and Earth and sister of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jupitermythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Jupitermythology - Greek
He was called as Zeus in Greek Mythology.He overthrew his father Cronus(Saturn,in Roman).He became the ruler after winning a lucky draw. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Adelheid Bernstein: Encyclopedia Ii - Adelheid Bernstein - History
Adelheid and his sister Rose reside on an airship called "Sky Noah". Unlike his father Rugal Bernstein, he is an honourable fighter, but ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osiris: Encyclopedia Ii - Osiris - Early Mythology
Osiris - God of the Dead. Osiris is first mentioned in the 4th Dynasty. Osiris was originally the god of the underworld and the dead in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jaromír Vejvoda: Encyclopedia Ii - Jaromír Vejvoda - Life And Work
Vejvoda learned to play the fiddle and flugelhorn in a band led by his father. Later he played these instruments in a military band. He s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pleiades Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Pleiades Mythology - Mythology
After Atlas was forced to carry the world on his shoulders, Orion began to pursue all of the Pleiades, and Zeus transformed them first in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Angulimala: Encyclopedia Ii - Angulimala - The Story
According to the sutta and commentarial texts, omens seen at the time of Angulimala's birth (the flashing of weapons in the city, and the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Poseidon: Encyclopedia Ii - Poseidon - Myth
Poseidon - Birth and childhood. Poseidon was a son of Cronus and Rhea. Like his brothers and sisters save Zeus, Poseidon was swallowed ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Anthem: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Anthem - English Translation Literal
ANTHEM OF THE GAMES Ancient immortal Spirit, pure father of beauty, of greatness and of truth, descend, reveal yourself as lightning here...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - El God: Encyclopedia Ii - El God - Ēl According To Sanchuniathon
In the euhemeristic account of Sanchuniathon Ēl (rendered Elus or called by his standard Greek counterpart Cronus) is not the creator go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chicken Little 2005 Film: Encyclopedia Ii - Chicken Little 2005 Film - Plot
In the small suburban town of Oakey Oaks, Chicken Little (voiced by Scrubs star Zach Braff) rings the school bell and cries for everyone ...   » 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 - Ragnarok: Encyclopedia Ii - Ragnarok - Aftermath
After the destruction, a new earth will arise out of the sea, green and fair. Barley will ripen in fields that were never sown. The meado...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vedic Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Vedic Mythology - Dimensions
The vedic mythology has several dimensions. Vedic mythology - The deities. Vedic mythologies contain certain elements which are common ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Huitzilopochtli: Encyclopedia Ii - Huitzilopochtli - Genealogy
His mother was Coatlicue, his father a ball of feathers (or, alternatively, Mixcoatl). His sister was Malinalxochi, a beautiful sorceress...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Proto-indo-europeans: Encyclopedia Ii - Proto-indo-europeans - Summary
The Proto-Indo-Europeans are a hypothetical group of people whose existence from around 4000 BCE is inferred from their language. Some th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Eastern Iowa Airport: Encyclopedia Ii - The Eastern Iowa Airport - Wrights Took Wing In Cedar Rapids
While man’s first flight was in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the claim can be made that aviation took wing in Cedar Rapids. For it was h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Olympic Anthem: Encyclopedia Ii - Olympic Anthem - English Translation Free
Immortal spirit of antiquity Father of the true, beautiful and good Descend, appear, shed over us thy light Upon this ground and under th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Osiris: Encyclopedia Ii - Osiris - Early Mythology
Osiris - God of the dead. Osiris is first mentioned in the 4th Dynasty, though it is regarded as highly plausible that he may have evol...   » 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - George Carlin: Encyclopedia Ii - George Carlin - Frisbeetarianism
As a staunch atheist, Carlin has often denounced the idea of a god in interviews and performances, most notably with his "Invisible Man i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tycho Brahe: Encyclopedia Ii - Tycho Brahe - Tycho And Astrology
Like the fifteenth century astronomer Regiomontanus, Tycho Brahe appears to have accepted astrological prognostications on the principle ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sergey Lukyanenko: Encyclopedia Ii - Sergey Lukyanenko - Tales
Beautiful away (Прекрасное далеко) My father is an antibiotic (Мой папа - антибиотик) Road to Wellesber...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fist Of The North Star: Encyclopedia Ii - Fist Of The North Star - Characters
Fist of the North Star - Hokuto Shinken. (In Age Order as appeared in the Series) Kasumi Kenshiro (Older Brother of Ryuken appeared in...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fist Of The North Star: Encyclopedia Ii - Fist Of The North Star - Styles
Fist of the North Star - Hokuto Shinken Big Dipper God Fist. The 1800 year old Chinese martial arts style used by Kenshiro and his brot...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Warcraft Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Warcraft Characters - Blackhand
Blackhand the Destroyer was leader of the Blackrock clan, father of Rend and Maim. Originally a Raider of the Sythegore Arm and Chieftain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Warcraft Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Warcraft Characters - Rend And Maim
Rend and Maim were the sons of Blackhand, who continued to lead the Blackrock clan after their father's demise. They branched off into th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Warcraft Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Warcraft Characters - Baine Bloodhoof
Baine Bloodhoof is the son of Tauren chieftan Cairne Bloodhoof and chief of Bloodhoof Village in Mulgore. If Cairne were to die or step d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Warcraft Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Warcraft Characters - Baine Bloodhoof
Baine Bloodhoof is the son of Tauren chieftain Cairne Bloodhoof and chief of Bloodhoof Village in Mulgore. If Cairne were to die or step ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Warcraft Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Warcraft Characters - Blackhand
Blackhand the Destroyer was leader of the Blackrock clan, father of Rend and Maim. Originally a Raider of the Sythegore Arm and Chieftain...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Warcraft Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Warcraft Characters - Rend And Maim
Rend and Maim were the sons of Blackhand, who continued to lead the Blackrock clan after their father's demise. They branched off into th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Warcraft Characters: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Warcraft Characters - Rend And Maim
Rend and Maim were the sons of Blackhand, who continued to lead the Blackrock clan after their father's demise. They branched off into th...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Great Father: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Great Father
GREAT FATHER - the chief deity during patriarchal times; or masculine heavenly or sky god. (NAD)   (See also: GREAT FATHER , W...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dyaus: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Dyaus
Dyaus (Sanskrit) (nominative of div, Dyu heaven, sky from div day, brightness from the verbal root div to shine)   Heaven, sky; i...   » Read the article

Dictionary - God, The: Pagan Wicca Dictionary On God, The
God, The - Loving father to all and the perfect compliment to the Goddess. He is viewed as co-creator of the universe. Often Identifie...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Earthmother: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Earthmother
Earthmother 1)    Feminine goddess, partner in a divine pair with father sky. 2)    The earth as a mani...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Gnomes: Paganism Pagan Dictionary On Gnomes
GNOMES: An "entity" or "elemental" that dwells in the plane of Earth or is associated with the EARTH Element.### G...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jupiter: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Jupiter
Jupiter (derived from Hebrew "Jah"-God and Latin "Pater"-Father) Supreme divinity of the ancient Romans.   O...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jupiter: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Jupiter
Jupiter (derived from Hebrew "Jah"-God and Latin "Pater"-Father) Supreme divinity of the ancient Romans.   O...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Zeus: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Zeus
Zeus: Originally an Indo-European sky god, the most powerful of the Greek gods, the ruler of heaven and earth, lord of the sky, god of...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Ukko: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Ukko
Ukko (Finnish) [cf Magyar agg old, an old being, grandfather]   The highest god in the mythological hierarchy of the ancient Finn...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Inanna: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Inanna
Inanna (Sumerian, "Mistress of Heaven") The Sumerian goddess of love and war, identified with the Akkadian Eshtar (Ishtar). ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Inanna: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Inanna
Inanna (Sumerian, "Mistress of Heaven") The Sumerian goddess of love and war, identified with the Akkadian Eshtar (Ishtar). ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesiod: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Hesiod
Hesiod (c 700 bc) A Greek poet In the Theogony he describes the genealogy of the Olympian gods, of whom Zeus was king, and how they ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesiod: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Hesiod
Hesiod (c 700 bc) A Greek poet In the Theogony he describes the genealogy of the Olympian gods, of whom Zeus was king, and how they ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Set, Seth: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Set, Seth
Set or Seth (Egyptian) According to the Heliopolitan mythology, the son of Seb and Nut, is the brother of Osiris, Isis, and Nephthys; ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Odin: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Odin
Odin In Norse mythology, the principal Aesir god, ruler of heaven and Earth, and the god of war, wisdom, agriculture and poetry. As go...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Odin: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Odin
Odin In Norse mythology, the principal Aesir god, ruler of heaven and Earth, and the god of war, wisdom, agriculture and poetry. As go...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Jupiter: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Jupiter
Jupiter (Latin) (from Jov + pater father; probably from same root as Greek Zeus and Sanskrit dyaus bright sky)   The sky god or t...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Seb: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Seb
Seb (Egyptian) One of the older Egyptian deities, the son of Shu and Tefnut, brother and husband of Nut, father of Osiris and Isis, Se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Mysteries: Theosophy Occultism Mysticism Dictionary On Mysteries
A Theosophical definition of Mysteries :   Mysteries The Mysteries were divided into two general parts, the Less Mysteries and ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Watcher, Silent Watcher, Wondrous Being: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Watcher, Silent Watcher, Wondrous Being
Watcher or Silent Watcher, Wondrous Being Generically the dominant self or overlord of any hierarchy. Throughout a human being's compl...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Aether, Ether: Theosophy Dictionary On Aether, Ether
Aether, Ether (Greek) (from aitho shining, fire)   The upper or purer air as opposed to aer, the lower air; the clear sky; the ab...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Garuda: Indian Hindu Dictionary Ii On Garuda
Garuda Garuda A mythical bird half-man-half-bird -on which Lord Visnu moves. It is the vehicle of Lord Visnu. Shri Garuda is one of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Characters In The Smurfs: Encyclopedia Ii - Characters In The Smurfs - Dreamy Aka Astro
Dreamy Smurf often stargazed in the sky at night. His dream was leaving the planet to venture into other planets. He tried to ask assista...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About Jupiter (zeus): Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Jupiter (zeus)
  Jupiter (Zeus) Greek god Zeus and the Roman god Jupiter are one and the same. Zeus is the god of gods. He is the creator of day...   » Read the article